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WILSON/THORNTON
« on: Friday 28 May 10 10:03 BST (UK) »
Searching any information on Anthony Wilson born 1805,Leinster  Province and Sarah Thornton born 1811 - married1831
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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 30 May 10 18:09 BST (UK) »
Since the births and marriage are well before civil registration started in Ireland (1864), parish records (if they exist) will be required to locate details on Anthony and Sarah. To start this you will need to establish their religion and a more detailed location for them i.e. parish, town or townland.


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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 12:00 BST (UK) »
Thank you Shane - the only other information that I have,mentions Ossary - I do not know for sure, their religious affiliation,but imagine it was not Roman Catholic

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Wilson/Thornton -Ireland early 1800s
Moorcroft - Scarisbrick,Lancs.
Scarff - Suffolk/Hants/Liverpool
Worrall - Cheshire/Liverpool

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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 12:04 BST (UK) »
Perhaps with more information we might be able to help. Did Anthony and Sarah stay in Ireland? if so, might find them in death registrations (from 1864 onwards), etc.
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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 12:12 BST (UK) »
Thank you Shane - the only other information that I have,mentions Ossary - I do not know for sure, their religious affiliation,but imagine it was not Roman Catholic

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Ossary is a diocese and consists of quite a number of parishes, so doesnt really narrow the location down much.

There is a town named Borris-in-Ossory in Co. Laois (frmly Queens county)...

what's the source of the Ossary clue ?



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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 13:55 BST (UK) »
Thank you both - the "Ossary " connection came via a fellow researcher - my own attempts at further research have made me aware that Ossary is a diocese but I can't narrow it down any further to a parish - they and their children,Joseph,Ann,Anthony,Kerzia,Eliza and Isabella all born in Ireland apparently emigrated to Liverpool in the 1850's,as they first appear in the 1861 census
Wilson/Thornton -Ireland early 1800s
Moorcroft - Scarisbrick,Lancs.
Scarff - Suffolk/Hants/Liverpool
Worrall - Cheshire/Liverpool

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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 14:18 BST (UK) »
It's worth checking later census returns for Anthony, Sarah and the children born in Ireland to see if they give a more detailed place of birth.


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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 14:21 BST (UK) »
Did any of the children born in Ireland live in England at the time of the 1911 census? You should really follow the whole family through all the census records but the 1911 census seems to be particularly good at mentioning a more exact birthplace (no guarantees of course but certainly worth a try). We aren't allowed to ask for 1911 census lookups here due to terms and conditions but there's a thread for search hints here-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,355486.0.html
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Re: WILSON/THORNTON
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 03 June 10 19:40 BST (UK) »
Did any of the children born in Ireland live in England at the time of the 1911 census? You should really follow the whole family through all the census records but the 1911 census seems to be particularly good at mentioning a more exact birthplace (no guarantees of course but certainly worth a try). We aren't allowed to ask for 1911 census lookups here due to terms and conditions but there's a thread for search hints here-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,355486.0.html
Wilson/Thornton -Ireland early 1800s
Moorcroft - Scarisbrick,Lancs.
Scarff - Suffolk/Hants/Liverpool
Worrall - Cheshire/Liverpool