Hello--
I have an ancestor, Bartholomew Layden, whom I had heard was born in Ahamlish Parish around the beginning of the 19th century. Through quite a bit of research, I found a baptismal record that I assume is his, though he's listed as "Bats Leydan," which confirmed this family tradition.
My question is this: his parents are listed as "Trenets. Leydan" and "Maria Waters." There seem to have been other children born to this couple and the father's name is always along the lines of Trenets/Terentium/Terentio, but the mother's varies between Waters and "Hourisk." I'd never heard of the surname Hourisk before and when I did a basic Google search, I noticed that someone else with a genealogical bent guessed that the family switched from Hourisk to Waters at the close of the 18th century. Does this even make sense/have you heard of something like that before? Or should I assume that Maria Waters/Maria Hourisk are not related at all? I was trying to think creatively and wondered whether Hourisk was pronounced similarly to "uisce" or something, but that seems like a stretch.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give!
Elizabeth
EClare
Tuesday 13th Sep 2016, 01:17AMMessage Board Replies
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James Waters was a witness to my g-g-grandfather's 2nd marriage to Bridget Cunningham, 11/22/1848 Ahamlish Parish.
Snowykody
Monday 17th Oct 2016, 08:03PM -
I have Roger Waters from Ahamlish in my tree, as his Daughter Honorah Waters married my Haran GGG Grandfather.
The the old latin entries used Terentium, which is Terence. Never heard of HOURISK, sorry.
Nina
Thursday 19th Apr 2018, 09:55PM -
Hi. I too have a Waters ancestor who’s name changed to Forreskey or should I say it the other way round as Waters is the anglised version, apparently Forreskey is linked to Hourisk. My ancestor was from the Donegal area but one shows up in Tory Island. . Various spellings have cropped up Furisky, Ferrisky, Fariskey and much much more. I’m about to check starting with H now and from what I hear there could be links to the name starting with O’ and U. The surname Whoriskey is also linked .
Look for the likes of Fareisay, Fursash and also with an H (loads of variations). I found these versions on find my past I’m still checking it all out. I started with Donegal and then left the location empty and found similar names all over the south of Ireland, mainly Waterford but some in cork and limerick if I remeber correctly
uisce is Gaelic irish for Water (o’Fuarisc) is an alternative name as well. It’s all a bit of a mess but at least the change to Waters has now been explained to me. Hope this helps
Feefee6
Thursday 26th Sep 2019, 11:26AM -
Yes I realised about 6 months ago that I too have Huorisk, and looked up the Gaelic translate and discovered it is actually Waters or Watters.
Nina
Friday 27th Sep 2019, 04:18AM -
I appreciate all of your input. Genealogical research is so fascinating. I was a history professor and it’s always been my passion, along with archeology and genealogy. Thanks for adding your research findings to the Sligo/Ahamlish link. I’m hoping my Healy research there will bear more fruit someday. Tying what I found in Ahamlish to my emigrant g-g-grandfather is my greatest desire.
Jack
Saturday 28th Sep 2019, 03:01PM