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Mayo / Jame Patrick RUSH, born abt 1805 in County Mayo
« on: Wednesday 23 July 14 12:12 BST (UK) »
My 3rd Great Grandfather is James Patrick RUSH, and though I've known for a while that he's Irish, I have recently found a census record listing his birthplace as County Mayo.
But because he was born around 1805, I have had very little luck getting any further. I have found his marriage record (by 1833 he was in England, where he lived the rest of his life) but it does not list his parents' names. Though I have found English census records of him and quite a few newspaper articles from his working life (he was a police officer in Worcestershire), I have not yet found any death records or anything else that gives me any hints as to his hometown or other records related to his childhood in Mayo.
I see that there are others here researching the Rush name, but it looks like most records are from after 1850. I recognize that some of these names may be family members who stayed in Ireland. Does anyone have Rush family records from the early 1800s?
Failing that, what can I try next? I am still looking for a death certificate with the hopes that it might contain some more specifics on where he was born. Otherwise, are there searchable parish records from the early 1800s that I can start combing through? Are there too many to do a county-wide search? And are any of them available online (I'm in Ohio, and though I'd love to get to Ireland one day, it won't be any time soon).
Thank you!
But because he was born around 1805, I have had very little luck getting any further. I have found his marriage record (by 1833 he was in England, where he lived the rest of his life) but it does not list his parents' names. Though I have found English census records of him and quite a few newspaper articles from his working life (he was a police officer in Worcestershire), I have not yet found any death records or anything else that gives me any hints as to his hometown or other records related to his childhood in Mayo.
I see that there are others here researching the Rush name, but it looks like most records are from after 1850. I recognize that some of these names may be family members who stayed in Ireland. Does anyone have Rush family records from the early 1800s?
Failing that, what can I try next? I am still looking for a death certificate with the hopes that it might contain some more specifics on where he was born. Otherwise, are there searchable parish records from the early 1800s that I can start combing through? Are there too many to do a county-wide search? And are any of them available online (I'm in Ohio, and though I'd love to get to Ireland one day, it won't be any time soon).
Thank you!