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From: "Agnes" <>
Subject: RE: [TIP] King family of Fethard 19th Century
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:16:40 -0400
In-Reply-To: <35bbfc2c0510141225r6a345958k42a40d4d641c93c0@mail.gmail.com>


My Irish dictionary says ri, with an accent over the i, is King in Irish.
Pronounced "ree"

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Crawford [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:25 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [TIP] King family of Fethard 19th Century


Tony, Reagh is the Irish for a king. It can be spelled other ways, but at
the time you are searching, this is the most likely spelling.

On 10/14/05, Tony Jacobs <> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to find out about my great-grandmother and her parents, who
> emigrated from Fethard, Co. Tipperary, to London/Essex in around 1899.
>
> The family were known by the name of King, but according to my late
> grandfather this had been anglicised from something sounding like "ray" (I
> was only a kid at the time and didn't ask how to spell it!). I don't know
> when - all I know is that they were using the surname of King in 1901 when
> they appear on the UK Census in Charlton, London.
>
> My great-grandmother, Alice Mary King, was born in Fethard circa 1894. She
> was the daughter of John King (originally Sean "ray"), b Fethard circa
> 1870,
> and Nora King, b circa 1873. Alice had a brother John, b Fethard circa
> 1896; a sister Kathleen (later Sister Gabrielle at Poor Clares Convent,
> Loughton, Essex), b Fethard circa 1898; and Nora who was born in 1900 in
> Kent, England.
>
> Any information / pointers / advice much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
>
>
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