Further to my recent message raising the possibility of these two surnames being variants, I have just looked at a small booklet I have on Enniscorthy-it contains a variety of lists about that town and the rural area abt it I have picked up on a quick scan through it the following references to Wafers 1901 census- Wafer, Patrick /Dora ,The Shannon 1911 " Wafer " " and family? 57 The Shannon 1858 Griffiths Valuation Rev Francis Wafer-2 listings at Mashalltown The booklet is"Exploring Family Origins in Enniscorthy" publ 1998. I purchased it at the visitors centre there on a visit some years ago. As for my Waters/waters there are refs to them in the 1901 and 1911 censuses as well and in some of the same areas!In addition I have found the Waters name down in Felthard further West near the coast but still in Co WEX Hope this is useful for you-there's always so much to follow up! John D Rose in NZ

Okay I will bite the bullett so to speak and wander in where the others wont go, and say this I believe the name Wafer-Weafer to be not a variant of Waters........... I have headstones with the names on them but as I have no idea of what you are seeking, be it Wafer or Water/Watters I have not looked . John Grenham also classes both names as separate surnames. Cara ----- Original Message ----- From: "john rose" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: [IRL-WEXFORD] Wafers/Waters > Further to my recent message raising the possibility of these two surnames > being variants, I have just looked at a small booklet I have on > Enniscorthy-it contains a variety of lists about that town and the rural > area abt it I have picked up on a quick scan through it the following > references to Wafers > > 1901 census- Wafer, Patrick /Dora ,The Shannon > > 1911 " Wafer " " and family? 57 The Shannon > > 1858 Griffiths Valuation Rev Francis Wafer-2 listings at > Mashalltown > > The booklet is"Exploring Family Origins in Enniscorthy" publ 1998. I > purchased it at the visitors centre there on a visit some years ago. > > As for my Waters/waters there are refs to them in the 1901 and 1911 > censuses as well and in some of the same areas!In addition I have found > the > Waters name down in Felthard further West near the coast but still in Co > WEX > > > > Hope this is useful for you-there's always so much to follow up! > > > > John D Rose in NZ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Re yours of 19 July Perhaps I erred in using to term variant-I really suppose I was thinking how difficult it must be in transcribing from old 18'19 C. documents ,to a data base, to distinquish between a t and a f when the writing has flourishes! As I said in my original message of 14th my interest rises from researching a Thomas Potts Handcock from WEX who has been traced to Ontario in 1825 and he and a Catherine Waters had 2 children there in 1827 and 1828.I have a feeling Catherine may be from WEX so am following up any cases of the Waters name I come across.I did say in my other message of 19th that I had found instances of both Waters and Wafers in lists for Enniscorthy and gave date references for the Wafers I found in the lists.In addition to Enniscorthy Waters can be found in Athurstown and New ross in WEX My Oxford Names Companion {pub Oxford University Press] surnames section-does not show Wafers but does show Waters and patronymics John D Rose -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cara_Links Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2007 10:27 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRL-WEXFORD] Wafers/Waters Okay I will bite the bullett so to speak and wander in where the others wont go, and say this I believe the name Wafer-Weafer to be not a variant of Waters........... I have headstones with the names on them but as I have no idea of what you are seeking, be it Wafer or Water/Watters I have not looked . John Grenham also classes both names as separate surnames. Cara ----- Original Message ----- From: "john rose" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: [IRL-WEXFORD] Wafers/Waters > Further to my recent message raising the possibility of these two surnames > being variants, I have just looked at a small booklet I have on > Enniscorthy-it contains a variety of lists about that town and the rural > area abt it I have picked up on a quick scan through it the following > references to Wafers > > 1901 census- Wafer, Patrick /Dora ,The Shannon > > 1911 " Wafer " " and family? 57 The Shannon > > 1858 Griffiths Valuation Rev Francis Wafer-2 listings at > Mashalltown > > The booklet is"Exploring Family Origins in Enniscorthy" publ 1998. I > purchased it at the visitors centre there on a visit some years ago. > > As for my Waters/waters there are refs to them in the 1901 and 1911 > censuses as well and in some of the same areas!In addition I have found > the > Waters name down in Felthard further West near the coast but still in Co > WEX > > > > Hope this is useful for you-there's always so much to follow up! > > > > John D Rose in NZ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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