Looking for any information on my many times great grandfather William Henry Cascadden/Corscadden, who supposively was born Feb 14 1773 in Donegal (Ballintrina/Ballyshannon) area... Left Ireland and immigrated first to USA about 1790 with brothers,,, one is Alexander and possibly James and Hugh... one brother they say drank sea water went crazed and jumped overboard, obviously from lack of fresh water.... Alexander and William Henry settled first for about 15 years in Pennsylvania,,, then they immigrated to Niagara Fall area, Ontario Canada... thus serving in a militia unit in the war of 1812 .....any help appreciated... looking for any family history information as who were their parents and county in ireland where any of the Corscaddens/Cascaddens lived....Thankyou...Cheryl
chevycheryl
Thursday 31st Oct 2013, 01:15AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Cheryl,
I searched baptisms/births on www.rootsireland.ie/ for Cascaddens and only got 2 matches:
Catherine 1805 and Maggie 1895 both in Donegal
There are 212 Corscadden baptisms/births in Donegal but only 2 around 1773: Margaret in 1775 & Robert 1777 both in Antrim
Corscadden: there are 2 Alexanders & 3 James but no Hugh born 1770 + - 20 years in Donegal.
Unfortunately it costs to view the full records on rootsireland but you need to do in order to get the parents' names.
The Tithe Applotments which are free to search have 2 Corscaddens - Richard and Andrew - in Donegal in 1825.
Col
ColCaff, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Thursday 31st Oct 2013, 03:06AM -
I am also researching William Henry Cascadden, and would like to exchange information.
RadOncDoc07
Wednesday 27th Apr 2016, 04:28AM