Looking for Dalton Family

Hello Sissyvette97,

John Dalton was actually born in County Tipperary, and not County Westmeath. I found his baptism record at the Find My Past (FMP) website which shows he was baptized in the Bansha and Kilmoyler Catholic Parish, County Tipperary, on 22 July 1825. That is the same date as the birth record you have for him. The baptism transcription also shows that his parents were John Dalton and Mary Hickey.

To view the transcription of John Dalton’s baptism, go to the FMP website link at: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FPRS%2FBAP%2F0272679

Attached to the transcription is a link that will take you to the Bansha and Kilmoyler baptism register where John’s baptism is recorded. You can access the baptism register at the following National Library of Ireland website link at: https://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000632650#page/16/mode/1up

You’ll see that the baptism register consists of two facing pages. John’s baptism is on the right-hand page. You can enlarge the register by means of round icons in the upper center/ right of the screen. The icons are white with green backgrounds. You can also access the full-screen function by clicking on the last icon on the right with the two arrows pointing northeast and southwest.

Count 9 lines down from the top of the right-hand register page and you’ll come to the baptism for John Dalton on the 22nd of July. You’ll see that his godparents were Wm (William) McGrath and Mgt (Margaret) Dalton. Margaret Dalton was likely the John Dalton’s sister.

I didn’t find any other baptisms for children of John Dalton and Mary Hickey in the Bansha and Kilmoyler parish registers, nor did I find the marriage for John Dalton and Mary Hickey. The Bansha and Kilmoyler baptism records go back to 1820, while marriages in the parish go back to 1822, which means there will not be baptism records in the parish if John and Mary were born there.

To see the availability of the Bansha and Kilmoyler Parish registers, and to view a Catholic Parish map of Bansha and Kilmoyler, go to the National Library of Ireland link at: https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0245

There are Catholic churches in both Bansha and Kilmoyler which existed when John Dalton was baptized. I don’t know which of these churches his baptism would have taken place in, as the baptism register doesn’t mention the exact church.

According to the bansh.info website, the Catholic Church in Bansha was constructed in 1807 and is called the Church of the Annunciation. Go to the Bansha.info site for more information about the Bansha and Kilmoyler Catholic Parish at: https://bansha.info/about-bansha/

You can also read more about the architecture and view a slide show of the Church of the Annunciation in Bansha by going to the Buildings of Ireland link at: https://is.gd/mQgRjg

The Catholic Church in Kilmoyler is called the Our Lady of the Assumption Church. According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage/Buildings of Ireland website, this church was constructed in the Gothic Style in the year 1805. For more information and a slide show of the exterior and interior of the church, go to the Buildings of Ireland link at: https://is.gd/2Ft2Vh

A Google Map shows that the churches in Bansha and Kilmoyler are only 4.8 miles away from each other by the shortest route between the two: https://is.gd/dIGuzO

For a Google Street View of the Church of the Annunciation in Bansha, go to: https://is.gd/WXA6f8

For a Google Street View of the Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Kilmoyler, see: https://is.gd/6qxtrT

You can also view the location of the “R.C. Chapel” in Bansha on an Ordnance Survey Map from the 1837 to 1842 time period at the GeoHive website link at: https://bit.ly/3eSpPOg

The church you see just north of the R.C. Chapel would be the Church of Ireland.

For an Ordnance Survey Map of the location of the “R.C. Chapel” in Kilmoyler from the 1837 to 1842 time period, go to the GeoHive link at: https://bit.ly/2S5iD7K

Kind Regards,

Dave Boylan