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He went by William Talbot most of the time, including in most official documents. When he married Ann Watts in 1843 in Armagh, he went by 'Daniel O’Holihan'. When he married in 1850 in Newcastle, he used 'William O'Houlahan Talbot'.

Hello! I'm trying to track down the burial of Ann Talbot who died on the 20 May 1849 in Ballyronan, County Derry. This was reported in the newspaper later in the year because her husband was a well-known Irish piper, William Talbot. As far as I know, they were Catholic.

There is a twist. William Talbot may have been a stage name. There is evidence that he was born Daniel O'Hoolahan (or a variant of that spelling), so it's possible his wife (who died giving birth to a stillborn baby), was buried as Ann O'Hoolahan. She was around 33 years old when she died.

At the moment I'm not sure if local burials for that period are published anywhere accessible so it'd be helpful to know where I should be searching. Thanks!

PS The original notice recorded that she died at "Ballyronan near Tuam", but I'm starting out with the assumption that 'Tuam' was actually 'Toome', a town near to Ballyronan in County Derry. If I'm unsuccessful with this search, I'll widen my geographical net.

Hello, I have subs to Ancestry and Findmypast. The Hampshire parish records in Findmypast list Wickham rather than Whitchurch as the place of baptism for William and Sarah Andrews. I'm not sure why Ancestry has them recorded for Whitchurch as well. It's one of the issues I'm trying to resolve by locating the digitised images as opposed to transcriptions.

Re John James Andrews, yes there are two possible baptisms:

John James Andrews baptised 02 Jul 1815 at Wickham, son of John and Margaret
John James Andrews baptised 06 Mar 1815 at Fareham, son of John and Margaret

I have the image of the Fareham baptism and that records John's occupation as 'Servant'. Another reason why I'm keen to see the original of the Wickham baptisms.

Hello!

I've been searching high and low for the digitised images of the register of baptisms for St Nicholas, Wickham in the range 1815-1830. My first question is: have I overlooked them? It looks like they have been digitised but perhaps they're only available from an LDS library or HCC. I'd like to see the images for the following baptisms because I'm specifically interested in the father's occupation.

Baptisms of the children of John and Margaret Andrews:

1) John James Andrews baptised 2nd July 1815 at Wickham, Hampshire
2) Margaret Andrews baptised 11th August 1816 at Wickham, Hampshire
3) Sarah Andrews baptised 1st May 1818 at Wickham, Hampshire
4) William Andrews baptised 25th January 1820 at Wickham, Hampshire
5) Frances Ellen Andrews baptised 23rd September 1829 at Titchfield, Hampshire
6) Frances Ellen Andrews baptised 19th December 1830 at Titchfield, Hampshire

I'd be more than happy to pay for someone to check the records but I also thought that someone might be able to tell me if they are available online somewhere.

Many thanks!

Phil
Bath, UK

Ah, thank you! I thought I'd checked the IGI record sets. Clearly not carefully enough, clearly.

I've found the baptism in question.

Best

Phil