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| HIST - Events | Ireland | -BCE- | N/A | North-Western Europe | 0350-0300 BCE | Ugaine Mor, a famous maritime trader, rules as Ard Ri (High King) of Ireland | In pre-Christian times the European Celts were pushed ever northward and westward by the Roman army seeking to extend the Roman Empire offering the Pax Roman to the vaquished. At this time, a maritime Celtic chief seated in Leinster or possibly in the Scilly Isles arose offering his guidance and protection to the Celtic chiefs at the north-western limits of Roman Empire. Known as Ugaine Mor (Hugh/Eugene the Great) or by the Romans as "Hugonious Magnus" he sailed into the Mediterranean with a fleet of ships to assist the Greeks in their quest to establish trading posts in the western Mediterranean. He is the first historically verified Ard Ri of Ireland and, according to the Irish Annals, ancestor to both the O Nuallains and the O hUllachains. |
Ugaine Mor married a Gaulish princess and reputedly had 25 children. At his death his children inherited his vast domains, one of them was the ancestor of the O Nuallains and another the ancestor of the O hUllachains. |
https://nolanfamilies.org/research-articles/ancient-nolan-roots/ | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 2 | More details | |
| HIST - Events | Ireland | -BCE- | Ulster | 0800-0500 BCE | Cruithin tribesmen, ancestors of modern-day Nolans, settle in Ireland | Wiki excerpt for Nolan surname " Nolan is a surname, of Irish origin from Ó Nualláin, derived from Irish nuall meaning "famous or noble" combined with a diminutive suffix.[1] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Nolans in Ireland were one of the chiefly families of the Loígis tribe who in turn came from the Cruthin tribe who were the first Celts to settle in Ireland from between 800 and 500 BC.[2] Wiki excerpt for Cruitin tribe " The Cruthin (Old Irish: [ˈkruθʲinʲ]; Middle Irish: Cruithnig or Cruithni; Modern Irish: Cruithne [ˈkɾˠɪ(h)nʲə]) were a people of early medieval Ireland. Their heartland was in Ulster and included parts of the present-day counties of Antrim, Down and Londonderry. They are also said to have lived in parts of Leinster and Connacht. Their name is the Irish equivalent of *Pritanī, the reconstructed native name of the Celtic Britons, and Cruthin was sometimes used to refer to the Picts, but there is a debate among scholars as to the relationship of the Cruthin with the Britons and Picts.[1] The Cruthin comprised several túatha (territories), which included the Dál nAraidi of County Antrim and the Uí Echach Cobo of County Down. Early sources distinguish between the Cruthin and the Ulaid, who gave their name to the over-kingdom, although the Dál nAraidi would later claim in their genealogies to be na fír Ulaid, "the true Ulaid".[2] The Loígis, who gave their name to County Laois in Leinster, and the Sogain of Leinster and Connacht, are also claimed as Cruthin in early Irish genealogies.[3] By 773 AD, the annals had stopped using the term Cruthin in favour of the term Dál nAraidi,[1] who had secured their over-kingship of the Cruthin. " |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_(surname) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruthin | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 966 | More details | ||
| HIST - Events | Great Britain | 0000-0499 | Ireland >> Wales | 0300s | Carausius, the Menapian - Roman Emperor of Britain | John Pitts, the author of "Rebellion, Carausius & Allectus, The Welshmen who stole the Roman Empire" and host for a website dealing with Carausius (see URL1 below), a Menapian, who became, for a time the Roman Emperor of Britain, contacted me to alert me to the fact that his website had several papers which might link in with early Nolan family history. In particular, looking at the genealogy paper entitled "A history of Romano-Irish Wales, tracing the family of Yvonne Howell Williams" I read that: "According to Darrell Wolcott, the famous historian of ancient Welsh history, (www.ancientwalesstudies.org) Eochaid, [born circa 315, a prince of the Deisi tribe in Ireland and] the youngest of his siblings, came to Dyfed [in Wales] around 343 as part of a deal negotiated with the Romans whereby the Deisi would receive the protection of the Roman empire from their enemies in Ireland and in return would populate a thinly settled area of West Wales as a deterrent to further Irish invasions ... [This] family became receptive to the culture of Romano-British life and used marriage to acquire the throne. As such, he and his descendents, through marriage or power, became the ruling Kings of Dyfed" ... most notably Aircol Lawhir ap Triffyn (born circa 435), King of Dyfed, also known as Agricola ap Tiffyn. |
https://www.carausius.org | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 891 | More details | ||
| HIST - Events | Ireland | 0000-0499 | Kildare, Co. Kildare | c0450–0523 | St Brigid of Kildare - a Nolan, descended from Eochaidh Fionn | Based upon an excerpt (reproduced below) taken from "The History of Ireland" by Geoffrey Keating; Section 12, pp. 110-111 (see URL1), we know that St. Brigid of Kildare was descended from Aonghus Mor, son of Eochaidh Fionn, the widely recognized ancestor of the Carlow Nolans. Following is the relevant excerpt from Keating's History of Ireland" " [p. 110] There were fifteen St. Brighids in Ireland, and amongst them was Brighid, daughter of Dubhthach, of Leinster, who is celebrated throughout Europe; and it is clear that she is of the stock of Eochaidh Fionn Fuath nArt; and that Eochaidh Fionn was brother to Conn Ceadchathach, who was king of Ireland. Here is the testimony of the sacred history of Ireland on this point, as we read in the poem which begins: 'The sacred history of the saints of Inis Fail': [p.111] Brighid, daughter of Dubhthach Donn, Son of Dreimhne, son of Breasal Borr, Son of Dein, son of Connla, son of Art, Son of Cairbre Nia, son of Cormac, Son of Aonghus Mor, of high dignity, Son of Eochaidh Fionn, hated of Art, Son of Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar the noble, Son of Tuathal Teachtmhar, the excellent. " From another source (see URL2), we also know that: " Saint Brigid, “the Mary of the Gael,” was born around 450 in Faughart, about two miles from Dundalk in County Louth. According to Tradition, her father was a pagan named Dubthach, and her mother was Brocessa (Broiseach), one of his slaves. " |
https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100054/text074.html | https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2016/02/01/100406-venerable-brigid-bridget-of-ireland | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 948 | More details | ||
| HIST - Events | Ireland | 1500-1599 | Dublin | 1536 | Church Reforms and granting of "English liberty" to Richard Nolan of Dublin | In 1536, two years after Henry VIII naming himself as the Head of the Church of England (1534) and one year after the suppression of the monasteries (1535, see URL2), the English chancellry granted "English liberty to Richard Nolan, otherwise O'Nolan, Vicar Choral of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Dublin" (see URL1). | A vicar-choral is "an assistant, whether cleric or lay, at an English cathedral, especially in connection with the music"[ref: Wikipedia]. Given the timing of the grant, it is likely that Richard Nolan was a supporter of the English crown in its pursuits to reform the English church. |
https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/PROI-PUB-Chancery1-206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 973 | More details | |
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1600-1699 | Noland-140 | Fethard, Co. Tipperary | 1660s | Pierce Noland Sr. regains some of his lost lands in Co. Tipperary | As best as can be determined, Pierce Nowland was born in Dublin, Ireland, sometime around 1628, probably the son of a Catholic merchant with Royalist ties and family roots in the barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, where Pierce Butler had a castle. In the 1640s Pierce Butler took an active part in the Irish Civil war and, after the passing of an Act of Resettlement in 1652, he was forced to forfeit his vast lands in Leinster in exchange for less desirable lands in counties Clare, Galway and Mayo, where he, his tenants and retainers could resettle. At this point, Pierce Nowland, his wife and their young children, most likely Henry and Darby at this point, around 1654, are believed to have resettled to Co. Mayo where Pierce Noland Jr. was born sometime around 1655. It is not known exactly where they lived but it was most likely in the Barony of Tirawley where Pierce Butler is known to have received lands. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the "Noland" family seems to have regained some of their lands in Co. Tipperary, likely around Fethard. |
https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/munster-families/#articleTOC_0 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 194 | More details | ||
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1600-1699 | Noland-140 | Cecil Co., Maryland | 1670s | Pierce Noland Jr . immigrates to America and settles in Cecil Co., MD | By the mid 1670s, probably feeling the urge to establish himself and, seeing the potential for owning land of his own in America, Pierce Noland Jr. emigrated and settled in Cecil Co. Maryland. His brothers, Henry, Darby, Philip (1656), William (1658) and Thomas did likelwise, settling respectively in: Kent Co., Maryland; Cecil Co., Maryland; Loudoun Co., Virginia; St. Mary’s Co., Maryland, and; Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. After a short time in Cecil Co., Pierce Noland Jr. moved on to Charles Co., Maryland, where he married in 1780 and stayed for most of his life. He died in Stafford Co., Virginia in 1714. Around 1680 in Maryland, Pierce married someone named Katherine and they had at least 5 children. Children of PIERCE NOLAND and KATHERINE: * Stephen (1682) who remained in Charles Co., MD * Philip (1684) who relocated to Stafford Co., VA * Pierce (1696) who relocated to Cecil Co., MD * Thomas (1698) who remained in Charles Co., MD * William (1703) who remained in Charles Co., MD |
https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/families-in-mid-atlantic-states/ | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 195 | More details | ||
| GEN - Unexplored | Europe | 1600-1699 | N/A | Velika Loka, Slovenia | 1681 | Thomas Noulan and family are living in Slovenia | In 1681, a "Joanes Noulan" was born to "Thomas and Eva Noulan" living in "Velika Loka, Višnja Gora", Slovenia. On October 4th a second son named "Luka Noulan" was born to the couple. It is not known if John had descendants but Luka did marry and have children. On November 6, 1719, "Luka Noulan" married "Maruša Zupančič". They had at least 6 children named Andreas (1720), Joanes (1723), Joseph (1726), Martin (1728), Georgius (1732) and Antonius (1735). Further details can be found at the NolanFamilies.org archival website (see URL1). |
https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/1685-slovenia-thomas-noulan/ | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 391 | More details | ||
| GEN - Unexplored | Europe | 1600-1699 | Brugge (Saint-Gilles), Belgium | 1686 | Francis Nolan is born in Belgium | On May 14, 1686, in Brugge (Saint-Gilles), Belgium, a "Jacobus Nolan" [James Nolan] and a "Maria Comyn" [Mary Cummins] had a son named "Franciscus" [Francis]. | REFERENCE: Filae.com website (search for "Franciscus Nolan" around 1650. |
https://filae.com | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 945 | More details | ||
| HIST - Events | Ireland | 1600-1699 | Dublin | 1662-1697 | Royal Irish Regiment of Foot Guards - serving the Jacobite cause | " The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot Guards, or His Majesty’s Regiment of Guards in Ireland, was a regiment of foot guards first raised in 1662 for service in Ireland. Part of the Irish Army of Charles II, it was initially garrisoned around Dublin. During the 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Foot Guards under their commanding officer William Dorrington stayed loyal to James II, and fought on the Jacobite side in the Williamite War in Ireland. After the 1697 Peace of Ryswick and the formal disestablishment of James’s army in exile, the Foot Guards were immediately reconstituted in French service as Dorrington’s Regiment, retaining their red coats and Saint George's Cross standard. As part of the Irish Brigade they distinguished themselves in a number of campaigns. Renamed the Regiment Roth after a subsequent colonel, Michael Roth, and later still as the Regiment Walsh, the regiment did not formally disband until 1791. " |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_of_Foot_Guards | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 957 | More details | |||
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1600-1699 | Nowlin-19 | Shangarry, Co. Carlow | 1640 | Indenture between Daniel Nolan of Shangarry and Walter Bagnall of Dunleckney | In 1640, Daniel Nolan, son of Hugh Nolan of Shangarry, entered into an agreement whereby he ceded all his Shangarry lands to Walter Bagnall of Dunleckney, in exchange for an indenture on his lands favouring his second wife and all his male children by her. This effectively disinherited his male children by his first wife, most notably Edmund, father of the Captain James Nolan who fought on the royal side during the Irish civil war of the 1640s and, after the restoration of the Crown in 1660, tried unsuccessfully to have his rights of Shangarry lands recognized. The 1640 indenture, inrolled in Parliamentary papers on 8 May 1699 (see URL1), reads as follows: "Indenture made 6 September 1640 between Donill McHugh nolan of Shangarry, County Catherlach, Gent. & Walter Bagnall of Downeleckny, said co., Esqr. Whereby the said Donill (in consideration of his love to his wife Anstce Nolan, alias Birne, & his male children by her & of a certain sum of money paid to him by his son Gilpatrick O Nolan) granted to said Walter all his estate, in {Shangarry, Ballynrush, Ticollum, Cronrosses?, Killavey, Ardbearne, and Mart of allagh warren - 53 of the Fohort measure } To hold to the use of the said Donell for life; and after one third thereof to his said wife for Life; remainder of the whole to his said son Gilpatrick and his heirs male; remainder to his sons Lewis, William, Daniel, John alias Oyn, and Phelim respectively & their heirs male; remainder to the heirs male of his own body; remainder to the right heirs of his said third son William. Inrolled 8 May 1699. " |
From | https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-Lodge-9-135 | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nowlin-19 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 965 | More details |
| GEN - Unexplored | Europe | 1700-1749 | N/A | Zeeland, Holland | 1747 | A "Pieter Nowland" was working as a sailor on an armed navy sloop in Holland | "Pieter Nowland" (sic Peter Nowland) was working as a sailor aboard the armoured sloop "De Duijff" serving the Admiralty of the Dutch province of Zeeland (next to Belgium). | Reference: Crew logbook for the ships of the Admiralty of Zeeland i.e. "P.F. Poortvliet, De bemanningen der schepen van de Admiraliteit van Zeeland 1740-1749 (uitgave NGV Afdeling Zeeland 1995-1997) (nummer 25799)" ; period from April 19, 1747 to November 7, 1747 He may have been related to the "Peter Nowland" of Ballykealey who was hung at Clonmel in 1745, after being convicted of treason for , having recruited Irishmen to fight for the Jacobite cause. |
Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 7 | More details | ||
| HIST - Name | Ireland | 1700-1749 | N/A | Elphin Diocese (ROS, GAL, SLI) | 1749 | Nolan households in Elphin Religious Census - Nowland, Nowlan, Nolan, etc. | Following is a list of Nolan, Nowlan and Nowland individuals living in the Elphin Diocese in 1749. The Nowland houselands likely had family origins in Leinster dating back to Cromwellian times but it is difficult if not impossible to determine to which line of Nolans the other households belonged. There is much evidence of land transactions in the 1700s involving both Nolans of known Connacht origin and those of known Leinster origin suggesting that the popular belief at the time was that the families were closely related leading to laxity as to what spelling they used for their family name i.e. Nolan, Nowlan or some other variant. Perhaps the Y-DNA results of modern-day Nolan descendants in the areas identified will help to more clearly identify the various lineages. ################################################# NOWLAND --------------- Jams Nowland, Elphin, Roscommon Pat Nowland, Ahascragh, Galway NOWLAN ------------- An Nowlan, Roscommon, Roscommon Ed Nowlan, Roscommon, Roscommon Jam Nowlan, Taghboy, Roscommon Jam Nowlan, Taghboy, Roscommon Jas Nowlan, Termonbarry, Roscommon John Nowlan, Taghboy, Roscommon Wm Nowlan, Taghboy, Roscommon NOLAN ---------- Bry Nolan, Cloontuskert, Roscommon Bryan Nolan, Kilteevan, Roscommon Danl Nolan, Aughrim, Roscommon Fr Nolan, Kilgefin, Roscommon Jas Nolan, Kilbride, Roscommon John Nolan, Kilglass, Roscommon P Nolan, Tibohine, Roscommon Pat Nolan, Cloontuskert, Roscommon Peter Nolan, St Johns, Roscommon R Nolan, Tibohine, Roscommon Widdow Nolan, Taghboy, Roscommon Winny Nolan, Aughrim, Roscommon Bryn Nolan, St Johns, Sligo Patrick Nolan, St Johns, Sligo |
The Diocese of Elphin diocese covers most of County Roscommon (51 of the 59 parishes) plus parts of County Galway (8 parishes) and County Sligo (13 parishes). The source document entitled "1749 - Religious Census of Elphin Diocese; Householders, occupations, religion, number of children and number of servants." may be searched at the FindMyPast.ie website. See URL link below. |
https://www.findmypast.com/articles/world-records/full-list-of-the-irish-family-history-records/census-land-and-substitutes/the-census-of-elphin-1749 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 200 | More details | |
| GEN - Unexplored | Europe | 1700-1749 | Barcelona, Spain | 1715 | Colonel Walter Bourke, married to a Nolan from Co. Mayo, dies | Colonel Walter Bourke ( -1715) was married to Catherine Nolan, a daughter of John Nolan, Esq. of Iniscrone, Co. Mayo. He was the first of seven sons of Richard Bourke of Turlough, Co. Mayo (son of Theobald Bourke and Margaret, 3rd daughter of Theobald, 1st Viscount Mayo), and his wife Celia was a daughter of Dermot O'Shaughnessy, of the ancient family of Gort, Co. Galway. After the general reform of the French and Jacobite armies in 1698 the remains of the regiment of Athlone, the king's dismounted dragoons, and the 3rd independent company were amalgamated to form a regiment of foot for the duke of Berwick (qv), to which Walter Bourke was attached as a reformed colonel. In June 1699 he became colonel of another regiment of Irish infantry, the regiment of Bourke. Created brigadier by brevet for his services in the Italian campaign, he later moved to the Spanish theatre. Created maréchal de champ, he later fought under Berwick. Louis XIV gave him permission to transfer to the service of his grandson Philip V, but he died in Barcelona (March 1715) before taking up his appointment. NOTE: Athlone is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. |
REFERENCE: "History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France. [late 1600s to late 1700s]" by John Cornelius O'Callaghan (1885) (see URL1) |
https://www.dib.ie/biography/bourke-walter-a0809 | https://archive.org/details/historyofirishbr00ocaluoft | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 940 | More details | |
| GEN - Unexplored | Europe | 1700-1749 | Madrid, Spain | 1712 | Captain Stephen Nolan, b. Co. Dublin, sponsors Stephen Terry for Spanish knighthood | In 1712, a Captain Esteban Noalan [Steven Nolan], born in Co. Dublin,Ireland, was the primary sponsor, i.e. the first in a long list of sponsors, supporting Estevan Terry's [Steven Terry] application for Spanish knighthood REFERENCES: (1) p. 50 of "Spanish Knights of Irish Origin. Vol. 1" edited by Micheline Walsh (see URL1) (2) original manuscript of Stephen Terry's application for knighthood; Archivo Historico Nacional de Madrid, 1712, exp. 8045 |
https://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/digital/Spanish%20Knights%20of%20Irish%20Origin%20Vol%20I.pdf | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 943 | More details | |||
| GEN - Unexplored | Europe | 1700-1749 | Madrid, Spain | 1706 | Peter Nolan, b. Cork city, sponsors Denis O'Brien for Spanish knighthood | In 1706, Peter Nolan (Pedro Nolan) is one of several people supporting Denis O'Brien in his application for knighthood. REFERENCES: (1) pp, 35-36 of "Spanish Knights of Irish Origin. Vol. 1" edited by Micheline Walsh (see URL1) (2) original manuscript of Dionisio O Brien's application for knighthood; Archivo Historico Nacional de Madrid, 1706, exp. 5793 |
https://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/digital/Spanish%20Knights%20of%20Irish%20Origin%20Vol%20I.pdf | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 944 | More details | |||
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1750-1799 | Nowland-194 | Ballon, Co. Carlow | 1793 | James Nowlan marries Mary Clowry nee Shortall in Ballon church | James and Mary were married in Ballon church in late 1793. She was a widow and records from the same parish (Ballon-Rathoe) show that she had been previously married to a James Clowry in 1784. Their sons, Peter (born c1796) and Edward (born c1798), emigrated to Canada around 1818 supposedly jumping ship along the coast of New Brunswick. An analysis of Ballon-Rathoe parish records also suggests that Peter and Edward may have had siblings and aunts and uncles who were left behind in Ireland, Click on URL2 to read story in the "Family Stories" section and toi get the names of tentative relatives left behind in Ireland. | In the RC marriage church records for New Bruswick, the names of Peter (b. circa 1796) and Edward (b. circa 1798), in both cases, are given as "James Nowland" and "Mary Glory" of "County Karlow". Glory is a deformation of the family name Clowry with the additional underrstanding that, in many Irish names, the "w" is not pronounced such as "Gowran". This is also the case for how "Nowlan" is pronounced by members of for this Nowlan family which settled in New Brunswick. | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nowland-194 | https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/leinster-families/#articleTOC_1 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 5 | More details |
| GEN - Brick Walls | Australia | 1750-1799 | Nowland-54 | Norfolk Island, Australia | 1791 | Michael Nowland marries Elizabeth Richards | Imprisoned and sentenced to death in 1783, Michael Nowland's sedntence was eventually commuted to life and, in 1790, he was “transported” to Australia on the ship “Scarbourough”. After his arrival in Australia, in 1791, Michael marries Elizabeth Richards who, like him, had arrived in the penal colony on the "Lady Juliana” having been sentenced to 7 years transportation. Michael and Elizabeth had 9 children, the first 4 being born on Norfolk Island and the others in the area of Wilberforce, NSW, where the family had resettled around 1800. Michael and Elizabeth are buried in a cemetery in Wilberforce, NSW. |
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nowland-54 | https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/families-in-new-south-wales/#articleTOC_0 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 198 | More details | |
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1750-1799 | Nowland-54 | Dublin, Co. Dublin | 1783 | Michael Nowland sentenced to death | Michael known to have been born circa 1761 in Dublin is possibly the son of a William and Ann Nowlan whose son Michael was baptised in Dublin on December 31, 1758 In 1783, Michael Nowland (c1761-1828) was imprisoned and sentenced to death for, supposedly, stealing a horse. However, his sentence was later commuted to life and, in 1790, he was “transported” to Australia on the ship “Scarbourough”. |
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nowland-54 | https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/families-in-new-south-wales/#articleTOC_0 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 201 | More details | |
| GEN - Unexplored | Great Britain | 1750-1799 | Nowland-406 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | 1788 | Ann Nowland born 1788 in Glasgow, Scotland | Ann may have been related to Captain Louis Nolan of the Light Brigade. If I recall correctly the line of Captain Louis Edward Nolan of the Light Brigade has a link to Scotland in this timeframe and it is quite possible that hius father Captain, later Major, Babington Nolan may have been Ann's father. Finding Ann's birth record around 1788 in Glasgow could help to confirm or refute this possibility. |
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nowland-406 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 806 | More details | ||
| GEN - Unexplored | Europe | 1750-1799 | Dunkerque, France | 1752 | William Nowlan, a soldier in Roth's regiment of the Irish Brigades, dies in Dunkirk, France | On January 22, 1752, William Nowlan, an Irish soldier born in "??hakelatoion??" ("natif de hakelatoin jurisdiction de hakelatoin") was admitted to a military hispoital in "Dunkerque" in nothern France. He died on March 4th of the same year having received the last rights and was buried the next day in a local cemetery. In the church record it also states that he was a soldier in the "compagnie Bryan" of the "régiment de Rooth" (sic Roth). --Hopital Militaire (Dunkerque, Nord ) Le 05 mars 1752 Dunkerque< France |
The founder of the Roth regiment was a member of the Roth family of Kilkenny city and it is likely that William Nowlan was a Co. Kilkenny Nowlan. In 1752, a Kinsman of Patrick Sarsfield of 1691 Limerick fame, emigrated to France to join Roth's regiment (see URL2 pp. 524-525). This is the same year that William Nowlan died. Co. Cork, on 10 June 1736. Emigrating to France he became a cadet in Rothe's Irish regiment in 1752. In that corps he went through the Seven Years War. By 1769 he had reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel in Walsh's regiment, and for valour he was made a Chevalier of Saint Louis. After the dissolution of the Irish Brigade in 1791, when many Irish officers of royalist sentiments left France, Edmund Sarsfield remained in his adopted country and fought for the cause of the Revolution in the 92nd Regiment of the Line (formerly Walsh's). He died with the rank of general of briga |
https://www.filae.com | https://www.jstor.org/stable/30100126?seq=1 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 956 | More details | |
| HIST - Events | Ireland | 1750-1799 | Waterford | 1777 | Captain Nowland sets sail from Waterford bound for St John, Newfoundland | Waterford, the 10th of May. (translated by RN) Today, under escort of the warship Pegasus, the transport ship Valentine, [under] Captain Nowland, set sail bound for Newfoundland, carrying 200 artisans and workers, who should reinforce the fort works of St John. These people were assembled from Waterford and surrounding counties. At the same time, also sailed for Newfoundland a designated fleet of 50 sailing ships. (Ref: Oldnews.com - Hamburgische neue Zeitung - May 31, 1777) |
https://www.oldnews.com | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 1105 | More details | |||
| HIST - Events | Ireland | 1750-1799 | Newfoundland | 1754 | A Captain Nowland arrives in Dublin with fish and oil from Newfoundland | In the Dublin Gazette of January 1, 1754, we find reference to a Captain Nowland whose ship arrived in the port of Dublin on January 3, 1754, transporting fish and oil from Newfoundland having come via Anglesey and Wexford. The fish was certainly cod and the oil possibly whale oil. This is likely to have been the same Captain Nowland who, again according to the Dublin Gazette of June 24, 1775, arrived in Dublin from St. John's in his ship, the Valentine, seeking provisions for the colony of Newfoundland which, in the context of "unhappy and melancholy disputes" between and the American Colonies, was in dire need of bread and other necessities. |
https://www.oldnews.com | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 1111 | More details | |||
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1800-1849 | N/A | Co. Kerry, Co. Cork + India | 1820s-1830s | Denis Nowlan and Jane Dowd family | Denis Nowlan and Jane Dowd had a daughter Mary baptised in the Listowel Parish, County Kerry, on 12 March 1824. In Nov 1829 a son William was born in Trichinopoly, Madras, India , father Denis was a Corporal in H.M. 89th Regiment. In 1834 a son Maurice was baptised in Fermoy, Co.Cork, in the 89th REgiment Barracks. A daughter Jane is also recorded by Denis's grandson Rev Denis Nolan in an historical Northern New York book published in 1910. |
RN: Based upon a review of Nolan "Presence in Co. Kerry" (click on URL1 link below) it appears as if this Nolan line is related to family of Maurice Nolan who, around 1851, was living in the area of Kilgulbin, Co. Kerry. | https://nolanfamilies.org/research-articles/nolan-presence-in-co-kerry/ | Christine Cuter | fabiochris@xtra.co.nz | 104 | More details | |
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1800-1849 | N/A | Co. Kerry > Nova Scotia | 1820s-1830s | John and Catherine Nolan immigrate to Nova Scotia | JOHN NOLAN, believed to have been a tinsmith, was born about 1797 in Tralee, Kerry, Ireland. He died on 24 Oct 1865 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married CATHERINE. She was born in 1799. John Nolan and Catherine had the following children: * JOHN NOLAN (c1825) born in Ireland * JEREMIAH NOLAN (1831-???), tinsmith, born on 22 Ap r 1831 in NS *THOMAS WILLIAM NOLAN (c1839-1899) born in NS; he married Adelaide Acker in 1874 and they had several children: Margaret (c1875), Eliza (c1877), John Lewis (1882), Jeremiah (1884), Minnie (1885), James William (1888-1888), James William (1889). * MARGARET NOLAN (1840-1870) born in Truro, NS; ; she married UNKNOWN MCGUYER |
https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/families-in-nova-scotia-families/#articleTOC_3 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 106 | More details | ||
| GEN - Brick Walls | Great Britain | 1800-1849 | Knowland-??? | Manchester, England | 1820s+ | Michael and Jane Knowland living in Manchester | Michael Knowland, born circa 1801 in Ireland, immigrated to England and married there sometime in the the early 1820s. By 1841, Michael was living in Manchester, England. According to the census taken that year, he was a labourer, aged 40, his wife Jane was aged 34 and their two children, Charles , aged 18, and William, aged 12. were living with them, Both Charles and William worked as "piecer"s in a mill. Charles Knowland (b. 1823) married twice, first marrying Martha Hayes in Manchester in 1849, and then Ellen Norris also in Manchester in 1875. He had a large family, having 6 children with both Martha and Ellen. He was a mill worker by profession (piecer, etc), also a herbalist. William Knowland (b. married Jane Quayle in 1859 and they had one child. More informatiion on Charles and William's children can be found at the LDS FamilySearch.org website (click on the URL1 link given below) |
In official records, the family name is variously spelled Knowland, Nowland and Nowlan. Although, in 1841, Michael Knowland was listed as a "labourer", by 1849,t when his son Charles married, he seems to have improved his status, now being identified as an "engineer" on the marriage certificate. Michael's birthplace in Ireland has yet to be determined with a high degree of certainty. A modern-day descendant, Tommy Knowland, is actively researchinmg this line of Nolans. |
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:7WZ8-LKD | Tommy Knowland | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 145 | More details | |
| GEN - Brick Walls | United States | 1800-1849 | Lancaster, PA >> Dayton, OH | 1824 | William and Elinor Nolan/Nowlan of Dublin, IE, immigrate to US | William and Elinor Nolan/Nowlan seem to have married in Dublin sometime around 1818. They were poor and by 1824 when they decided to immigrate to America they had three young children: Mary (1819), Margaret A. (1821) and Michael Peter (1823). William and Elinor first located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but in 1838 as their children were getting of marrigeable age they relocated to Dayton, Ohio, which became their permanent residence. |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KN4M-TZR | https://nolanfamilies.org/knowledge-base/families-in-east-north-central-states/#articleTOC_2 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 304 | More details | ||
| GEN - Brick Walls | Ireland | 1800-1849 | Co.Kerry, India, Co.Cork, New Zealand | 1824 | Denis Nowlan Family | I have found the following info regarding the family of Denis Nowlan and Jenny Dowd. A daughter Mary was baptised in the Listowel Parish in March 1824. I have found no more info on Mary. A son William ( my 2xs GGrandfather) was born in Nov 1829 in Trichinopoly, Madras, India. Denis was a Corporal in HM 89th Regiment of Foot. This son and his children later spelt their name Nolan. In 1834 this family is back in Ireland and a son Maurice is born in the 89th Regiments Barracks in Fermoy, Co. Cork. I have found no marriage or death records for Maurice. Another daughter Jane is also mentioned by Williams son Denis, a priest in an historical Northern New York book in the early 1900's. And I have DNA matches with Fitzpatricks which is the family Jane married into. In this same book Denis describes his father William as well educated, an accountant and merchant. In his early 20's William was living in the Listowel area, Co.Kerry and had married a local girl Mary Walsh in 1853. They raised their family in the small Townland Drombeg, close to the town of Listowel.By 1870 he was recorded as a Farmer and in 1889 Williams family was evicted from their small farm in Drombeg. By the census in 1900 they are back living there. A local man who knew this family told me " it was said the Nolans came from Cork". William may have come to Co.Kerry from Cork because his father was stationed in the army there so it doesn't answer the question of which counties Denis Nowlan and Jenny Dowd come from originally. William and Mary's 5 sons all left Ireland, 3 to America and 2 to Australia. Son William of William and Mary (my greatgrandfather) married a Co. Tipperary girl Bridget Kelly in Melbourne in 1890 and came to Southland, NewZealand in 1893. The eldest son Maurice settled in Australia and had a large family. Denis became a well loved Priest in Northern NY. John had children to his 1st 2 wives who both died young and a son to his 3rd wife before he died. I have been unable to find his descendants. And Thomas didn't have a family. Of the 4 daughters one went to America but didn't marry, the other 3 married and one had 2 children. |
fabiochris@xtra.co.nz | Chris Cuter | fabiochris@xtra.co.nz | 718 | More details | |||
| GEN - Unexplored | Africa | 1800-1849 | St Helena Island (off west coast of Africa) | 1811 | Lawrence Nowland, a seaman from East India Company, is buried on St Helena Island | In the early 1800s, Lawrence Nowland, born about 1785, worked as a seaman aboard the Honourable East India Company ship "Winchelsea". In early 1811 he fell sick or was injured and had to be hospitalized on the island of St. Helena, a point along the companies trade route to India. Lawrence did not recover and a short time later died, being buried in the St James Churchyard on 2 June 1811. |
Following is the URL (web link) to the St Helena St James church register containing the burial entry for Lawrence Nowland dated 2 June 1811: http://researcharchives.wits.ac.za/uploads/r/historical-papers-research-archive-library-university-of-witwatersrand/6/0/c/60c6fa9a8e58185912af06d36d6201dec3d1f79fb5fe10132777a9e7de04622b/AB2073-1-3-3-01-jpeg.pdf The Diocese of St Helena Parish Registers and Indices (for the Anglican Church of Southern Africa - ACSA) are held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. |
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nowland-466#:~:text=Lawrence%20was%20born,01%2Djpeg.pdf | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 983 | More details | |
| GEN - Brick Walls | Australia | 1800-1849 | Nowland-464 | Sydney | 1822 | James Nowland (1784-1860) born in Ireland marries Ellen McCarthy also born in Ireland | On 3 Oct 1822 in Sydney, New South Wales, James Nowland, born in Ireland, married Ellen McCarthy, also born in James Nowland's parent were Dennis Nowland and Ann Carrow of Ireland. | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nowland-464 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 984 | More details | ||
| GEN - Unexplored | Ireland | 1850-1899 | N/A | Ireland, UK, USA, Mexico | 1810s-1930s | Gleanings from Correspondence, Clippings etc. | Nolan-related Information taken from a compilation of Irish Gleanings published online at URL1 (see below) has been added to the NolanFamilies.org archival website . “If you find any names that connect with your research please send [transcriber] an email”. To view the Nolan-related excerpt click on the URL2 link given below. |
https://sites.google.com/site/irishgleanings/home | https://nolanfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Irish-Gleanings-from-Correspondence-etc.pdf | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 139 | More details | |
| GEN - Brick Walls | United States | 1850-1899 | Nolan-Hartford-Conn | Ship in Atlantic >NY> Hartford, Conn. | 1860 | Andrew son of Patrick and Margaret Nolan born aboard ship | According to family tree information found at the MyHeritage and FamilySearch websites, Andrew's parents were Patrick Nolan (b. Mar 17 1833 in Co. Westmeath, IE - d. 12 July 1899 in Hartford, Conn) and Margaret O'Laughlin (b. July 24 1840 in Ballymacoda and Ladysbridge, Co. Cork, IE - d. 5 Apr 1909 in Hartford, Conn). According to family lore Andrew was born at sea in 1860 while his mother/the family was on the way to America. In 1865 (census) the family was living in Ward 14, Brooklyn, NY. By 1870 (census) the family had settled in Hartford, Conn. Patrick Nolan and Margaret O'Laughlin had the following children: Michael (1855), Emma (1858) and Elizabeth (1859) born in Ireland; Andrew J. (1860) born at sea; Josephine (1862), Annie (1863), Fanny (1870), Terrance F. (1872), Bessie (1872), Esther (1877) and Margaret born in America. |
It may be possible to identify the family's origin in Ireland using the fact that Andrew's parents married in Ireland, their first 3 children were born in Ireland (1855-1859). Church records in Counties Cork and Westmeath may shed further light in this family's ancestry. | https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-1129807689/andrew-j-nolan-in-familysearch-family-tree | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD39-D55 | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 140 | More details |
| GEN - Brick Walls | United States | 1850-1899 | see URL1 | Mississippi & Tennessee | 1860+ | Patrick Pierce Nolen, b. IE, marries in Mississippi and settles in Tennessee | According to his obituary written in 1898 Patrick Pierce Nolen would have been born in Ireland around 1802. Also, based upon the Y-DNA test results for a male descendant indicate that he was descended from a County Carlow Nolan line. In the Y-DNA test results for a male descendant of Patrick Pierce Nolen (see at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Nolan?iframe=ycolorized ) there are families identified which may have family links within the last 200 years. In particular, the family histories for the Nolan lines of Moses Nolen (1830-1897) and Robert Nolen (1820-1850)) may be worth investigating for plausible family connections. County Carlow is where there is the highest concentration of Nolan families in Ireland and there are many Nolan lines associated with this county but his second name i.e. "Pierce" and his oldest son being named "Robert" may be clues to help in identifying the particular line to which he belonged. |
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/patrick-pierce-nolen-24-4fgtmy | https://nolanfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Patrick-Pierce-Nolen-1802-1898.pdf | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 232 | More details | |
| HIST - Migrations | Ireland | 1850-1899 | N/A | WIC+WEX >> United States | 1850-1851 | Post-Famine Immigration to US | “In October 1850, Father Hore and 450 parishioners set sail on the 1090-ton Ticonderoga, a sailing vessel registered in New York. A list of immigrants from the Ticonderoga still hangs in the back of the church at Wexford, IA. Another 450 parishioners left the same day on the 915-ton Loodianah, a sailing vessel from Canada. An additional 300 parishioners left eight days later on a smaller vessel, the Chasca, a Boston registered ship. For full story read the FR. Hore immigation article at this website (URL1 below) |
https://nolanfamilies.org/research-articles/1850-post-famine-immigration-to-us-fr-hore/ | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 269 | More details | ||
| GEN - Unexplored | N/A | 1850-1899 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1895 | Irish immigrants Guillermo Nolan, Elinor Malone and family were living in Argentina | In the 1895 census for Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina, we find a family of Nolans. The family consisted of Guillermo (William) Nolan, aged 60, and his wife Elinor Malone, aged 37, both shown as being born in England, and their children: Elinor Francisca (7), Patricio (6), Lorenzo (4), Gerardina (3) and Eduardo (1). The children are all listed as being born in Buenos Aires. |
Guillermo and Elinor may have been born in Ireland. Supporting evidence for this is the fact that on the census form, the area of their country of origin are indicated as what looks like Wexford for Guillermo/William and Longford for Elinor. | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWHY-3XR?lang=en | Roger Nowlan | JRogerNowlan@gmail.com | 988 | More details | ||
| GEN - Brick Walls | Canada | 1900plus | Nolan | Tecumseh, Ontario | 1874-1943 | Denis Nolan Obituary Wednesday, February 17, 1943 | Leader In All Local Affairs, Denis Nolan Passes Away - Served Thirteen Years on Bradford Council, Including Seven Years As Reeve ---His Pet Project the Beeton Telephone Company, of Which He Was Originator, Past President and Director---Built First Garage in Bradford---Apiarist in Early Life with His Father and Headed Simcoe Count Bee-Keepers' Association. A man of foresight and a leader among his fellow citizens in business, municipal affairs, and his church Bradford suffered the loss of a most highly respected and valued citizen in the death of Denis Nolan, which occurred at his home on Saturday night, February 13, 1943, His accomplishments in this part of Simcoe County will long stand as memorials to his memory. While in ailing health for the last seven years, the past four of which he was confined almost entirely to his home, the end came quite suddenly from pneumonia.The deceased was the only child of the late James Nolan and Anne Flynn Nolan, and was born in Tecumseth township, near Newton Robinson, on March 24, 1874. His early years were spent on the farm where he and his father conducted jointly a successful Bee-keeping business. During this time he held the position of President of the Ontario Bee-keepers' Association, as well as secretary and President of the Simcoe County Bee-keepers Association. Recognizing his ability as an apiarist, the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph invited him on many occasions to conduct short course in this work.In 1914, acting on the urge of his keen initiative, he moved to Bradford, ventured into the automobile field and built the first garage building in the village. His judgment in this respect was rewarded my many years of successfully expanding business, in which he made a host of friends.Not to be forgotten among the outstanding qualities of the deceased are the foresight and courage he displayed in the founding of what later turned out to be the Beeton Telephone Company, in which he held offices from Director to President, being 1st Vice-President a the time of his death.The late Mr. Nolan took a keen interest in municipal politics, and served thirteen years on the local council, six as councilor and seven as Reeve. During his term as Reeve and member of the County Council, he was chairman of the County Educational Committee and also Chairman of the Old Age Pension Board. For some years he was the local Justice of the Peace. His municipal connections permitted him to voice his faith in the possibilities of the present enterprising Holland Marsh Garden area. Recreation was not lacking in his busy life and Mr. Nolan was an enthusiastic curler and hunter, and had served as Captain of the Green Apple Pie Hunt Club. In testimony of his tireless endeavour in bringing to the village of Bradford its present water system, the name of Denis Nolan will remain forever on a tablet that is placed at the door of the house that guards the town water supply. Perhaps one of the proudest moments of his life was the occasion of his forty-fourth wedding anniversary, when he was signally honoured by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, with greetings and blessings, in recognition of his years of faithfulness in the service of the Holy Mother Church. Requiem High Mass was sung, by Rev. M.J. Bolan, on Tuesday morning, February 16, at ten-thirty, at the Church of the Forty Martyrs, Bradford, which the deceased had faithfully attended from childhood. Interment was in McGann's Cemetery. The pall-bearers were Matthew O'Donnell, Vincent O'Donnell, John Park, Leo Clifford, John Walsh, Leo Harrison. Surviving to sorrow at his passing are his wife, Catherine O'Donnell Nolan; one son, James; two daughters, Constance and Aileen (Mrs. E. Grise), as well as four grandsons, Denis, James, Paul and Eugene Nolan. |
Typed in from original obituary listed in Barry Examiner February 17, 1943, by Michael Nolan, son of James. Denis was my Great-great grandfather. | https://www.bradfordtoday.ca/postcard-memories/postcard-memories-remembering-the-nolan-family-of-bradford-6003439 | Michael Nolan | fournolans2003@yahoo.ca | 732 | More details | |
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