Hi Peter,

It’s great to hear from another Acres, particularly since like me, you are descended from the branch of the family that lived at Ballybeg. Since writing that post in 2007 I’ve been working at the Acres history and have masses of records, but establishing links between generations has been very hard and I don’t like to do it without firm evidence. Since then I have rechecked the marriage registration I have for my great grandfather William Acres in 1869 and realised that his father’s name was William, not George as I initially thought (the writing is very hard to decipher!). He came from Ballybeg.

Griffiths Valuation in 1854 shows a George and a William Acres as householders in Ballybeg. George, your great-grandfather, had 66 acres of land, and his house and land were valued at £36, while William had 4 acres of land and his house and land were valued at £3. Since my great-grandfather William would only have been about 12 at this point, I assume that this William is his father, my great-great-grandfather.
But I’ve not been able to make any links between these two at Ballybeg (who perhaps were brothers ?) and earlier Acres in Roscrea, so it’s great to have your information linking George to Thomas Acres and George and Mary of Mill Park. It’s very interesting to hear about the early Acres in Ireland.

I’ve collected records from the Register office in Dublin, plus Roscrea parish records, Griffiths Valuation and Wills in the Irish National Archive. Peter Baillie from Australia who started this thread on Ancestry.co has also generously given me a lot of information.

I would love to see a copy of your detailed family tree and your records and photos – I only have one photo of my grandmother, Mary Acres, taken around 1900, but will happily send you a copy. I live near Nottingham and my email address is Sue@forster.waitrose.com

All the best,
Sue Forster