William Brownrigg, Co.Wicklow, born 1785

[Peggy13]

I am still looking for my gggg grandfather who emigrated to Canada in 1823.  This was written on his headstone in L'Acadie, Quebec-----
Sacred to the memory of
   William Brownrigg, Sr
   who departed this life on the
   12th day of May 1849
   aged 62 years
   And who was a native of Mullins
   Parish of Kilcommon, County Wicklow,Ireland
   and emigrated to this country
   and settled in the parish of L'Acadie
   on the 3rd of June 1823
   This stone is dedicated to his memory
   by his loving and affectionate wife
   Jane Morris
I would dearly love to find his parents and more about his family.  Can anyone help me at all?  It would be greatly appreciated.
Peggy

[irret]

I'm no expert but there is a site http://www.originsnetwork.com/ that covers Irish origins you do have to subscribe I think it's about 7 pounds for a year good luck worth a try. 

[Peggy13]

Thank you.  I will look into it.  Merry Christmas.
Peggy

[Cara2]

I am still looking for my gggg grandfather who emigrated to Canada in 1823.  This was written on his headstone in L'Acadie, Quebec-----
Sacred to the memory of
   William Brownrigg, Sr
   who departed this life on the
   12th day of May 1849
   aged 62 years
   And who was a native of Mullins
   Parish of Kilcommon, County Wicklow,Ireland
   and emigrated to this country
   and settled in the parish of L'Acadie
   on the 3rd of June 1823
   This stone is dedicated to his memory
   by his loving and affectionate wife
   Jane Morris
I would dearly love to find his parents and more about his family.  Can anyone help me at all?  It would be greatly appreciated.
Peggy

I have no idea if this is being watched for future input but I do have the transcript of the headstone you have been seeking and am wondering have you obtained it between this posting and me finally being able to read it.

Cara

[Peggy13]

I am not sure I understand. I have seen this actual headstone and that is how I was able to post the words on the headstone.
I was looking to find his parents and Jane's. I have visited the graveyard in L'Acadie several times and the town of Grande Ligne
where this couple lived and where my father was born.

[shanew147]

Your problem is that William's birth is probably well before the start of many of the parish records. Do you know what denomination your Brownrigg family were ?



Shane

[Peggy13]

William and relatives are buried in the Grace Anglican Church graveyard in L'Acadie.  So protestant. His son Richard, my gg grandfather is buried in the Baptist church graveyard in Grande Ligne, quebec, Canada.  William and his family emigrated from Co. Wicklow and I was sent a set if possible parents.  Trouble is, how can one be sure if only have the year of birth. The possible parents are Abraham and Alice and there are no descendants ever with those names.  Perhaps if one found the marriage and it stated parents, one could be more sure.

[shanew147]

Anglican/Church of Ireland would make sense as the name of the CofI Parish is Kilcommon - the RC parish which covers this civil parish is Tomacork.

Conflicting details on the availability of historic records for the parish - Ryan's lists them as 'lost', but the RCB list shows Kilcommon records back to the 1810s.



Shane

[Peggy13]

Thanks for this information.  What is RCB list?  Son Stephen's baptism is found in 1821 in parish of Kilcommon (he was born 1819 in Ballinglen). I paid a researcher for that.  She also suggested the possible parents of Abraham and Alice in Aghold, as did another lister.