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That explains grans unusual name! Its info my dad didn't know so its opening a whole new world of family, I am now looking at Richards wife Elizabeth Griffin my great gran to find out more on that side. You have all been a huge help its such a thrill to find out stuff you never knew about your own family!!

Morning Patricia,

It sounds as though you are getting really excited about finding new rellies for your tree just like I was when I started.

It can get addictive you know.

You really need to buy the marriage cert of Richard Leeson and Elizabeth to make sure about his fathers name and her fathers name and occupation then we may be able to go back further. Don't just assume his father was John. I saw that on familysearch but without the cert I did'nt put it up.

1911 census.



Web: Ireland, Census, 1911 about Richard Joseph Leeson
Name: Richard Joseph Leeson
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation to Head: Son
Residence Date: 2 Apr 1911
Residence Place: Slievemweel, Ballinglen, Wicklow, Ireland
Household Members:
Name Age
John Leeson 45
Keziah Leeson 42
Richard Joseph Leeson 17
Matthew Leeson 15
William Thomas Leeson 13
Joseph Leeson 11
John Leeson 8
Thomas Leeson 6
Frances Leeson 1

Poss baptism for John Leeson father of Richard Joseph Leeson.


Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 about John Leeson
Name: John Leeson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1866
Birth Place: Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
Father's Name: John Leeson
Mother's Name: Anne Horan
FHL Film Number: 101121

Marriage


Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958 about John Leeson
Name: John Leeson
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1892
Registration District: Shillelagh
Volume: 2
Page Number: 845
FHL Film Number: 101256
Records on Page:
Name
Kezia Wheately*********************
John Leeson *************************

Mel, it looked right as my gran was also called kezia so possibly named for her. Can I ask where you got the baptism stuff from? I am going to buy the marriage cert though now I know where to order it from. Its really hard not to get excited though!! I have another question my great grand maternal side worked a farm I think they owned it is there any deed register in Ireland for such things???

I have now ordered my first cert from Ireland! Mel can you advise where you found the birth baptism record for John Lesson 1866 with his parents names?

John Leesons Birth (parents as listed by Mel) can be found on..

www.family search.org.

There are also other children listed for this couple but I would wait for your Cert to arrive before looking though and assuming they may be your family....

Hi Patricia, you have asked several times to no avail, to know where some of this info was coming from, and I would think you feel like most of us, you would rather make the discoveries yourself :-)

this source was posted early in the thread but not in clickable form so you may have missed it

https://familysearch.org/search

is where to find quite a lot of Irish records for the mid-late 1800s and early-mid 1900s

I'm not sure whether there is much left for you to find, bit of a shame, but give that a whirl !

I really appreciate the help, and finding out more stuff is grill, I also want to learn as well,I am new to this so rely on the experts to advise me of good sources of info that I wouldn't be aware of yet. But results are also brill to get. I have register with that site and am trying to understand the search function!

There are lots of free sites that can help with research. Might be a good idea to read through a few threads to see where helpers get their in from. Also, don't forget Google - its surprising what you can find.

Here are some sites that you could look for:

freebmd - bmd indexes for England & Wales from 1837 to approx. 1950 - has a really good search engine.

freereg - transcriptions of parish registers for England and Scotland for baptisms, marriages and deaths - you will need this type of info when you get back to pre-1837

parish clerks online - for various parts of the country - transcriptions of parish registers - the Lancashire one is particularly good. The usually have an email contact for some of the parishes.

Sorry, Patricia, I forgot to reply re where I'd got information from.

The results I posted on page 1 were from ancestry.co.uk, which is a subscription site.