Contributed to the IGP County Leix/Laois website by Sharon Haggerty of London, Ontario
Records were extracted from a variety of Church of Ireland parish registers--the actual registers, not from microfilm. The registers are held at the RCBL (Representative Church Body Library) in Dublin. They are extracts, not transcripts (i.e., not word for word).
CLONENAGH & BALLYFIN PARISH MARRIAGES:
MEREDITH AND RELATED FAMILIES
Queen’s County 1794 - 1916 (RCBL)
Note: ~ handwriting very frail;
X which appears to be a middle initial indicates signed with an X
DATE |
GROOM/ BRIDE |
AGE |
OCCUP’N |
RESIDES |
FATHER |
OCCUP’N |
RESIDES |
WITNESS |
26 Jun 1794 |
Meredith Maher |
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Elizabeth Edmundson |
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13 Aug 1797 |
Daniel Thornton |
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Mary Sides |
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3 Dec 1797 |
William Atkinson |
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Elinor Sides |
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24 Jan 1803 |
William Sides |
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whitesmith |
Mountmellick |
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Lidia Carter |
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Boughton |
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31 Oct 1825 |
John Alley |
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subconstable police |
Mountrath |
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Jane Sides |
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Mountrath |
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25 May 1827 |
William Sythes |
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Borris |
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Laureena Hargrove of Borris |
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Anne Wallace |
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Clonenagh par |
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John Cunningham of this parish |
16 Nov 1828 |
Henry Baker |
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Elizabeth Sythes/Sides |
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28 Dec 1828 |
William Henry Miller |
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Arthur Miller - parish clerk |
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Maria (Hewson?) |
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Henry B. Miller |
2 Dec 1837 |
Thomas Meredith |
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farmer |
Clonenagh par |
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R Meredith |
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Mary Meredith |
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Clonenagh par |
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Thomas Bates, parish clerk |
7 Feb 1840 |
James Edmond Scott |
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Ancaster, Upper Canada |
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Sarah Scott, John Scott |
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Sarah Scott |
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Clonenagh |
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Matthew Butler Scott |
22 Jul 1845 |
William Vanston |
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Redcastle |
William Vanston |
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Jane Wale |
22 |
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Clonenagh par. |
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25 May 1846 |
Benjamin Banting |
25 |
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Ballyfin |
Charles Banting |
farmer |
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John Moore |
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Sarah Meredith |
21 |
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Ballyfin |
Thomas Meredith |
farmer |
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Kate Ann Meredith |
9 Jul 1846 |
Rice Meredith |
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farmer |
The Oak |
Thomas Meredith |
farmer |
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Thomas Meredith ~ |
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Catherine Meredith |
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Irey |
Thomas Meredith |
farmer |
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William Meredith |
13 Feb 1855 |
Edward Meredith |
23 |
farmer |
Springfield |
Thomas Meredith |
farmer |
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— Cullum |
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Susanna Moore |
18 |
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Irey |
Charles Moore |
farmer |
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Henrietta Meredith |
10 Apr 1865 |
William Abraham |
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servant |
Aghavos? Glebe |
Nicholas Abraham |
labourer |
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John Sythes |
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Eliza Sides |
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Clonbaugh? |
John Herd? |
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Thomas Bates |
18 Apr 1865 |
Thomas Thompson |
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subconstable |
Tralee, Kerry |
John Thompson |
dec’d farmer |
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Abraham Thompson |
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Hannah Maria Moore |
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Irey |
Charles Moore |
farmer |
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Charles Moore |
3 May 1865 |
William Cobbe |
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farmer |
Morritt |
John Cobbe |
farmer |
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Rice Meredith |
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Eliza Meredith |
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Cappagh |
Thomas Meredith |
farmer |
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Thomas Cobbe |
15 Dec 1868 |
Charles Moore |
wid |
farmer |
Irey |
John Moore |
dec’d farmer |
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Basil Broomfield |
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Anne Thompson |
spin |
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Irey |
John Thompson |
dec’d |
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Isabella Sophia Thompson |
16 May 1872 |
George Meredith |
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farmer |
Mountrock, Athy |
Samuel Meredith |
farmer |
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William Meredith |
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Esther Meredith |
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Rosnegad, Clonenagh |
William Meredith |
farmer |
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John Wilkinson |
2 Dec 1872 |
James Thompson |
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farmer |
Camclone |
John Thompson |
farmer |
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Thomas Meredith |
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Caroline Moore |
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Irey |
Charles Moore |
farmer |
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Susanna Meredith |
7 Sep 1875 |
Richard Thompson |
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farmer |
Thrahane? |
Joseph Thompson |
farmer |
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Thomas Meredith |
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Esther Meredith |
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The Oak |
Thomas Meredith |
farmer |
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John Thompson |
26 Dec 1879 |
Thomas Meredith |
wid |
shopkeeper |
Maryborough |
William Meredith |
farmer |
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John T Meredith |
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Elizabeth X Bulfin |
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Redcastle, Mountrath |
Christopher Bulfin |
farmer |
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Susanna Meredith |
7 May 1890 |
John Fairbrother |
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farmer |
Rosnaberria, Kyle parish |
Jacob Fairbrother |
farmer |
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Robert X England |
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Alice Allen |
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Ballyfin, Mountrath |
William Allen |
farmer |
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(Fanny?) Allen |
15 May 1894 |
Thomas Parkinson |
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farmer |
Rosecrea, Kyle |
James Parkinson |
farmer |
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? Brereton |
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Ellen Jane Allen |
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Brockera, Ballyfin |
William Allen |
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Mary Ann Allen |
26 Apr 1916 |
James Armstrong Meredith |
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farmer |
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Thomas Meredith |
farmer |
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Samuel V. Shaw John Bates |
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Elizabeth Bates |
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2 Coote Terr Mountrath |
Thomas Bates |
retired merchant |
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Charlotte E. Bates |
BALLYFIN |
REGISTER |
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MARRIAGES |
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27 Feb 1827 |
John Thompson |
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Ballyfin parish |
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married at Ballyfin |
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Rebecca Meredith |
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Ballyfin parish |
Thomas Meredith |
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18 Feb 1833 |
William Sythes |
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Ballyfin parish |
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William Berry? John Thompson |
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Jane Meredith |
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Ballyfin parish |
Thomas Meredith |
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John Banting |
3 Jun 1853 |
James Hovenden |
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Ballykehavin |
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Susannah Meredith |
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Cappagh |
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