Ro(d)gers

[Osterreich]

John and Isabella Ro(d)gers, daughter Maria who married John Brown.
This family claims they all came from Belfast, County Antrim. They settled in Richland County, Ohio by 1860 and after 1870 in Huron County, Ohio.

[Christopher]

Hi Osterreich,

The 1852 Belfast and Ulster directory lists ...

Belfast
John Rodgers, gardener, 13, Bradbury Place

Christopher

[Osterreich]

Thanks for the info. My John Rodgers is older than that, born before 1795. County Antrim was discovered. Thank you.

[Christopher]

Hi Osterreich,

You should find some of these Eighteenth Century Sources online. If you're not located in Ireland
you'll need to ask someone to look at them on your behalf, employ a researcher or visit Ireland.

Books of Survey and Distributions c. 1700
Catholic Qualification Rolls 1778 - 1793
Convert Rolls 1704-1839
Electors Rolls 1761
Estate Records and Marriage Licence Bonds
Flax Growers List 1796
Freeholders entitled to vote 1770
Grand Jurors and Books of Presentiments
Militia Lists 1761
Oath of Allegiance 1775
Poll Books 1752
Proprietors of land circa 1700 list
Protestant Householders 1740 list.
Register of Freeholders 1758
Return of Householders 1766
State prisoners 1798
Voters Lists 1727-1793

Christopher

[Osterreich]

My John Rodgers was born about that time because the first US census of 1860 shows the couple living in their son-in-laws house in mid-central Ohio; a small town of Mansfield. His age was 65. 1870 says he was age 78.
New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891

    Name: Maria Rogers Arrival Date: 13 Aug 1853  Estimated Birth Year: 1834 Age: 19, Female

    Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

    Destination: United States of America

    Place of Origin: Ireland      Ship Name: Underwriter

    Port of Arrival: New York    Line: 15  Microfilm Roll: 130   List Number: 823

    She is with John Rogers , 50, Laborer, Isab, 50, Agness, 30, and John Brown, 20, Miller


1860 Mansfield (Ward #3) Richland Co. Ohio census page 35
Looking for a person who married Agness, may have been James Thompson. They may have had a daughter who lived with the Brown family by 1880.

Researcher - Can you suggest a directory of such posted to employ one?

How about a few 19th century sources where I should look for John Rodgers before he left Ireland in 1853? And where to look for John Brown, age 20, a miller?

[aghadowey]

To find ancestors in Ireland you will probably need to know their religion (for church records which might still survive) and where they lived (not just the county but parish if not townland).

[Osterreich]

On the marriage record for Joseph M. Brown who was born in June 1870 in Ohio, USA, married in 1902; this document stated that his parents, John Brown and Maria Ro(d)gers, were from Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. John and Isabelle Rodgers being, Maria's parents. I have not located any church records or an affiliation in Ohio. It is hard to find death and cemetery records for the above parents and grandparents. At the time of Joseph Brown's death he was a member of a Masonic Lodge in Ohio. No mention of a church is noted in the  February 1922 newspaper. I have looked at many areas of Griffith's Valuation on films and Tithe records at a Genealogical Library in Indiana. I was employed there and helped other patrons find their surnames, sources and research, which in turn helped me connect with many people in my own lines, although quite distant (4th cousins and beyond). Presently, I have the prospect of working on Declaration of Intent for Naturalization for John Brown and John Rodgers. Have not taken the time to write such a letter.