Samuel Walker born 1778 Ireland. Married Agnes "Nancy" (LNU but may have been Franklin) born 1777 Ireland. (Samuel & Agnes birth years from 1850 census Wayne County, Ohio USA). Walker family lived in Dublin, Ireland & were Carriage Makers. Children of Samuel & Agnes were 2 males born 1795-1802 Ireland, unknown female born 1807-1808 Ireland. Known children: Mary born 1803 Ireland, William born 1806 Ireland, Samuel born 1811 Pennsylvania (Pa) USA, Anna born 1810 Pa, USA. Believe Samuel, Agnes & family immigrated from Dublin in 1809 - Londonderry through Philadelphia, Pa. USA port. Family was in Chester County,Pa. USA 1810 census.
Two Walker brothers immigrated. Samuel is known Walker immigrant, name of second immigrant brother unknown but may have been William.
Samuel Walker family religion Presbyterian; family shown in Hanover Church in Dauphin County, Pa, USA. This church was Scotch-Irish Presbyterian.
Seeking info on Samuel, Agnes, and/or children's birth, marriage, parents, immigration, or any other information in Dublin, Ireland.
Believed Samuel may have been related to William & Elizabeth (Bennett) Walker from St Catherine, Dublin, Dublin,Ireland, because of family naming pattern. Samuel & Elizabeth married Jan 6, 1705 - known children Mary born 3 Sep 1709, Samuel born 3 Nov 1711, William born 1 Oct 1713, & Michal born 29 Sep 1714.
Sunday 23rd Dec 2012, 12:58PM
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Hi,
Thanks for your message.
Unfortunatley, the reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800, is that they simply may not exist. However, as Samuel and Agnes lived in Dublin you may be lucky! The Church of Ireland was the official church of the country, so the bulk of information that does survive from earlier periods is often from these registers. The following websites may help you:
http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42
and
Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may help you is the irishtimes website. Here they give an overview of what records are available for specific parishes. You may be able to find, birth, baptism, marraige records etc pertaining to the family. To see what is available for St. Catherine's follow this link:
With regards to their emigration, recording of passanger lists did not begin in the US until 1820. However, there are two exceptions to this and luckily Philadelphi is one of them! Here is a link to a webpage on the US National Archives websites which tells you what they have:
http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-arrival.html#colonial
If you could access the relevant records you may be able to find out more information on the family.
Some other websites which may help you 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 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
and
Family Search: https://familysearch.org/
I hope this helps you find some more information on the family.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Monday 11th Feb 2013, 12:04PM