Looking for O Reilly

By janet123nz January 31, 2013 1196 views 2 comments

I am looking for records for Johanna O'Reilly (probably from Waterford, Ireland) - she married Peter Kirwan in 1886 in Hokitika on the West Coast of New Zealand. There were 3 sons Peter Joseph 188 - 1937, Lawrence 1891 - 1973, Patrick Bernard 1899 - ?. Johanna was buried in Hokitika on 3.2.42 and Peter in Hokitika on 30.7.31. I am particularly interested in finding the parents on Johanna, and also when she emigrated to New Zealand.

Comments (2)

Grant01

Hi
Johanna OReilly and Peter Kirwan were my great grand parents
Records are vague but I do have a lot of archived history
My email is grant.turner@xtra.co.nz
Cheers
Grant

janet123nz

Hi Grant
Thank you for your reply. Am excited someone may be able to fill in some gaps! My great grandparents were Ellen O'Reilly and Daniel Dooling so apparently our great grandmothers were sisters. I personally knew the younger Peter Kirwan and Lawrence Kirwan. I originally came from Hokitika and know a bit of history. Mt email is note4janet@hotmail.com. we are off on holiday tomorrow but will have access to emails, so look forward to any help you can give me. I look forward to hearing from you. Janet