Searching for Nuzum Ancestors

Hi Denise,

Thank you for your message.

It may be difficult to find more information on Thomas as you do not have a specific place of origin in Wexford. Do you have any documentation pertaining to the family that mentions any place names in Wexford at all? This can include wills, marriage/death records,census records, letters, diary entries etc.

Also, please be aware that it may also be difficult to find records given the early time frameThe reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas ? is that they simply may not exist. Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ? though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns to document the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of the country and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often from these registers.

It may be an idea to contact the Local Studies Department of Wexford County Library to see if they can give you some advice on what early records may be available for the county. Here is their webpage:

http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/YourServices/LocalStudies/What/

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

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/#Wexford

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/wexford/index.html

From Ireland: http://www.from-ireland.net/county-wexford-genealogy/

Best wishes,

Genealogy Support

Could not find that surname in Brian Cantwells memorials of the Dead;

Nearest spelling;

Ardamine graveyard;

William Numan; (stone buried underground, no details)

erected by John Newman in memory of

his daughter-Mary- 8/1/1847 (8)

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Jack Mc Donald

Denise,

The Nuzum family is connected to Enniscorthy, Co Wexford they were Maltsters C1853 George Nuzum had holdings in the town check out ask about Ireland site go into Griffiths valuation to find out more. I assume you have checked the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses available online?

Regards

Ann

Hi Denise,

In response to your old inquiry, I believe we are distant cousins. My great (x3) grandmother was Sarah Nuzum (1777-1851) who married Gardiner Leonard (1771-1851).  My great (x2) grandparents were John Allen Leonard and Josina Evans, and my grandparents John Albertus Denison and Bertha Leonard, who all lived in West Virginia.  I believe our ancestors were of Monegarrow, a townland of Kilgorman parish in Co. Wexford.

As you saw in previous replies, records are few and far inbetween in Ireland pre-1800.  Our people left Co. Wexford by then but by looking at sources such as the 1776 religious census of Ferns, Tithe Applotment Books (1814-55), graveyard indexes (www.from-ireland-net/kilcavan-graveyard-records-wexford/) and the c. 1830 Griffith's Valuation, I've seen the surnames of Leonard and Nuzum that to seem to be of our wider family.

For example, in the 1833 Tax Assessment I see a Leonard (no Christian name) and Thos. Nuzum, who I believe were related to ours but stayed in Ireland.  By 1901, there was still a Nuzum in Co. Wexford, Frances, a Protestant who lived in Enniscorthy.  I see on quite a few genealogical sites that my Leonard was born in Londonderry, but I believe that was the port location from which he left Ireland with his father and brothers.

So, although we have no vital records to prove, I'm quite certain our folks were from this part of Wexford, a lovely area near the Irish Sea between Gorey and Arklow.  Perhaps DNA testing will help solve our Irish beginnings.

Please feel free to get in touch.  I live in Ireland myself now, in Co. Sligo, and wouldn't mind tripping over to the East coast to explore our roots there (my only experience in that area was a concert in Gorey c. 1980!).

Kate (nee Denison) Bell

Hello! I know this post is very old, but it’s worth a shot! Tomas Nuzam is my 6th great grandfather! I just recently started working on my family tree and stumbled upon this post. Well wishes ♥️

Hi Brookie, Great to see your post!  What do you know about your Tomas Nuzum?  My Richard Nuzum was son of a Thomas Nuzum (1706-1791) and Elizabeth (1710-1775), according to biographer Tom Brocher.  I've collected various bits and pieces, , mostly in index form, about later Nuzums in Wexford (including several Thomases) who could be relations, although you've probably seen it all too.  We must be cousins on some level!  I'd be happy to give you my email address and I'm also on Facebook under Kate Bell (of Ballymote, Co. Sligo).  Hope we can connect soon.

Kate that is exactly how my lineage is as well! The Nuzums and Leonard’s! Richard and Hannah Nuzum   are my 6th great grandparents which would actually make Thomas my 7th Great grandfather! I live here in America and would to be in contact! I also took the ancestry dna test as well if you are on there. My name is Brooke sours on Facebook. My city on there is Clearwater Florida. 

Hello Family,

So I too am a direct descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Nuzum thru my great -grandmother Eleanor (Nora) Nuzum (1875-1960) from West Virginia and married to Alfred L. Curry. I really do not have any new info for you except something that you probably already have, that Elisabeth was born in Arklow, like in the Van Morrison song.

I do have a question on the family though: her father was Louis Napoleon Nuzum (1839-1887)! As I live in Corsica now, I have to wonder how that happened. Any ideas? I read somewhere that the Nuzums were French Huguenots (Nous sommes?) who fled to Ireland because of the religious persecution but can't imagine that has anything to do with his being named that at least over one hundred years later. Here's my email: mariejoseph.sandygiudicelli@sfr.fr

Jeff Sandy