RESEARCHING GILPIN FAMILY

Mike,

The childrens births are all likely to be be before the start of statutory birth registration (1864) and so you willneed to rely on church baptism reocrds, if they have survived. Do you know what denomination the fmaily were and where they attended church?

Elwyn

Hi Elwyn, they were Church of Ireland I believe but not sure which church the attended.

Regards,

Mike

Hi Elwyn, they were Church of Ireland I believe but not sure which church the attended.

Regards,

Mike

Mike,

There appear to be 2 Church of Ireland churches within the parish ? One in Pomeroy and the other at Altdesert. Unfortunately neither has any records before 1876. All that remains is this:

Altdesert (records in local custody, ie held by the Rector): Baptisms, 1877-; marriages, 1846-; burials, 1877-; vestry minutes, 1852-.

Pomeroy (again in local custody): Baptisms, 1876-; marriages, 1845-; burials, 1876-; Sunday School roll book, 1899-1915.

In the 1880s, the Church of Ireland ordered its Ministers to send their older records to the Public Record Office in Dublin for safekeeping. Unfortunately there was a major fire in that building during the civil war in 1922 and the records were all lost (along with some of the censuses etc). Not every church had sent their records to Dublin and some had duplicates, so about 50% survive, but unfortunately in your case the records are gone.

Marriages there from April 1845 onwards still exist because a duplicate copy was sent to the civil registrar but for births, it was 1864 before they were entered into the stat records, so unless someone has a family bible or other documentation on the family, it will be hard to find out how many children this couple had.

Corkhill falls within Dungannon civil registration district. I searched for Gilpin marriages 1845 ? 1870 registered in Dungannon on Family search (Irish civil indexes) and there were 13 in that period. A photocopy of each would cost 4 euros. If you have deep enough pockets you could order them all and see if they relate to your family. If John & Elizabeth had more children who remained in Ireland, then I imagine some might. The townland and father?s name on the cert should help establish which are yours.

I looked for their own marriage but cannot see it and presume they married before 1^st April 1845. I did see one Elizabeth Buchanan marriage in 1845 who married a John but his surname does not appear to be Gilpin. The details are on the Emerald Ancestors site if you feel like paying to see: http://www.emeraldancestors.com/

Elwyn

~~I also have a Gilpin in the family. My great Grandmother was a Mary Ann Gilpin, born 1851 in Dungannon. I have father is John Gilpin and Mother Elizabeth Robinson or Buchanan.

Hoping to make a connection

Hello Mike Gilpin,

I have tried several times to contact you with help re- The Gilpin family who lived in Corkhill, to no avail.

If you see this canyou contact me?

Robert Watt.

Hello Mike Gilpin,

I have tried several times to contact you with help re- The Gilpin family who lived in Corkhill, to no avail.

If you see this canyou contact me?

Robert Watt.

Hello Mike Gilpin,

I have tried several times to contact you with help re- The Gilpin family who lived in Corkhill, to no avail.

If you see this canyou contact me?

Robert Watt.

Hello Mike Gilpin,

I have tried several times to contact you with help re- The Gilpin family who lived in Corkhill, to no avail.

If you see this canyou contact me?

Robert Watt.

Hello Mike Gilpin,

I have tried several times to contact you with help re- The Gilpin family who lived in Corkhill, to no avail.

If you see this canyou contact me?

Robert Watt.

Hello Mike Gilpin,

I have tried several times to contact you with help re- The Gilpin family who lived in Corkhill, to no avail.

If you see this canyou contact me?

Robert Watt.

Hello Mike Gilpin,

I have tried several times to contact you with help re- The Gilpin family who lived in Corkhill, to no avail.

If you see this canyou contact me?

Robert Watt.

Hello There,

I have a photo of the Gravestone of John and Eliza Gilpin who died in 1896 and 1899, They are buried in Crossdernott Church graveyard, More details if these are your people.

From Robert. 

Hello Robert, sorry to take so long to get back to you but until today I have had no notifications of mail.

My email address is gilpin.mj@bigpond.com 

I live in Brisbane Australia.  have been doing a bit of research of my father's family and have found a distant cousin Tony Johns in Victoria Australia who is also on this site. He sent me the photos of the graves today so you must have had some contact with him. I am currently travelling and will not be able to access emails for a week or so but would love to hear more from you.

Regards,

Mike Gilpin 

Hi There,

I was born near Moree & Gortavale, Pomeroy in Co. Tyrone.

Will you contact me as I may well be able to help with he Wildman family.

My grandmother was Mary Jane McIvor.

Robert.

Hi There,

I was born near Moree & Gortavale, Pomeroy in Co. Tyrone.

Will you contact me as I may well be able to help with he Wildman family.

My grandmother was Mary Jane McIvor.

Robert.

Hi my name is Kirstin, 

I understand John Gilpin had a daughter Mary Ann who married a John Somerville. This was my Great great grandfather. I don't really know anything about the family but am interested in learn

Hello happychappy,

I am Robert Watt ( the one who put all those  messages above !!!!!) I was born very near Pomeroy in Co. Tyrone, Ireland.

I went to Crossdernot school in the 1940s where there was a family of 6 Somerville youngesters, they were grandchildren of

Mary Ann ( nee Gilpin ) born in 1851 and John Somerville born in 1837.

I can let you have more info.    my email Address is      rwdwatt@gmail.com

From Robert. 

Hello happychappy,

It is Robert Watt again, I meant to ask you how are you related / connected to Mary Ann ( nee Gilpin ) Somerville?

My Trimble family are related / connected to the Somerville family in at least 3 different ways.

From Robert.

Hello Elwyn,     (  Of Ahohill, Co. Antrim.  )

I am Robert Watt who went to school at Crossdernott  ( about 4 miles from Pomeroy village)

I feel I must point out a correction to yourself and to other readers that the 2 Church of Ireland Churches in the parish of Pomeroy are several miles apart,                                                                                                                                                 But I have read in these messages that one Church was at Pomeroy and the other was at Altdesert,                                      This is incorrect because  Altdesert  Church  IS the Church at Pomeroy,                                                                                          The Church of Ireland Church at Crossdernott is called All Saints.

My email address is   rwdwatt@gmail.com

From Robert.