Jane Wallace Census Records

1821 Census for Crosserlough Parish, Cavan County, Ireland (1821)
Townland
Parish
Enumeration Date
 Duffcastle
 Crosserlough
 sometime in 1821

Name
Relationship
Age
Occupation
No. of House
No. of Stories
No. of Acres
Townland
 1st Wallace Family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ann Wallace
 Widow
 28
 Flax Spinner
 15
 1
 
 Duffcastle
 Jane Wallace
 Daughter
 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2nd Wallace Family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mary Wallace
 
 42
 Flax Spinner
 20
 1
 
 Duffcastle
 William Wallace
 Son
 10
 
 
 
 
 
John Wallace
 Son
 6
 
 
 
 
 
 Mary Wallace
 Daughter
 17
 Flax Spinner
 
 
 
 
 Jane Wallace
 Daughter
 19
 Flax Spinner
 
 
 
 
 Martha Wallace
 Daughter
 12
 Flax Spinner
 
 
 
 

Notes on the 1821 Census
  • The above census data were provided by the Cavan County Library in November 1989 and July 1992 letters.
  • An attempt has been made to reproduce all data exactly as it is on the original record; some wording changes have been made for clarity and further information on the meaning of column headings is on the census sheet.
  • If wish to explore any of this data further, please contact Dave directly.
  • It is known that the Jane Wallace that married William Knowles and who is the mother of our William Wallace Knowles was from Duff Castle.
  • Most of the Irish records were lost in a fire in 1921; showever, information is available from the 1821 Census.
  • There are two Wallace families in Duff Castle for the 1821 Census and they both had Jane Wallaces. The data from both are shown above. These two Wallace families only lived 5 house numbers apart and were likely related to each other.
  • One Jane Wallace is the daughter of Mary and was born in 1801/1802. Given that our Jane Wallace married in November 1847 and then had her first child in November 1848 and another about 1855, it it most likely that this Jane Wallace is our Jane Wallace.
  • The other Jane Wallace is the daughter of Ann and was born in 1818/1819. While this data appears more correct, there are two issues. A baptismal record for Jane Wallace for 23 May 1819 for St. Patrick's Church, Kildrumferton (Crosserlough), which is the same parish for Duff Castle, shows that her parents were John and Mary Wallace and not Ann Wallace. In addition, our Jane noted that her father was named John, but that he was a pensioner. So the woman, Ann (widow) above does not appear to be the mother of our Jane Wallace.
  • From Jane's 23 May 1819 Baptismal Record, it was found that one of the sponsors was Jane Wallace. This Jane was possibly an aunt, perhaps the 19 year old Jane listed as the daughter of Mary above.
  • Given that Duff Castle was a very small place, it is likely that these Wallace families are connected to ours and may even be in our line so this record will be retained for future reference.