Sheldrick Family

Col, 

I recently received information from several sources which has resolved my questions about my Sheldrick ancestors back to the middle 1700s.  Most helpful were several military records for Richard Sheldrick which provided his birthplace (Linton, Great Abington, Cambridgeshire), and birth date (February 1789).  Also helpful was information about the Sheldrick and Bourns families provided by other researchers and reference to the Mary Strange book about the Bourns families of Ireland. Finally, I received a great deal of helpful information from both the North Mayo Heritage Centre (Brendan Walsh) and the South Mayo Family Research Centre (Ger Delaney).   They both indicated that the name Sheldrick does not appear very often in Irish genealogy records.  Most if not all of the people named Sheldrick in Mayo mentioned in your email are related to Richard Sheldrick.

It turns out that Richard Sheldrick enlisted in the British Army in 1809 and continued to serve through August, 1830.  During that time, he served under the Duke of Wellington and found in several wars, including the Battle of Waterloo.  Upon his retirement in August, 1830, he returned to Tuam, Ireland where he married Eliza Booth in 1821.  I now have a list of their children and other records that provide a great deal of information about his children who emigrated to several places including Canada and the US.  Eliza died in 1851 at the age of 46 and Richard died in 1880 at the age of 91 in Ballinrobe.

I am still looking for other family members, but it is nice ot have made some progress since I posted my question here several years ago.

Thank you for your help in providing the information that ultimately allowed me to break down the "brick wall" that separated me from my Sheldrick and Booth families.

Charlie Tregidgo

Col,

I hope this email finds you in good health.  I am considering a trip to Ireland and England later this year, perhaps September or October.  I see that Ireland XO assists folks like me with connecting to family and/or residences, etc.  Given your  research (almost 6 years ago-time certainly does fly!) and mine, I would not expect to find any Sheldrick family currently residing in County Mayo (or elswhere for that matter).

I would like to see if there is any information available about Eilza Booth (1805-1851) who resded in Ballinrobe at the time of her death.  Richard Sheldrick apparently resided in Ballinrobe at the time of his death on 18 November 1880.  I did find a residence for RS in Griffith's Valuations (1856).  I believe that it references the owner as Colonel Charles Knox and RS is referred to as Richard Shuldrick.  Another Sheldrick researcher mentions the home still exists and is located on the South side of Convent Road in the Townland of Cornamoya.

Information from other Sheldrick researchers (descendants of Anna Mariah Sheldrick, b. June 1840) indicate that Eliza Booth was the child of Thomas Booth (1775-1829 in Tuam, Galway) and Jane Sanford (b. 1783-      ).  I have also seen the name Robert Booth listed as witness to the marriage of RS and EB.  The AMS family research also indicates a connection of some undescribed nature with Westport, Ireland.  Gerard Delaney of the South Mayo Family Research Center mentioned the marriage of a George Booth and Jane Deane in 1814 in or near Westport.  Unfortunately, this is about all have been able to come up with regarding EB or her family.

If you have any information about how what assistance is availble from IXO for a trip within Ireland, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

Best regards, 
Charlie Tregidgo