Hello
I'm looking for any information regarding Elizabeth Dupre from Belfast (Born around 1791) and her husband Henry Revell born 1786. They married around 1820 and moved to Bristol where they brought up a girl and five boys.
The 1841 Census has them both as being born in Ireland and the 1851 census has Elizabeth as being born in Belfast.
One of their sons was John Hastings Revell.
I'd appreciate any leads
Adrian - Sydney
Adrian,
Neither surname is very common in Ireland. I searched rootsireland but did not find this couple. Both the births and the marriage are long before the start of statutory records in Ireland (1864 for births and 1845 for non RC marriages) and so you need to rely on church records. Not all church records have survived and of those that do still exist, not all are on-line.
You would need to know what exact denomination they were to know which records to look at. Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church. There are about 30 churches in Belfast with records for the late 1700s and early 1800s. Copies of those records are in PRONI, the public record office, in Belfast but they are not all on-line. The surviving RC records are on-line (on the nli site) but for other denominations a personal visit to PRONI is required.
Many thanks Elwyn, appreciated
Elizabeth was a descendant of Hugenuets, though I'm uncertain as to what religion her family would have followed (Calvinists?).
I have a record of one of their sons Jonathon born in the UK (as they all were) on 2 Feb 1828 and baptised 6 Apr 1828 at St. Michaels, Bristol, Gloucester, England.
I know when their son Thomas Henry (my Gt Gt Grandfather) and his first wife Ellen Shepherd emigrated to Australia they were protestant. I have some searching to do.
Thanks very much again and I don't expect you to invest any more time in this.
Regards
Adrian
Adrian,
There were a couple of Huguenots churches in Ireland, established when the first refugees arrived. Neither is functioning these days though there is a Huguenots graveyard in Dublin and there are Huguenot church records in the National Archives.
Most eventually integrated with the existing denominations in Ireland. Principally Presbyterianism because that has a strong Calvinist doctrine. But you will see Church of Ireland Huguenots names too so presumably some went down that route.