James Lancaster Esq (abt. 1810)

Born about 1810 in Fort William, County Roscommon, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (O'Hara) Lancaster — married 11 Sep 1856 in Saint Nicholas, County Galway, Ireland

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Biography

Reverend Canon^[1] James Lancaster was the son of Thomas Lancaster. ^[2]

He was from Fort William. ^[3]

In 1834 he was a church clerk. ^[3]

In 1837 he was "Registrar, James Lancaster Esq, Fort William, Ballinasloe". ^[4]

In 1840 he was of Tuam. ^[5]

"The Irish Missionary College was established in 1846 in Portnick, Ballinasloe for the purposes of instructing Church of Ireland clergy in the Irish language with the intention of proselytising to the Irish masses that could not speak English. ‘It had been founded by Rev. James Lancaster, secretary of the Connaught Auxiliary of the Irish Society to train clergymen in the Irish language’." ^[6]

He married Anne O'Hara, Galway 1856. ^[7]

In 1862 he was a clerk at The Vicarage, Inistiogue, County Kilkenny, Ireland. ^[2]

In 1876 he was rector of Altany, Durrow, Queen's County. ^[8]

James died before the 1901 census, where his wife is recorded as a widow.

Research Notes

Possibly died Roscommon 1879. ^[9]

Sources

• Several mentions including James's 1836 appointment as an officer to the Connaught Home Mission Society: https://books.google.gr/books?id=SwJjAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA617&lpg=PA617&dq=James+Lancaster+Tuam&source=bl&ots=Ww4LboLHy1&sig=R75ss9ePh4MeLAi77o2L9UWvlvU&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=James%20Lancaster%20Tuam&f=false

1. ↑ Handwritten family tree by James's descendent Arthur Mills.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23422-14638-18?cc=1921305 : accessed 16 December 2015), Calendar of Wills and Administrations > 1861-1863 > image 284 of 904; Principal Probate Registry, Dublin.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Roscommon Journal, 27 Jun 1834, http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=fort%20william&county=roscommon%2c%20republic%20of%20ireland

   THE CHURCH. James Lancaster, Esq. of Fort William, Ballinasloe, has been appointed by his Grace the Archbishop of Tuam, to the office of Register of the Diocese in the room of the Rev. Lewis Potter, promoted.

4. ↑ https://books.google.fr/books?id=4DU_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA199
5. ↑ Brian Nugent, @tuambabies, 2018, page 277, https://books.google.fr/books?id=CupVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA277
6. ↑ Moffitt, Soupers and Jumpers, page 10, http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4070/1/full.pdf
7. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV8-2852 : 4 February 2020), James Lancaster and Anne O'Hara, Marriage 11 Sep 1856, St. Nicholas, County Galway, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,377.
8. ↑ "Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23429-8242-81?cc=1921305 : accessed 7 February 2016), Calendar of Wills and Administrations > 1876 > image 218 of 409; Principal Probate Registry, Dublin.
9. ↑ "Ireland Landed Estate Court Files, 1850-1885," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNS-DYF : 16 December 2019), James Lancaster, 1879; citing Roscommon, Ireland, volume date Jul-Dec 1879, volume 137, document 032, National Archives, Dublin.