please Help

[haras]

hi Im looking for any information on a James Jordan  from wexford b1877 ish married Bridget Rowan.. children Anne William Elizabeth Patrick Gerrard.. Thank you

[shanew147]

do you know roughly what part of County Wexford they lived ?

there are a number of James Jordan births listed on the Civil Index (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1408347;p=2;t=searchable) in the county around 1877

if you knew approx years of birth for any of the children, an initial search for these might narrow down a starting place..
 

Shane

[haras]

Hi shane james as far as i know was from mountfin Castledockrell
His son was born 1932 i think he was the youngest .
thanks
sarah

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[shanew147]

have you looked on the 1911 census ?

It's available on the National Archives website at : http://census.nationalarchives.ie/. There are two Jordan families that I see living in the Castledockerall area -

One of the occupants at this address is a James Jordan age 34 (so born c1877). He living with his parents Michael and Anne : 8  Mountfin Lower, Castledockrell

There's also a Jordan family here : 2 Moyeady, Castledockrell




Shane

[haras]

hi Shane
Thanks for your help Ive been looking at census  as u suggested .I'm not sure if the ones I'm looking for as i don't know much about them ...but I'm just starting this side of my tree i Knew it was not going to be easy but that's half the fun .
Sarah

[enfield]

From 'The Wexford war Dead' to be published in December;
JORDAN, PATRICK. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit: 1st Bn. Age at Death: 20. Date of Death: 20-January-1915. Service No: 10426. Born in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Enlisted in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Killed in Action. From an article in the ECHO newpaper, Killed at the front; News reached Enniscorthy during the week of the death at the front of James ( sic ) Jordan, a private in the 18th Royal Irish Regiment and son of James Jordan, Ross Road, Enniscorthy. Private Jordan was making tea in the trenches when he was killed by a shell explosion.
 Another article in the same newspaper; Died in his arms, Private Thomas Smith of Enniscorthy who is home suffering frostbite in the foot belongs to the R. I. Regiment. He was in some two of three engagements since going to the front. He was within 30 yards of Private P Jordan, of the same Regiment, another Enniscorthy man, when the latter was shot dead in the trenches a few weeks past. In the Enniscorthy Guardian he is listed as JAMES JORDAN. Supplementary information; Son of James and Ellen Jordan of Ross Rd, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 33. Memorial: Ypres ( Menin Gate ) Memorial in Belgium.