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Offline rosneath

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Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« on: Wednesday 18 July 12 19:30 BST (UK) »
Trying to track ancestry of above named who married Robert Cosgrove, RIC, in Sligo in 1882.  She was supposedly the dau of a Methodist Minister so I guess they married at the Methodist church in Wine Street, Sligo.  But I also understand her parents farmed so perhaps her father was a lay preacher?

Would the RIC station in Sligo at that time have been where the modern Garda station is on Pearse Road?

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Armstrong and Cotter (Co. Cork),  Cooper and Davidson (Aberdeenshire), Cosgrove (Co. Down/Co. Longford),
Cotter (London/Cornwall), Ker (Edinburgh/Roxburgh), Martyn (Cornwall), Orpen/Palmer (Co. Kerry), Pryn (Cornwall), Garnett/Radcliff (Co. Meath),
Wilkie (Roxburgh)

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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 July 12 20:02 BST (UK) »
Do you have a marriage cert for Mary and Robert ?

that should include place of marriage, father's occupation, residences for the bride and groom etc...




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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 18 July 12 20:05 BST (UK) »
The Methodist Church Theological College at Edgehill in Belfast has a historical section which has details of most if not all Methodist Ministers who served in Ireland. They may be able to provide information on whether the bride’s father was a Minister. Usually they have some details of his family too. See: http://www.edgehillcollege.org/Wesley%20Historical%20Society
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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 18 July 12 20:06 BST (UK) »
in case you dont have  a cert yet - here's a probable cross-match from the BMD Index :

  Name: Mary Ross
  Registration district:   Sligo
  Event type: Marriage
  Quarter and year:   Jul - Sep 1882
  Volume : 2 / Page: 245

a matching entry appears for a    Robert Cosgrove

for notes on ordering a cert see :

    Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon
    Details included on a Marriage Cert


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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 19 July 12 12:43 BST (UK) »
Hi

I take it this is the family in 1901

cosgrove 1901 census

and 1911

cosgrove 1911 census

None of the few Ross' on the 1901 census in Sligo are listed as Methodist's though !

There were however Ross' who were Methodists in Glencar Leitrim which is quite literally on the Sligo / Leitrim border

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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 19 July 12 12:50 BST (UK) »
If you get the marriage cert and its says that her father's name was Robert I am sure this is her family !

ross glencar 1901

If I'm correct the Mary aged 81 on it is Mary's Ross Cosgrove's mother ie widow of Robert Ross

The Robert Ross on the census then would have been Mary Ross Cosgrove's brother.

This is the Robert Ross that I think is Mary's father on Griffiths Valuation

robert ross griffiths valuation

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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 19 July 12 12:53 BST (UK) »
There was also a Methodist Church in Manorhamilton which would have been nearer them

methodist church

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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 21 July 12 09:52 BST (UK) »
wow, thank you all, that is so much help.  lots of work to do now!
thanks again
Armstrong and Cotter (Co. Cork),  Cooper and Davidson (Aberdeenshire), Cosgrove (Co. Down/Co. Longford),
Cotter (London/Cornwall), Ker (Edinburgh/Roxburgh), Martyn (Cornwall), Orpen/Palmer (Co. Kerry), Pryn (Cornwall), Garnett/Radcliff (Co. Meath),
Wilkie (Roxburgh)

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Re: Methodist (?) birth of Mary Ross
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 21 July 12 09:59 BST (UK) »

Mary's father was Francis Ross, listed as a farmer.
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