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Wexford / Re: Wexford Burials/Rowsom Family
« on: Thursday 12 November 09 15:26 GMT (UK)  »
Welcome to the fold, Steve.  There were certainly Rowsoms and Rowsomes in Ireland at this time.  To whom was your Elizabeth married ?

Are you still in the Bristol area ?

Adrian

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Wexford / Re: Burke's of Mounthoward
« on: Wednesday 04 February 09 10:54 GMT (UK)  »
Irish civil registrations (1845-1958) went on-line this week (February 2009).  You can search for individuals or just surnames at:

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1408347

I too have families originating in Ferns and Camolin and Ballycanew and Gorey etc etc, but no Burkes it would appear.

Good luck.

deepthinker

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Wexford / Re: Wexford Burials/Rowsom Family
« on: Sunday 18 March 07 10:53 GMT (UK)  »
OK, my mother's maiden name was ROUSHAM, very uncommon, and when she died 2 years ago I decided to pursue the family tree.  This turned into a single-name worldwide study !  I am prepared to let you have a copy of what I have found if you would let me have a "normal" email address to send it to (half a dozen very large PDF files).  Back to the point, the further back in time I went, the more the name changed, firstly from Rousham to Rowsham and then to Rowsam.  I have been aware of a few Rowsams in Ireland (Dublin, Wicklow, more in Wexford, etc) for some time.  Only recently did it twig that Rowsom was yet another variant I ought to be pursuing.  That too opens up a whole new ballgame as, unlike the Rousham/Rowsham name, there are thousands of the blighters - many of them from "up north" as you point out.  The question is, though, who was derived from whom ?  Although Rowsom (with or without an "e") is common nowadays, their records dont go back so far. 

As for Ireland, there have been various periods of "settlement" in Ireland since the vikings, but like you I also have come to the conclusion that the "plantations" of 1610 are the most likely period when Rowsam came from England to Ireland.  My early Gloucestershire Rowsams and Warwickshire Rowsams were farmers, so this is likely.  Also there is a tantalising religious thread running through all this - the early Rowsams were thought by many to be Quakers, and that keeps popping up at regular intervals in correspondence with other researchers.  Does it ring any bells with you too ?.

Please keep in touch

Adrian Wilkins

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Wexford / Re: Wexford Burials/Rowsom Family
« on: Friday 09 March 07 21:40 GMT (UK)  »
Skill - do you operate under any other name, and have we communicated before?  I have watched your research into early Ireland (Wexford) Rowsam/Rowsom/Rowsome families.  You share interests with me.  We should definitely be talking to one another.

Adrian Wilkins
Bristol, England

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Glamorganshire Lookup Requests / Early Wilkyn/Wilkins in Glamorganshire
« on: Thursday 25 August 05 21:30 BST (UK)  »
Does anyone have any information on the supposed move of 6 Glamorganshire Wilkyn/Wilkins/Wilken families to Kent, between the years 1250 and 1550, one or more of whom ended up at Stoke on the Hoo peninsular (Medway area).  Or... can anyone assist with the titling of the Wilkyn/Wilkins through heralds' visitations during this period ?

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