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Thomas and Margaret
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Thomas O'Callaghan was a shoemaker or shopkeeper according to his marriage certificate. He married Margaret O'Callaghan( yes same surname, either was a popular name in Kanturk or they were cousins)in 1895.Margaret was born about 1864, not sure when Thomas was born, but they only had one child, a daughter named Ellen born March 1900. Margaret died in July 1900. Thomas went on to remarry a lady named Annie Donoghue, Annie 's name was listed on the birth certificate of Ellen as the midwife and also listed on the death certificate of margaret as the witness.Ellen always said that her stepmother went on to have more children and Ellen left home and moved to England when she was old enough and married Herbert Stanley.Ellen and Herbert moved to Fremantle in Western Australia and had 6 children 4 survived and one of them is now in his 70's and is named Brian. Brian is living his dream and taking his wife Glenice to Ireland in October 2008, he is hoping to find some of his mothers relatives in Kanturk, County Cork.Please feel free to CONTACT ME WITH ANY INFO
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