Nowlan Family

[1963chris]

I would be interested to know if anyone has in their family tree Ann, Hannah and Mary Nowlan, born 1820s, and their father John, possibly of County Carlow.  This is a very long shot but I thought I would try anyway!
Thanks,
Christine

[shanew147]

Nolan/Nowlan is a very common surname and not many parishes have records back to 1820... so you would need to know a bit more details about where your Nowlan/Nolan family lived to check what, if any, records are available for the area they lived,.

see :  Introduction to Irish Records
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see previous post on this family : Nowlan Family


Shane

[shanew147]

I'd caution against focusing too much on Co. Carlow without some evidence - have you checked for English census returns for Ann, Hannah and Mary to see if they ever give a more detailed place of birth ?

The problem with a surname like Nolan/Nowlan is the it is very widespread, so even though Nolan is common in Co. Carlow, there are nearly as many Nolan households in counties such as Dublin, Kilkenny and Wexford - and based on number of results of searches of Griffith's valuation (1847-1864) there were even more in Co. Galway.

Doing the same searches for the spelling Nowlan shows that it was most common in counties Kilkenny, Wexford and Dublin - followed by Carlow.



Shane