Namack/Nammack/Nammock

Clark:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I will alert our parish liaison in Tralee that you have posted a message.

Roger McDonnell

Thank you Roger! :)
The main areas of interest are of course anything on the Nammocks, and any verification that Mary Horgan is or is not James' wife.

Best,

Clark

Dear Clark, lovely to hear from you. All of us volunteers love to see an unusual name come up in the queries! , I am trawling through the records now and you may have much of what I find for you already since clearly you have done an amount of research.

In Griffith's Valuation I found a William Nammock, Cordal East (townland), Civil Parish Ballincuslane, 1853, landlord George Twiss. Cordal is only a few miles from Tralee and is in the Poor Law Union of Tralee.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=26&Submit.y=12&Submit=Submit&familyname=Nammock&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=KERRY&unionname=&parishname=

I also found an even earlier record for 1825 also for a William Nammock in Coolroe (townland) Civil parish of Aglish

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004587396/004587396_00131.pdf

This is a map of Coolroe, Aglish

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/aglish1.html

I wouldn't give up on that marriage you found just yet since James would normally have married his wife in her Parish of origin! Gortnascary (townland) Civil Parish Knockane is showing a Michael Horgan of Gortnascary in 1852 (Griffith's Valuation) I am inclined to wonder if there is a connection between William Nammock of Coolroe and James Nammock of Gortnascary?

I find one baptism record for this couple a dau Jane (who matches your known family)

NameJANE NAMUCK

Date of Birth11 May 1845 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)

AddressGHERAMEEN

FatherJAMES NAMUCK

MotherMARGARET HORGAN 

Sponsor 1JOHN FOGARTY

Sponsor 2JOHANNA SULLIVAN 

This family were clearly on the move and it would not be beyond the bounds of possibility at that time that they are moving in search of work especially if James is not the eldest son and/or the family are split because some married Catholics and some remained Church of Ireland. James wife could be Margaret Mary Horgan? Since Jane is a dau I would be very interested in this couple, and Jane is not such a common name.

There might be more information available about James the soldier in the Military Archives, Kew Garden, London since Ireland was under British rule at the time.

 Let me know what you think Clark and maybe between us we can come up with some more options. Especially since the name Nammock is uncommon.

Warm wishes

Martine

Thank you Martine! I appreciate the work you've done. I will look into this and get back with you. Sorry for the delayed response, finally got back online after my laptop crashed. If I remember correctly when I was searching around, I did find mention of Nammocks (and varients) near Lixnaw from the late 1790s to the mid 1850s, but I will have to dig around and try to find that again.

Warm regards,

Clark

Hi Clark, sorry to hear about your laptop. I hope you did not lose your files!

Martine