francis mulligan banbridge

[ruggles]

I'm stuck at my husband's great, great grandfather, the above named Francis Mulligan.  I have some information - he was married to a Jane Bullick or Bullock - she used both spellings on her school samplers, which I have.  From his son William's birth certificate, he's listed as a publican (1849) and they were Unitarians by religion.  His siblings were Eliza, John, James, Mary and Anne.  Anne married a James Thompson and Mary married a Rev. S. Ruddell.  I am trying to verify this, as I'm unsure where this information came from.  Anyone doing a search on any of these relatives?

[aghadowey]

There are several entries here for Mulligan in Banbridge and you can check the other surnames also-
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/Afrontpage.htm

[ruggles]

Thanks.  Been to Ros Davies' page - it doesn't hold any clues.  Nor does lennonwylie or Emerald Ancestry.  I am new to Rootschat and haven't found any sign of mulligans being searched. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.

[aghadowey]

Unfortunately the birthdates you need are before the start of civil registration. Since you have some names and a location as well as their religion trhe next logical step would be to see if there are any church records that cover the 1800s.

[akanex2]

1st Banbridge Non-Subscribing Presbyterian (Unitaran) Church records are in PRONI under the following references T/2995/1-4, CR/4/6 and CR/3/53.  They include baptisms and marriages from 1756-94 and 1814-1971.

[ruggles]

Great!  Thanks a lot.  I knew I would have to bite the bullet and go to PRONI again, but at least I've got a good starting point.