fowler

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please ignore " i have put Richard McQuillan on the beginners board as I do not know where he was born in Ireland"  this is a different topic sorry.

[BallyaltikilliganG]

1602. [the townland of] Inishargie drawn as an island in 1602  Its reproduced as ‘detail of the Dartmouth Map25’ shows the Ards Pensinula and Inishargie as an island!  Source the ongoing website http://www.kircomchu.com/kircubbin.html#origin
1660.  The muster rolls for Co Antrim include about 12 Fowler, sometimes spelt Ffowler and even one Towler, one of the Fowler being in Belfast.  The County Down muster rolls exist at PRONI in the Hunter collection, but I am not sure if on line anywhere? 
My main information base is Ros Davies great Co Down website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/ who apart from surnames has churches, maps, etc etc.  Her relevant townland map is listed as  BallywalterBallyhalbertInishargyTownlands.htm

The first two census substitutes I used are:-
1.  http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/down/tithe-applotment-books/inishargy-parish.php#.VVhBkUuDoYU
Fowler, Wm. Townland: Glastry Year: 1834 note there were no Fowler in Ballyhalbert.
2.  http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation which has
From http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation, roughly 30 years later
James Fowler living in Kircubbin 1863 on map ref 75 21
House yard and small garden valuation £2 pa
William Fowler living in Kircubbin 1863 on map ref 75 41
House yard valuation £1 five shillings pa
Could the original map be elsewhere and not yet copied for internet use
Notes:-Griffiths Glastry is listed not under Inishargy but under St Andrews, Alias Ballyhalbert still with no Fowler mentioned.

Fowler Research already completed and on line . Helen Emma Hall nee Burns has done an amazing amount of work on part of the Fowler line of Kircubbin see http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/l/Helen-E-Hall-Port-Coquitlam/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0480.html

As I found so few sources, I have put them together as a speculative tree I repeat it is a speculation. Surviving Church Records and other records should soon knock it into acceptable shape.
1. William Fowler married date unknown Janet Ross
children The birth order follows Helen’s research http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/l/Helen-E-Hall-Port-Coquitlam/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0480.html is it possible the eldest son Andrew stayed in Kircubbin and did he marry You can look this up and find nearly all the children listed with Glastry birth locations.
1.1.  Robert Fowler born in Kircubbin Co Down in 1806 Helens research
1.2.  Catherine Fowler. Helen doesn’t give further details on her tree
ancestryireland suggests a Catherine married 1830 an Archibald XXXXX  and had a son Robert
Children
Robert XXXXXX
1.3.    John Fowler. Helen doesn’t give further details on her tree
1.4.   William Fowler. Helen doesn’t give further details on her tree so this is my sibling speculation
William FOWLER . Inishargy married Elizabeth Oats 30 Aug 1824 at Kircubbin Presbyterian Church   PR
Children
1.4.1.  Mary Fowler christening 14 Sept 1825
1.4.2.  William FOWLER. Inishargy son of William Fowler ; aged 21 so b 1829-30 married Jane  Curran 26 Apr 1851   CR Note by Jim ie b 1830 Jane’s father was William Curran
children
1.4.2.1.  Samuel FOWLER . Inishargy of Kircubbin; .. who died 1857 aged 2 & buried Kircubbin Presbyterian graveyard   MIs
1.5   James Fowler. Helen doesn’t give further details on her tree so this is my sibling speculation
James FOWLER . Inishargy of Kircubbin; b ~1817-8, husband of Agnes [Ferris.s familysearch 1841 census] who died 7 Mar 1882 aged 64; father of Sophia (d. 16 May 1856 aged 20) & Jane who died in infancy & buried Kircubbin Presbyterian graveyard MIs another child Nancy see familysearch 1841 census
children
1.5.1. Sophia b~1836, d 1856
1.5.2  Jane who died in infancy
1.5.3.  Eliza Fowler b 1839 m aged 19 04 jan 1858 to Hugh McKeon
1.5.4.  Nancy see family search

The search for church records  should include at least these two examples from Ros Davies churches section
Kircubbin Presbyterian
Glastry Presbyterian formerly Ballyhalbert Presbyterian. 

[BallyaltikilliganG]

I found in my searches a report from the Witness 6th march 1874, with special thanks to Eddie
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~econnolly/twextracts/tw18740300.html
A STRANGE CASE.
Mr. R. J. CRAWLEY, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf of a man named Fowler, who had made a most extraordinary mistake, in reference to a contract. He had a contract on some part of the roads between Portaferry and Greyabbey, near Ardkeen, to cut down three hills and fill two hollows. Unfortunately, he commenced at the wrong end of the contract. (Laughter.) He cut two hills and filled two hollows and made a bridge which were not in his contract at all, and he afterwards fulfilled his own contract by cutting the hills named in his contract.
Mr. SMYTH agreed in all that Mr. Crawley had said, and he did not think there would be any objection offered if Fowler applied at next Road Sessions in Kirkcubbin for remuneration for the work he had done.
Mr. CRAWLEY said he would apply at the sessions, and the matter then dropped.