Hamilton Hardy

[brentrotorua]

Hamilton was a farmer.  Only information i have is that his son John Hardy emigrated to Australia 1862 on Hotspur . John was born c1838 and his mother was Mary kerr.the ships list  says also born  Inniskeen . Any advice where to start would be appreciated.

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat.
Griffith's Valuation (mid 1800s) which covers all Ireland doesn't list a Hamilton Hardy.
"Inniskeen" is quite possibly a townland called Inishkeen- there are several in Ireland- Fermanagh, Leitrim and Limerick but none in Monaghan.
Civil registration of deaths started in 1864 and shows no Hamilton Hardys in Co. Monaghan (of course he could have died before 1864 or moved)- any of the few listed are too recent.

[saddles]

There is an 'Inniskeen' in county Monaghan, 9.4KM  ENE of Carrickmoss and 2km from
the Louth border.

There are HARDY currently in CASTLEBLANEY. Monaghan.

Mike.

[aghadowey]

Inishkeen is apparently the name of a parish in Co. Monaghan and has a townland called Innishkeen Glebe which may be the location of the place saddles mentioned.

[brentrotorua]

The writing on the original shipping documents defintly show Monogham but the Enniskillen part could be open to spelling and writing errors.

[aghadowey]

Where does Enniskillen come into this? Your first post "born  Inniskeen" but Enniskillen is in Co. Fermanagh.

[brentrotorua]

sorry to confuse..the Inniskillen comes only as apossibility because the writing is hardly readable and it was commented to me perhaps it could be inniskillen or Inniskeen. Monaghan is definitly readable . An option i have left  is that they got their county wrong .

[BallyaltikilliganG]

i concentrated on co down, eventualy worrying i had sort of shadow generation, one generation out
From freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies
Hamilton Hardy has at least two sons
Arthur HARDY . Down & Loughinisland son of Hamilton Hardy; married Catherine McCabe 19 Sep 1854 in Downpatrick; father of Mary b. 9 Jan 1869 (regd. Clough) [Jim adds I think Arthur has also a son Hamilton Hardy who marries in 1885 see ancestryireland,com] another son John b  1864 Clough  see igi, Arthur is in the IGI
James HARDY . Down son of Hamilton Hardy; married Anne Gracey 8 Sep 1850 at Downpatrick Registry Office {Anne Gracey’s ancestry should be findable if you are further interested}

My memory is there is at least a typescript book about Loughinisland in the Blackwood Family history manuscript trees in the LinenHall library, Belfast.  I also think part or most of this was once online.  I suggest you visit the library if possible or ask them for photocopying estimates if they think your knowledge relevant and you should be prepared to pay a fee for copying, post and packing, and perhaps some staff time and overheads. However if the material is really relevant when you get it .please give more.  Linen Hall Library,17 Donegall Square North, Belfast BT15GB, Northern Ireland, Telephone: +44 (0)28 9032 1707,  Fax: +44 (0)28 9043 8586, Email: <irish.reference[at]linenhall.com>.replace the [AT] with the symbol please

 But in griffiths valuation 1863 there is a clump of Hardy inc an Arthur living in Castlewellan

Nevertheless my attention swung towards  Clough where the  Presby Ch, Clough, Down, is recording Hardy in 1794, back I went to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PLACENAMES/L.htm#Lo
Over to you, good luck, jim   

[BallyaltikilliganG]

Then I switched to looking for any Hamiton Hardy in the 1901 census, to my surprise a visting metropolitan family of Hardy from India, Dublin, Kingstown is visiting Enniskillen Co fermanagh, staying in a hotel perhaps, one is a lady whose name ends with Hamiton Hardy