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Title: Welsh/Welch/Boyd and Parker families from the Newtownards area.
Post by: nicolamiller on Wednesday 22 March 23 09:29 GMT (UK)
I'm currently searching for my Irish ancestors and I've hit a brick wall. I've got as far back as Stewart Welsh (born in 1841 in Newtownards) who died on 25th June 1915 in Annan, Scotland. He married Mary Ann Parker (born in 1843 in Newtownards) on the 29th of December 1863. They had 6 children all born in the Newtownards area and then 1 in Annan, Dumfrieshire. As far as I can tell they moved to Scotland between 1875 and 1877, I got this information from their children's birth certificates.

Stewart Welsh's father is William John Welsh or Welch and Eliza Mogue or Magee (I cannot make out her maiden name on Stewart's wedding certificate. Mary Ann Parker's mother is Martha Boyd and her father is Joseph Boyd according to her death certificate.

I have tried searching on Ancestry (paid subscription) FamilySearch and Irish Genealogy.ie. I searched the church records for Stewart and Mary Ann on IrishGeneology.ie with no luck.
Title: Re: Welsh/Welch/Boyd and Parker families from the Newtownards area.
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Thursday 23 March 23 08:05 GMT (UK)

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

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They had 6 children all born in the Newtownards area....

Here are links to six of the children-

William John Welsh 1864 at Ballyalton
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1864/03599/2327526.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/down/castlereagh-lower/newtownards/newtownards-south/ballyalton/

James Welsh 1866
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1866/03546/2305507.pdf

Martha Welsh 1868 at Castlenaberry [sic]
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1868/03433/2260381.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/down/castlereagh-lower/comber-castlereagh-lower-portion/comber/castleaverry/

Joseph Welsh 1870
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03352/2229061.pdf
His death 1872
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1872/020751/7280226.pdf

Stewart Welsh 1871 at Scrabo
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1871/03278/2201440.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/down/castlereagh-lower/newtownards/newtownards-south/scrabo/

Joseph Welsh 1873
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03202/2174220.pdf

1863 marriage
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1863/09657/5502127.pdf
Her father Joseph PARKER.


Title: Re: Welsh/Welch/Boyd and Parker families from the Newtownards area.
Post by: sam.b on Thursday 23 March 23 20:29 GMT (UK)
Try this site: http://www.newtownardshistory.co.uk/family-welsh.htm
Title: Re: Welsh/Welch/Boyd and Parker families from the Newtownards area.
Post by: nicolamiller on Friday 24 March 23 08:07 GMT (UK)
Thank you so much for the replies. I have the births of all of the children and I should have mentioned that in my original post, I'm sorry! I have searched the Newtownards History site too and have not managed to get any further. Thanks again for taking the time to reply!
Title: Re: Welsh/Welch/Boyd and Parker families from the Newtownards area.
Post by: DonaldWelsh on Sunday 31 March 24 08:05 BST (UK)
I connect to this line as well, I am Donald Welsh, my father is James welsh, his father was John George Welsh, his father Stewart Welsh born Newtonards