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Subject: Re: [ARMAGH] Cassells / Castles of Armagh
Date: 29 Oct 2006 14:10:17 -0700
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Surnames: Cassell, Cashel, Cassin, Cashin
Classification: Query
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David, was your family name pretty consistently spelled as "Cassells?"
I ask because my James Hughes (born c1815) m. Eliza (maiden name spelled in England as Carson, Cashion, Cashew, Kershaw). Her father, who was a pensioner, died in 1851 while living with his daughter Eliza. His name was definitely spelled as Cashin. When I checked his military records (out-pensioned in 1812), the first record I found for him spelled his name as Cashel. Since some records of Cashins are spelled as Cassin, I wondered if Cassell and Cashel could also be the same name.
Eliza's father's records that would have had his place of birth are either missing or misfiled so I do not know where he came from. At the time of the 1861 census, James Hughes gave his place of birth as County Armagh. The only illegible word on the page is where Eliza came from. It sort of looks like "Ahenny." There is an Ahenny in Tipperary and an Arharney in Offaly (the county where Michael collected his pensrion for a few years). I have also just learned that there is an Annaghananny in Armagh that could possibly, with a brogue, sound a bit similar to Ahenny to an enumerator in England.
Although I have not found any Cashins in Armagh at the time of the Tithes, there are names that are similar to Cashel in Armagh. I hope this explains why I have asked you if your family consistently spelled their name as Cassells. Jan
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