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Bernard Hurley

Bernard Hurley

Born
1830-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1880-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Feb 1830                  Born Roscommon, Ireland  (No birth records found)

30th Jun 1847            Bernard attested at Dublin aged 17 4/12 with 13th Infantry of Foot

30th Mar 1851           1851 census – Bernard & Honora at Winchester Barracks (Married Honora Allen from Belfast but no records found)

Nov 1854                   Bernard arrives in Gibraltar

7th Jun 1855              Left Gibraltar for Crimea (“Robert Lowe” Steamship)

16th Apr 1861            1861 census -  no trace!

7th Nov 1863             Travelled from Ireland-Woolwich-New Zealand (Maori Wars)

Jun 1867                   Bernard arrived back from New Zealand

27th Jul 1869             Discharged

2nd Apr 1871             1871 census - Living at No 1 West Court, Chatham and working as a prison warder at Chatham Convict Prison

14 Nov 1880              Died at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Rochester

Associated communities

Roscommon

County Roscommon, or Ros Comáin in Irish, is located in the western region of Ireland. We are home to the stunning Lough Key Forest Park and statistically, we are known to have the longest life expectancy of any county in Ireland! We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

  • Ballaghaderreen TOWN PLAN

    Location: Roscommon

    Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, Ireland

  • Ballaghaderreen TOWN

    Location: Roscommon

  • Pre-1840 Tenant Map of Drumbrick, Glooria, Drumanilra, Gortleck, and Cloonkeen

    Location: Roscommon

    Cavetown, Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon

  • Carrowmore Tenant Map 1818

    Location: Roscommon

    Carrowmore, Croghan, Co Roscommon

Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Kilcoleman Costello in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837.</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1740s

    Elphin Census of Tibohine Parish

    1749-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killukin, Creeve & Tumna

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-04-15 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killummod

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-03-01 12:00:00