I'd love to find some details about my Gt Gt Grandmother Jane Quinn. She moved to England (Kent) sometime before 1866 when she married my Gt Gt Grandfather Charles Smitherman,
In English census records she gives her birth as Belleek, Fermanagh, about 1842.
On her marriage certifcate (1866) she describes her father as "Patrick Quinn, Policeman, deceased".
But I've yet to find any more than that. I've been to the Belfast Records office (a long way from my New Zealand home), but found nothing there. I also visited Belleek. What a beautiful place and area, but still no luck. There are a couple of references to Quinn there on the Griffiths Valuations, but nothing to tie Jane to them.
My only other clue is that her marriage was in a Catholic Church, and as far as I can tell no-one in the family before then was Catholic. I do however now carry her fathers name as my own middle name, and their religion. So it would be great to find more information.
Can anyone help?
Kiwitrees
Tuesday 5th Mar 2013, 09:03PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
Thank you for your message. Do you have any additional information concerning these individuals?
As the Catholic parish for the area is divided between Fermanagh & Donegal - it may be wise to check Both sets of records...
Information regarding the Catholick registers for the Roman Catholic parish of Carn Fermanagh (including Belleek) can be found here:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseact…
Information regarding the Catholick registers for the Roman Catholic parish of Carn Donegal (including Belleek) can be found here:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseact…
Some other information:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/templecarnpro…
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/27695718?uid=3738232&uid=2&uid=4&…
If you haven't already- you might try any of the following:
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Thursday 7th Mar 2013, 09:51AM -
Worth bearing in mind that it was common when abroad for place of birth to be listed as nearest town, so your Jane may be from anywhere within a large radius of Belleek, which could put her in either Fermanagh or Donegal.
Bob Graham (County Fermanagh XO)
Friday 8th Mar 2013, 08:29AM -
Thanks for all your suggestions. Searching Donegal is certainly something I hadn't thought of before. The rest I have pretty much already exhausted. It seems the biggest problem is missing Catholic records prior to 1851. This is also the problem I found at PRONI.
Ccynoconnor asked "Do you have any additional information concerning these individuals? ". The answer is no, at least not prior to her marriage in England in 1866 as mentioned. After that date I have plenty, but nothing that adds anything to the info I gave at the start, regarding Jane's birth.
Kiwitrees
Saturday 9th Mar 2013, 01:15AM