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• Reference Number: 63611
• Baptism: 23 May 1845, St. Mark, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Residence: 23 May 1845, 3 Harmony Row, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland

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I think this is the Anna E Fetherston that I have an old photo of.

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• Reference Number: 63590
• Occupation: From 14 Jul 1834 to 1845, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland; Carpenter
• Residence: 14 Jul 1834, Gt Britain Street, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Residence: 08 May 1836, 109 Gt Britain Street, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Residence: 14 Oct 1838, 12 Bolton Street, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Residence: 20 Dec 1840, 12 Bolton Street, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Residence: 11 Dec 1842, 2 Harmony Row, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Residence: From 23 May 1845 to 1847, 3 Harmony Row, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Residence: 1853, St Marks, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Anecdote: 2015

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Witness to marriage was Robert Price.

There was a John Fetherston, listed as a witness along with NicholasFetherston, to the marriage of Anne Fetherston in 1818 to WilliamTerkington. I have presumed he is the same individual who marriedSusannah Price.

Interesting as I have old photos of Price's from Ireland.

www.books.google.co.uk
The Dublin Almanac & General Register of Ireland for 1847
p738
Harmony Row
3. Jn Fetherston, Carpenter 16l.

Griffiths Valuation 1853
Occupier: John Fetherston
Lessor: George Farrell
County: Dublin
Barony: South Dock Ward
Ward: South Dock
Parish: St Marks
Street: Harmony Row
Ord. 322
House & small yard
Total annual valuation of rateable property: 14 pounds.

There was also a Michael Fetherston listed in Griffiths Valuation atSandwich St, St Marks Dublin in 1853.

John married Susanna Price on 03 Apr 1821 in Mayne, Co Westmeath, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Fetherston
• Name: Susannah Price
• Reference Number: 63591
• Residence: 1862, 3 Harmony Row, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
• Anecdote: 2015

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Thom's Almanac & Official Directory for the year 1862


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Thom's Almanac and Official Directory for the Year 1862
www.libraryireland.com/Dublin-Street-Directory-1862/687
HARMONY-ROW
From Wentworth-place to Erne-place.
P. St. Mark. - South Dock W. - City.
3 Fetherston, Mrs. 14l.

Is her husband alread dead?

Possible death on Ancestry:-
Susan Fetherston b.c1805 d. Oct-Dec 1883 Dublin South 78yrs.

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• Reference Number: 63589
• Birth: Bef 1807
• Residence: 1827, Kintogher, Co Westmeath, Ireland
• Residence: 1829, Mountain Road, Carne, Co Westmeath, Ireland
• Residence: 1829, Mountain Road, Carne, Co Westmeath, Ireland
• Residence: 1854, Carne, Co Westmeath, Ireland
• Residence: 1854, Mountain Road, Carne, Co Westmeath, Ireland
• Residence: 1855, Mayne, Co Westmeath, Ireland
• Residence: 1932, Carne, Co Westmeath, Ireland
• Anecdote: 2015

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'FETHERSTON, Mic., of Carne or Kintogher, House and townland. LandCarn or Kintogher barony Demifore Ten Pounds'

Residence:
10a Michael Fetherston House, offices and land 31 acres 2 roods 10perches. Valuation 15.10.0 pounds. Tenant to Lord Longford.

Residence:
House and 31 acres land, tenant to Lord Longford

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From RCB Dublin researched by Barbara Creggy:-
Protestants in Mayne Easter 1818
Michael Fetherston - 5 family members

From Electors List of 1829:-
'FETHERSTON, Mic., of Carne or Kintogher, House and townland LandCarn or Kintoghter barony DemiforeTen Pounds'.

Also on 1832 Electors List with other Fetherstons. He is shown as having lands in Carn and Kintogher, the latter being a 'place-name' in the townland of Carn. A togher was a roadway through a swampy area,so literally, it meant the head of the road. Kintogher is no longer in use and had been forgotten as a place name. Ten pounds was a reasonable valuation, and would have entitled him to a vote for a Member of Parliament at Westminster.

In the Killafree Churchyard, Castlepollard:-
'This Stone was erected by Michael Fetherston in memory of his Father Michael his children and his beloved wife who dep this life Oct 151835 aged 64 years.'

His gravestone has very interesting markings on it. I’m working on itreferring to Michael's wife who d.15 Oct 1835 67 yrs, their children and his father Michael. There is a possibility that this Michael isactually the brother of William Fetherston b.c1815 and not his father.

Michael was a member of Castlepollard Masonic Lodge No.445, the warrant for which was dated 4th July 1816. He was registered on the same date. This explains the symbols on his gravestone.

He was a tenant on Lord Longford's Estate (the Pakenham's), he held land and house in the townland of Carn.
He erected the gravestone of his father Michael.

In the 1854 Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, Co. Westmeath:-
Fetherston, Michael Carn Mayne, Co. Westmeath

I believe this is the correct Michael. He was a tenant in the townland of Carn, Parish of Mayne. Michael Conlon has supplied the relavent page from Griffith's Valuation plus a map:-
10 a Michael Fetherston House, offices and land.
31 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Valuation 14.10.0 pounds Buildings 1.0.0.pounds.

Rateable Property 15.10.0 pounds

'As first quality land was approx. valued at 1 pound per acre, the land was of reasonable quality.'

The map shows Carn highlighted in orange. The Fetherston holding is outlined in green, with an arrow pointing to the house ('a') on the roadside. Mr Conlon believes a Coghlan family was in it after the Fetherston's, then a Gilmer family.

Interesting that his near neighbours included Richard Holmes and a John Robinson. Other tenants at Carn included Ball, Brady, Flaherty, Fitzsimmons, De Burgh, Riggs, Coghlan, Pakenham, and Cramer.

Michael married (Unknown) (Unknown). (Unknown) was born about 1771; died on 15 Oct 1835 in Westmeath, Ireland; was buried after 15 Oct 1835 in Killafree Churchyard, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 63712
• Anecdote: 2015

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Following is my family tree. The first few generations are based on educated guesses influenced by the information I have:-
- I know there was a Michael Fetherston whose father was Michael;
- My ggg-grandfather William Fetherston's father was definitely called Michael as per his marriage registration;
- Anne Fetherston married William Turkington in 1818 at Mayne, witnesses were Nicholas and John Fetherston - I have a photograph labelled Mrs Turkington, Grandfathers sister
- There as so a John who married Susanna Price on 3 April 1821 - I've got photos labelled Price�.
- So I've presumed that Anne, Nicholas and John are William's siblings;
- As William was living in the same locale as Michael until his death and I can't find any trace of a Michael Fetherston from Carne elsewhere, I'm working on Michael being William's father.
- But there was also a John who married Mary, and had a son Edward who was baptised 27 April 1822 b.c1821-1822. I decided this John must be a brother to Michael. He is a carpenter like William and John Fetherston above.
- I discovered the family in Dublin simply be googling Fetherston carpenter� and seeing what popped up. It was a great start in tracing this branch of the family in the city and further on to Canada and the USA.

I received some invaluable assistance from Michael Conlon, a local amateur genealogy expert for the area of northern Co. Westmeath my family hailed from. I wrote him a letter with what information I had, and Mr Conlon replied with more detail than I thought I would ever find, including indexes of church records that are not available online and tombstone inscriptions.

According to Michael Conlon, it seems certain that the Fetherston family were carpenters employed by Lord Longford at Pakenham Hall. In addition to the castle there were about 40 good quality stone slated houses on the estate, not counting property at Killucan and The Downs, so there would be full-time work for a number of carpenters. The Pakenham family are the Earls of Longford and their estate now known as Tullynally Castle, is located near the market town of Castlepollard. From the late 18th century into the 19th the Pakenham made extensive improvements to the Castle/Hall. Today it is the largest home in private hands in Ireland.

My Fetherston's resided in the townland of Carne, Parish of Mayne, on the Mountain Road running from Castlepollard to the village of Coole.The name Mountain Road comes from Mointin: a low lying wet meadow.Carne used to be referred to as The Mountains or Kintogher, and is a small rural locality with a small population. There was a small Protestant population in the parish of Mayne.

Michael married (Unknown) (Unknown). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 63713