irish ancestors

hello Helen,

Can you give any names and as much information as possible?

Kind Regards,

Anne K Dennehy

thankyou for your interest. only information i have is my grgrand father william savage was born 1856/7 belfast northern ireland.possibly antrim.he migrated to carlisle cumberland england where he married mary ann maloney also of irish descent. they had three children mary jane born 1881,ellen [my grandmother born 1887]and joseph.i have ?father charles savage,mother surname mallard but not sure of this or any siblings  william might have had. some say william was born in county down,but i really do'nt know. he died age 48 in 1906 and was a builders labourer. i have  no grave stone information as i think he might be buried in a paupers grave.i have tried every search possible with no luck.any thing that can be found re his irish roots would help thankyou helen

Hello Helen,

Go to irishfamilyhistoryfoundation website . Its part of the rootsireland web.  I put in your name william savage  1856 and got many hits.  It shows records born 5 years either side of that date.  I then narrowed it down to co antrim, and got 2 hits.  I then put in the father's name charles and got one hit for 1856.  I then put in Mallard and got yhe same record.   

I then went to the county genealogy centre of Antrim and imput the same information.  I then scrolled down through the RC records (thanks for telling me what religion he was , it halves the job of searching) .    I found that he was born in St. Patrick's Parish , Belfast , in 1856.  If you want to view this record the site charges about €5.

I briefly searched the marriage records for Antrim but couldn't find a marriage for Charles and his wife ? Mallard.They could have been married in a neighbouring county or maybe she is scottish?

Anyway, the record is there and will be a thread to stard pulling in you unravelling of the family history.

Hope this is of help to you,

Kind regards,

Anne K Dennehy

thankyou so much for the information.it means a lot to me,as i have in the past hit a brick wall regarding my grgrand father william savage and his irish family.fingers crossed will be able to find him in the records you have sent me .best wishes helen,and thankyou again.god bless you anne