Hi Allan,

Thank you for sending me this. Matthew was my great great grandfather!

I'm not getting anywhere with him as he was born in Ireland and the records are scant. I have his descendants obviously but nothing before him:-(

This does confirm the spelling of his name for me though, as in the census records, it is spelled with only one T. And I had wondered if 'Matthew' wasn't his first name and that's why I couldn't find him anywhere else, so this clears that one up too!

Thanks again - fascinating!

Lynne