Fortune family early 1800s

P Borbey:

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Slade is in Hook civil parish. Here is a link to Slade Castle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade_Castle ; The RC parish would be St. james and Templetown and records go back to the late 1700s. Here is a link to the parish register https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0608 ;  I searched on two different data bases and did not see any records for Edward or Patrick except for this 1795 baptismal record for a Patrick Fortune.  

First name(s)PatriciumLast nameFortuneBirth year-Baptism year1795Baptism date03 Apr 1795ParishSt. James and TempletownAlternative parish namesTempletown, Templetown and St. JamesDioceseFernsCountyWexfordCountryIrelandFather's first name(s)JoannesFather's last nameFortuneMother's first name(s)MariaMother's last nameMorasynRepositoryNational Library of IrelandNational Library of Ireland linkhttp://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000634119#page/1/mode/1upRegisterBaptism

We have another volunteer who is much more knowledgable about Co. Wexford and I will alert him to your message.

Roger McDonnell

I had never heard of a place called the Irish Loop in Ireland - I believe it's in Newfoundland. (your post mentions the 1827  Newfoundland marriage, and on "Southern Shore of Ireland" ...area known as the Irish Loop.)

I know the village of Slade quite well and visit the area several times a year, it's part of a nice walk you can do around the tip of Hook Head passing the Lighthouse on the way.

I've come across a number of connections between Slade and the Hook Head area and Newfoundland and Camada  many seem to be connected with fishing. Fortune is a real 'Wexford' surname.

I'm assuming your Fortunes were Catholic - is this correct ?

I double checked for any record of a 1827 marriage of Patrick to Mary Shaugnessy but no sign that I could see... the marriage records for St. James & Templetown look complete for 1827, although a little difficult to read. There are various Fortune records in the Slade & Hook area but I didn't come across any Shaugnessy baptisms or marriages in the registers.

As Roger mentioned the St. James & Templetown registers go back to 1792, so not quite far enough to include any record of Edward. There are quite a few Fortune records in the St. James & Templetown baptisms records right back to a Patrick Fortune baptised in 1795. Do you have an estimated year of birth for this Patrick Fortune - maybe from a Canadian census or his death record ?