John Patrick McCrohon

No I'm not. If I look it at the Library and see what is on there and who is saying it, I can probably get in contact. Especially as there is a reunion at Easter.

[HarrysMum]

One is a McCrohon and one is a Gray who have John McCrohon.

I can send them a message.

Thanks Lib, I will talk to you tomorrow. A bit too tired now to think up what to say lol

[kiterunner]

That baptism on the IGI is an "extracted record" and it gives his age at baptism as 1.

When he enlisted on 24 August 1810 it gave his age as 15 and under age (he officially didn't get a pension until he turned 18). It gave his date and place of birth 1795 Limerick and this is on the original handwritten records. On the extracted baptism record if he is "our" John McCrohon his age should read 11 not 1?

[HarrysMum]

It does say 1 Julie. You could always order the original from LDS and have a look.


Did I ask before.................do you know if John had any siblings?

Yes it is worth a try. How did they spell McCrohon please?
How it could be disproved if a marriage could be found in Essex.

[HarrysMum]

McCrohon. There aren't any others in that batch, but that's only baptisms and that one could be on the changeover year for that batch...

Have you looked for a marriage in England?

[Ammanda Schutz]

I looked and found nothing.
According to our Brisbane researcher there was a brother William McCrohon, 1807 but no place of birth. It seems that this is a real connection as William also joined the 4th and went to NSW with his family.
There was a John McCrohan born at Colchester 1814, I think. Fairly close by but I don't know the significance, if there is one. Perhaps the same family and the younger John died.
McCrohan and McCrohon are always being mixed up so the spelling doesn't signify.
There is a family tree on Ancestry that has a Margaret Manning married to a John McCrohon at about the right time but I can't link them to us.
Julie, MS gives the marriage for Emily and John at 1818, no documentation.

[HarrysMum]

Oh Ammanda...don't you just hate it when someone gives you some info and can't give you the source????? lol

I've had so many on my tree particularly from one person who is determined to connect us to royalty I'm sure. She has this beautiful tree without any sources and that's because they're aren't any..............lol

I think you need to contact the brisbane person and ask for all the sources. Anybody who has done a tree would expect to be asked for that so I can't see a problem. Then you need to check all their sources yourself.

I've been caught badly by not rechecking another person's work......