Advice please

[Northside lass]

Hi All,
          help please as to where to from here
I have Samuel Hunter b1849 in Down Co. I have now found from the 1911 census b Whitechurch Co Down ( although living in Cumberland & married there) is there anywhere to check a birth record ? Would it name the mother ?
also on his marriage cert. his father is named as Alexander, I found a marriage of an Alexander to  Isabella Irvine in 1845 at Ballywalter is there any way to know if this is relevant to me ?   Susan

[aghadowey]

Civil registration of births in Ireland began 1864 so there'll e no irth certificate for Samuel and you'll have to search for church records, if they exist, to find names of parents.
Have you looked at Ros Davies' Co. Down site under Surnames to see if she's listed anything?
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/Afrontpage.htm

[RosemaryJoan]

Perhaps this will help you.
In LDS (taken from Civil registration) we have a Thomas Hunter born 1864 to Alexander Hunter and Isabella Irvine in Greyabbey.
Looking at the marriage of Alexander and Isabella in Ballywalter Presbyterian Church in 1845 (Emerald Ancestors)
Alexander's father was probably James and Isabella's father was probably John (AncestryIreland).
In Griffiths valuation(circa 1864) we have Alexander leasing a house and 10 acres of land in Whitechurch Townland in Ballywalter Parish, and two John Irvines leasing land in (1) Ballyboghilbo Townland and (2) Tullykevin Townland in Grayabbey Parish.  These two parishes adjoin and the townlands are a couple of miles from Whitechurch, so it seems possible that you have found the right marriage.
It looks to me as if Thomas was the youngest child, born after registration.
So, perhaps Samuel was baptised in the same church were his parents married.  If you look at Ros Davies site under churches you can find if there are records available to search for that church.
This information is all surmise, and the route I would follow, but worth a good look.  RosemaryJoan

[aghadowey]

Here's a link to Griffith's Valuation that Rosemary mentioned:
http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_family_search_form.php

[Northside lass]

Thanks both to aghadowey & Rosemary Joan, I have been on Ros Davies site and had seen the bit about Alexander leasing the land but didn't know if it was relevant to me.
Heading in the wrong direction though with Isabellas father,I had found a Isabella Irvine born to William Irvine & Mary Lindsay at Ballymorran but after your replies had another look at Ros's site and saw where Killinchy is compared to Ballywalter so this has saved me a lot of wasted time & effort, off now to investigate a bit further
Thanks again to you both   Susan
 
Ps why has a lot of counties a place called White Church