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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to determine the parents of Rachel Melmoth who was born around 1803. According to the 1841 and 1851 censuses, together with her marriage details to John Hayward (marriage in Stourpaine 1823) she was born in Durweston, just across the Stour River from Stourpaine.

It seems that she was very close to Sarah Melmoth who married John Allen in 1820, also in Stourpaine. Sarah was baptised on 8 February of 1795 to George and Sarah Melmoth. There is another daughter baptised to George and Sarah on April 14 1799 but I can't make out the child's name.

I'm working on the theory that Rachel's parents were also George and Sarah on the basis that the two married couples mentioned previously (John & Sarah Allen and John & Rachel Hayward) appear as witnesses on their respective marriage documents. They also lived two doors from each other in Stourpaine on the 1841 census...

My gx3 grandmother Marianne Melmoth, born 1803 to Henry and Christiana Melmoth in Durweston, is definitively a first cousin to Sarah but I'm trying to firm up the relationship to Rachel, so any help would be gratefully accepted!

Cheers,
Mario

Hello everyone!

I've been searching through the parish records in, and round, Shillingstone for marriage details for James & Eleanor Meaden who I strongly suspect are my 5x great grandparents.

I also suspect they were married about 1778 and have seen their surname also written as Meaton in their children's baptismal records.

However, after much exhaustive searching through Ancestry I have not been able to find anything and so turn to this forum for help...

HELP!

If anyone could give me some ideas on how I might track down their marriage details I would be very grateful.

Cheers,
Mario

PS I have their children as follows -
Kitty (I believe aka Christian & my 4x great grandmother) baptised on 27/10/1779 in Shillingstone with a surname of Meaton
James baptised on  20/02/1782 in Shillingstone with a surname of Meaden
Mary & George baptised on 23/03/1783 in Childe Okeford -with a surname of  Meaton
Ann baptised on 04/09/1785 in Ibberton with a surname of  Meaden
James (another one) baptised on 09031788 in Fifehead-Neville with a surname of  Meaden

Hello!

I've found what I believe to be the baptismal records for my great great grandmother Catherine Mara in the parish registers of Borrisokane. Catherine was baptised on 19 March 1826 and I've attached the extract to this post as I'm having trouble deciphering the names.

I'm pretty sure Catherine's father is Michael Mara but have her mother as M. Kennedy. Is it safe to assume that the "M" is Mary? I have the godparents as Joseph Kennedy and Jan Tierney (?) and Catherine was from Curragh...

Would people agree with my assumptions/reading of the baptismal record...?

Cheers,
Mario

Hello everyone!

I've been trying to track down my great grandfather john Smith who immigrated to Australia in 1865 aboard the ship St. Hilda.

On the passenger manifest he has his place of origin as Lorrha in County Tipperary but I've been unable to find any birth/baptism details for a  John Smith born circa 1844 to parents George and Catherine in Tipperary.

However, my mother has always maintained that she was told that John Smith was from County Cork so I was wondering if anyone might be able to know of a John Smith who matches the above criteria for County Cork - parents/dob/etc....

Any help/insight to this quandary would be gratefully appreciated!

Kind regards,
Mario

Hello everyone!

I've been trying to get a date of marriage and a maiden name for Henry and Jean Horlock who had a son Thomas, baptised August 2, 1781 in Stourpaine.

Unfortunately, the transcriptions I have of the Registers of Stourpaine end in 1752 and so am only assuming that they were married in Stourpaine as Henry was baptised there on May 1, 1755.

I'm guessing that the marriage took place one to two years before Thomas was born in around 1778-1780 range - again just my suspicions!

Any help in getting the marriage information would be gratefully appreciated - I should point out that in the transcription of the Registers of Stourpaine that I have by Edward Alexander Fry, Horlock is written as Horlick...

Kind regards,
Mario