John Woodward born 1771 drumholm donegal ireland

[barnowlcan]

I am researching John Woodward - he enlisted in the 1st regiment of foot in 1800 - serving in Canada (war of 1812) and the british west indies and northern ireland. Discharged as supernumery in 1817. I am looking for information on his ancestry, marriages, children. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Carol Mack]

Hi,

I have had a look at the Drumholm graveyard record book and have found 10 Woodward's who are buried in Drumholm protestant graveyard. As Woodward is not a very common name in the area I would take a guess that they are all related.

Of interest to you might be:
 Elizabeth (Vere) Woodward buried 8th dec 1795 
John Woodward buried 16th March 1809 
Thomas Woodward buried 1699 

Unfortunately your John is not there! If you want I will send you the rest. They go up to 1861.

 Sorry its not much but you never know when they might be useful!!

Regards,

Carol

                                           

[barnowlcan]

Thank you for your quick reply. I should have mentioned that John Woodward emmigrated to Canada and died in ontario. Other Woodwards I have found names of in Drumholm are -
Elizabeth(Betsy) b. 1783 married James Flood - moved to Canada
William Woodward born 1764.
my John born 1776.
Eliza Woodward born 1802 married John Mills.
Mary Woodward born 1812(?) married William Mills - moved to Canada with John Mills(Mary's father)
I would like to see the rest of the list you have to see if I can put everyone together. It will also help in finding where the family originated.
Thank you for your help.

[Carol Mack]

No problem, the others are:

Andrew Woodward buried 5 April 1862
William Woodward buried 14 Jan 1861
Elizabeth Woodward buried 4 Jan 1850
Mary Ann Woodward buried 5 Jan 1842
Hannah Woodward buried 5 May 1840
Mary Woodward buried 20 Sept 1839
Thomas Woodward buried 1812

The IGI has quite a lot of Woodwards in Donegal but the only two I can safely say are Drumholm Parish are:

Margaret Woodward Birth about 1825 Trummon, Donegal. Father Andrew Woodward.
Margaret Woodward Marriage to Samuel Hammond on 22 Jan 1846 Drumholm
Trummon is a townland which would be Drumholmn Parish then so could this be the same Margaret??

Without seeing baptismal records its had to know who's who! Good luck!

Regards,
Carol

[barnowlcan]

Thank you for your help - I will put this with what I have and see if I can link it up.