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Anne Hardy

DownMagheralin (Down)

Anne Hardy (c1785 - 1859) was born inMagheralin, Down, Ireland, possibly the daughter of John Hardy. She married Francis Guest (c1776-1848) in 1804 in Killaloe Diocese, Ireland. They lived in Shinrone, King's County before moving c1815 to Templemore, County Tipperary. The family emigrated from there, settling in Birr, Ontario, Canada in 1830. Their children were: Thomas Henry; John (1806-1834), unmarried; James and Robert; Francis Jr. (1815-1817); Anne (1819-1820); Jane (1821) who married a Thomas or Robert Bridgeman; and Elizabeth (1826-1915) who married John Elliott.Thomas Henry (c1805-1857), the eldest, married Mary McRoberts (1816-1893), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McRoberts1837.

I am looking for information about Anne Hardy's parents & am also hoping to connect with any other researchersof this family.

Thank you & greetings from North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

gavens@telus.net

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Margaret,

You haven’t said what denomination Anne Hardy was. If she was Church of Ireland then the good news is that their records start in 1692, but if RC their records only start in 1815.  No other denomination has any records for that parish for the 1700s. The Church of Ireland records have been copied and are in PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast. They are not on-line and a personal visit is required to view them.

Looking at the 1901 census of Co Down there were 64 people named Hardy, a fairly even mix of RC and Church of Ireland with a few Presbyterians.

Some Hardy families in Magheralin on this site:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Erosdavies/SURNAMES/…

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

Hi & thanks Elwyn. I didn't post what denomination Anne Hardy was, as I don't know. That info never made it down through the generations in Canada & I haven't found it yet. I do know more recent generations in Canada were Methodist. Too bad a personal visit is necessary to search Church of Ireland records in Belfast...we were in Belfast just for a day last summer but spent the time seeing the Giant's Causeway (lovely, btw). I will keep this in mind in case we are there again though.

gavens@telus.net

Methodism didn’t get going in Ireland as a separate denomination until the 1820s. There were no Methodist baptisms prior to about 1818 and no marriages before about 1835.  So if Anne was born c 1785, she’d likely be Church of Ireland.

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks Elwyn.

gavens@telus.net

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