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From what I can see Owen Nile Riordean had at least two male children
Daniel Lang Riordean
Thomas Riordean
All three were master mariners.
For some reason, when Thomas married Elizabeth he took (or was already using) the name Smith. Although they appear on the census as Smith the children were registered and baptised as Reordon - possibly a mis-spelling of the name by the vicar. Hence in later years they used both Reardon (another slight change from Reordon) and Smith and then in later years hypenated it.
I'm wondering if Thomas may have decided to use a different name from Riodean to differentiate himself from the other two master mariners named Riordean. Perhaps he wished to make a name for himself in his own right??? Well, his son certainly did that when he became a Baronet!!!
I'm going down to Appledore in a couple of months and will pick David Carter's brains. He's written several books on the people of Appledore (he's a very distant relation of mine evidently) and may be able to shed some light on this little conundrum.
The Genuki Northam website is a mine of informartion and its all FREE!!!! David Carter has put in a massive amount of work - all the census from 1841-1871 have been typed up and can be looked through.
Owen's marriage is in the Northam records, Daniel's in the Appledore records but Thomas falls in the few years when there have been no records transcribed unfortunately.
There are also inscriptions from gravestone in the Northam cemetary - Owen Riordean and Daniel Riordean and his family have a listing. It says there is an inscription for William Reardon Smith but I've had a quick look and it's not Cf7 - where its supposed to be.
I had a lovely time trawling through the site looking for information for you - as names popped up on the BMD's I was mentally saying - "ooh I know you - you're my 3x great aunt'!
Anyway, good luck with your search and if I find out anything more I'll get back to you.
Oh yes, would you like photos of Appledore? Am happy to email some across when I've taken them. Will probably be going sometime in June/July.
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Hi NinjaLady
Thanks for unscrambling the different spellings for me and letting me know about Genuki...woohooo another freebie site :-).
And yes please to the photo's of Appledore especially if you know where Bude St, Northam is as No.13 is where Bessie Smith & children were living and als No.17 is where Ellen (Willie's mother) and children were living when the 1891 census was taken.
Even though the Pugh's are the main branch I'm concentrating on this twig has peaked my curiosity for some time....lucky I'm not a cat lol.
Enjoy your week
Tracy
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