Research Notes

Source: Lee Cahill, 14 October 2012 (Last updated 22 March 2013)

Collaborators: If you'd like to add to these notes, please do so in a separate section below as I'd like to preserve the integrity of my original notes. Thanks.

• This is a speculative entry based on a listing for an Elizabeth Cahill found on the South African Settlers website (http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?p=5857) - see 'Sources' above for a transcription.
• Further information is derived from a record for Elizabeth Cahill on Ancestry24.com (http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2149450921) - see 'Sources' above for a screenshot.
• A MyHeritage family tree at http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Michael-Morris-Cahill/22863031-1001076(DF) states that "Forefather Cahill" had three children: James, John and Martin.This record may or may not relate to Banach Cahill.

Additional Information

• Early history of Cape Town: http://www.capetown.at/heritage/history/voc_intro.htm
• Brief history of the Castle of Good Hope: http://www.capetown.travel/attractions/entry/The_Castle_of_Good_Hope
• A mathematical study of genealogy that explains the difficulty in tracing Irish family lines: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/05/the-royal-we/30.... "The Penal Laws imposed by England in the early eighteenth century forbade Irish Catholics from buying land or joining professions, which meant that very few permanent records of their existence were generated. 'Irish people of Catholic descent are almost completely cut off from the past,' says Humphries ... 'The great irony about Ireland is that even though we have this long, rich history, almost no person of Irish-Catholic descent can directly connect to that history' "