My gr gr grandfather was James Glasson, born 1801 in Ireland. We are the only Glassons in this area, and I've always wondered how James came to be up here when the majority of Glassons ended up in Cornwall. Has anybody else got Cumbrian Glassons in their family tree, and do they start from Ireland? I don't know which part of Ireland he came from, and that's the annoying part. I can't get any further. All the census reports say is that he was born in Ireland but don't give a town. Which is the main part of Ireland where they all came from?

Rosemary Groggins (nee Glasson