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John Brown of County Antrim

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Searching for John Brown, age 20, Miller of County Antrim, IRL.
He arrived in July 1853 Port of Arrival: New York passenger list (Ship Name: Underwriter)
from Place of Origin: Ireland

He comes with a separate family John Rogers, age 50, laborer
his wife Isab , age 50, Agnes, age 30, Maria, age 19

John Brown has children with Maria Rogers after 1866 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA .
Checking into the Declaration of Intent papers for Richland County, Ohio.

John Brown is on 1860 census in Richland County, Ohio under John Rogers household.
1870 John Brown is the Head of household.

I have no idea on a Townland or parish to narrow down the search.

Interested in family connection, looking marriage record, any known connection to family of Thompson name .... By 1880, Anna Thompson living with them as a 19 year old.
(Possible fathers name James Thompson, who came July 1853 as well, the Declaration of Intent Index says.)

Thank you.

Kay Diers

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Statutory birth, death and marriage registration (in some jurisdictions called Vital Records) only started in Ireland in 1864, save for non RC marriages which were recorded from 1845 onwards. So you probably won’t find statutory birth, death or marriage certificates in Ireland for this family. For earlier years you usually need to rely on church records, where they exist. You obviously need to know the precise denomination in order to search the correct records. Not all churches have records for that period and not all are on-line.

RC records are mostly on-line on the nli site:  

https://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

For other denominations, the churches usually hold the originals but there are also copies in PRONI, the public record office, in Belfast. A personal visit is required to access them. Access to the records there is free. This link explains what records exist, parish by parish:

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/proni-guide-church-records

At the risk of pointing lout the obvious, John Brown is a very common name in Ireland. In the 1901 Irish census there were 915 of whom 210 lived in Co. Antrim. 459 John Ro(d)gers, 58 of whom lived in Co Antrim. The names would have been equally common in the early 1800s.

John Rogers & Isabella look to have married around 1822. Very difficult to trace that without some idea of where in Antrim they lived, and even then it’s possible the relevant parish or church may not have records for that period.

I note that John Brown was a Miller. Unfortunately there are no list of millers in Ireland to consult, and it is a fairly common trade.

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

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