Searching for William WALMSLEY b abt 1851 Fermanagh. Marriage certificate Enniskillen 1874: William Walmsley, merchant of Derrygonnelly, 22, bach, father Thomas WALMSLEY, farmer. Marriage to Elizabeth (Eliza) MILLS of Slavin, 20, spinster, father Alexander MILLS (abt 1818-1905), farmer, Ardees Upper, mother Eleanor (Ellen) SOMERVILLE (abt 1824-1905) Gortnalee.
Walmsley family moved to Liverpool abt 1877.
Walmsley Children: Hugh Alexander 1875-1876, Eliza Jane 1876-? (lived Liverpool), Ellen 1877-1877, Harriet Letitia abt 1879-1953 (married George Alexander Loughead, lived Liverpool), William John 1880-1940 (married Ellen Cassandra Lee, lived Liverpool), Robert Thomas 1892-1917 (lived Liverpool).
jan34
Monday 25th Mar 2013, 11:10AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi,
Thank you for your message.
Have you tried looking in church records for information on William? If you can find his birth record this will also give you his mother?s name.
Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Inismacsaint parish, follow this link:
Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42
Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.
You could also try looking in the 1901/1911 census records to see if there was any family still living in the area at the time. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Some other websites that you may find useful are:
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/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/fermanagh/index.html
Family Search: www.familysearch.org
I hope that this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Wednesday 15th May 2013, 11:00AM