Good day, I am looking for any information in Armagh, Armagh, Ireland on the John Cherry, Margaret Wilson Family whose children were born in Armagh, Armagh, Ireland. John Cherry b. July 26, 1805. married November 12, 1830 Margaret Wilson, who was born June 27, 1806 Ireland.
The family then moved on to Dublin; the whole family then immigrated to Ontario Canada in 1850/1851. The Father and Mother, John and Margaret (Wilson) Cherry each died within a year of moving their nine children to Ontario Canada. John was not able to find employment in Textile industry and was about to return to Ireland when he received word his wife died. He then stayed in Canada, but died within the year himself. The older children helped to support and raise their younger siblings.
Father: John Cherry b. July 26. 1805 Ireland [d. 1851/1852 Ontario, Canada]]
Mother: Margaret Wilson b June 27. 1806 Ireland d. 1851/1852 Ontario, Canada]
John Cherry and Margaret Wilson married November 12, 1830, probably Armagh, Armagh, Ireland
Jane Cherry b. Nov I8, I 83I, Ireland [an invalid after serious illness, did hand sewing, staying in Ontario, Canada.]
Thomas Cherry b Sept. 10, 1833, Ireland
Robert Cherry b Feb 26. 1835, Ireland [may be the Robert Cherry who joined military, lived in Canada and Australia, then returned to Armagh, Ireland ?]
David Cherry b Nov 30 1836 Ireland [moved from Ontario, Canada, to Eugene Oregon, USA, startied furniture manufacturing]
Martha Cherry b Dec 27, 1839, Ireland
Margaret Letitia Cherry b Apr 19, 1842, Ireland [married Thomas Scott, moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Owned this bible sheet of Cherry family birth dates.]
Sarah Cherry b Aug 4, 1844, Ireland
Charlotte Maria Cherry b. Feb 9, 1847, Ireland
Jonathan Wesley Wilson Cherry b June 2, 1849, Ireland [moved from Ontario, Canada, moved to Eugene Oregon, USA ? ]
Joseph Cherry b. August 29, 1851, Ireland [moved from Ontario, Canada, moved to Eugene, Oregon, then Washington Territory, eastern Washington, then Tacoma, Washington.
children: Margaret, George, Martha Josephine, Harold, Willard, Howard]
son George Cherry married Ruth Crandall of Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. their son Joseph Cherry b. 1915, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, d. 8 Dec 2007, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington.
The Cherry family in the USA were protestants.
Thank you! I would appreciate any assistance with this Cherry family of Armagh, Armagh, Ireland.
Pam (Cherry) Hillman phillman@uw.edu
Seattle, King, Washington, USA
pamhillman
Sunday 13th Oct 2013, 06:18PMMessage Board Replies
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You say the Cherry family were Protestant. That can include a number of denominations. For example, searching the 1901 census for Cherry in Armagh, reveals a lot of Presbyterians, some Church of Ireland and at least one Methodist Cherry (as well as some who were RC).
Not all church records are on-line. I have searched for Robert & Margaret?s marriage, as well as their children?s births on the rootsireland site. None are listed. That would suggest they came from a church whose records are not yet on-line, or which are lost. The Armagh city Church of Ireland baptism records for the periods you have mentioned are on-line, so that tends to suggest they didn?t attend the Church of Ireland in the city of Armagh. There?s a gap in Armagh city marriages 1823 to 1844, so they could have married c 1830 but that record may be lost. There?s no sign of Robert or Margaret?s own baptisms. So it points to them being either Presbyterian and/or from a church outside Armagh city.
Births weren?t recorded in statutory records in Ireland till 1864, and protestant marriages in 1845. So to trace events before that we do need to try and find the exact church the family attended. To go through every set of Protestant church records for Co Armagh would quite an undertaking.
You say Robert Cherry jr may have come back to Armagh. I looked for a death of a Robert Cherry (b c 1835) in Co Armagh 1864 to 1921. I could not find one listed. Nor is there a Robert Cherry anywhere in Armagh in the 1901 census, of the right age.
Ideally we need something to say exactly where in Armagh the family lived. Have you anything with a townland or address on it? And anything that would narrow the religious denomination? I notice one of the children had the middle name Wesley. Could they have been Methodists?
Ahoghill Antrim
Sunday 13th Oct 2013, 09:09PM