I am looking foras much information as possibleabout Hugh Hall Cochran(e) who came from Lurgan, Co Armagh. and was a watch and clock maker born 1805 and died 1879 but is buried in Mount Jerome in Dublin in a public grave, which I don't understand ?
I can't find a marriage date for him, He married Margaret Belshaw, who's father was a watch and clock maker in Lurgan.
Please can anyone help me , and who were Hugh's parents ?
Regards,
Heather
Dear Heather
I have passed your query to a volunteer in a neighbouring parish who will be in touch shortly
Best wishes
Clare
Genealogy Support
Heather,
I have seen some of your messages about Hugh on other websites. If I recall correctly, you believe that Hugh married in Lurgan 1st Presbyterian church, probably in the 1830s. If so, the problem you face is that that church has lost its pre-1845 marriage records, save for a few years in the 1700s. In the 1830s the church record of the marriage would have been the only one in existence, and so if it’s lost, then there’s no obvious way of recovering that information.
If it’s any consolation to you, a marriage record in the 1830s wouldn’t normally contain parents names. All you usually see is the couples names, the date, and their 2 witnesses names. Occasionally a townland or occupation but often not.
If that church was Hugh’s church, and he was born in the Lurgan area, you might find his baptism there (which should give you his parents names). The baptism records start in 1746 and have been indexed. There’s a copy in PRONI. Lurgan Ancestry might also have a copy.
Can’t help you with the cemetery. Have you tired contacting Mount Jerome and enquiring about the burial?
Elwyn