./2018-10-09T00:00:00-04:00Family history2018-10-09T00:00:00-04:002018-10-09T00:00:00-04:00Ed Hamiltontag:None,2018-10-09:./anastasia-lawton-hankard-of-cork-and-east-boston-massachusetts.html

<p>In the first article in this series, we identified John Aloysius Hankard's paternal grandparents as John Hankard and Anastasia Lawton, both born in Ireland. On her marriage record, Anastasia said her father's name was John. Could we find Anastasia's Irish county of origin?</p>

<p>In the first article in this series, <a href="john-aloysius-hankard-east-boston-massachusetts.html">John Aloysius Hankard, East Boston, Mass</a>, we identified John Aloysius Hankard's paternal grandparents as John Hankard and Anastasia Lawton, both born in Ireland. On her marriage record, Anastasia said her father's name was John. Could we find Anastasia's Irish county of origin?</p> <p>Anastasia named her daughters Caroline, Dora, Mary, and Louisa. Was one of them named after Anastasia's mother? I tried Caroline first but didn't find anything. Then I looked at familysearch.org for any Lawtons in Massachusetts with a father named John and mother Dora. I found a William Lawton who was married in Boston in 1885 to Margaret Meade. His parents were John and Dora. The marriage was also registered in Taunton.¹</p> <p>Anastasia (Lawton) Hankard died in Taunton in 1876, and her husband John was in the Taunton City Directory for that year. I looked in the directory again, this time for William Lawton. In 1876 William was at the same address as John and Anastasia Hankard.² So it is almost a certainty that Anastasia and William Lawton were brother and sister. This could explain why Anastasia's death record said her father's name was William, not John.</p> <p>When William Lawton died in 1911, his death record said his parents were John Lawton and Dora Cashman.³ The names Lawton and Cashman occur together on Griffith's Valuation only in Cork and Waterford.⁴</p> <p>Anastasia was born about 1831 according to her American records. I looked at rootsireland.ie for "Lawton, An*", father's name = John, born from 1826 to 1836, born anywhere in Ireland. There were two listed:</p> <p class="centerblock"> Church Baptism Lawton Anastatia 1830 Co. Cork <br> Church Baptism Lawton Anastatia 1832 Co. Cork </p> <p>One of these is probably "our" Anastasia Lawton. I didn't find William Lawton's baptism.</p> <p>I also came across a posting from August 2000 on the Cork message board at rootsweb.com, that might refer to Anastasia's extended family. If so, she is from Kilmacahill in the Parish of Cloyne, in East Cork. The message mentions an Anastasia Lawton and a Dora Cashman who are probably relatives. Given names run in families and in localities. These aren't the two women we have been discussing, but I don't think this is just a coincidence.⁵</p> <p>Also, there is a John Lawton in Kilmacahill on the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1837) and also in Griffith's Valuation.^{6, 7}</p> <p>Finally, there is an Anty Lawton, age 17, who arrived in Boston on July 7, 1848, aboard the Britain, of St. John, New Brunswick. She had departed from Cork. This could also be "our" Anastasia Lawton.⁸</p> <p>So if one of my ancestors were Anastasia Lawton and I was looking for her townland of origin, I would definitely start my search in the area of Kilmacahill, East Cork.</p> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <p>Sources not mentioned here are given in the first article.</p> <ol> <li> "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N49T-9MR : accessed 06 Jan 2014), William C. Lawton and Margaret Meade, 1885.</li> <li> 1876 Taunton City Directory, at ancestry.com</li> <li> Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4D2-7Y3 : accessed 06 Jan 2014), William C Lawton, 1911.</li> <li> Irish Times, Irish Ancestors -- Surname Search.</li> <li> zzwrigm, "Lawton", 26 Aug 2000, at Rootsweb, Cork, General, Message Board.</li> <li> National Archives of Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, for Kilmacahill.</li> <li> Griffith's Valuation at ancestry.com.</li> <li> Boston, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1954, about Anty Lawton, at ancestry.com.</li> </ol>2018-10-09T00:00:00-04:002018-10-09T00:00:00-04:00Ed Hamiltontag:None,2018-10-09:./john-aloysius-hankard-east-boston-massachusetts.html

<p>On November 22, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, my wife's great aunt, Abigail Ellen "Abbie" (Page) Heise married John Aloysius Hankard. John's parents were recorded as John Hankard and Hannah Keegan. I recognized Keegan as an Irish name, assumed Hankard was also, and decided to see if I could trace either family back to at least the county of origin in Ireland.</p>

<p>On November 22, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, my wife's great aunt, Abigail Ellen "Abbie" (Page) Heise married John Aloysius Hankard. John's parents were recorded as John Hankard and Hannah Keegan.¹</p> <p>I recognized Keegan as an Irish name, assumed Hankard was also, and decided to see if I could trace either family back to at least the county of origin in Ireland. We'll start with the Hankards.</p> <h3>John and Anastasia (Lawton) Hankard</h3> <p>Abbie's husband, John A. Hankard, was born at 4 Endicott Street, Boston, on July 11, 1881. His parents had been married in Boston on March 30, 1880. On the marriage record, John's parents were listed as John and Anastasia.^2,3</p> <p>This couple appears on the 1860 and 1865 censuses of Ward 2, (East) Boston, with children John, Thomas, Caroline, James, and William. In 1870 they were living in North Providence, Rhode Island, with two more children added: Michael J, and Dora L. Both parents were born in Ireland.⁴</p> <p>In the 1876 Taunton City Directory, John Hankard and son Thomas are living on Broadway at the corner of Randall. It is in Taunton that John's wife Anastasia dies on May 8, 1876. Her death record tells us that her maiden name was Lawton, and her father's name was given as William. Her mother's name was unknown.^5,6</p> <p>This maiden name helps us to identify the marriage record of "John Hankin" and "Anstis Lawton" in Boston on October 5, 1852, as being for this couple. John was 25 at the time and Anastasia was 21. John's father's name was Thomas, and Anastasia's father was named John. I would favor the marriage record for the correct name of Anastasia's father, since Anastasia herself would be providing the information, not one of her survivors.⁷</p> <p>Continued in <a href="john-hankard-of-east-boston-massachusetts.html">John Hankard, of East Boston, Massachusetts</a>. See also <a href="anastasia-lawton-hankard-of-cork-and-east-boston-massachusetts.html">Anastasia (Lawton) Hankard of Cork and East Boston, Massachusetts</a> and <a href="peter-and-mary-ann-mcmahon-keegan-of-boston-massachusetts.html">Peter and Mary Ann (McMahon) Keegan of Boston, Massachusetts</a>.</p> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <ol> <li> Mass Register of Vital Records, Marriages, 1902, Vol. 527, Page 236, and "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4QT-5H3 : accessed 24 Dec 2013), John Hankard and Abbie E. Page Heise, 1902.</li> <li> Partially transcribed at: "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4YB-LB5 : accessed 25 Dec 2013), John Hankard, 11 Jul 1881.</li> <li> "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N43X-WPJ : accessed 25 Dec 2013), John A. Hankard and Hannah Keegan, 1880.</li> <li> 1860 Census of Ward 2, Boston, MA, Series M653, Roll 520, Page 677, East Boston Post Office.</li> <li>1865 Mass State Census, Ward 2, Boston, taken May 1, 1865, "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQH7-2XR : accessed 25 Dec 2013), John Hankard, 1865.</li> <li>1870 Census, North Providence, Rhode Island, Centerdale Post Office, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFFW-H2S : accessed 25 Dec 2013), John Hankerd, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. , family 13, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552975.</li> <li> Taunton City Directories, at ancestry.com</li> <li> Deaths registered in the city of Taunton:</li> <li>Anastasia Hankard (Lawton)<br> Died May 8, 1876, in Taunton, Mass<br> female, married, age 43, residing in Taunton, born in Ireland<br> cause: consumption<br> father: William, born in Ireland<br> mother: unknown, born in Ireland<br> "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NWHT-WX3 : accessed 25 Dec 2013), Anastasia Lawton Hankard, 1876.</li> <li> Transcription only at "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHGK-T92 : accessed 25 Dec 2013), John Hankin and Anstis Lawton, 05 Oct 1852.</li> </ol>