Wow Marie you have been busy I can`t thank you enough. I am a little confused at Richards father as Thomas Lee we always thought he must be brother to Thomas born four years earlier who we know is illegitimate, his mother is Mary Lee. Mary had a brother Thomas could Richard be his child, Grandma raised both boys I definately need Richards birth certificate to solve this one.I have found Catherine Roarke`s birth on the IGI she was born Aug 1845 Castletown Parish, Dundalk, her parents Patrick Roarke and Bridget Finegan. Catherine isn`t on 1881 census on line, Brian Lawson informed me she was in gaol I have sent a e-mail to see if I can find out her crime, perhaps Richard moved in with his in-laws when Catherine went to gaol as in 1871 they lived in Thomas street. Thanks once again - Sandra