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Worcestershire / Re: James Patrick RUSH - advice on what to try next
« on: Thursday 24 July 14 12:32 BST (UK) »
Wow, excellent point. Thanks for your continued help. I'll let you know if I find anything!
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Worcestershire / Re: James Patrick RUSH - advice on what to try next
« on: Wednesday 23 July 14 12:42 BST (UK) »
It looks as though the ship's manifest which shows the names of Dorcas and the children is one which was completed in England before the voyage; the captain's signed attestation at the beginning is that "these are the people who were on board when I left port" so it looks as though James never boarded (I did learn that the family resided in the upper decks, though!).
A search for death records (in case he died before boarding) doesn't list anything promising, but I'll keep looking. Thanks again for your help!
A search for death records (in case he died before boarding) doesn't list anything promising, but I'll keep looking. Thanks again for your help!
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Worcestershire / Re: James Patrick RUSH - advice on what to try next
« on: Wednesday 23 July 14 12:15 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Mike! I hadn't considered the fact that he may have died on the trip... that's an excellent point. I'll see what I can find.
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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!
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Worcestershire / James Patrick RUSH - advice on what to try next
« on: Wednesday 23 July 14 02:49 BST (UK) »
Hello! I've been researching my 3rd Great Grandfather, James Patrick RUSH, and I've just this past week traced him to Worchestershire and found some wonderful information. I'm still missing some important details, though — his exact dates of birth and death, and his parent's names.
All I know from his time before moving to Worcestershire is from census records and vital records of his children:
- born abt. 1805 in County Mayo, Ireland
- married Dorcas BARNETT on 20 May 1833 in Surrey, England
- son Thomas born in 1835 in Holborn
- daughter Jane born in 1838 in Holborn
- daughter Dorcas born in 1840 in Kent
- worked as a shoemaker in St Giles without Cripplegate in 1841
- had son James Jacob (my 2G grandfather) in 1843 in Ombersley
- had daughter Mary Ann in 1847
- worked as a police officer in Leigh Sinton in 1851
Finding out that he was a police officer in Leigh Sinton led me to search the British Newspaper Archives (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) and I was able to find many reports of his activities on the job. Piecing together these 30 or so finds (all of which are so charmingly written!) shows that he was stationed in or near Ombersley (one report has him encountering a thief as he was walking home near Hampton Lovett) through at least June 1847, then at Leigh Sinton until mid to late 1853, then Fernhill Heath from 1853 on.
A newspaper report in October 1855 refers to him receiving £50 as a pension owing to an "permanent illness" which he contracted on duty and which forced his retirement, and immigration records show his wife and children arriving in America in July of 1857, so I am inclined to think he died sometime in between, though I've read every death notice posted in the Worcestershire Chronicle for that span with no mention of him.
I'm not sure what to try turn next. I'd like to think that death records might give me a few more bits of information to go on toward finding his birth records and tracing the line back further. If someone can point me in the right direction, I'm happy to do the legwork (or at least anything I can do from here in the US). Thank you!
All I know from his time before moving to Worcestershire is from census records and vital records of his children:
- born abt. 1805 in County Mayo, Ireland
- married Dorcas BARNETT on 20 May 1833 in Surrey, England
- son Thomas born in 1835 in Holborn
- daughter Jane born in 1838 in Holborn
- daughter Dorcas born in 1840 in Kent
- worked as a shoemaker in St Giles without Cripplegate in 1841
- had son James Jacob (my 2G grandfather) in 1843 in Ombersley
- had daughter Mary Ann in 1847
- worked as a police officer in Leigh Sinton in 1851
Finding out that he was a police officer in Leigh Sinton led me to search the British Newspaper Archives (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) and I was able to find many reports of his activities on the job. Piecing together these 30 or so finds (all of which are so charmingly written!) shows that he was stationed in or near Ombersley (one report has him encountering a thief as he was walking home near Hampton Lovett) through at least June 1847, then at Leigh Sinton until mid to late 1853, then Fernhill Heath from 1853 on.
A newspaper report in October 1855 refers to him receiving £50 as a pension owing to an "permanent illness" which he contracted on duty and which forced his retirement, and immigration records show his wife and children arriving in America in July of 1857, so I am inclined to think he died sometime in between, though I've read every death notice posted in the Worcestershire Chronicle for that span with no mention of him.
I'm not sure what to try turn next. I'd like to think that death records might give me a few more bits of information to go on toward finding his birth records and tracing the line back further. If someone can point me in the right direction, I'm happy to do the legwork (or at least anything I can do from here in the US). Thank you!
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