We are looking for two Lamb brothers: Laurence and James, born between 1786 and 1790 in Mortbower (hamlet), Carnew Parish, Wexford Co., Ireland. Laurence and James married two Doyle sisters: Judith Ann and possibly Ann. James and Judith had 8 children between 1814 and 1835; Laurence and Ann had 2 children: Daniel and Mary between 1825 and 1831. James and Judith left Wexford, arriving in Ontario, Canada in about 1836 bringing with them the two children of Laurence and Ann. It is believed that Laurence and Ann may have died in Wexford. In addition, it is known that one daughter of James and Judith, Mary, married a John Kelly in Wexford in 1835/6 and Mary and John Kelly joined the migration to Canada.

Does anyone have any information on this family? Could someone in Wexford Co. look up the basic information for me or tell me where to go from here?

We are at a complete dead-end and any help would be greatly appreciated.

With regard,
Sharon and Jim McDonald

I might be able to help you with this. I have the tenants from Montebower (sp) which I will have to look up. My husbands family was from Carnew in Wicklow. I have a large number of estate rents from the Coolattin Estate of Earl Fitzwilliam that extended into Wexford. I will look up what I have in the next day or two.

Currently there are few parish records on line, also I'm sure I never collected the name Lamb, unless married to someone I was looking for when going through records. I have spent 40 hours going through Parish records. I have an index of birth records for Wicklow and Wexford, there is only 1 Lawrence born 1795, and no James, a Jacobus 1793?
Perhaps another brother? The Wexford records for Lamb don't start till 1828. Do you know if Catholic or Protestant?

The Tithe records for Carnew are kept under Wexford at the National Archives, other records are in Wicklow.

I have a CD Irish Memorial Inscriptions by Brian Cantwell completed 1985. He recorded all readable gravestones in Wicklow and Wexford. There are only 5 of these. I cannot put on the message board due to rootsweb policies so you will need to contact me. codeannette@yahoo.ca

By the time of the Griffiths Valuations of 1853 there was only one Lamb in Motabower Townland, Carnew Parish, Barony of Gorey, Union of Shillelagh.

Motabower
2. Lawrence Lamb, leasing from Earl Fitzwilliam house, land 25 Acres 1 rood 5 perches (old english measurement)
3. Lawrence Lamb 38 Acres.3.31 house,office and land

Doyle is a very common name and difficult to research due to the numbers, there are 62 Judith Doyles born in Wicklow

www.censusfinder.com United Kingdom+Ireland+Wicklow has some resources

www.igp-web.com + Wicklow different counties, different information but look for the photo project under archives.

Annette Code
'genealogy for fun'

see www.bytown.net a Canadian website for 'extracts' from Coollattin Estate