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Hi there. I am looking for information on my gg. grandfather, EDWARD JENNINGS. He was born in 1818 +/-1 in Ireland, then emigrated to the US, firstly to New York, where he enrolled at Columbia University and qualified as a (medical) doctor in 1843. He then moved to Halifax, Novia Scotia, where he practised as a doctor until his death in 1884. He married a widow, Mary Agatha Oakes, and after his death, she moved with the rest of her family to Scotland.

The only other piece of information I have is that he was (in Canada at least) a member of the Episcopalian church, so I suspect he came from a Protestant rather than a Catholic background.

I haven't been able to trace him or his family in Ireland, so any information would be much appreciated.

Thanks - Tim

timontrak

Saturday 13th Sep 2014, 01:56PM

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  • Hi Tim 

    There is a record of the baptism of Edward Jennings on www.rootsireland.ie/ (pay per view site)

    It is 1822 in Down; I went through the parishes and found that it was LOUGHINISLAND R C so perhaps he converted later (he's about the right vinatge to have done so)

    http://down.rootsireland.ie/quis.php?page=0&prevStartQuery=0

    The few years difference in the records could be accounted for by illiteracy, inaccurate transcriptions or a late baptism perhaps

    Col

    ColCaff, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Sunday 14th Sep 2014, 01:37AM

  • Thank you Col. I will follow that one up. The 1818 date came from his records in the Canadian census, so don't know how accurate that would be.

    Tim

     

    timontrak

    Sunday 14th Sep 2014, 01:59PM

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