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Francis Joseph Hayes, Jimbo's father, had an unmarried sister named Annie. He also had two (as yet un-named) sisters who set sail to Australia one day on the orders of the Catholic Church in their teens, both unmarried, but one married the ship's Captain, and they settled in Adelaide.(Through the power of my mathematics, assuming that Jimbo's dad was in his 30s when they had him (being one of the youngest of 10 kids) and Mr Hayes being the youngest child of his own family, this possibly means that his sisters went to Australia in 1900/a few years earlier.)
Jimbo's mother was an Alice Maud Mask(all/ell). This is all I have!!!!!!!
Grandad's grandad was James, a bootblack for some form of rich family in either County Clare or County Cork - I think a County Cavan was also mentioned - god, I hope I'm not creating a legal here!
He fell insanely in love with one of the daughters of the family - whose name I don't yet know, unfortunately. But either way, she fell for him, too, and they eloped to Liverpool. They had ten children, giving birth - the wife thing, not James - to Francis Joseph Hayes in, I believe, 108, Paletine Road, Stoke Newington, London. My grandad was born in that house, and he gained a fear of the number 108 for the rest of his days. No joke - he wouldn't set foot in a house numbered 108.
Cavan [kav'un]
Cavan , county (1991 pop. 52,796), 730 sq mi (1,891 sq km), N Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Cavan. The county is a hilly region of lakes (Lough Oughter chief among them) and bogs, and the climate is extremely damp and cool. Most of the soil is clay. The Erne is the principal river, and the Shannon has its source there. Pastoral agriculture is the chief occupation, although very little land is under cultivation (in the form of small farms). Industries include plastics, wallpaper, creameries, and food processing. Cavan was organized as a shire of Ulster in 1584.
Clare
Clare, county (1991 pop. 90,918), 1,231 sq mi (3,188 sq km), W Republic of Ireland, between Galway Bay and the Shannon River. The county and Roman Catholic seat is Ennis. The terrain is broken and hilly, with many bogs and lakes; the coastline is especially rugged. Fishing is important, and sheep, cattle, and poultry are raised. Chief crops are oats and potatoes. Major industrial development occurred in the 1960s and 70s, including the creation of a large hydroelectric power station on the Shannon River. Ireland's main airport, the Shannon International Airport, is located near Ennis. Clare is an area laden with prehistoric ruins and ancient Christian sites.
Cork
Cork, county (1991 pop. 410,369), 2,881 sq mi (7,462 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. Cork the county seat. Largest of the Irish counties, it has a rocky and much-indented coastline (Bantry, Dunmanus, Roaringwater, Courtmarsherry, Clonakilty, and Youghal bays, and Kinsale and Cork harbors). Wild rugged mountains rising as high as 2,239 ft (682 m) and fertile valleys (notably of the Bride, the Blackwater, the Lee, and the Bandon). The main occupations are farming (dairying, raising livestock, and growing grains and sugar beets) and fishing. Centered around the city of Cork, which includes products as diverse as tweed cloth and electronic components. Large oil refinery at Whitegate. Cbh an important transatlantic harbor. Famous for prehistoric remains (dolmens and stone circles), the ruins of medieval abbeys and churches, and Blarney Castle.
How about all that? Perfectly lifted from the pages of... whatever pages they were!
I'm thinking that it was more than likely they lived in an area nearest to the Midlands/Liverpool. And so I think (That is THINK, not KNOW) that it counts out - crap, I think it counts out all three of them. Which proves that, as a PI, my talents would be better suited to answering the damn telephone!
"Hello, I would like someone to find my wife."
"Has she left you?"
"I don't know, her clothes and passport aren't gone."
"Then she'll still be in the country. That'll be a grand, thank you very much!"
Bugger!
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