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John Ballam

John Ballam

Born
1811-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1881-08-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male

I am not sure where John Ballam came from, but he resided in Ballyfarnon with his wife Anne Jane Hawksby(B: Ballymote Sligo)  He was a merchant and a lay Methodist minister, John was the prime mover to having the |Methodist Church built, it may now still be a tyre store.  Both John and Anne Jane are buried in the Kilronan Churchyard,  

They had seven children. I am desended from their son Duke, who left Ireland at approx, 14/15 years on assisted passage aboard the War Spirit, landing in Victoria Australia on 13 june 1857,  From there I have found nothing until 1867 where there is a newspaper annoncement for his pending marriage to Constance Underhill (Kingston ON Canada) There is a book "Charleston-Its Rise and Decline" by Irwin Faris that notes that william Ballam was a driver for the Crewdson and Leydon there is some thought the it is Duke Ballam as there is no other record for William Ballam.

I would like to find any info on Duke prior to leaving Ireland. I have been told that records were destroyed in a fire. 

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

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  • 1740s

    Elphin Census of Tibohine Parish

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  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killukin, Creeve & Tumna

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    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