I carry the above advertising in exchange for free webspace. Also includes the surnames mathews 7, heaney 1, mckague 1, neil 1, and smythe 1. Please visit the national cemetery administration records verification project for details on what this means. Here you will find some great resources and helpful links to assist you with your research of family history in county down. Jun 28, 20 places i can go for help in finding out more about my maternal grandfathers family. In 1920 there was 1 davies a family living in pennsylvania. These pages include all reference to any geographical or man made feature i could find in my resources. It is with great pleasure that i announce that ros davies now has her own url address and is back online with her wonderful county down.
Raider, james randolph, otis brooks 1925 ray, sarah ann 04 dec 1852 ray, william rayburn, alonzo hart 05 sep 1878 rayburn, caroline 22 aug 1844. If not, just let me know in the comments section below and ill add it. I found an extract on the surnames list of the ros davies co. The earliest and most complete census records for ireland are for the years 1901 and 1911.
It is with great pleasure that i announce that ros davies now has her own url address and is back online with her wonderful county down family history website. You can see how ros families moved over time by selecting different census years. Dyfed is recorded as a surname as late as the 12th century for e. Rootsweb and ros davies co down website read 1596 times jimg. Down, northern ireland family history research site aim.
Click on an orange link below to view the articlelist. Ever wondered what the most common surnames in wales are. Down, ireland surname lists with information on over 200,000 people ros davies co. Finding clues as to whereabouts the galbraith are living in co down i quickly exracted the entries below from ros davies co down websites surname index, up to about 1819. A genealogy and local history website for the north down and ards area of county down, northern ireland. Two childrens books dealing with the war, both published in time for christmas 1915, ethel turners book the cub and a book by mary grant bruce in the billabong series, are discussed by david walker in a 1978 article in the journal of historical studies. Owing to the commonness of the welsh patronymical use of davies, this name stands fifth in point of numerousness m england and wales, yielding priority only to smith, jones, williams, and taylor. County down, northern ireland monumental inscriptions. Feb 07, 2005 have just come across this excellent website which contains a variety of information on county down surnames etc including some birthmarriage info.
Pictures of old north down north down roots homepage. Various county down surnames excellent down rootschat. The surname davies was first found in flintshire welsh. Links to other parts of the site such as maps or church locations seems excellent too. The most davies families were found in the uk in 1891. Pictures of old conlig old conlig on ros davies website. This an excellent work which includes details of a number of other families from co down including brennen and gibson. Down generations ago, some of their surnames ended up being recorded incorrectly. Ros davies county down, ireland genealogy research site this site offers access to extensive resources. Down surnames database to help discover where the family name was most prevalent. These are links directly to collections of records, as collections of manuscripts, published volumes of the data, etc. They are mainly townlands unless otherwise stated e. As a scottish surname, rose is recorded in scotland from the early 14th century onwards. User comments for the surname davies behind the name.
For the period prior to 1901, family historians rely on census substitutes records that list individuals. Cornish surnames are surnames used by cornish people and often derived from the cornish language such as jago, trelawney or enys. The irish archives is a family history research tool for users whose main interest is that of irish genealogy and the search for family roots in ireland. Millisle presbyterian church records down page 1 rootschat. The famine in county down, ireland 1845 ros davies co. Teach a man to research, and you feed him for a lifetime. The davies family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. Message boards localities united kingdom and ireland ireland down general wilkinson ellen jane, margaret and elizabeth of magherabeg, county down, ireland search for content in. Down, ireland info on over 800,000 people message board roll call of interests al message board roll call of interests mz. Ros said one of the issues she faces in trying to help people is that surnames can be misspelt or misinterpreted by immigration and clerical officials due to the persons accent. Davies surname meaning, origin, etymology and distribution in. It may be a corruption of dyfed, itself a corruption of desi, colonists from southeast ireland who occupied the old tribal area of the demetae in southwest wales in the late third century ad, establishing a dynasty which lasted five centuries. Rootschat toolbar surname interests reference library. Page 4 research davies in the surnames forums on, the new genforum.
Cead mile failte a hundred thousand welcomes to the county down, ireland. Coraweb ros davies county down, ireland genealogy research. Pictures of old copeland islands old copeland islands on postcards ireland website. Maur, broughton street, milsons point, sydney, australia leaving a widow and 8 children. Davies genealogy, davies family history geni family tree. Down, northern ireland family history research site one thing i could never understand about the famine, how could a small island starve surrounded by all the fish that must be in the water. The davies a family name was found in the usa in 1920. Davies allan skip 7377 davies angus 6568 davies ann 60 davies byron 5962 davies denise 5961 davies duncan 5962 davies gareth 5861 davies jill 56 davies kate 8285 davies madeleine 7780 davies mark 8384.
Ros daviess free county down website, for so much inspiration that. Down, ireland genealogy research site raymonds county down website for the areas of banbridge, dromore, dromara, kilkeel, newcastle and mourne. British surnames beginning with rose british surnames. Here we see a beautiful picture of achill island in the sunshine imagine that. Be sure to check out ros extraordinary surname collection. This was 100% of all the recorded davies as in the usa. The aim of this project is to gather together information regarding cemeteries and graveyards in the county which either have available transcriptions or have been photographed and transcribed. I saw that there was a section for fictional characters and i know a character thats not listed. A comprehensive guide to the origins, meanings, etymologies and distribution of thousands of british surnames. Others have strong roots in the region and many in the uk with names such as eddy, stark or rowe are likely to have cornish origins. Page 6 research davies in the surnames forums on, the new genforum. Recorded in the spellings of davis, davies, davie, and several others, this is an english patronymic surname, although much associated with wales.
You probably have a fair idea of the names that top the list of most popular welsh names, but there are some in. Useful online primary sources for ancestry research. Davies in rootsweb surname mailing lists join others on the davies genealogy mailing list for discussion and sharing of information regarding family histories of davies surname and its variations. There are already 1,346 users and over 5,000 genealogy profiles with the davies surname on geni. Davies genealogy and davies family history information back to surnames index. If you get the page is not available message, no mailing list is available. Jul 02, 2017 the meaning, origin and history of the surname davies. Aug 14, 2017 pages in category english surnames from german the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 307 total. The ros family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most ros families were found in the usa in 1920. Ireland genealogy northern counties northern ireland. Be sure to also check out ros davies excellent genealogical collection of information for the county, which includes an incredible database of more than 800,000 surnames see sidebar for link.
Please note that there are still a number of broken links that need attention, but she is working hard to have these corrected as soon as possible. Here are the county mayo surnames in the family trees of our readers. Maur, broughton street, milsons point, sydney, australia leaving a widow and 8. Census returns from the 19th century were either destroyed by the government, or destroyed by a fire in the public records office in dublin four courts at the start of the irish civil war in 1922. For instance, certain last names in the depths of your family tree might link you to royal blood. Patrick 1893, irish family names with origins, meanings, clans. Down, and have no idea where your ancestors lived, we suggest searching the griffiths valuation collection at ancestryireland, the freeholders records at proni, or ros davies co. Ros davies county down, ireland genealogy research site. As ros davies in australia describes it ballyraer donaghadee. Cornish surnames are surnames used by cornish people and often derived from the cornish. All names, all of county down and more the brennen chronicles for the palmer and associated families in co down. These last names may reveal that you have royal blood.
Comber, co down and its environs comber historical society. Select from az at the bottom of the page, to download pdf documents pertaining to various sets of historical papers. Black hills national cemetery sturgis, meade county, south dakota records with an asterisk at the end indicates those that have not been verified by the u. Extent of details varies from name to name but well worth a look. That editing arose because i had downloaded data to spreadsheets, sorting them.
The reference was from the book old families of newry by rsj 1993 page no. This was about 67% of all the recorded ros s in the usa. You can see how davies a families moved over time by selecting different census years. Explore davies genealogy and family history in the worlds largest family tree. Rosdew is ros du black moor and rosewarne from ros gwern alder heath or perhaps. Click on an orange letter group to access the databases. To make information freely available, with your help. Find out where in the world your surname originated, what it originally meant and how many other people you share it with.
Ros davies co down genealogy web site connected to roots is a comprehensive data base for bally lands and muckles. But you may have suspicions about your ancestors, even if you dont know a lot your genealogy. Glamorgan had the highest population of davies families in 1891. Selection of information leaflets available in the proni search ee to download. In addition to the home genealogy index see more on ireland genealogy northern counties detailed below for some further sources of help that we found as well as those mentioned in the genealogy home page to extend your ireland ancestry research online another very useful ancestry websites resource is a family search at. Sir y fflint, a historic county, created after the defeat of the welsh kingdom of gwynedd in 1284, and located in northeast wales, where the davies family held a family seat from very ancient times. Weve collected thousands of irish ancestry and genealogy related links, and continue to do so on a daily basis, allocating them to dozens of suitable categories for ease of search. Hand drawn by ros davies please note that the townlands in civil parishes arent necessarily the same as those in church of ireland parishes or catholic parishes. In 1891 there were 38,076 davies families living in glamorgan. Rootsweb is funded and supported by and our loyal rootsweb community. This was about 24% of all the recorded davies s in the uk. John and catherine mcilvernon fitzpatrick, dundrum, down, ireland. Create a family tree, discover your ancestors, and more at. Pennsylvania had the highest population of davies a families in 1920.
Down, northern ireland family history research site rosalind. View celebrity and historical profiles and see if youre related. In 1840 there were 2 ros families living in new york. The 50 most common welsh surnames and how many of you. Would anybody know if the book might give more information before i try to get a hold of it. Australian visitor with a passion for the history and. Webb, richard davis, a compendium of irish biography. Black hills national cemetery surnames rossa meade. They were descended from cynrig efell, lord of eglwysegle, the twin son of madog ab. The az of newtownards family records derek beattie browse the az scroll down this page for more great newtownards resources.
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