I have
Richard Walsh born in around 1850s who married Catherine Wickham
they have 13 children Maria born first / John/ Mary/Ann/ Anastacia/ Catherine/ William aka Jes/ Richard/ Ellen/ Frances (fanny) and my great grandmother Margaret Peg)
I know they were nearly all Rosslare lifeboat men and that Richard and Catherine son Richard had sons richard and Jim.
Anastasia married John Pear
Catherine married a Mr Nevin
William (jess) married a Ms Barry
Richard married a Ms Doyle
Ellen married John Smith and had Richard who we lost contact with in the 80s
I have now tracked down Margaret's baptism 22nd April 1879 Parish: Tagoat, Diocese : Ferns, the sponsor is named as William Sheil.
I alos have William (Jes) baptism, PArish:Tagoat, Diocese: Ferns 7th Jan 1877, sponsor is Patt Duggan ( Duggans are lifeboat men I believe.)
Are there any Tagoat parish records etc I may search to find the other baptisms or marriages? I assume Richard Walsh and catherine Wickham married roughly 1870 given they had many children around these dates.
Margaret and Peg worked at a boys boarding school in Wicklow for a time together. Peg had 3 children and 6 grandchiuldren
John Walsh was in the Navy, a diver and on one of the lifeboats.
Frances had 5 children and 4 grandchildren
Richard Walsh was a lifeboat man as were his 2 sons Richard (coxswain and his own son yes you guessed it called Richard also a lifeboat man. The Duggans were the brothers in law) and Jim Walsh. Richard has 4 children in all and 14 grandchildren.
William (Jess) Also a lifeboatman. He lived on a promontory at the mouth of Wexford Harbour which got washe daway and the harbour silted up . Not sure what this village was called..
He lost his job as a lifeboat man and Coastguard and moved home with John.
Catherine (Kate) lived in a small cottage on the edge of Hopeland, a widow. Had 2 children 12 grandchildren
Anastacia ( ant) married John pear and had 2 children, her son Bill was a great boat builder. She had 12 grandchildren
Phew! I'm still trawling the www trying to track them all down trying to find a lead to Richard Walsh and Catherine Wickhams marriage. A clue to tell me where they married or are buried. Or who their parents were..
I’ve just been reading a book that contains various references to the Rosslare Walsh family referred to in this post
In the 1911 census the number of years married for Catherine is stated to be 52 years (1859). Their eldest child, Marie was stated to be aged 40 in 1901 and 49 in 1911 so she was born around 1860-1. It would appear therefore that Catherine and Richard were married closer to 1860 than the 1870’s
Based on this data it would appear that Richard and Catherine (the latter stated to be 58 and 71 in the two censuses) were born around 1840 rather than in the 1850’s.
The 1911 census states Catherine had 11 children, 9 still living which differs to the 13 stated in the post.
It would appear that Anastasia (born approx 1871-2) married a John Peare, not Pear.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Wexford/Rosslare/Burrow/693582/Their son John Walsh of The Burrow Rosslare Strand died on Dec 12th 1954. The following is an extract from p464 of ‘A Maritime History of Co Wexford - Vol II’ by John Power.
John Walsh was 85 when he died. He was the 2nd last survivor of the crew of the Rosslare (Fort) lifeboat that went to the ‘Mexico’. He had a lifetime experience of fishing…..he was a mine of information on local history and folklore and right up to his death he had a remarkable ability to remember dates and happenings.
He was Uncle of Dickie Walsh, who coxswained the Rosslare Harbour lifeboat in the rescue of the crew of the “World Concord” (earlier in the year).
Chief mourners were Mrs J Smith and Mrs T Harpur (sisters), William, James and Richard Walsh and William Pierce (Nephews). He was buried at Churchtown cemetery Tagoat.
Notes:
It's possible that John Walsh was buried in the same cemetery where his parents were buried.
William Pierce may possibly be William (Bill) Peare
There is a photo of John Walsh with a Andy Doyle on page 464 of the book
There is a full account of the 1954 lifeboat rescue by ‘Dickie’ Walsh on pages 458-461 with a group photo of the lifeboat crew which includes Richard Walsh, Jim Walsh and James Walsh.
