O'HENNESSY in Ennis & London
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:45 pm
May I beg any advice to help solve my problem Ennis ancestors ?
Known facts :-
PETER PAUL HARE O'HENNESSY born between 1800 & 1810 in Ennis Co. Clare.
source = 1841/51/61/71/81 UK census.
His obituary in 1887 states "left Ireland to join the army & was mentioned for a commission on the field at Waterloo".
I have a copy of a letter from Peter to the then UK Home Secretary Lord Sidmouth dated 1821, asking to be "put in a surgical college as there is no room in the army"
He cites Colonel Vanderleur as an "affidavit". Vanderleur was Colonel of the Clare Yeomanry at Waterloo.
The address on the letter is simply "Ennis, Clare"
He married a Charlotte and they had 4 children sometime between 1841 (single) & 1851 (widow).
NO record of the marriage or children's births in the UK records has been found.
Charlotte died in Southwark London in 1850.
Did Peter return to Ireland to be married & start his family ?
Is the HARE in his name his mother's maiden name ?
How would I go about finding records in Clare ?
Internet search shows 1821 Freeholders Co Clare = a Patrick O'Hennessy in Arthurs Row, Ennis.
the registry was in 1818.
Also a grave stone for Patrick O'Hennessy architect of Ennis dated 1839 or 1859 ?
This may be a family connection but how can I check ?
An intriguing puzzle that has eluded me since the 1980s when I started family research.
Clive O'Hennessy
north Scotland
Known facts :-
PETER PAUL HARE O'HENNESSY born between 1800 & 1810 in Ennis Co. Clare.
source = 1841/51/61/71/81 UK census.
His obituary in 1887 states "left Ireland to join the army & was mentioned for a commission on the field at Waterloo".
I have a copy of a letter from Peter to the then UK Home Secretary Lord Sidmouth dated 1821, asking to be "put in a surgical college as there is no room in the army"
He cites Colonel Vanderleur as an "affidavit". Vanderleur was Colonel of the Clare Yeomanry at Waterloo.
The address on the letter is simply "Ennis, Clare"
He married a Charlotte and they had 4 children sometime between 1841 (single) & 1851 (widow).
NO record of the marriage or children's births in the UK records has been found.
Charlotte died in Southwark London in 1850.
Did Peter return to Ireland to be married & start his family ?
Is the HARE in his name his mother's maiden name ?
How would I go about finding records in Clare ?
Internet search shows 1821 Freeholders Co Clare = a Patrick O'Hennessy in Arthurs Row, Ennis.
the registry was in 1818.
Also a grave stone for Patrick O'Hennessy architect of Ennis dated 1839 or 1859 ?
This may be a family connection but how can I check ?
An intriguing puzzle that has eluded me since the 1980s when I started family research.
Clive O'Hennessy
north Scotland