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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Waterford => Topic started by: Paul Peter on Monday 24 August 09 16:05 BST (UK)
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Hi
I was wondering if anyone could look up the details of the following marriage for me. The spelling of the woman's surname is a family mystery I would like cleared up
Patrick Whelan and Anastatia Horsom or Hursum. It would have been early 1850s in Dungarvan Waterford
Thanks Paul
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you may have already seen this on Griffiths but I thought I'd mention it as it could be a link to the surname you are looking for :
Name : Matthew Harson
Placename : Woodstock
Civil parish : Kilmolash
(entry is dated 1851)
Woodstock is about 14km west of Dungarvan.
Shane
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There are still a number of families with the surname HORSOM in the Dungarvan area. Below are two persons listed on the following site:
www.waterfordcountylibrary.ie/en/familyhistory/
There are others listed in the Death Register and Graveyard Inscriptions databases. The current Register of Electors lists 15 Horsoms' in the Co. Waterford area.
Waterford War dead
Name : Horsom, George
Number: 23634
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Particulars of Death: Killed in action
Theatre: France and Flanders
Place of Birth: Ballinameela, Aglish, County Waterford
Enrolment: Dungarvan
Date of Death: 29 Sep 1918
Place of Burial: Hooge Creter Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference: XVII.C,19
Links: http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet
Aglish is 20km from Dungarvan.
Death Register
Certificate No:: 214
Date of Death: 14 Jun 1864
Place of Death: Kilrush
Name: Horson, William
Sex: M
Age at Death: 8
Rank: Labourer
Condition: Bachelor
Cause of Death: Gastric Fever
Duration of Illness: 3 weeks
Certified By: Y
Informant: Horson, Catherine
Qualification: Present at death
Residence: Kilrush
Signature of Registrar: O'Brien, Joseph, H.
District: Dungarvan
Union: Dungarvan
Document Type: DREG
Nowel
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Thanks for that, it does look like the correct spelling
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Important to note though that spelling was often variable. I've got people called Lacey who variously spelt it Leacy, Lacy and Lacey. It would be spelt differently on each child's birth cert.
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Patrick and Anastatia were married in Abbeyside on 8th Oct 1846. They had four children, Patrick, Mary, Katherine and Bridget (my great grandmother) more info if required. rgds.