Week 9: Where there’s a Will...

I have taken the ‘where there is a William’ stance ... and they abound in my tree!
I have decided on two avenues of documentation;

William ANNETT and Elizabeth MILLARD with children Fanny and Annie

             
 These are my direct ancestry and uncle/cousin Williams:
            William ANNETT         1806-1836      3x great-grandfather
                        born in 1806 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Son of Elizabeth and John.
                        married Mary ROGERS  ?1836 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
                        died  August 12, 1883, in Portland, Victoria, Australia.
            William TIPTON          1791-1815       3x great-grandfather
                        born in 17 Feb 1793 in Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England,
                        married Mary Hill on March 5, 1815, in Lye, Worcestershire, England.     
                        died in July 1867 in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England.        
            William BOOTES         1761-1830       4x great-grandfather
                        born March 15, 1761 Ewhurst, Sussex, England
                        married Mary Tamsett pre1785 Northiam, Sussex, England
                        died April 03, 1830     Northiam, Sussex, England.
            William FOARD           unknown          5x great-grandfather

            William MILES            1854-               great grand uncle
            William SHERIDAN      1886-               great grand uncle
            William TIPTON          1844-1865       great grand uncle
            William ANNETT         1839-1916       2^nd great grand uncle
            William FOARD           1817-1884       2^nd great grand uncle
            William MANNING      1855-               2^nd great grand uncle
            William TIPTON          1826-               2^nd great grand uncle

            William ROSE              1898-?             1^st  cousin 2x removed
            William SHERIDAN      1910-1985       1^st  cousin  2x removed
            William TIPTON          1874-?             1^st  cousin 2x removed
            William FOARD           1849-1894       1^st  cousin  3x removed
            William MUSSON        1868-1913       1^st  cousin 3x removed
            William WALLACE       1875-               1^st  cousin 3x removed

These are my complicating same generation/same name/same area,   1^st cousins 3x removed
            William John ANNETT             1873-1876       child of Henry ANNETT  and Sarah JACKSON-MILLARD
            William Henry ANNETT          1874-1874       child of William ANNETT  and Elizabeth MILLARD
            William James ANNETT          1876- ?            child of John ANNETT  and Janet FAY
            William Henry ANNETT          1876-1954       child of Henry ANNETT and Sarah JACKSON-MILLARD
            William Henry ANNETT          1878- ?            child of William ANNETT  and Elizabeth MILLARD

Week 6: Favourite name

As the name of a country, IRELAND or EIRE is my favourite.

I never really understood why I felt my closest attachment to this country; the brogue, the music, the people, the history and the heritage, the cities and countryside... just everything... but from an early age it just felt right.

Paper-tracing my ethnic heritage back to the nationalities of the New Zealand settlers showed a majority of ancestors from the UK, 10/16 of my 2x great-grandparents. Twice as many as my 5/16 Irish ancestors, so why?

 



Mid last year I had my DNA tested by ancestry.com and by studying my ethnicity, it looks to have answered my question...

 

It shows 47% of my ethnicity originating in Ireland/Scotland/Wales, and only 3% from Great Britain (a low confidence region). I believe 2/16 of my 2x great-grandparents do come from Scotland (although this has still to be confirmed) which often shared ancestral heritage with Eire through migration. No known ancestry from Wales at this date.

 

Ireland consists of 4 provinces:

Munster is made up of, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford. The main city is Cork.

Connaught - is made up of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo. The main city is Galway.

Leinster is made up of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly,
              Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow. The main city is Dublin.
Ulster is mostly part of the UK.  



 

I have been able to attribute some of my ancestry to Munster (as per ancestry assessment) but Connaught appears to figure prominantly, and possibly Leinster.

Irish ancestry place of origin (left to right and top to bottom):
            Patrick O'MALLEY- Corofin, County Clare, MUNSTER
            Eileen SHERIDAN- some mystery. Oral history suggests Eileen was born at the Dublin Police Barracks. LEINSTER.
           Mary Jane ANNETT- some mystery. It is possible MJ was born in Dublin, LEINSTER prior to her mother meeting
                                            William  ANNETT (1841 census for MJ/1851 census for her mother Mary ).

           Michael MEALLY/O'MALLEY - Corofin, County Clare, MUNSTER.

           Margaret FLANAGAN - Kilfenora, County Clare, MUNSTER.
           Terence SHERIDAN - some mystery, maybe Old Castle, Meath, and Dublin, LEINSTER.
           Mary Anne MANNING - Achil Island, County Mayo, CONNAUGHT.
           MANNING and MULLENS links are ties to Kilronan, Aran Isles and Achil Is, CONNAUGHT.



So yes, questions answered but more questions to ask also... did my british ancetors originate in Ireland before settling in England pre1800? How does ancestry access and attribute its ethnicities?