Hi Denise,
I previously had information that a great great grandmother of mine had the name Catherine Tindle. Recently I determined that the correct spelling was Tyndall.
I knew that Catherine married a Thomas Knowles In Ireland and later their daughter immigrated to the United States, where I live.
So I did a google search fo "Catherine Tyndall" "Thomas Knowles", which led me to here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~familycent...where a Catherine Tyndall married a Thomas Knowles. There are typographical errors on that web page. That page stated that Thomas Knowles was "b 19 Apr 1864". I believe that b should have been an m, meaning married 19 Apr 1864. That would be a perfect match to the birthdate of their oldest child, my ancestor Margaret, born in February of 1865.
Information I located (somewhere) online had the marriage in the civil parish of Muckalee in County Kilkenny, while 10 months later Catherine's first child was born in the neighboring County Queens. So I guess Thomas and Catherine married where she was from and moved either where he was from, or where he could get a job.
Anyway, that seems to be my ancestors. Also on that webpage are Catherine's siblings, parents, and a few earlier generations of Tyndall's. I don't know if you have seen that webpage before. I also do not know where the information on that webpage came from. But from that chart, and other digging for Tyndall information I was doing yesterday, here are my "notes" for Catherine Tyndall.
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Notes for Catherine Tyndall Knowles:
Catherine's parents and some or all of her siblings, and maybe herself, were from County Kilkenny, Ireland, probably from the townland of Coan West.
Catherine Tyndall 's parents:
William Tyndall born 1817?
Catherine Shore
Catherine Tyndall and her siblings:
Eliza Tyndall
Robert Tyndall born 1836 in the townland of Coan or Coan West, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
William Tyndall born 1837
Catherine
Bridget Tyndall
Joseph Tyndall born 1844
Margaret Tyndall born 1848
Phillip Tyndall born 1851
Robert and Joseph Tyndall were the only two Tyndall siblings who emigrated from Ireland to Australia. Robert arrived in Melbourne, Australia on board the "Shalimar" in February of 1855. Joseph arrived in Melbourne on the "City of Melbourne" in July of 1862.
Catherine's brother William was listed at the age of 74 in the 1911 Census of Ireland. He and his wife and children lived in the townland of Coan West in the civil parish of Dysart, in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
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I already forgot where I got other information that at least one Tyndall sibling was from the townland of Coan West, which is in the civil parish of Dysart in Co. Kilkenny.
But now that I have a townland, I can determine which civil parish and Catholic parish that is in, and see if Family Search has microfilmed records from there, and they do. Film # 926200 includes records from the Catholic Church, the Parish of Muckalee, although a note says some of the records are faded and illegible.
In my genealogy charts, I mostly limited the chart and information to direct ancestors only, without mentioning siblings. So I don't care that much about siblings of my ancestors, except if it helps to confirm other information. But I will order the microfilm and look for birth records for Catherine Tyndall and her siblings, and I will try to find a marriage date and place for her parents. I am waiting for other microfilms to come in before I drive over to the Family History Center. Those films should arrive in a week. Then I will order the Muckalee film, which should arrive within two weeks after that. Then I will look through it and post any findings here. Maybe you have already seen that microfilm.