looking for my family in Ireland
Looking for Hugh Ferris ,John ferris and Jane woods. County Tyrone
sumner
4 replies
sumner,
Your information is rather vague. Can you give us a bit more detail please?
What’s the relationship between these 3 people? Roughly when were they born? Did John & Jane marry? Did any of them die in Ireland? What were their occupations and religious denomination? What else do you already know?
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer
hugh would be my great great grandfather . not sure how many chidren he had but my great grandfather was one . John Ferris born in Tyrone . Jane woods was the wife of Hugh Ferris. I believe that hugh and jane never left Ireland. I believe they were catholic.
sumner
You didn’t give any dates so I am uncertain as to what period I should be checking. I found a baptism for a John Ferris to Hugh & Jane Ferris (no maiden name) in 1842 in Belfast and coincidentally another in the same year in Dublin, again with no mother’s maiden name. None in Tyrone. I searched Tyrone deaths 1864 onwards (that’s when they start), up to 1921, but did not find any Hugh or Jane that might be your family. There was one Hugh whose death was registered in Omagh in 1898 aged 75, but he was a bachelor. I cannot find a marriage for Hugh & Jane but without some idea of when it took place it’s not easy. Many RC parishes don’t have records before the 1840s and so if it was then, there may not be any record to locate.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer
as i thought. befast is probable.
sumner