Jenkins,Dwyer,Salmon from Bray

[Finnfam]

Hi JonesFR,

Are you descended from Christopher Patrick?.

 I am sure you know all this but, The Salmons boys were sailors/seamen, and at some point owned their own craft, apparently large enough to cross the Atlantic, which John did., did Christopher?.
 I assumed that both Christopher Patrick and his brother John were on the same boat/ship working the Tamar, At that time Calstock was an important little port, and where both met and married local girls, Christopher's  wife was a miss Mutton, I think her dad was a sailor also. If Christopher moved north east then the only choices are; That he and his brother moved on the same boat, or that Christopher needed to go N.E. for work  perhaps John returned with his family to Bray at that point, Was Durham his wife's home?. I would be surprised if either worked as anything but a sailor, however needs must.
 Did Christopher return to Bray?, I do not know at this point, has my interest lay in my g/granddad John, My dad said that one of Johns brothers moved to America and may have started a business?, but I do not know which one, nor do I have documented evidence of that.
 Calstock parish records are on line and free, BDM/Census, though you will find that information, it is only basic.
 Johns home, in Bray, was Rose cottage, the Strand,facing the boathouse. I do not know if this was his parents home, but it is where he reared his children, and lived out his life as a seaman/sailor, At one point he and his brother/s?, ran a pleasure craft of some sort, taking tourists round the bay, was one of these brothers Christopher?. It would be helpful to find/access maritime records of those times to place these boys.
I do not have a great deal of info yet, I have been relying on free searches so far, and at some point will join ancestor.com, but because most of the people I will be researching are Irish the cost will be huge!, probably cheaper to catch a ferry across!.
what I shall do is contact relatives in Bray, and ask if they know of Christopher, these folk are descendants of Johns daughter, and only one will be old enough to help, if at all they can, they may be able to tell of other branches of the family.
Liz

[aghadowey]

I do not have a great deal of info yet, I have been relying on free searches so far, and at some point will join ancestor.com, but because most of the people I will be researching are Irish the cost will be huge!, probably cheaper to catch a ferry across!.

If you mean Ancestry.com- they have very few Irish records.

[Finnfam]

Hi,
 Glad you told me that before I handed over a big chunk, I would not have been happy to find few records, and given one branch were horse traders, then I need all the help I can get!, thanks for that info.  Can you tell me which family research one is best for Irish record please?.
Thanks
Liz

[aghadowey]

Sources vary according to dates and place but lots of links under Ireland Resources board and each county board also has resources for their own area.
1911 census (and eventually also 1901) online now as well as index to civil registrations but these may be too recent for some of your research.

[JONESFR]

Hi duffysalmon

I have carried out research for a very close friend of mine who is a descendant of Agnes Salmon sister of Cornelious and daughter of John Salmon. I will arrange for him to join the site and he will be in contact over the next few days. 

Regards

[Finnfam]

Hi JonesFR,

  Great!, look forward to your friend coming on, I may be able to source a couple of old photos of granddads sisters, thats not a promise, will have to check.

Best wishes
Liz

[Finnfam]

Hi aghadowey,
 
So it will not be all under one roof then.. tut, suppose I shouldn't whine, it was all done on shanks`s pony years ago!.

Thanks again aghadowey
Liz

[Tobin_by_birth]

Hi How are you,

I have currently just started to track my family history, my farther's mother was Patrica Salmon a daughter of John Salmon who was married to Nellie whom he married in Cornwall - they returned to Ireland in between the years of 1908 -1910 as they are indeed in the census for 1911.  The family of John Salmon for best part did stay in Bray Co.Wicklow and all their grandchildren and great grandchildren still live there (well most of them anyway) - it appears they had 8 children in total and my grandmother being the youngest. 

I am still trying to get hold of some information from John's perants to see if they are orginally from Bray or if they in fact did come from further afield..

My dad has told me that there was some Jewish decent going back but I don't know how true this is.

can you tell me how you are related to John and Nellie??  I would love to know.

Thank you so much

[Finnfam]

Hi Tobin_by_birth,
 I recognise the name Tobin, I recall me dad talking of the Tobins.
  John had a son called Cornelius who had a son called John who had me and 9 others, I am a great granddaughter of Nellie and John.

The Jewish connection... mmm, well Salmon doesn't sound that Irish to me. My sister is a district nursing sister, some years ago she had a patient from Dublin, when she told him of our Irish in Bray, he replied "oh yea, little Israel". I would like to know more of the possible Jewish connection, there are some family features that wouldnt be out of place down the synagogue.

Take care