Rush Family

[John McN]

Does anyone have any information on the Rush family
listed in the 1901 Census in Ballymurray. :?:
There was Michael (67)or(47) - Mary (54)
Martin (23) Katie (22) John (20) Winnie (19)
Michael (18) James (17) and MaryEllen Harlow (5)niece.
We may be related to Martin.

[John McN]

I'm trying to determine if there is a link between
the Martin Rush in the 1901 Ballymurray Census
and the following Rush Family.
Father - Martin Rush
Children - Mary K. (b.1902)
Winifred (b.1904) Ellen (b.1906)
Margaret (b. 1908) Michael (b. 1910).
It's possible they lived in Batford, Fuerty
at some time.

[John McN]

In 1925, Martin Rush was living in
Batford, Fuerty, Co. Roscommon.
Does anyone know where that is?
and how far it is from Ballymurray?

[Andrew Garrick]

I can't identify Batford itself, but Fuerty is about 2.5 miles south-west of Roscommon town.

Ballymurray is about 2.5 miles south-east of Roscommon on the N61 main road to Athlone. It lies about 5 miles due East of Fuerty cross-country.

They're both on OS sheet 40 (Discovery Series) from the Ordnance Survey of Ireland.

Hope that helps

[John McN]

Andrew,
I believe you have the wrong Ballymurray.
The one I'm asking about is in Elphin Parish.
I think you reference the one in Kilmeane Parish
in Athlone Barony.
Thanks anyway.

[Andrew Garrick]

Yes, it was the Kilmeane one I was referring to.

Elphin would be quite a long way from Fuerty - up in the North of County Roscommon.

[Andrew Garrick]

Yes, it was the Kilmeane one I was referring to.

Elphin would be quite a long way from Fuerty - up in the North of County Roscommon.

[maggiemole]

John,

A Martin Rush in Fuerty was the parish priest, but I think that may have been too early for your man. He married various members of my family in the nineteenth century, all in Fuerty.
If I can help more, do ask.
Maggie Berry