Biographies
Edward Carroll
Edward Carroll was born on the 24th November 1824 in Co. Clare,
Ireland, probably in the Parish of Liscannor, although possibly in Ennis.
His father was John Carroll, a carpenter by trade who is reputed to have
been born in Co. Tipperary and to have spent some time in Co. Wexford, but
the name of his mother...
Rachel Evans
Rachel Evans was born on the 4th December 1824 to Margaret and the
Rev. David Evans in Conwil Elfed, Carmarthenshire. Her father was the
Baptist Minister of Ffynonhenry, which is the Baptist parish in which
Conwil is situated. She seems to have spent her whole unmarried life
living in Conwil but it appears that she did not...
Michael Edward Carroll
Michael Edward Carroll was born either in December 1832 or January 1833
in the Roman Catholic parish of Liscannor in Co. Clare. His father was
John Carroll, a carpenter by trade who is reputed to have been born in
Co. Tipperary and to have spent some time in Co. Wexford, but the name
of his mother ...
Edwin Carroll
Edwin was born on the 22nd July 1849 in Pontantwn, in the Parish of
Llangendeirne, about 6 miles south east of Carmarthen. His father, Edward,
was a constable in the Carmarthenshire Constabulary, and his mother, Rachel,
was the daughter of the Reverend David Evans of Conwil Elfed, Baptist
Minister of Ffynonhenry (the Baptist parish in which...
Annie Josephine McCarthy
Annie Josephine McCarthy is believed to have been born on the 20th
November 1853 in Newport Monmouthshire. Her father was John Patrick
McCarthy, a schoolmaster from Co. Cork, and her mother may possibly have
been a Catherine McCarthy, also from Co. Cork, whose maiden name was Mahoney...
Thomas John Carroll
Elizabeth Huntley
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Huntley was born to Hannah and James on the 8th April
1887 in Palmersville, now a northern suburb of Newcastle-on-Tyne. She was
the fourth of six surviving children with two older siblings, Jane and
Edward, and three younger ones, Lancelot, Thomas John and Herbert.
Two others, Mary Ann and James, died in infancy...