I have a copy of a baptism record which I believe may be my GG grandfather, if anyone can give me any information on the Wallace family from the early 1800's In Clones Iwould very much appreciate it.
The record reads 7th November 1830 child's name John, parents names... John and Mary Richey, surname Wallace, abode Caravitra and that's it. Is Caravitra a house or a nearby village?
Kevin:
The townland is Carrivetragh in Clones parish and is 181 acres in size. The townland is very close to Clones.
I checked the 1832 Tithe Applotment listings for Clones parish and the 1861 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for the parish and did not locate a Wallace entry in either data base.
I also checked the Roots Ireland indexes and found the 1830 baptismal record that you have in the Clones C of I church. I looked for a marriage record in that church. There was an 1825 John Wallace marriage but the wife's name was Margaret.
Roger McDonnell
> The record reads 7th November 1830 child's name John, parents names...
> John and Mary Richey, surname Wallace, abode Caravitra and that's it. Is
> Caravitra a house or a nearby village?
'Caravitra' is probably a reference to the townland of Carrivetragh, which is in Clones civil parish, and located about 4 km (~2 miles) to the north of the town of Clones.
see Clones to Carrivetragh townland (google map), and Carrivetragh townland c1840 (1st es. OSI map)
Caravitra (or Carrivetragh) is 181 acres in size. It?s just on the border with the border with Co Fermanagh. It?s agricultural land.
The tithe applotment records for Carrivetragh in 1832 had 20 farms there. None occupied by anyone named Wallace or Richey. Suggests perhaps that John Wallace?s father was an agricultural labourer.
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
6 households there in 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Monaghan/Clones_Rural/…