looking for john wynn, 1835 - 1893

Dear Molly

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in replying to your message. 

As you can see from the link below, Mallow is a Civil Parish in Co. Cork: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=193&civilparish=Mallow&citycounty=Cork

Church of Ireland records for Mallow begin in 1783 and Quaker records for Cork begin in 1653. Presbyterian records for Cork start in 1832, Cobh in 1847 and Bandon in 1842. It may be the case that your ancestor was born prior to the start date of the parish records. 

There are some places where you can search online, however these websites do not have complete collections and many do not cover the period after 1900:

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. However, so far only Counties Dublin, Kerry, Carlow and parts of Cork have been covered.

Other important sources include the Tithe Applotment Books and Griffith?s Valuation:

Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1837): http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/index.jsp

Griffith?s Valuation (1847-1864): http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Have you checked the passenger lists for the departure of his daughters/children?

Castle Garden:http://www.castlegarden.org/

Ellis Island: https://www.ellisisland.org/ 

In relation to the coastguard angle, you could look here: 

http://www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=8…;

or here:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/coastguar…;

Remember to post any new information that you find here. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Best of luck with your search

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support  

Hello Molly

I saw your request and while I cannot help you I will point out that three Winn families are buried in Newberry Cemetery which is part of Kilshannig protestant parish and may be worth checking out.One of the Winns buried there was the first Irish winner of the Aintree Grand National. Some Winns were spelled Wynne

Regards

Donie O Sullivan

Hi  Donue.

Thank you for  your reply.  Hope  Molly gets  to see it.

Christina, Volunteer.