Harwood, Waringstown

[jkh17]

Hi All,

Seeking Information on Margaret Harwood born abt 1835 Waringstown and her sister, Elizabeth born abt 1830. Parents may have been William and Sophia Harwood.

Regards,
John.

[Christopher]

Hello John,

What denomination were the Harwood family?

You'll have to rely on Church Records when searching for details of Margaret and Elizabeth as they were born before Civil Registration was introduced in Ireland in 1864. Marriages of Non Catholic were registered from 1845 onwards.

Christopher

[BallyaltikilliganG]

There are10 entries for Harwood of Waringstown in freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/H/Har.htm#harr
also try ask for ireland the new griffiths database
keep going, Jim

[KatC]

Lurgan First Presbyterian baptism records shows only William  baptized there,

   William, son of William Harwood, Waringstown by Sophia Grant Born June 20, 1832

[aghadowey]

Link for Griffith's Valuation (searchable by name or place):
http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_family_search_form.php

[BallyaltikilliganG]

Aghadowey is keeping me on my toes, KatC's info interesting,
Ros Davies website freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/ doesn’t have a Sophia Grant but has other Grants of Donaghacloney. Ros Davies notes the church records,  and although William is Presbyterian I would keep an open mind as to whether Waringstown Cof I records might contain something.
Waringstown Presbyterian Church in Tullyherron townland. This Meeting House built 1853 on the north-eastern edge of Waringstown village.
Records from 1862;

Ballynabragget Seceding Presbyterian Church called Donaghcloney Presbyterian
This meeting house built 1750 Records from 1798; Graveyard surrounds the church; gravestone inscriptions UHF Vol 19; burials from 1817; email me Ros Davies for a gravestone look-up or pay per view gravestones on www.irishgenealogy.ie

Waringstown Church of Ireland - Holy Trinity, west side of Waringstown village, in Magherana townland, Banbridge Road. The church built 1641 to replace the older church in Donaghcloney village.
Records ie parish registers date from 1697 (in local custody); graveyard near the bridge; gravestone inscriptions UHF Vol 19 ; oldest gravestone 1707; email me Ros Davies for a gravestone look-up A furtheer check on www.familysearch.com might be useful
Good luck, Jim

[BallyaltikilliganG]

I couldn’t resist a look at www.familysearch.com for more clues
I cant fit in the Magheralin Harwood's ie William Harwood 1821, Parents: Father:  William Harwood  Family Mother: Ann .I had wondered if this Matthew be a brother of William or perhaps a seperate line Matthew Harwood m Mary Maguire 1840.   

Back with Waringstown, Who was this John Harwood the father of  1. William John Harwood 1864  Parents: Father:  John Harwood, Mother:  Margaret Mawhort  2.
George Harwood 1867; Father:  John Harwood , Mother:  Margaret Munhort   

Finally the last entry that caught my interest was entry below suggests a member of LDS is doing research. John Harwood Marriages: Spouse:  Margaret Munhort  Family  < 1866>   <Waringstown, Down, Ireland> . You may be abkle to contact the submitter etc
 Over to you, good luck, Jim

[KatC]

If you are looking at John Harwood, you might want to talk to Adamsons relatives.  2 have been writing to Rootsweb. 

One said "My gt gt grandmother was an Adamson, married to Joshua Moore. The Adamson family once ran the Post Office in Waringstown. It passed into the hands of the Harwood family (my mother's people), when Elizabeth Moore married William John Harwood. My gt aunts ( William John's sisters), Judy and Hettie, inherited the Post Office and ran it until the late 1960's."

The author's e-mail address is not listed but another person wrote about an Australian Adamsons going back to claim an inheritance.  They talked and were related.

The 1901 Waringstown census lists William John Harwood COI 35 postmaster with wife Elizabeth  son Thomas Rurie? 7, Agnes Anna 5, and John Arthur 1.

There is a Samuel Beattie COI 43 baker with wife Bessie 39, son Samuel 17, Ellen 5, John Harwood 4, Joseph Alford 3  Thomas Matthew 1 with 2 others in the house.  Possibly Bessie is a Harwood, but the date is far off for your Elizabeth.

More reasonable is the Margaret  Harwood wife of Valentine Harrison possibly born 1842 of Ballydougan who has children William Valentine and James Henry in the 1860's. 

[walterjadamson]

I found this post searching Google last night.

It was my father who went back to claim some kind of inheritance re the Harwoods and the Aunts and "the Post Office" at Waringstown.

At the time we had no great interest and actually we thought that we was just doing one of his many adventures overseas and it only came out later that he had been to Ireland.  Not being a close family has its drawbacks when the interest to research the links takes hold !!

My father's father was John Hamilton Adamson born about 1879 - this is the name shown on my father's birth certificate, and I believe born in the Borough of Craigavon and in Waringstown.

There must be a linkage into the Harwoods from my father's side which I guess is related to his father.

I'd certainly like to find the documented link from my father - Henry James Adamson born 11th April 1910 in Sydney Australia to John Hamilton and Blanche Mildred Hatton who John Hamilton appears to have married in South Africa - Cape Town - on 1st October 1906 en route to Australia.

On the date of that birth (11/4/10) Blanche Mildred was 31 years old, and born in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia (descended from early settlers I believe).

Why Blanche Mildred was on the boat coming from the UK to Australia is a mystery.

Any help in tracking down John Hamilton Adamson of County Down would be most appreciated. 

One specific point that I would like to know is how to find a marriage certificate for that marriage in Cape Town in 1906?

Thanks in Advance,
Walter Adamson

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