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Hello Barbara and welcome to the Eayrs list. As you can see it's not very active :) I hope you will be able to find the information you're looking for. I'm...
Michael Eayrs
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Nov 5, 2007
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Hi, Barbara Yes this is a sleepy group but it is still working! I can't find any link to anything you mention, buty you must remember that 'Eyre' is a very ...
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Nov 5, 2007
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Thanks Martin! Unfortunately, my EYRE branch came to the US from Ireland (Callen, Co. Kilkenny). As to how long they were in Ireland, and from whence they came...
Barbara
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Nov 9, 2007
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Hi, My maiden name was Theresa Eayres, and I'm descended from the Eayres of Northants, in particular, Thrapston, Sudborough & Islip, although my 2xGGF...
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Nov 12, 2007
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Through the help of a good Samaritan, I was able to gleam a few more tidbits, but mainly with off-shoot family branches (Taylors and Bradleys). I updated the...
Barbara
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Nov 21, 2007
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Barbara As you say, Eyre is an extremely common surname. You might like to look at the distribution of surnames in the UK (see...
wivenhome
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Nov 21, 2007
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Martin, Thanks so much for that site. While the data isn't complete, it does say a lot. It potentially tells me that Eyre (and Eayre which doesn't have data) ...
Barbara
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Nov 22, 2007
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Martin, I was going through my bookmarks, adding sites to mine in appropriate places (yes, added yours!) and saw you had added my site to your links page....
Barbara
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Nov 22, 2007
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I think Martin has made a very good point about the variation in name spelling. In my tree, large families often have children with different spellings of...
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Nov 22, 2007
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Does anyone know if Warren Eayres 1823-1900 was a carpenter? I'm asking because sometime between 1861 & 1871, my 3x Great Uncle, Joseph Eayres, a tailor, born...
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Nov 23, 2007
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As we were discussing spellings recently I thought I'd share an experience I had today. Many years ago I searched the 1851 census for Greatford, Lincolsnshire...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 23, 2007
8:24 pm
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Well done Martin and enjoy your supper - bet it's cold up there! Take care Sherryl _____ From: Eayrs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Eayrs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
2 Morrows
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Nov 23, 2007
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Hi Theresa Lookup Wikipedia on the internet and search for mental retardation. There are a number of grades for the condition including imbecile and lunatic ...
Dennes Thomas
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Nov 23, 2007
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The Warren Eayrs you mentioned is part of our (Martin and my) family tree.? I cannot give you the exact details as present as I have just had a computer crash...
Lynfika@...
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Nov 24, 2007
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Martin's post lit my light bulb ... Since I have so little ancestors listed/researched (am at the beginning for the most part) ... I have no clue at this point...
Barbara
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Nov 24, 2007
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Hi Theresa - and thanks for posting. I think this is Warren Eayrs b. Greetham 16 Apr 1823 to Thomas Eayrs and Ann Warren Idle (the Warren came from Anne's...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 24, 2007
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Barbara: for what it's worth, you can search the IGI for free - visit ...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 24, 2007
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Lynn my paperwork is in reasonable order - but remind me, who is 'our elusive Thomas Eayrs'? My brickwall (and I thought it was yours) is George Eayrs m. Mary...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 24, 2007
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Martin, Thanks for your help! I don't have a subscription at Ancestry.com, so I can't view those records ... have tried many times. :-( Off to go look .......
Barbara
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Nov 25, 2007
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Some news: ONE I have managed to get the Guild of One-Name Studies (aka GOONS) to accept Eayrs in its own right (previously it was considered to be a subset of...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 25, 2007
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I have long been thrilled by the story of George Washington Eayrs, a man of good Boston family who in the early C18th, in the face of Spanish law, set himself...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 25, 2007
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Martin, All I can say is "whoa!" That would be SO great if all of them were connected in some way ... and to your family tree. Got me thinking ... is it true...
Barbara
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Nov 26, 2007
7:21 am
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Well I read recently that almost everyone in the world has one of six identifiable sets of mitochondrial DNA - which means pretty much all of us are related. ...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 26, 2007
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AS Martin says, NEVER trust the IGI. It turned my 3x GGF Thomas Eayres, (son of Nathaniel Eayres born c1746 at Sudborough, and his wife Kezia of the Islip...
T.F. Douglas
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Nov 26, 2007
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Hello again. I don't think it's 6 sets of mitochondrial DNA world wide, but certainly in the book 'Seven daughters of Eve' it is postulated that all native...
T.F. Douglas
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Nov 26, 2007
2:57 pm
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HI, I've just got in to work and read Martin's reply, (no pc at home), and I'd like to query Martin's definition of 'imbecile'. The Joseph I mentioned in my...
T.F. Douglas
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Nov 26, 2007
2:58 pm
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I'm wondering if anyone has any more info on Luther George Ingram EAYRS, son of James Burrows EAYRS and Jane THRAVES. The bare bones ... Luther George Ingram...
Martin Eayrs
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Nov 26, 2007
4:17 pm
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Theresa, It's good to know you exist *chuckles* ;-) Thank you for sharing your experience. Hmmm... Kezia ... that's an unusual English name, isn't it? Is it ...
Barbara
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Nov 26, 2007
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While I'm not an Eayrs, but an Eyre (and possible an Eayre) ... I would also like to be apart of DNA studies. Only my Dad and his two brothers are alive as...
Barbara
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Nov 26, 2007
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Martin, Your long Monday morning post was most welcomed and confirmed much of what I thought. I concur with the research methods, as I studied physics and...
Barbara
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