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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Armagh => Topic started by: slewis on Friday 07 February 25 15:38 GMT (UK)
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Hi I am looking for information about Cormick and Bridget Duffy not sure when they were born or married, the had a daughter Bridget I think she was born in Armagh abt 1799
all I know about them is Bridget married a soldier in the british army Charles Woolford then moved to Austailia in around 1824
The ladies on the Australia board have been a great help and suggested I ask for help on this board to see if you could help find a marriage for Bridget and Charles or Cormack Duffy and Bridget Donnelly or any other info.
I did find this
Ireland Catholic Parish Register
Bridget Duffy
Birth: 1799
Baptism: 30 May 1799 Armagh and Louth, Ireland
Bridget Duffy
Baptism Age 0
Event Type Baptism
Birth Date 1799
Baptism Date 30 May 1799
Baptism Place Creggan Upper, Armagh and Louth, Ireland
Parish Variants Crosmaglen, Crossmaglen
Diocese Armagh
Father
Cormick Duffy
Mother
Bridgt Donnelly
Any help would be very much appreciated
Kind Regards Sue
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The parish register (Creggan Upper also known as Crossmaglen) starts in 1796. You can look at Bridget's baptism, rather than a transcription, check for other siblings and see if parents' marriage is there.
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0206
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The baptism you found in Crossmaglen/Cregan parish looks to be a very good candidate.
There are two other baptisms for this family.
Mary, 1/10/1796, father Charles Duffy
Anne, 11/6/1802 - father explicitly noted as Charles or Cormick Duffy
That the earliest baptism is in 1796 says that the parents married before the start of the parish registers.
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Hi thank you both very much I really do appreciate this help
Kind regards Sue
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find my past
http://www.findmypast.co.uk
Baptism of Bridget Duffy in 30.5.1799 Parish Crosmaglen
Have you found Charles Woolford army records?
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Hi thank you for your kind help.
Yes I have seen some records when he enlisted in 1813 with the3rd foot 2nd battalion, he was discharged at the end of the Napoleonic war he enlisted again in Ireland were I believe he married Bridget then he was sent to New Zealand I’m guessing Bridget went with him or soon after.
He left the army in 1832 .
Kind regards Sue
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Baptism of Bridget Duffy in 30.5.1799 Parish Crosmaglen
Also on FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NQC-5HGC?lang=en
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Hi Kiltaglassan
Sorry I did'nt get back to you till now, Thank you for the like really appreciate your help
Kind regards Sue
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Hi thank you for your kind help.
Yes I have seen some records when he enlisted in 1813 with the3rd foot 2nd battalion, he was discharged at the end of the Napoleonic war he enlisted again in Ireland were I believe he married Bridget then he was sent to New Zealand I’m guessing Bridget went with him or soon after.
He left the army in 1832 .
Kind regards Sue
Here in NZ I'm just not sure about the concept of being sent to NZ in the Army prior to 1832. There may have been military contact but this would have been from a base in NSW (Australia). Postings to Australia were very common. Have you tracked his later service?
'In the early 1830s, the Christian missionaries who had now been working in New Zealand for nearly 20 years believed that God’s work was being hindered by a general sense of chaos and violence. They pressured Britain’s Colonial Office to take action, but colonisation was an expensive business and London was not convinced of its necessity. New Zealand was not a sovereign state with a centralised government, so making formal arrangements with Māori was difficult.
Britain’s first steps were tentative. In 1833 James Busby was appointed as Britain’s first official Resident in New Zealand. Given little official support and provided with no means of enforcing his theoretical authority over British subjects, Busby was to seek any assistance he might need from the Governor of New South Wales (who was also reluctant to spend money or time on New Zealand).
Busby attempted to create a sense of identity and collective government by encouraging northern chiefs to choose a flag to represent New Zealand (1834) and sign a Declaration of Independence of New Zealand (1835). The 34 chiefs who initially signed the declaration called upon King William IV of the United Kingdom to become their ‘father and protector’."
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/history-of-new-zealand-1769-1914
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Hi thank you for this information it very interesting.
I am sorry I put New Zealand when it should have been Australia I got confused as some of the family are in NZ.
I am so sorry to give you the wrong information
Thank you again for your time and help
Kind regards Sue