William Fleming born approx. 1856/57
My great grandfather William Fleming first appears on records in England in October 1878 in Liverpool when he married my great grandmother Anne Mina. On the marriage records, he lists his father as William Fleming. From that point, in his employment records (in the merchant navy) and on census returns, he listed his birth year as variously 1855, 1857 and 1858 and his birth place as Dublin,Ireland.
Searching in Irish records,I have not been able to find a William Fleming with a father also called William born in 1855-8 in Dublin. William was a Roman Catholic later in life, so presumably would have been baptised in a Catholic Church.
The results of my Ancestry DNA test have revealed no close Fleming relatives in Ireland, but there are more distantly related clusters of Flemings in and around Ballina, County Mayo that I have tried to work out my connection to without much success. One such relative was John Fleming (1788-1837), who came from Ballina and was sponsored by the British Government to compulsorily migrate to Australia in 1825 for being part of the “White boy” agrarian uprisings. After John had served 7 years in Sydney, he was able to bring out in 1833 his wife and family of 4 children.
I have also discovered I am DNA linked to Richard Eugene Fleming (1906-1998) who is buried in Ballina cemetery. But I cannot find a link from William Fleming to Richard Eugene.
Tony
Tony
Wednesday 17th Feb 2021, 02:27PMMessage Board Replies
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Tony:
I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland (which has church records for the outer areas of Dublin) and the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie (records for Dublin city) and only found one William Fleming baptismal record with father William. However, that record was in St. Mark's Church of Ireland in Dublin city. The date was Janurary 25 1857 father William Flemming and mother Anne Flemming. C of I baptismal records generally show the married name of the mother rather than her maiden name. Likely this record is not for your ancestor since it was not an RC record.
Do you know the mother's maiden name or did William have siblings?
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 17th Feb 2021, 03:47PM -
Thanks for your help Richard,
William Fleming died in Liverpool in 1931, aged 74. I have ordered his death certificate for more info.
I do not know his mothers name or if he had any siblings.
He told his children that he left Dublin aged about 15 on a merchant navy ship.
Cheers
Tony
Tony
Friday 19th Feb 2021, 03:53PM