tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894411664423061672.post4926629539596277130..comments2023-11-01T00:47:17.899+11:00Comments on Aussie Maria: GenealogyAussie Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107453364531984524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894411664423061672.post-23384736210143459662009-09-23T10:43:47.637+10:002009-09-23T10:43:47.637+10:00Hi - the DRISCOLL's or O'DRISCOLL's ca...Hi - the DRISCOLL's or O'DRISCOLL's can be interchangeable. My lot arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia in 1848 from County Cork, Ireland. Not by choice but by force :-) - a convict. Quite a few of them in the end as he had 2 wives and 22 children in total in Australia.Aussie Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107453364531984524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894411664423061672.post-61057325632097354282009-09-23T10:23:50.378+10:002009-09-23T10:23:50.378+10:00Hmmm. My mother's maiden name was Driscoll. He...Hmmm. My mother's maiden name was Driscoll. Her grandfather (who was an O'Driscoll and later doropped the O) came from COunty Kerry in Ireland to New Zealand in the late 1800s, I think. They settled in an area they called Kerrytown in the South Island.M-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409916623998907121noreply@blogger.com