I have recently had a transcribe of 1851 England Census which states my 3ggrandfather Patrick Holcroft was born Ireland, County Meath. I know he was born about 1800 from Census transcripts. He married Mary Crossley in Manchester, UK in 1824 (parish online) and worked in the cotton mills. When his son was married in 1855 his occupation was listed as Bookkeeper. Patrick and Mary had 5 children, Thomas b.1827, Mary Ann b. 1828, Sarah Ann b. 1831, William b. 1834, Joseph b. 1837. William married Ann Cooper from Macclesfield, UK in 1855, lived in Kent in 1861 and emigrated to NZ with his family in 1870. Patrick and Mary Holcroft disappear from 1851. I can find no reference to them in subsequent England Census although I have managed to find their children without too much difficulty. When Patrick and Mary married the names of their parents was not supplied. I was wondering if anyone has heard of 'Holcroft's' in County Meath.
Janette
Wednesday 17th Jul 2013, 02:15AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
Thank you for your message.
You can check for information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19th century and any other variant spellings of the name here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/
You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ for other Holcrofts in Meath.
Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com
Some additional sites that might be useful - if you haven't tried them already are:
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
Meath Genealogy information: http://www.meath.ie/CountyCouncil/Heritage/Genealogy/
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Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Wednesday 17th Jul 2013, 11:17AM -
Thank you to both previous replies, I will give those leads some attention
Janette
Janette
Wednesday 17th Jul 2013, 10:54PM