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Ireland Charts of the Surname French

Last updated by Mara French on 4/1/08. Send corrections or additions to Mara French.

Are you compiling the ancestry of your French family on the web?

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We suggest you use any computer software with GEDCOM format, preferably Family Tree Maker, and it should be able to create an index. Best server for storing your files is rootsweb.com.

We request that you add in all names of French ancestors and descendants (all French brothers), not just the line you're working on. This would help all descendants of that line, not just one family.

Document all sources. This is the most important part.

Please note that only a few charts have links to the actual chart. More links to come.

Ireland Charts of Emigrants Only

Numbers on these charts relate to the America descendants numbered charts but are prefixed with an "IRE" for Ireland.

Chart #IRE127. Walter French, 1400s

This line spread throughout Ireland to Frenchpark among others, and also to Australia. It is the chart for Monivea Castle, Galway, Ireland and dates back to William the Conqueror. Walter French of Wexford moved to Galway and started the Galway French Tribe, one of the first 14 surnames in Galway, Ireland.

Chart #IREA. Nicholas French of County Wexford, Ireland, 1200s

Nicholas was b. in the 1200s and d. in Wexford County, Ireland, m. Mary Murphy Cullenstown. This family is assumed to be part of the French family of Ballytory Castle near Tacumshane in 1324 of which Nicholas French died there in 1328. His ancestor was among the first Normans to land in Ireland ca. 1169 in Bannow, County Wexford. The Normans came from Normandy, France in 1066 with William the Conqueror and landed in southern England. In 1425 Walter French of Wexford moved to Galway and started the Galway French Tribe, one of the first 14 surnames in Galway, Ireland. The Galway Frenches (or ffrench as they were known) immigrated to America, but this has not yet been documented by the FFA.

Chart #IREB. Bannow, Ireland, Frenches

Chart #IREC. Castleffrench Frenches

Chart #IRED. Galway Frenches

Chart #IREE. Roscommon Frenches

Chart #IREF. Frenchpark Frenches

Chart #IREG. Dublin Frenches