Nicholas Wilson, Baltinglass

[blueherron]

I am descended from probably at least three Nicholas Wilsons from Baltinglass.  The last Nicholas Wilson, my great grandfather, was born August 8, 1867 in Baltinglass and married Elizabeth Perry in Dublin in 1893.

His father was a Dairyman in Baltinglass, born 1818 and died 1881.  His father, also Nicholas, was likely born in 1787 and died 1873. 

Any connection with anybody?

[vronlady]

i dont descend from a nicholas wilson but i am just starting to investigate my family of wilsons who it appears come from baltinglass. i have anthony wilson marrying sarah thornton in 1831  in ossarry discese, leinster. they  have

joseph 1834
sarah jane 1836
anne 1839
james 1841
anthony 1846
kerzia 1848
eliza 1850
isabella 1853

they end up in liverpool in 1861 jsut giving places of birth as wicklow

sarah jane wilson maries george barrett in baltinglass on 06 dec 1856 according to igi.

[shanew147]

How were you able to connect a marriage in the Diocese of Ossary with a family living in Baltinglass which is in the Diocese of Ferns ?

The Diocese of Ossary includes parts of counties Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly


Shane

[johnjensen]

Shane, the references to birth in Wicklow for the definite family in question here, as well as the names involved, lead to the Baltinglass area.  You can see what seems to provide at least good evidence in this BBC thread:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbhistory/NF2233810?thread=8253749

It would be great if you could add any leads.  RCB library has no Baltinglass COI records even though rootsireland.ie has it in the dropdown list of parishes.

[johnjensen]

I meant to say, the Ossory reference could be an error.  It's just one if those individually-submitted non-verifiable IGI records which are often inaccurate.

[shanew147]

Unfortunately historic Church of Ireland records for the parish of Baltinglass do not survive.


Shane

[shanew147]

The wording for the place of marriage on that IGI record is a bit strange - usually people would mention a specific parish, the name of the church or the town, rather than something vague like the Diocese and Province.

Pity there's no name of contact details for the submitter to see if they have a valid source for this, or if it's just an estimate based on later documents.



Shane

[shanew147]

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sarah jane 1836
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sarah jane wilson maries george barrett in baltinglass on 06 dec 1856 according to igi.
...

luckily this marriage is included in civil records, so you can order a cert for it ... cert will show additional details such as place of marriage, places of residence for the bride and groom, father's names and occupations, names of witnesses etc..

  Name: George Barrett
  Registration district:   Baltinglass
  Event type: Marriage
  Year: 1856
  Volume:2 / Page : 416

  Name : Sarah Wilson
  [same registration references as George]
 
Note - based on the references the marriage took place somewhere in the district of Baltinglass, but it could have been in another parish in the district - e.g. Boystown, Donaghmore, Dunlavin etc

see :
   Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon
   Details included on a Marriage Cert



Shane

[johnjensen]

Yes that's also on familysearch.org (see the BBC thread) and it confirma bride's father's name as Anthony.  Very frustrating for the Wilson descendents that COI records are gone(presumably 1922 Four Courts fire?)