Hi Maggie I must seem so rude. I thought I replied to your email in March but somehow it just sat in my email without going. I just discovered it when looking for another message which didn't go out. I'm not sure what goes wrong with my email sometimes. So this is what I thought I sent you in March. Best of luck with your research. Tom unsent text: You're welcome Maggie. I just wish I had uncovered your Adams/Feltus connection. I've gathered all the Feltus references that I can find online but I'm still hoping there may be some more to find in registers at the Church of Ireland library or in a Will or land lease memorial. Possibly there are already some others known to other people out there who may now submit them to me. The whole idea of my site is to gather the known references together on one site as a resource for other researchers and hopefully to attract contributions from other like-minded researchers. You have a strong case for a Feltus marriage in your past but there is still the possibility that the name may just have been used to honor a prominent leader in their community. Adam Bloomfield Feltus would have been a powerful and influential figure in Carlow from 1800 to 1849, especially in the Bagenalstown/Dunleckney area and East over to the Myshall region. He was a county magistrate, held thousands of acres of land, had hundreds of tenants and commanded his own body of armed men to enforce the law. It was not unheard of to name a child after such a figure with the hope that it might benefit the family somewhere down the line. Still with the repeated use of the name Feltus in subsequent generations your chances are good that there was such a marriage. In my own line Joseph Bowles married Jane Feltus in Carlow in 1808 and didn't name any of their children Feltus but their son Joseph baptized his eldest son James Feltus Bowles in 1853. We'll both keep digging and your link may come up yet. Best regards Tom > From: m.buchanan@ramble-on.demon.co.uk > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:08:56 +0000 > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Feltus/Feltis in co. Carlow > > Thank you Tom. There's a FELTUS of Carlow somewhere in my ancestry and I'm > hoping one day to find the link. > > Around 1800 an ADAMS, possibly John, married (I believe) a female FELTUS. I > think she must have been a FELTUS because 'Feltus' occurs as a middle name > for several of their children, including Eliza (b. 1805 in Carlow) and my > ancestor Alexander (b. 1808 in Carlow) who married Edith ANDERSON (or > ANDERTON according to family records). One of Alexander and Edith's > children, born in Carlow, was Eliza Feltus ADAMS (b. 1838). Her brother, my > ancestor, was James ADAMS (b. 1839) who used the second name Feltus in the > 1861 census although he wasn't baptised with that middle name. James ADAMS > named one of his sons Ernest Feltus ADAMS. So Feltus was a name they were > proud of from their past. But who was the FELTUS ancestor? > > Maggie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom LaPorte > Sent: 04 March 2013 14:14 > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Feltus/Feltis in co. Carlow > > > Hello List members > I'm not sure who may be interested but, after about 5 years of mulling it > over, I've finally pulled together all my notes on the Feltus family in co. > Carlow and published them on my Bowles in Ireland web site. One of my > ancestors, Joseph Bowles married a Jane Feltus in Carlow in 1808 which is > what started my research into their family but gradually I just became > interested in the family. > The most interesting part of their family story historically may be the > involvement that Adam Bloomfield Feltus of Hollybrook, a Magistrate of co. > Carlow, played in the Incident at Newtown Barry, co. Wexford. In this > "incident" the local yeomanry fired on a crowd protesting the seizure of two > cattle and at least 22 people were killed. Adam Feltus had been present > with 16 of his own men from his Hollybrook estate and with three Carlow > policemen from Myshall to support the Wexford magistrates. When the local > coroner's report resulted in a charge of murder against the Captain and > several of the Yeomen they were tried but found innocent as they were only > doing their duty. The Irish Government, facing a local backlash, issued > letters critical of the three Magistrates involved in the incident and gave > instructions that county magistrates should stay out of local seizures and > the Captain was removed from his command. Discussion in the British > Parliament supported the magistrat! > es, was critical of the use of local yeomanry, many of whom were Orangemen, > to control a largely Catholic protest group which had resulted in the armed > yeomen carrying out personal grudges against their Catholic neighbours and > stated that the situation should have been handled by the Army. Shortly > afterwards when facing a similar situation, a police force in Knocktopher > was ordered to hold fire in the face of threatening protesters until the > situation intensified until the crowd seized their rifles, someone started > firing and 14 policemen were killed. Blame was given to the restrictive > orders which had been given out after the Incident at Newtown Barry. > I have summarized the events in the Incident at Newtown Barry and Adam B. > Feltus' role in it > at:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/IncidentAt > NewtownBarry.htm > In support of my article, I've also summarized the testimonies at the > Coroner's inquest and at the trial as well as the discussion in the House of > Lords on other pages which are linked to the above page. > The Feltus Family Story itself is > at:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/the_feltus > _family_of_carlow.htm > It's such a relief to have this done after about 5 or 6 years or > intermittent research on the family. You know how it gets when you get > sucked into a topic and just have to learn more until you finally just have > to finish it. I would welcome any corrections or creative suggestions for > changes or additions to the story from anyone interested in these events or > in this family. > Turtle would this be suitable to submit to Wistorical? > I hope this is of interest to someone besides myself! > Tom > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message