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Leitrim / Re: Burrowes: The trail's gone cold
« on: Saturday 14 May 11 18:23 BST (UK)  »
Good call!

Yes, quite possibly. With that in mind, it is either (decd. or (dec.). In that case, he was definitely dead before 18 August 1902.

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Leitrim / Re: Burrowes: The trail's gone cold
« on: Saturday 14 May 11 12:12 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for the replies!

alpinecottage: I have indeed tried Googling Beresford Burrowes; the only satisfactory result that I can come up with is a marriage certificate where W.B.B. appears as a witness.

shanew147: Thank you for the in-depth search! I have come across George in the census before, but as you say, the age conflicts with his death certificate. If he was 43 in 1901, he'd have to have been born in 1853, a full ten years before the date on his death certificate. But - and perhaps I'm grasping at straws here - the mother of that household in Wood Quay is Marion Burrowes. Considering William Beresford Burrowes' wife was named 'Mary Ann', the census record could have been a misspelling, or rather, it is merely coincidence.

I have both the birth cert for Robert and the marriage certificate for George and Ellen. William Burrowes is listed as his father, by occupation a solictor's managing clerk, but there is no mentioning of 'Beresford'. There is something written beneath William's surname, but it is illegible to me. It looks almost like (dies), but of course, that can't be right.

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Leitrim / Burrowes: The trail's gone cold
« on: Friday 13 May 11 20:41 BST (UK)  »
Hi there,

I am researching my family, Burrowes, but I have hit something of a rut. About a decade ago, my parents paid a third-party firm to look through records, but the results were unsatisfactory; starting with my grandfather, Robert William Burrowes, here's what they found:

Robert William Burrowes (born in Rialto, Dublin, 2 November 1904 - 16 February 2002),

son of
George Burrowes (a ward master in Dublin by occupation, born in an uncertain location, perhaps Leitrim, 1863 - 29 April 1909),

son of who we presume to be,
William Beresford Burrowes.

The trail goes cold there.

Unfortunately, there is no birth certificate for George, and the only reference to his date of birth is on his death certificate. Concerning William Beresford Burrowes, there is no direct evidence that he is indeed George's father, but family tradition has always included this unusual Beresford link, and indeed, the landed Burroweses of Cavan have strong connections with the Beresford family, though I am not sure how or if we are linked. What is equally curious is that an 1855 entry to the records of the parish of Tomregan in Co. Cavan registers the baptism of another son of William Beresford Burrowes, Robert William, also the name of my grandfather. This seems to link William Beresford and George; perhaps George named his son after his brother?

According to William Beresford Burrowes' marriage certificate (31 May 1854) he was a 'land sub-agent' of Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, son of William Burrowes, a tax collector; William Beresford married Mary Ann Pringle of the Clifton townland of the parish of Tomregan in Co. Cavan, the daughter of Robert Pringle, a farmer.

So, that's it really. The family has, supposedly, a connection with Belturbet in Co. Cavan, which is about 20 miles from Ballinamore in Leitrim, where William B. and his family resided.

I'm not sure where to go from here. I'd really like to find out about William Beresford Burrowes, his father, and prove or disprove his relation to George. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

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