Weatherhead, Wilson Marriages & Baptisms

Tartaraghan, Seagoe, Clonfeacle, Loughgall Civil Parishes
Registration Districts of Armagh, Lurgan, Dungannon

Marriages
1851
Volume 7 Page 503 Registration District of Lurgan
Milltown Church of Ireland, Co Armagh
27th March 1851
William Wetherhead – Of Age – Bachelor – Farmer – Residence: Lislasly, Charlemont District – Father: Robert Wetherhead, Farmer
Married: Catherine Wilson – Of Age – Spinster – Residence: Derrylee – Father: Alexander Wilson, Farmer
Signed: William Wetherhead, Catherine X her mark Wilson
Witnesses: George Beaumont, George Weir

1845
Volume 1 Page 177 Registration District of Armagh
Charlemont Church of Ireland, Parish of Loughgall, Co Armagh
26th November 1845
Joshua Wetherhead – Full Age – Bachelor – Weaver – Residence: Lisslasley – Father: Thomas Wetherhead, Farmer
Married: Sarah Scott – Full Age – Spinster – Residence: Kinego – Father: Joseph Scott, Farmer
Signed: Joshua Wetherhead, Sarah Scott
Witnesses: Thomas Burrows, William Wetherhead

1846
Volume 7 Page 653 Registration District of Lurgan
Registrar’s Office, Town of Lurgan
6th August 1846
Robert Wethered – Aged 21 years – Bachelor – Farmer – Residence: Tullyballydonnell, Parish of Ballinderry – Father: Thomas Wethered, Farmer
Married: Margaret Wethered – Aged 17 years – Spinster – Residence: Tullyballydonnell, Parish of Ballinderry – Father: Robert Wethered, Farmer
Signed: Robert Wethered, Margaret Wethered
Witnesses: George Ferris, Anne Ferris

1847
Volume 1 Page 223 Registration District of Armagh
Charlemont Church of Ireland, Parish of Loughgall, Co Armagh
5th November 1847
Thomas Weatherhead – Full Age – Bachelor – Residence: Lislaslie – Father: Robert Weatherhead, dead
Married: Catherine Anderson – Full Age – Residence: Mullanary – Father: Edward Anderson, Farmer
Signed: Thomas X his mark Weatherhead
Catherine X her mark Anderson
Witnesses: William Lowdon, John Anderson

1847
Volume 1 Page 223 Registration District of Armagh
Charlemont Church of Ireland, Parish of Loughgall, Co Armagh
23rd November 1847
William Weatherhead – Full Age – Widower – Farmer – Residence: Lisslassley – Father: Thomas Wetherhead, dead
Married: Margaret Stothers – Full Age – Widow – Residence, Grange, Parish of Armagh – Father: William Cochrane, Farmer
Signed: William Weatherhead, Margaret X her mark Stothers
Witnesses: William Duck, Joshua Wetherhead

1850
Volume 7 Page 547 Registration District of Lurgan
Church of Ireland Tartaraghan, Co Armagh
18th April 1850
William Weatherhead – 19 years – Bachelor – Weaver – Residence: Breagh – Father: William Weatherhead, Labourer
Married: Eliza Jane Smith – 19 years – Spinster – Residence: Breagh – Father: George Smith, Farmer
Signed: William Weatherhead, Eliza Jane Smith
Witnesses: Henry Craig, William Williamson

1851
Volume 7 Page 529 Registration District of Lurgan
Church of Ireland Tartaraghan, Co Armagh
15th July 1851
Robert Obre – Full Age – Bachelor – Weaver – Residence: Breagh – Father: Thomas Obre, Farmer
Married: Anne Jane Weatherhead – Full Age – Spinster – Residence: Breagh – Father: William Weatherhead, Weaver
Signed: Robert Obre, Anne Jane Weatherhead
Witnesses: William Weatherhead, William Williamson

1852
Volume 7 Page 685 Registration District of Lurgan
Index Reference for marriage of Isabella Wetherhead, but film too dark to read

1854
Volume 7 Page 619 Registration District of Lurgan
Seagoe Church of Ireland, Parish of Seagoe, Co Armagh
6th June 1854
John Weatherhead – 33 years – Bachelor – Farmer – Residence: Derrinra, Parish of Tartaraghan – Father: Alexander Weatherhead, Farmer
Married: Ann Jane Midkiff – 21 years – Farmer – Residence: Seagoe, Parish of Seagoe – Father: Henry Midkiff
Signed: John Weatherhead, Anne Jane Midkiff
Witnesses: Thomas Henderson, William McNight
(Midkiff may be a phonetic spelling of the name Metcalfe)

1859
Volume 7 Page 517 Registration District of Lurgan
Portadown Church of Ireland, Parish of Drumcree
29th October 1859
John Weatherhead – Full Age – Bachelor – Weaver –Residence: Cananeal – Father: William Weatherhead, Labourer
Married: Jane Best – Full Age – Spinster – Residence: Cananeal – Father: William Best, Labourer
Signed: John X his mark Weatherhead, Jane X her mark Best
Witnesses: Richard X his mark Mulholland, Sarah X her mark Best

Baptisms
C of I Milltown
[MIC/1/89], Baptisms 1840 -1864

Born: 1st May 1855
Baptised: 3rd June 1855
Child: Thomas Henry
Parents: John and Anne Jane Weatherhead
Abode: Derrinraw
Occupation: Farmer

Born: 15th January 1857
Baptised: 7th March 1858 [sic]
Child: John Joseph
Parents: John and Anne Jane Weatherhead
Abode: Derrinraw
Occupation: Farmer

Born: 15th March 1860
Baptised: 1st July 1860
Child: Moses Alexander
Parents: John and Anne Jane Weatherhead
Abode: Derrinraw
Occupation: Farmer

Born: 16th July 1862
Baptised: 3rd May 1863
Child: Sarah Jane
Parents: John and Anne Jane Weatherhead
Abode: Derrylard
Occupation: Farmer

Born: 15th May 1864
Baptism: 2nd October 1864
Child: Robert David
Parents: John and Anne Jane Weatherhead
Abode: Derrylard
Occupation: Farmer

Baptisms 1851 – 1865

Born: 27th July 1860
Baptised: 11th August 1860
Child: William
Parents: John and Jane Weatherhead
Abode: Cannoneal [Cannoneill] Parish of Drumcree

Other Assorted Weatherhead Information

Robert Weatherhead’s death registration in 1921 shows that he was born in Benburg (properly Benburb) to William Weatherhead and his wife (formerly C Wilson).

The initial Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland shows a William Weatherhead residing in the townland of Benburb in the Parish of Clonfeacle in 1860.

Further information:

Townland of Benburb

Plot 7 B a) William Weatherhead leased a house and garden of one rood from
a George Beaumont who held a house and 12 acres at 7 A and B
from Viscount Powerscourt

George Beaumont was one of the witnesses to William Weatherhead’s marriage to Catherine Wilson in 1851. William’s residence at that time was given as Lislasley, Charlemont District [Parish of Loughgall].

The Revision Books of the Griffith’s Valuation show William Weatherhead leasing this house until the 1877 Revision, when he ceased to be the leaseholder with no mention of the next leaseholder (and no mention of the house being pulled down). The preceding Revision was carried out in 1873. [VAL/12B/38/4A-4F]

This shows that William Weatherhead lived in Benburb from (at least) 1860 until sometime between 1873 and 1877. His marriage certificate shows him as resident in Lislasley, Parish of Loughgall in 1851.

Evidence found in Civil Registration of Marriages, that Church of Ireland Charlemont, Parish of Loughgall, was the family church for the Weatherheads of Lislasley. However, baptismal records for this church have not survived prior to 1880 and we may very well have lost baptismal records for William and Catherine’s children in this way.

Church of Ireland Loughgall records have survived, but may not be relevant as the family do appear to have attended the Charlemont church and we do not have any evidence of Weatherhead marriages in the more distant C of I Loughgall.

Church of Ireland Annaghmore (Parishes of Clonfeacle and Loughgall) baptismal records have survived from 1856 and were searched these from that date until 1865, but found no Weatherhead baptisms.

The Church of Ireland Confeacle Parish Church baptismal records prior to 1869 were destroyed in the Dublin fires.

Searching Civil Registration of Marriage Records for the Registration District of Dungannon (covering Benburb) from 1864, it is found that there was not a single Weatherhead (or variant spelling) marriage in this church between 1864 and 1922.

Mary Jane Weatherhead married a Thomas Macartney in Moy Church of Ireland, Parish of Clonfeacle on 26th December 1867, Book 04 Page 38, while Moy and Charlemont are very close to each other, but not the obvious churches for someone living in Benburb.

John Weatherhead married an Eleanor Cooper in Clonaneese Lower Presbyterian Church on 24th June 1881, Book 01 Page 48.