Hi You may have extra luck by concentrating on the wife's family name which you never mentioned. Also the Nova Scotia records have been kind to me. Regards Graham -----Original Message----- From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Blanchard Sent: Thursday, 23 August 2012 10:17 AM To: IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] James Beard Hello, I'm new to this list and I'm hoping I can find someone who might be able to shed some light on this particular dead end in my family research. I live in the U.S. I'm researching an ancestor named James Beard who immigrated to the U.S., probably to New York City, sometime before 1808, when he got married in New York. (He may have come through Nova Scotia, though, because his wife was from there.) I don't know his birth year, but another researcher in my family guessed that he would probably have been around 30 years old when he got married, so she estimated his birth year as around 1778. Could be later, of course. Family lore says he came from Dublin, from the Bard estate in Belmont. That Bard name raises another issue. We have always thought his name was James Bard, and the other family researcher tried to make a stretch and have him descended from Sir Henry Bard, Viscount Bellomont. Belmont and Bellomont are an intriguing coincidence. But I'm pretty convinced now that he was James Beard when he came here and he changed his last name to Bard around 1825. I have found him in most city directories for New York and Philadelphia (he lived there for a while) off and on from 1809 to 1828, by which time he had moved out of New York City. The clincher for me was that he was listed in the New York City directory for 1824 as James Beard at a certain address, and the next year, 1825, he's James Bard at the same address. In all city directories before then he was James Beard. In all directories after then he was James Bard. He was a shoemaker by trade. Some family records indicate that he died in 1827 of typhoid fever in either New York or Philadelphia, but I haven't been able to verity that yet either. I haven't been able to find any death information for him. Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to lead me to some information about James Beard. Thanks. Jim Blanchard mandobiz@gmail.com ****************************** Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for that tip. A while back I tried to look a little into Nova Scotia online, but didn't find much. James Beard/Bard's wife was Isabella McNichol, middle name possibly MacDonald. I have three different places that she was from in Nova Scotia - Shelburne,St. Johns, and Inverness. All things to look into in the future. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 5:39 AM, Graham <graham@mccolough.net> wrote: > Hi > You may have extra luck by concentrating on the wife's family name which > you > never mentioned. Also the Nova Scotia records have been kind to me. > > Regards > > Graham > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Blanchard > Sent: Thursday, 23 August 2012 10:17 AM > To: IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] James Beard > > Hello, > > I'm new to this list and I'm hoping I can find someone who might be able to > shed some light on this particular dead end in my family research. I live > in the U.S. > > I'm researching an ancestor named James Beard who immigrated to the U.S., > probably to New York City, sometime before 1808, when he got married in New > York. (He may have come through Nova Scotia, though, because his wife was > from there.) I don't know his birth year, but another researcher in my > family guessed that he would probably have been around 30 years old when he > got married, so she estimated his birth year as around 1778. Could be > later, of course. Family lore says he came from Dublin, from the Bard > estate in Belmont. > > That Bard name raises another issue. We have always thought his name was > James Bard, and the other family researcher tried to make a stretch and > have > him descended from Sir Henry Bard, Viscount Bellomont. Belmont and > Bellomont are an intriguing coincidence. But I'm pretty convinced now that > he was James Beard when he came here and he changed his last name to Bard > around 1825. I have found him in most city directories for New York and > Philadelphia (he lived there for a while) off and on from 1809 to 1828, by > which time he had moved out of New York City. The clincher for me was that > he was listed in the New York City directory for 1824 as James Beard at a > certain address, and the next year, 1825, he's James Bard at the same > address. In all city directories before then he was James Beard. In all > directories after then he was James Bard. > > He was a shoemaker by trade. > > Some family records indicate that he died in 1827 of typhoid fever in > either > New York or Philadelphia, but I haven't been able to verity that yet > either. > I haven't been able to find any death information for him. > > Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to lead me to some > information > about James Beard. > > Thanks. > > Jim Blanchard > mandobiz@gmail.com > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County > Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County > Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >