Harcourt Family

[ElizabethLinnHo]

Looking for contact about a George Harcourt b 1802 in Armagh, Northern Ireland who married a Jane Walsh who was born in 1805 in RichHill Armagh, in Richhill about 1836. Their first child, George was born in 1837 and they also had Mary, Anna, John (my g grandfather), Elizabath and Jane Gibson. The family emigrated to Canada in 1863.
We also know that George had at least one sister who married a Barret and had a daughter, Mary Ann Barrett who married a John Fullerton.

The Harcourt family also had connections to the Poyntz family and the Usher family.

The Walsh family had three daughters.

I would be interested in anyone who might have information on their Irish history.

[notanotherminer]

Hi Linn and welcome to Brit-Gen

I have moved your thread over to our Armagh Forum where hopefully those with knowledge of local records will be able to help.

[arthurk]

Hi

My great grandmother was Eliza Jane Harcourt from Co. Armagh, born about 1852 to William Harcourt (b.1814) and Jane Gibson (b.1821). William was a publican and spirit dealer in Tandragee, but whereas Eliza Jane was baptised in Tandragee (parish of Ballymore), most family burials seem to have been in Mullavilly. This is much closer to their earlier residence - Ballyworkan in the parish of Portadown (earlier Drumcree). William's father was John Harcourt, and Jane's father was Jeremiah Gibson.

I can see that this doesn't obviously connect with your family, and in particular I don't seem to have come across a George. However, I think it's highly likely that all the Harcourt families in that area do connect somewhere. There are a few more details of my line on my website - click on my name to the left of this mesage for a link. I also have a bit more information that isn't online, but from memory I don't think there's anything that mentions your people.

Somewhere I have found mention of a George Harcourt is in "HARCURIA - A History of the Family of Harcourt", a large typescript volume privately published in about 1930 by W. Harcourt-Bath (aka W.H. Bath). There are copies in a few reference libraries in England, but I've no idea if any made it to Canada - although it is claimed that Richard Harcourt, a former Canadian cabinet minister, is connected to the Co. Armagh family. Anyway, according to this volume, George seems to be a name associated with the Harcourts of Jerrett's Pass, Newry, some of whom later went to Clones, Co. Monaghan. It seems that they were descended from the Harcourts of Four Mile House, Donaghmore. Unfortunately many of the families are listed in outline only and a lot of children are mentioned but not named, so I can't positively identify your family, let alone my own.

Anyway, if any of this rings bells with you I'd be very interested in sharing information.

Arthur