Brereton Descendants

KerryTralee (Kerry)

Looking for information on descendants of Willliam and Jane Brereton. William was mail coach driver killed in 1822 during a rebel uprising -some information we I have gathered ...In churchyard Killarney

“Sacred to the memory of William Brereton, late of the R.H Artillery, whose mortal remains were deposited here, after he was Brutally Murdered by the Rebels on the [8th?] of January 1799 [?] near Knocknacoffell Chapel when escorting his Majesty’s Mails by day between Killarney and Millstreet through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ alone, he looked for salvation knowing than in man there is nothing to command him to a merciful and just God. In memory of his strict fidelity and courage this stone is placed here by his employer C.D Oliver Esq. [copied by James Franklin Fuller Esq. FSA].

This information was passed on by another researcher - we do not know which cemetery. The date of death also looks to be incorrect as other newspaper cuttings of the time state 1822, 26th January.

Would be very interested in what became of his widow Jane and 4 children. One son Robert Gordon Brereton & wife Elizabeth Fitzgerald (also of tralee/father James ) emigarated to Australia in 1839.

Assistance greatly appreciated.

Lenore Larter (nee Brereton)

LenoreLarter1

14 years ago

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Dear Lenore, there are no Breretons living in Kerry in 1901. However there are 386 listed in other counties in Ireland. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1901&surname=Brereton&firstname=&county=&townland=&ded=&age=&sex=&search=Search&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=

I am sorry I don't have time to go through them right now but if you go through them they might give you an idea as to where the family members lived in Ireland.

Are you in contact with the Australian branch of the family? Do they have more information?

Have you seen these Brereton links already?

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=&namel=Brereton&exact=&name2fm=&name2l=&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&diocese=KERRY+(RC)&parish=¢ury=&decade=&sort=&pageSize=100&ddB=&mmB=&yyB=&ddM=&mmM=&yyM=&ddD=&mmD=&yyD=&locationB=&locationM=&locationD=&member0=&member1=&member2=&member3=&member4=&member5=&member6=&member7=&member8=&member9=&namef0=&namef1=&namef2=&namef3=&namef4=&namef5=&namef6=&namef7=&namef8=&namef9=&namel0=&namel1=&namel2=&namel3=&namel4=&namel5=&namel6=&namel7=&namel8=&namel9=&keyword=&submit=Search

I look forward to hearing from you again and helping you more.

Martine

PS Have you seen this? http://www.brereton.org/ Your name is so unusual it is worth checking it out.

IrelandXO member

14 years ago

Is my great x 4 grandfather. My grandmother was Maragert Brereton from the North Coast of NSW.

I am descended from Robert and Elizabeth, then their son Charles Oliver and then his son Charles Gordon and then my Grandma Margaret.

Contact me is you wish.

Sharon Attenborough

IrelandXO member

13 years ago

Hello Sharon, well its only6 years but i am finally reading your message.

I would love any further information you have on our ancestry. My line is William and Jane (Ireland) Robert & Elizabeth ,thier son William and wife Amelia Salter, their son William Ignatius and Catherine Kelly and my dad Leonard.

Any info on the irish heritage Williams parents or siblings, wifes maiden name etc would be fantastic.

Brereton Descendants

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