The Family of Edwin Grogan, son of Rev. William Grogan
This post follows on from the previous one....Edwin Grogan married Isabella Courtenay, daughter of Robert Courtenay and Eliza Hudson, in Dublin in 1861. The wedding was witnessed by Robert Courtenay...
View ArticleMary Williams, second wife of John Jeffery Williams
This post concerns Mary Oliver, who was the second wife of the lawyer, John Jeffery Williams of Grays Inn, and their daughter, Mary Williams.Following the death of his first wife, Sarah Dignan, John...
View ArticleThe Sibbald Family of Renfrewshire and Dublin
My grandfather, Bertie Stewart, had an older sister, Helen Louisa Stewart, who married John Thomas Sibbald in Dublin in 1925 - their children, my father's cousins, were Hazel and Les Sibbald. This...
View ArticleMore on Madeleine Crommelin and Francis Hutcheson
I accessed the following deed in the Registry of Deeds, Henrietta Street, Dublin. It gives a marriage date for Madeleine/Magdallen Crommelin and Francis Hutcheson of November 1728. This deed mentions...
View ArticleThe Will of Sarah Oliver, Saint Osyth, sister of Mary Williams
The following is the 1849 will of Sarah Oliver of Essex, who was the sister of Mary Williams, née Oliver, who was the second wife of John Jeffery Williams. I believe that our great-great grandfather,...
View ArticleWalker Williams, son of Thomas Williams
Research commissioned by the family of Hutchins Thomas Williams in the late nineteenth century, and carried out by the noted English genealogist, Charles Worthy, revealed that Thomas Williams of the...
View ArticleMary Anne Quin, wife of Thomas Williams
Was Mary Anne Quin, who married Thomas Williams of the Bank of Ireland, the granddaughter of Rev.Charles Wye, the cleric who married the couple in St. Thomas's on 26th March 1777? Rev. Charles Wye...
View ArticleCommission of Inquiry 1869
In 1868 Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Lord Ardilaun, was elected as the Conservative MP for Dublin; his election was voided, however, when it was discovered that his electoral agent had used...
View ArticleThe Children of Charles Jones Junior and Isabella Anna Pennefather
I thought it might be helpful to list the offspring of our maternal great-great grandparents, Charles Jones Junior and Isabella Anna...
View ArticleMilitary Record of Francis Courtney, born Dublin 1793
Francis Courtney/Courtenay was the son of Thomas Courtney, shearman of Dublin, and brother to Frederick and Robert Courtenay. He served in the army from 1817 till 1839 when he retired as an...
View ArticleLinks between the Williams, Bellinghams, Wyes, Quins and Palmers
This post explores the links between the Bellinghams of Castlebellingham, the Quins of Dublin, the Wyes of Dunleer and the Palmer family of Dublin. It's a work in progress....Thomas Williams, father...
View ArticleThe Connor/O'Connor Family of Ballybricken and Connorville
The Connors/Conners were an ancient Munster family, who intermarried with various branches of my mother's family. Actually, we probably would have died out years ago without their genetic...
View ArticleJohn Anderson, schoolteacher of Drumadarragh, Antrim
John Anderson was the son of William Anderson (1804 - 1892) and Sarah Fay (1804 - 1887) of Kells, Co. Antrim. I've already done an earlier post on the Anderson family of Kells/Connor, Co. Antrim,...
View ArticleWilson Church Records - Donaghcloney, Co. Down
Wilson Records from the Register of Donaghcloney 1st Presbyterian:A David Wilson Junior gave a subscription to build a meeting house in Donacloney in 1796.Wilson Baptisms:August 3rd 1800 - George...
View ArticleLavalade Records in Donaghcloney Parish
This post collates the records I've come across for the Lavalade family of Donaghcloney. It's most likely that this family is somehow related to the family of Rev. Charles Lavalade of Lisburn, fifteen...
View ArticleJamiesons of Donaghadee, Co. Down
This post is merely a collation of information on the Jamieson/Jamison/Jameson families of rural Donaghadee. We descend from a Robert Jamieson of Ballyhay, Donaghadee, but it's unclear whether all...
View ArticleThe Frew Family of Killyleagh, Co. Down
This post collates whatever information I manage to gather about the Frew family of Killyleagh who my Stewarts seemed to be related to via a number of people. Most of the Frews of Killyleagh, who...
View ArticleMore Willis/Woolsey Connections...
This post expands on a few Willis/Woolsey connections, primarily through the marriage of Rev. Henry de Laval Willis and Mary Anne Woolsey in 1841....Captain John Woolsey was the High Sheriff of Louth...
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Hugh Burke, cousin of Jane Orr, née Stewart
William Stewart, the brother of Joseph Stewart who was our great-great grandfather, married Margaret Burke in Downpatrick Registry Office in 1851. William and Margaret Stewart's daughter, Jane...
View ArticleThe Descendants/Family of Joseph and Ann Stewart of Crossnacreevy, Moneyreagh
This post is the beginnings of the family tree of the descendants of Joseph and Ann Stewart of Crossnacreevy, Moneyreagh, Co. Down. I'll add more to it later....More details here though:...
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