The original HANDIBOE'S, in the US, came in via CANADA and settled in Columbus, OHIO, in the early 1830's. They were James & Mary WALSH-HANDIBOE, both b. in IRELAND. They built canals in both Canada and US, along the way they had their many children's birth's take place.

In Australia, the English in power not caring a whole lot about the particular's of the spelling of an IRISH person's name spelled it HANDEBO'S, as did the US upon their entering. HANDIBOE, can now as a result be spelled several different way/

Sue CATTERALL, a HANDEBO of Australia's, original "penal colony", a decendant wrote me an interesting email regarding one HANDEBO, which is not only true, but interesting for those HANDIBOE'S/HANDEBO'S & other spellings left in the world. It's also, interesting IMO, to HISTORY!

Hello! Lora,

I hope this email finds you well.

I just noticed on facebook that you are now friends with Glenn. Yes, Glenn relates to our Handebo's. You may even see young Anna Handebo on my facebook, she too would be connected to us. I only met up with Anna recently and Glenn as well. Neither of them knew one another yet their Handebo's would have been my own from New England, it just depends which branch they come down through.

Glenn tells me that he also connects to the current Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as they both share a GGG grandmother Mary Wade who was a young convict lass who got sent out to Australia (she was to have been hung in the UK) for the term of her natural life. She ended up having 21 children and did very well. I don't think I could have had 21 children. She stole clothes off another young female and was to have pawned them for money. In those days young children lived on the streets or stole and begged for food because of the terrible situation many of them were in. Anyway the story of Mary Wade is very interesting if you happen to look it up. Mary Wade is not related to me but only through Glenn's maternal side, not his Handebo side.

Young Anna would love to know how many Handebo's there are worldwide but the only thing is they changed their name as it was not always Handebo.

Talk to you soon.

Love

Sue Catterall

HANDIBOE- a great little story about Australia's HANDIBOE'S forwarded to me by sue_catterall, a HANDIBOE-decendant.