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by Stephen McCormac
Having trouble finding your Irish ancestors? Here is valuable NEW information, only recently discovered, that will help you in your search for the elusive family members.
A primary research tool for genealogists and family historians.
Explore, examine and analyze a new Irish resource
An Index is in preparation
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'West Limerick Families Abroad'Kate Press and Valerie Thompson ©
Format: A4, Soft cover, 270 pages
See below for details of - Index to Names,
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the Monteagle Emigrants 1838-58
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(This book is is out of print and no longer available)
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Bibliography for researching
Irish Family History
in the State Library of Victoria'
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of
Rathkeale, Co Limerick
by Patrick G. Coleman
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The Hospital for the Incurables
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THE ROYAL HOSPITAL DONNYBROOK-
by Stephen McCormic
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The Gorsuch Family Reunion
Date: Sunday 31 August 2008
Venue: Holgate Brewhouse at
Keatings Hotel
79 High St., Woodend VIC 3442.\
Phone: 03 5427 2510,Fax 03 5427 3502
Time 12.00 pm to5.00 pm
E-mail::
hotel@holgatebrewhouse.com
Web:
http://www.holgatebrewhouse.com
The Meal will be FINGER FOOD PLATTERS (incl. Tea & Coffee) Price: $20.00/head. Children's Menu available.
Please send cheques/money orders to : 'Holgate Brewhouse at Keatings' and confirm attendance with Rhonda Aubert, 24 Heather Grove, Belgrave, Ph 03 9754 4333 or Email ourfamilyclan@hotmail.com, before 31st July so we can finalize numbers and print name tags.
Accommodation
Keatings is a grand old hotel that has been stylishly refurbished and accommodation is available on request.
Local Attractions:
Woodend has the ambience of a resort town, and its streetscape features a number of historical buildings and a clock tower. The highlight of any visit is to climb Hanging Rock, which featured in Peter Weir's film Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Location:
Woodend is located 69 km north-west of Melbourne
History:
It was literally named 'wood end' because it is where the Black Forest ended and consequently was a place where, in the 1850s and 1860s, prospectors, headed north to the goldfields around Bendigo, could feel that they were out of the reach of bushrangers who hid in the woodlands waiting to prey on them. A township coalesced around inns, shops and services which emerged to cater to the passing trade. Prior to European settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Woiwurung people.
Family Names
Associated family names:Aubert, Ballard, Bowes, Brown, Cooke, Dawson, Deller, Franke, Fry, Geddess, Gray, Greenwood, Hando, Hogan, Holland, Langrish, Mills, Mitchell, Perry, Peters, Press, Solomon, Voller & Watson.
For further information on the above names, contact Rhonda Aubert, Email ourfamilyclan@hotmail.com
If you are unable to come to the reunion you can still participate by emailing your family tree and any relevant history for inclusion on the day.
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Gorsuch History
About 15 kilometers north of Liverpool, England and 6 kilometres n.w. of Ormskirk on the A560, lies the small village of Scarisbrick, and the ruins of Scarisbrick Hall. The land around is flat and is the home of thousands of pink- footed geese.
The geese are not new to the area. About 800 years ago, Scarisbrick was the estate of yeoman farmer, Walter de Scarisbrick. Walter had to sons, Henry his heir, and Adam. As the estate would pass to the elder son, Walter assigned land to Adam at a place called Gosfordsyke, (meaning the place where the geese ford the creek). Thus the name derived from the younger son, Adam de Gosfordsyke, a name which has appeared since in varying forms in old records _ forms such as Goseford, Gosfordsiche, Gorwiche, Gossage, Gorstitch, Gorsuk, Gorsuch and Goruch.
In the early years of the 20th century a Gorsuch family was still living at Scarisbrick and there is a lane named Gorsuch Lane. The Gorsuch family has spread to most counties in England and many places around the globe. Branches have emigrated to Maryland, USA, to Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Gorsuch Name Variants
Gorsuch/Gorsuk/Gossage (and other variants), are all from the same origin. The family has lived in and around Liverpool since the year 800.
Gorsuch Hall and Estate
The boundaries of Gosfordsyke estate in the time of Adam Gosfordsyke were defined thus:
"From the head of the Gosford Syke (Creek/Stream), along the Syke to, and then along, the boundary between Renacres (in Halsall) and Scarisbrick, to the place where the White Syke falls into Senekar Syke; then by the corner of Adam's ditch to the starting point." A document around 1645 states that the Gorsuch estate comprised a messuage (a dwelling house), 50 acres of land, 10 acres of pasture, and 10 acres of meadow. A survey of 1653 describes the house as having a (dining) hall, a kitchen, a larder, two butteries, and seven other lower rooms. In addition there was a long upper room (described as a chapel chamber), four other upper rooms and four closets. Out houses included a wash house, a mill house, (by then decayed) a six bay brick kiln house, a five bay slated barn, nine bays of other out houses, together with gardens and orchards, courts and a milking yard.
My Family Tree in England,
Ireland and Scotland
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