Hi There are Polletts/Pollitts here http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?name2=&name=Poll*tt&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&submit=Search&sort=&pageSize=100&type=&diocese=&parish=¢ury=&decade, although no sign of your James, I'm afraid, but perhaps it might help in some way, if not now then maybe at a later stage. What religion was James? Did he marry? If so, do you have his marriage cert, which should give at least his father's name? Good luck! Colette > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:58:30 +0000 > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Pollittt brickwall > > I am desperately trying to break down this brickwall of mine if anyone can > offer advise in any way. My relly James Pollett (Pollitt) was born in > Dublin, Ireland about 1805. I have no idea who his parents or siblings > were. At age 20 (1826) James joined the 1st Rifle Corp in Manchester, so I > now think that James and his family had moved to Manchester and were living > there prior to him joining up. I have his discharge papers dated 1828. > There is no family mentioned or where in Dublin he was born. He shows up in > 1841 in Onchon, Douglas, IOM. > > Does anyone have any idea where I can check for birth details for James. If > he was born in Ireland there must be a record of birth somewhere? > > Any help would be very gladly received. > > Syl - UK > > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- Do any of you ever get to the bottom of this mail?, and do you remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Collette, thank you so much for the links. I will spend some time today having a good mooch around. James did marry in IOM. His first wife was Esther Kewley and they had a son Edwin my 3xgreat grandfather. Esther died about 1835 and James married Margaret Clague. They had at least 6 children most of them born in Cumberland. I have lost track of James and Margaret as I cannot find them in the 1871 census. I know James was in Liverpool in 1868 for the marriage of daughter Sarah to James Walker. My problem is finding parents and siblings for James. I have no idea where to look. I don't have James marriage cert other than info from the IGI. I do have his son Edwin's marriage cert, he was married in IOM. Thanks very much for you help. Syl - UK snip > > There are Polletts/Pollitts here > http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?name2=&name=Poll*tt&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&submit=Search&sort=&pageSize=100&type=&diocese=&parish=¢ury=&decade, > although no sign of your James, I'm afraid, but perhaps it might help in > some way, if not now then maybe at a later stage. What religion was James? > Did he marry? If so, do you have his marriage cert, which should give at > least his father's name? >