Martin family of Passage West 1874

RIC policy was not to post a police officer to a county he or his wife had family connections. So Gilbert is unlikely to be a native of Cork and you would expect the family to be transferred to another county after the marriage.

I see children born as follows on rootsireland:

Dora 20.4.1877

William 20.4.1879

Elizabeth 6.6.1880

Joseph 15.3.1882

Sarah 15.4.1883

All the above at Castlecomer, Kilkenny where Gilbert was Head Constable (a rank between sergeant and Inspector).

Then an un-named male 16.3.1886

Edith 19.9.1889

Both the above were in Tramore Waterford. Gilbert’s occupation then  was railway clerk.

According to the 1901 census Sarah was born in Cork East Riding c 1850.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Waterford/Tramore/Patr…

She married in a Wesleyan chapel (though I notice that by 1901 she’s Church of Ireland). Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church, so I would try and find out if that chapel has baptisms for c 1850. (Many Methodists at that time still baptised children in the Church of Ireland). If you can’t locate any Methodist baptisms then it might be worth trying the local Church of Ireland for the parish of Monkstown. So I’d be inclined to search the parish records for the parish where she married and perhaps some adjacent ones, to see if you can identify her birth.

Dear Elwyn & Miriam,

Thank you so much for responding this quickly and comprehensively. I'm going to spend the morning going through all your findings!  I have sourced the RIC records of both my great and great great grandfather Boardman and great grandfather Johns which are quite comprehensive - I found your comment about them being transferred to a different county interesting (and understandable)

You are providing a great service.

Regards,

Rosaleen

Hi Rosaleen, Sarah and several other members of the family are buried here in Tramore. What details can I give you. Sandra

Hi Sandra,

Thank you for contacting me. If you could give me details of who is buried where that would be great. I think I need to sit down and update and expand my spreadsheets - it can get quite overwhelming looking at all the different branches of the Boardman and Johns family! Maybe I should pin a map of Southern Ireland on my wall too so I have a snapshot of where everyone lived.

I've signed up for Findmypast and the IRish Newspapers Archives so am finding out quite a bit from their records now.

Take care.

Rosaleen

Hi, buried in ChristChurch Church of Ireland Tramore Waterford. Gilbert Aldridge Boardman 1830 Kildare Died 26-12-1920. Wife Sarah Martin 1851 Cork Died 17-7-1932 also their daughter Sarah Louisa Perry Died 1975 [no record of date] & their daughter Edith Watt died 20-11-1968 also her husband William Frazer Watt Died 14-7-1973. Boardman family 9 children 1 died infant = W'm Martin born & died 1879. first born named after Gilbert A  14-1-1875 Died Jan. 1946 Wales. Male born 16-3-1886 was Alfred. youngest Henry George 2-3-1893 Died 7-1-1954 Dublin. his wife was local and the family are still here.  I see you have the names of the other kids. good luck Sandra

Hi Sandra,

Thank you for this. I didn't know Sarah Martin's death date. I know Henry George's children -  I was supposed to visit one of the girls (she's 90) in London for the first time just as the lockdown ocurred so am hoping that can still happen later in the year. I'm very interested in the social history side of the family too.

Take care.

Rosaleen

Hi Rosaleen, I have gone through the local history books I have here in the house and found one reference for you. [The Waterford & Tramore Railway. H Fayle. A T Newham 1964 ISBN 0 7153 5518X  Page 46. Anecdotes by W E Jacob about traveling on the line to school around the end of the century. [19th ] STATES  At this time Mr. Boardman was in charge of the ticket office at Tramore. His son Harry became accountant to the company and later was on the staff of the Great Southern Railway.]   There is another book but I don't have a copy called THE FIVE MINUTE BELL. I will go see it in the library when isolation is over. This railway line was run in those days by a private company, opened in 1853 closed 1960 12 miles on a single track. To-day we only have the station here and the Waterford South station as it was called is long gone. Best wishes from Tramore talk later Sandra

Thank you Sandra, that's very kind of you. 

Stay well,

Rosaleen