Hi. I found in the recently released Co Down census [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ ] a few names that I am interested in. These included: In Tirkelly in the Lisnisk Townland Susan Stewart, age 26 Joseph Stewart age 22 Samuel Stewart age 15 and Alfred Stewart age 15 Form A is at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002141763/ On the Form B1 line 12 [at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002141735/], the name of the Landholder is given as James Stewart. Now James Stewart if the father of these 4 [& Edith mentioned below] so he must be around somewhere but so far I have not found him as I have neither age, occupation or location to help identy him. However the right hand column [19] on Form B1 which is headed "No. on Form M1 if House is on the Holding of a Landholder". Against thee name of James Stewart is the figure 20. Any suggestions please on how this information might be used to find James? Another sibling is Edith Stewart and I believe this is her in Tirkelly age 14 : http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002141484/ living with an aunt/uncle named Stewart [a farmer] & Matilda Knox. I suspect that Matilda is a sibling of James because I am unaware of any aunts/uncles on their mother's side named Stewart or Matilda. James Stewart was married to Elizabeth Brontë, daughter of William Brontë & Mary Ann Honnah Another sibling that I have not found is William Stewart, born in Ballyward, Banbridge. He is probably the oldest of the 6 children & may well have left Co Down for South Africa by 1911. Later in life William hyphenated his surname to Brontë-Stewart which his descendants use to this day. If anyone else is researching these Stewarts & would like to exchange genealogy information then please get in touch with me. -- David
David As I posted on another mailing list, there is a James Stewart, age 52, living in the Townland of Lisnisk (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002141767/). This could be the landowner for the Stewart family you found. Look at the signature at the bottom of Form A for the 4 siblings. Although Susan Stewart is the head of the household, the signature is by James Stewart. Compare this signature on the form for James and Mary - they look strikingly similar. If James was the father of the 4 siblings, it looks like he was widowed or divorced as he was married to his wife Mary for only 2 years. Regards Stan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Millan Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:51 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Stewart family in the 1911 census living in Tirkelly Hi. I found in the recently released Co Down census [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ ] a few names that I am interested in. These included: In Tirkelly in the Lisnisk Townland Susan Stewart, age 26 Joseph Stewart age 22 Samuel Stewart age 15 and Alfred Stewart age 15 Form A is at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002141763/ On the Form B1 line 12 [at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002141735/], the name of the Landholder is given as James Stewart. Now James Stewart if the father of these 4 [& Edith mentioned below] so he must be around somewhere but so far I have not found him as I have neither age, occupation or location to help identy him. However the right hand column [19] on Form B1 which is headed "No. on Form M1 if House is on the Holding of a Landholder". Against thee name of James Stewart is the figure 20. Any suggestions please on how this information might be used to find James? Another sibling is Edith Stewart and I believe this is her in Tirkelly age 14 : http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002141484/ living with an aunt/uncle named Stewart [a farmer] & Matilda Knox. I suspect that Matilda is a sibling of James because I am unaware of any aunts/uncles on their mother's side named Stewart or Matilda. James Stewart was married to Elizabeth Brontë, daughter of William Brontë & Mary Ann Honnah Another sibling that I have not found is William Stewart, born in Ballyward, Banbridge. He is probably the oldest of the 6 children & may well have left Co Down for South Africa by 1911. Later in life William hyphenated his surname to Brontë-Stewart which his descendants use to this day. If anyone else is researching these Stewarts & would like to exchange genealogy information then please get in touch with me. -- David ------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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