Thank you all so much for your helpful advice. Viola – If that is so, then it’s much earlier than any of us (the descendants now living in Australia) thought. (I see from the 1862 Griffiths evaluations that Robert is listed in Glasmullagh as being a tenant of Edward Archdall, so the name is familiar). I will check out that census, as well as the Muster Rolls. Janet – the certain facts about Robert are: that he was married to Anne. Birth records for their children indicate that they lived in Tirmacspird and then Glasmullagh. Emigration records for the three sons who left gave ‘Glasmullagh’ as their home location. I have found a death record for Robert aged 90 in Glasmullagh, and similarly for Anne who died in 1873. These recrods are a little spare on identifying information, so I’m going on the fact that the ages/dates fit, they’re in the right location, and the witness to the death is someone whose name ‘fits’ within the family (eg, ‘attended by grandson William’). (This is, of course, not helped by the fact that everyone is called by the same name, pretty much). I have not been able to track down a marriage record for Robert and Anne looking in any of the listings that are available online (I’ve been through all the churches listed on the IGP archives with a fine tooth comb), nor burial records. In fact, just as an aside, there are very few records of the final resting place of any of my Weir ancestors. I have looked at the various listings of memorials (ie, transcriptions of grave stones) that are online, but I haven’t been able to locate actual burial registers. Presumably these are now with PRONI, but have not yet been digitised. (?) There are Weirs in the surrounding townlands, but not in Glasmullagh. I have looked at the Griffiths valuations, but not the Tithes. I will look there next! Dave – I will look again at Wills, especially in other locations. I’d never even thought about leases, so many thanks for that suggestion. . Karen – Hi there, I saw your post from last year as I was searching through the archive, so I’m glad you’ve posted again. I’m with you on the family naming tradition. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if some of our family went to Canada. Quite a few came here to Australia, and some went to the US. Carell – Thank you so much for the pointer to the Archdale papers. I can’t see if these are available online, so this may need to wait until I visit sometime in 2016 or 2017 (hopefully). One more question. I’ve seen ‘Mielroe’ (also Millroe, Mulroe) written in some records. I gather it’s near Lack, but it doesn’t appear as a townland on any of the maps I’ve looked at. Can anyone help me with its location? Thanks again. Rose O'Neale

Rosaline, IF you will contact me off list I've done a lot of WEIR research for someone else in Co Cavan and I'll send you what I have as an attached File. It is 231kb so I hope it won't over power you. Viola --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

There a few Archdale Estate rentals here http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ShowFreePage.php?id=89 best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:58:07 +1000 > To: FERMANAGH-GOLD@rootsweb.com > Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD Weirs of Glasmullagh and Knockroe > From: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > > Thank you all so much for your helpful advice. > > Viola – If that is so, then it’s much earlier than any of us (the > descendants now living in Australia) thought. (I see from the 1862 > Griffiths evaluations that Robert is listed in Glasmullagh as being a > tenant of Edward Archdall, so the name is familiar). I will check out that > census, as well as the Muster Rolls. > > Janet – the certain facts about Robert are: that he was married to Anne. > Birth records for their children indicate that they lived in Tirmacspird > and then Glasmullagh. Emigration records for the three sons who left gave > ‘Glasmullagh’ as their home location. I have found a death record for > Robert aged 90 in Glasmullagh, and similarly for Anne who died in 1873. > These recrods are a little spare on identifying information, so I’m going > on the fact that the ages/dates fit, they’re in the right location, and the > witness to the death is someone whose name ‘fits’ within the family (eg, > ‘attended by grandson William’). (This is, of course, not helped by the > fact that everyone is called by the same name, pretty much). > > I have not been able to track down a marriage record for Robert and Anne > looking in any of the listings that are available online (I’ve been through > all the churches listed on the IGP archives with a fine tooth comb), nor > burial records. In fact, just as an aside, there are very few records of > the final resting place of any of my Weir ancestors. I have looked at the > various listings of memorials (ie, transcriptions of grave stones) that are > online, but I haven’t been able to locate actual burial registers. > Presumably these are now with PRONI, but have not yet been digitised. (?) > > There are Weirs in the surrounding townlands, but not in Glasmullagh. I > have looked at the Griffiths valuations, but not the Tithes. I will look > there next! > > Dave – I will look again at Wills, especially in other locations. I’d never > even thought about leases, so many thanks for that suggestion. > . > Karen – Hi there, I saw your post from last year as I was searching through > the archive, so I’m glad you’ve posted again. I’m with you on the family > naming tradition. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if some of our family went > to Canada. Quite a few came here to Australia, and some went to the US. > > Carell – Thank you so much for the pointer to the Archdale papers. I can’t > see if these are available online, so this may need to wait until I visit > sometime in 2016 or 2017 (hopefully). > > One more question. I’ve seen ‘Mielroe’ (also Millroe, Mulroe) written in > some records. I gather it’s near Lack, but it doesn’t appear as a townland > on any of the maps I’ve looked at. Can anyone help me with its location? > > Thanks again. > > Rose O'Neale > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message