Hello all,
I am researching the name Piper for friends who asked me to do so on their behalf. I will endeavour to keep this in chronological order so will mention the earliest date that each site contains in the hope that it will be easy for other researchers to follow. Some sites may be mentioned more than once this enables one to find each Piper on that site -
German Palatinate surnames
In the eighteenth century there was migration to Ireland from the Palatinate of the Rhine in Germany. These German refugees settled principally in Limerick around 1709, and their seperate culture remained intact up until the early 1900s. Palatinate surnames to be found in and around: Court, Matrix, Ballingran, Killiheen, and Adare in Limerick were: Baker, Bovanizer, Bowen, Doube, Delmege, Gillard, Latchford, Ligier, Millar, Lodwig, Modlar, Pyper, Reynard, Ruttle, Shire, Stark, and Switzer.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishancestors/Surnames/Groups.htmlAn Account of the Palatine's Settlement in Ireland in the 18th Century
www.users.bigpond.com/olavemil/ambassador.htmA Family from Court Matrix near Rathkeale (mention of Catherine Piper)
1709
www.geocities.com/judydrysdale/stories5.html Broken LinkPeter PIPER m 1749 Elizabeth BOVENHIZER
1749
http://users.ncable.net.au/~jburrell/gen/shumack/bovenhizer.html LDS Extracts from Rathkeale Parish Church Records
1754 Elizabeth Piper married John Ruckle
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/IRL-PALATINE/2000-11/0975513372 -
1755 John Pyper married Catherine Rynard
www.switzerfamily.org/irish_canadian.htm 1762
http://genealogy.dubery.com/Rathkeale_M1.htmLDS Extracts from Rathkeale Parish Church Records
1766 Jacob Piper married Ann Dollmage (Jacob of the parish of Kilscannell)
1766
http://genealogy.dubery.com/Rathkeale_M1.htm1766 Elizabeth Piper married Adam Dulmage (Elizabeth of Kilscannell parish)
www.ststp.com/Archives/Genealogy/Trimble/delmege.txt1769 Charles Piper christened 12th March. Parents Jacob Piper & Ann
LDS Extracts from Rathkeale Parish Church Records
1769
http://genealogy.dubery.com/rathkeale_b2.htm1771 Catherine Piper christened 23rd June. Parents Jacob Piper & Ann
LDS Extracts Births 1771-1790 from Rathkeale Parish Church Records
1771
http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/apollonius/Genealogy/rathkeale_b3.htm1771 Catherine Piper married Daniel Shoemaker
http://users.ncable.net.au/~jburrell/gen/shumack/sch_pip.html 1774 Mary Piper christened 13th November. Parents Peter Piper & Ann
http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/apollonius/Genealogy/rathkeale_b3.htm1783 John Piper married Elizabeth Corneill
http://homepage.mac.com/ric79/Fam.tree/Corneil/FamHist/RR01/RR01_005.HTML1790 Sarah Piper married Michael Burke on 22nd Feb at Rathkeale
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Ireland::piper::1724.html1801 PIPER. Erecd by Jacob Piper in memy of his son Jacob who depd ys life Jany 21st 1801 Aged 21 years Also his daughter Margt who depd Marh after aged 38 The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away....
Monumental Inscriptions Church of Ireland Parish Graveyard at Rathkeale
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanne/monumental_inscriptions.html1848-64 Pipers in Limerick as shown in Griffith's Valuation of Ireland
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php (enter name Piper in table)
1853 Griffiths Valuation Limerick3 x John Piper, Kilcheen, Kilscannell
John Piper, Ardgoul North, Nantinan
3 x Rola Piper, Tuogh, Adare
3 x James Piper, Tuogh, Adare
http://www.failteromhat.com/limerick.htmThis last site contains photographs of buildings in Rathkeale with Palatine connections
http://www.alternative-education.org/photos.htmlChristopher