For a reference to Anglo Irish migration we suggest a visit to the Irish Ancestors . The records also show there were three Munford households paying taxes in the County of Meath in the primary property survey of 1848-64.
Griffith's Valuations
(ca. 1854) notes three Munford’s in County Meath, Leinster Ireland viz: Thomas
Munford lived in County Meath, Union of Oldcastle, Barony of Fore, in the Parish
of Oldcastle in the town of Oldcastle. He rented a house, yard and garden on
Chapel Street from James W. L. Napier.
Charles
Munford lived in County Meath, Union of Kells, Barony of Upper Kells in the
Parish of Kilskeer in the town of Pottlereagh. He rented a house from
James W. L. Napier and Charles Roe.
John Munford lived in County Meath, Union of Kells, Barony of Upper Kells in the Parish of Kilskeer in Smithtown. He rented a house from Edward McKeon.
Courtesy of Cathy
Habes, descendant of James Mumford
A search on the Irish Genealogy Web Site produces nil hits for Munford but four birth records of females with the more common MUMFORD surname born between 1801 and 1886.
On the website for Clontarf Castle Hotel Dublin there is the mention of the land given to Cromwells's army in Dublin in 1641. A further reference to the Cromwellian settlement of Ireland can be found here. Whilst there is no reference to Munford, there is both a Mumford and a Nettleship. The latter name features strongly in our own family tree.
JAMES MUNFORD came to Charleston South Carolina in 1790 from County Derry, Ireland. He married Mary Cathcart, also from County Derry. They had two daughters one of whom was Mary M. Munford, who was born in SC in 1799. She married William Pattison in 1822 in SC. William was born in County Antrim in 1897. He was orphaned, and brought to the US with an Aunt Charlotte Erwin. Mary and William Pattison moved to Illinois after they were married. Then in 1849 they took a wagon train west to Oregon, arriving in The Dalles Oregon in November. They had 6 sons with them, 2 daughter in laws (one died of cholera in Ash Hollow, Nebraska on the trip) and a grandchild. Extracted from a newspaper article dated 1949 on Wm. and Mary M (Munford) Pattison. Further details may be had by clicking here. They are buried in Oakville Cemetery, Albany, Linn County Oregon.
Courtesy of Jean Mangan, Spokane, WA.
The National Archives of Ireland make reference to a James Munford aged 18 years who went to trial in County Armagh for Larceny on 07/08/1841 and was sentenced to seven years transportation to the Australian penal colonies.
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