Hi Arleen,

Wonderful to hear from you. Yes, Yes ,Yes! There is a connection for sure.

A Vera Turner who lived in Dublin, tracked us down in NZ years ago. She had the whole family tree at her fingertips but now I am going on 25 year old memories. She spoke of Fred PLUCKER marrying an Anastasia BREEN. She linked my GGfather Andrew with his brother Maurice - your Anastasia is from Maurice's line.

I remember Vera talking about the Pluckers and another family by the name of the Newmans. The Newmans were in Dublin though and I'm not quite sure how they fit into the picture.

We used to keep in contact with Vera and I visited her and her 2 sisters when I was in England & Ireland in the early 1980's. We have since lost contact and suspect she must have died. Vera's sisters names are Anastasia and Phil short for Philomena I think. Interesting to see how the same names keep coming up! It hasn't happened on Andrew's side.

I would be very interested in any info you may be able to share and also any info on the Irish end? Email me direct on limohb@hotmail.com and I will redirect you to my usual email address.

Thanks

Christine