Impossible task :/

[shanew147]

here's that image - it does look a little like Harthouse... maybe someone can see more detail...


Shane

   English Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

[alpinecottage]

I thought it looked like Hartlow, but wondered if it was meant to be Arklow.

According to the Irish Gazetteer, there are 3 Arklows  in Ireland.

[nbrome]

Sorry, alpinecottage, it doesn't look anything like that to me.
It does look like Harthouse and tailz03 says (intriguingly) "that is also where the name harthouse comes from" ie. Staffordshire.

[eadaoin]

Hart- Hant- Hast- ? + -low ... ... I think

or is the first letter a K, an R?

eadaoin

[DudleyWinchurch]

If the family were catholic, then you may be lucky enough to find the mother's maiden name on the church records for the later-born children in Birmingham.  This can help with tracing Irish parish records.

[tailz03]

James was the only child born late enough in Birmingham (1840) but i cant seem to locate his birth certificate either. And im glad everyone else is as stuck on the name! lol gonna keep hunting, if anyone figures anything out would be appreciated

[Sinann]

I thought it looked like Hartlow, but wondered if it was meant to be Arklow.

According to the Irish Gazetteer, there are 3 Arklows  in Ireland.

I'm inclined to think the same, who ever did the writing thought he was hearing Hart instead of Ark, perhaps our man couldn't write.

[tailz03]

Ive found a new peice of information that states it as athlone... is that a place? lol

[alpinecottage]

Athlone is a town on the banks of the River Shannon.  It is situated slap-bang in the middle of the island of Ireland.