Showing posts with label Jane Cuthbert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane Cuthbert. Show all posts

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Are Robert and Olivia Cuthbert related to Christopher?

The Christ Church Delgany parish register lists the baptisms of the following children of a Robert and Olivia Cuthbert:
William b 2 Sept 1810 Kilquade;
Robert b 19 Sept 1813 abode Woodstock;
Mary Anne b 22 Oct 1815 Kilcoole;
Jane baptised 14 June 1818 abode Glen of Downs; and
Robert born 23 Apr 1821, baptised 26 Apr 1821 (mother’s name spelled as Olymphia).
While there is a nineteen-year gap between the 1791 baptism of Christopher’s youngest known child and Robert and Olivia’s oldest, there is a possibility that the two families might be related since they all belonged to the same Delgany church.  

My e-friends Sheila and Barrie in England are searching for a possible link.  Is there anyone else out there who might also be able to shed some light on this?  

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Christopher and Elizabeth’s children

I am eternally grateful to my friend Doreen in Ireland who first found Christopher and Elizabeth Cuthbert and their family in the Delgany parish records, getting me back one further generation.   The Parish Registers of Christ Church Delgany show the baptisms of their children:   
Mary, Nov 1769;  
Robert, May 1772;  
Christopher, Dec 1774;   
Charles, March 1776;  
William, Jan 1779 ; 
John,  Nov 1781;  and 
Jane, Jan 1791. 
The family lived at Windgate at the time of at least one of the baptisms.  
William is my great great grandfather and I’ve traced many of his descendants down to the present.  Charles was the subject of a fascinating court case which I’ll describe later on.  I would be interested in learning more about the other children and their descendants.
The Parish Registers of Christ Church Delgany are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin.  A transcription is at the Society of Genealogists Library in London.