Family and Forebears

Edith Ann Lloyd & Celia Regretta Lloyd Orphanage Photo - 1906 - England

I took a risk on this marriage record from England.  I'm so glad I listened to my gut because I'm sure now that it is the marriage entry for my 3x great-grandparents, James Byron and Margaret Mahon.  James and Maggie were born in Ireland and moved to England where their son called Matthew was born in 1862.  Because I knew their eldest son was born in England I cross-referenced the English marriage index and found a James Byron that possibly married a Margaret Mahon. I was hoping it was the record I wanted to see. I'm so glad I took a chance on it. Now I have a marriage date and place, I have confirmation James father was also Matthew, I have occupations to

I'm back at the Irish research and I'm looking for more information on the Reardon / Riordan / O'Riordan family from Macroom, Co. Cork in Ireland.

My 4th Great Grandparents were John Reardon and Mary Shea.  They were married on March 3, 1835, in Macroom, Co.Cork, Ireland.  Witnesses to their marriage were Denis Denahy and John Downy (spelling may be off on these).  Together they had 6 children that I have found.

Daniel Reardon - b. May 21, 1836, in Clondrohid, Co. Cork, Ireland
Denis Reardon - b. April 1838 in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
Margaret Reardon - b. April 25, 1840, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
Mary Reardon - b. March 29, 1842, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
Catherine Reardon - b. December 8, 1843, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
John Reardon - b. October 17, 1849, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland

Denis Reardon, their son, is my 3rd Great Grandfather. His residence at the time of Baptism is

Original Post 8/14/2014 (Lisa's Family Pages)

Original post 3/9/2014 (Lisa's Family Pages)

A few weeks ago I sent a request to the Anglican Church of Newfoundland.  I asked for a copy of the marriage record for John Barnes and Louisa Tucker married June 2, 1821, in Carbonear.  John Barnes is our first Barnes ancestor to Newfoundland.  I wanted to see if the original would share the names of their parents.

This week I received a reply from the Honorary Archivist at The Archdeacon Buckle Memorial Archive - Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador.   I was very excited to see a copy of this very old document.  Unfortunately, it does not share the names of his parents,  but it does provide the names of two witnesses - one being William Barnes.  William is likely related to John and I am hoping that researching William will help me discover more about John's family in England.

I have included an image of the document below as well as a transcription because it's a bit hard to read.



Transcription:
Entry #10 Parish of Carbonear - Marriage Register 608, Box 2, File 4

Carbonear Church,  Newfoundland,  2 June 1821.  John Barnes,  Bachelor of Wimbourne in the county of Dorset, England and Louisa Tucker, Spinster of Harbour Grace, in Conception Bay Newfoundland, were married in this church by consent of Parents as certified this second day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one by me J. Burt Clerk (?)

This marriage was solemnized John X Barnes & Louisa Tucker between us. 

In the presence of Edwd Peters, Wm Barnes (Edward Peters and William Barnes)

I hereby certify that the above is a just copy of nuptials

J. Burt - Clerk

Original post 2/2/2014 ( Lisa's Family Pages)

I have updated the Davidson/Liscombe family tree and I have added an image to the Historical Documents page.

Denis Reardon and Mary Cook (Kate Reardon’s parents) were married on January 4th, 1862 at the Chapel of Our Lady of Dolours church, in the District of Camberwell in the County of Surrey, England.   Both were of "Full age".  Denis was a milk carrier.  They both lived at 4 Victoria Place, High Street in Peckham. I was able to get more needed information from this which will be helpful.  The names of their fathers are John Reardon and John Cook.  John Reardon was a General Labourer.  John Cook was a "Fruit Hawker" which means he sold fruit on the street.  Their witnesses were John Dinahan & Alice Ginan.  I will look into these names more to see if the witnesses were relatives.  This might get me a bit farther back now that I know the father's names. They left Ireland for England, and then from England travelled to Canada in 1867 - 5 years after they were married.

I used the FreeBMD site to obtain the registration information needed to request the document from the General Register Office of England (GRO).   This site has been helpful for many of our ancestors.