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John Hercules Finnigan was born in Galaway Ireland 1780 he married a Julia smith who was born in Ireland in 1787 they married in plumstead Kent on The 25th may 1812 i would like to know how i can find the parents of john and Julia and when they came to England any help would be gratefully appreciated ;D
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Hi i am here again i have found out that john Hercules finnigan was based in woolich Kent because he was in the army but havent got a clue where to start because i havent got a army number has anyone got any clues where i can start with this any help would be grateful ;D
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You would need to know where in Co. Galway (i.e. parish or townland) John's family lived to start any search for him. You also need to know which denomination his family were. Very few parishes have records back to the 1700s
see : Introduction to Irish Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html)
Shane
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Hi i dont know any more sorry i know he came over to england and his wife who was born in ireland is there a passanger list which can tell you when they came over all i know is he was in the army :-\
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no passenger lists were kept for travel between Ireland and England - all part of the UK back then
Shane
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;D Hi with doing some more digging and looking through burial records and baptisams i have found John Hercules Finnigan was born in 1787 in tuam galway he died aug 1828 in Ashton under Lyne age 41. When he Married he was john hercules finnigan when his first two children were baptized in woolwich kent he was john hercules finnigan but when he moved to Ashton Under Lyne he was John Finnigan.Just need to find his birth in Ireland and maybe his parents names ?
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You didn't mention the denomination of John's family ....
If his family were Catholic then his baptism would be just before the start of records available for the parish of Tuam.
Baptisms from Mar 1790
Marriages from Jan 1799
National Library microfilms : Pos. 4221, 4222
note there are a number of gaps in these records
Shane
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Hello I'm back trying to find out more on John Hercules finnigan haven't got any further on at all think I'm not going to get any further back, I don't know if he was catholic his son was John Hercules ,he was just John finnigan unless there are records out there for 1787 or around that time I'm stuck hope someone can help please. ???
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If your John was Catholic and from Tuam, or nearby, then I'm afraid he's a little too early for any baptism records, as these start in 1790 - which is usually early for rural RC records. Church of Ireland baptism records for the parish only go back to 1808.
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Hello
I too am researching John Hercules Finnigan; I have found out a bit about him: driver in the Royal Artillery based at Woolwich, served in the Peninsula wars, discharged from the army in 1839ish described as worn out and dissipated. I think that means he was alcoholic, the army were normally based in ale houses before barracks were built and this inevitably lead to a heavy dependence on alcohol. I found somewhere that he was Catholic, but he was married in C of e church in Plumstead and children were baptised in C of E, so not sure what to make of this. Even if his wife was not Catholic his marriage and children's baptisms would have to be in Catholic church unless he left it. He is not living with his wife and children on the 1841 census and his wife is described as married not widowed on it. But of course it could be a mistake. Where did you find his death?
He was my GGG GF.
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Hello John Hercules Finnigan was my great grandfather 5 X. I have got all the same imformation you have but i found his death,which I thought was him in the same church his son was buried in 1828.
The war records you have I had,but a person who was doing about the wars at the Library said that couldn't be him because it was the 56th regiment of foot.He was a driver, and this person served overseas and he would have been away when his children were born,I have found another record where he was discharged in 1914 this one is a better match because his first 2 children were born in woolwhich in Kent 1913, then his other children born in Ashton under Lyne. I hope this helps. ;D