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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Down => Topic started by: GaryTJ on Friday 15 July 22 20:23 BST (UK)
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Hi fellow genealogists :)
I am hoping some of you clever people can help with a problem I have with this very common surname please!?
My 2nd great-grandmother Margaret Annesley nee Wilson is the main culprit....she is the first Wilson I have in that branch and apart from a little more info, it stops there.
Things I know:
Margaret Wilson born circa 1853/4:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214838476/margaret-annesley
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Shankhill/Derry_Street/948347/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Shankill/Derry_Street/151235/
Married to Thomas Annesley on the 23/12/1877 at St. Anne's Cathedral Belfast:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1877/11146/8082713.pdf
Children:
Thomas Annesley
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1878/02945/2078937.pdf
Sarah Ann Annesley
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1880/02854/2045938.pdf
James Annesley
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02763/2014719.pdf
Thomas Annesley (1st Thomas died - followed by James, sadly within a week of each other and in different houses)
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1885/02628/1969554.pdf
Rachel Annesley
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02488/1923190.pdf
Hannah Annesley
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1890/02411/1898972.pdf
Elizabeth Annesley
Born 29th April 1893
In 1901 and 1911 Thomas and Margaret lived in Derry Street, Shankill Road (an Annesley family stronghold).
Thomas Died in 1913
Margaret died 1923
As can be seen on headstone on above link.
My questions are, where was Margaret born in County Down? Who were her parents/siblings, etc?
Wilson is such a common name and I am struggling with this one!
Thanks
Gary
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My 2nd great-grandmother Margaret Annesley nee Wilson
Margaret Wilson born circa 1853/4:
Married to Thomas Annesley on the 23/12/1877 at St. Anne's Cathedral Belfast:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1877/11146/8082713.pdf
In 1901 and 1911 Thomas and Margaret lived in Derry Street, Shankill Road (an Annesley family stronghold).
Thomas Died in 1913
Margaret died 1923
My questions are, where was Margaret born in County Down? Who were her parents/siblings, etc?
Her marriage in 1877 gives the name of her father as John, a Soldier who appears to be still alive.
Annie
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Father John - a soldier as Rosinish writes.
The witnesses are Robert Wilson and Sarah Wilson. Have you tried searching for these?
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Father John - a soldier as Rosinish writes.
The witnesses are Robert Wilson and Sarah Wilson. Have you tried searching for these?
Hi heywood
Thanks to you and Annie.
Yes, I saw them and yes, I have tried searching but with little else on those names its very difficult with such common first names and surname. :'(
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I find it odd there's no child named John after her 'father'?
Could she have been illegitimate & told her father was a Soldier especially if he wasn't around when she was growing up?
Annie
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I find it odd there's no child named John after her 'father'?
Could she have been illegitimate & told her father was a Soldier especially if he wasn't around when she was growing up?
Annie
Hi Annie
Yes, very much a possibility. But its definitely a branch of my tree I know very, very little about.
It looks like but not definite that all the children that she and Thomas had where named after the Annesley line BUT again I cannot be certain of that.
Gary
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I didn’t think of that Rosinish but agree that it is odd re no John.
Yes, it is difficult to find any clues.
If he was a soldier, he could be from anywhere and his children could be born in various places. :-\
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There is this one, although it is catholic:
Margaret Wilson b 07 May 1853 in the parish of Drumaul:
https://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000633168#page/110/mode/1up
parents John Wilson and Mary Murray - location Moira
https://www.townlands.ie/down/moira1/
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There is this one, although it is catholic:
Margaret Wilson b 07 May 1853 in the parish of Drumaul:
parents John Wilson and Mary Murray - location Moira
You'd expect a daughter to be named Mary, which like the name John, there isn't.
Annie
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Yes, true.