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Offline Fran J

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looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« on: Wednesday 28 November 12 04:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi I am new to this site and I am searching for family by the names of French and Hayden, both are from County Wexford, Ireland, I know they lived on Distillery Road and from what my Mother could remember her parents telling her they actually lived near the old distillery, my Mother was only 2 weeks old when she was brought to England, that was in the beginning of  November 1920, my Grandfather was Martin Moses French, my Grandmother was Sarah Jane French (nee) Hayden, my Mother was Sarah Elizabeth French, her married name was Johnson, but it is the French's and Hayden's I am searching for, if anyone can give me any help or info it would be gratefully appreciated.
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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 06:22 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to rootschat Fran. I think this would be better on the Irish board. I will ask a moderator to move it for you. Irish research is a bit of a specialised field. Have you checked the 1911 and 1901 Irish censuses for your family:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

I will leave it for the Irish experts to help you further. Good luck.


Moderator Note - topic moved to Co. Wexford

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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 08:23 GMT (UK) »
There's a Distillery Road in Wexford town, which starts at the Quays and goes west toward the road that ends up at Wellingtonbridge.

The distillery was called Bishop's Water and located slightly to the west of the town in the townland named Slipperygreen. No sign that I see of any  French or Hayden household in that townland on the 1901 or 1911 census .. although they could be somewhere close by - see : Slipperygreen townland, 1911

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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 08:36 GMT (UK) »
as a starting point - it looks like these are the best candidates for Martin and Sarah with their families on the census returns

  French household, Fishers_Row - 1901
  French household, Fishers_Row - 1911

  Hayden household, Carrigeen St. - 1901
  Hayden household, Carrigeen St. - 1911

All the addresses are in Wexford town. Fisher's Row is just off the quays, and a short distance east of Distillery Rd. Carrigeen St. is about the same distance to the north of Distillery Rd - so all within close walking distance.

If these are the correct people, then both Martin and Sarah were born around 1895. So presumably they married sometime between 1911 and 1920, possibly in or near Wexford town...


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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 08:40 GMT (UK) »
looking good... there's a likely marriage on the BMD Index during 1915 :

  Name: Martin French
  Registration district: Wexford
  Event type: Marriage
  Quarter and year: Jul-Sep 1916
  Volume: 4 / Page: 393

A matching entry appears for a Sarah Hayden, so very likely a cross-match.

You can use the references above to order a research marriage cert from the GRO. This will give a few more details, and hopefully confirm the above census returns are correct.

see : Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon
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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 08:55 GMT (UK) »
these are the best birth matches I see for that Martin & Sarah - certs would show further detail to help link confirm these links - e.g. place of birth, father's name & occupation, mother's maiden name etc,

  Name: Martin French
  Registration district: Wexford
  Event type: Birth
  Quarter and year: Jul-Sep 1894
  Volume: 4 / Page: 659

  Name: Sarah Hayden
  Registration district: Wexford
  Event type: Birth
  Quarter and year: Jul-Sep 1895
  Volume: 4 / Page: 682

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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 12:06 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for moving this to the Wexford board Shane ... and you've made some great finds too.  :)

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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 13:19 GMT (UK) »
Fran

hi there

we should chat,

I have recently been searching the same two surnames with similar results to those already noted on this thread by shanew147 etc.

(in fact i had a look through these threads only a week ago and no  mention of french or hayden then your posts comes along today yippeee)

currently chasing the connection between Hayden and possible marriage to Sarah (Kehoe) who had 12 siblings one called sarah, another of the 12 siblings is possibly my grandmother.


The Thomas and Sarah Hayden (head of house hold and spouse) mentioned in Carrigeen street 1901 1911 census I think the wife is possibly Sarah nee Kehoe but will confirm once I find marriage or birth cert.

my grandmother is possibly the Stasia mentioned as step daughter in the same census records

the Martin French mentioned by shanew147 would be my grandfathers brother :-)

a quick thank you to Shanew147, your posts here have helped put confidence to my original searches

I have an excel spreadsheet of the links i've made already which I would be happy to share.

I have sent you one pm with my details, cant send you anymore as your inbox is full or you may need to post a few messages to the forum to increase you inbox limit.

maybe we should chat further

thanks
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Re: looking for family, surname French or Hayden
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 28 November 12 14:06 GMT (UK) »
not sure if you already have this ....a possible Hayden/Kehoe marriage from the BMD Index

  name: Thomas Hayden
  registration district:   Wexford
  event type: Marriage
  Quarter and year: Jan-Mar 1891
  Volume : 4 /  Page : 588

The same references appear for a Sarah Kehoe.

see : Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon
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