Source: KILKENNY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Based on the information given we examined our County database for records relating to your ancestors.
We noted the birth of ROBERT WEMYSS on 3rd    August 1882, parents were Robert and Ellen, his baptism was on 6th  August 1882.
•	The marriage of ROBERT and ELLEN was noted in civil records from Thomastown District,6th  February 1879.
•	We have also noted siblings of Robert and have transcribed these as well as above.
•	We next sought baptism of Robert father of Robert born 3rd  August 1882 but had no success.

We suggest that the marriage of Robert and Ellen may have been what is known as a mixed marriage because we have found no record of it in Catholic Parish Records from Thomastown though the fact that it took place there is verified by the civil record which does not identify where the ceremony took place.
•	We sought death record of this Robert and noted it on 19th  October 1907 from Thomastown District as follows: 19th  October1907,
Robert Wemyss, married 50 years, labourer, Jerpoint Abbey. Death reported by Ellen Wemyss, who was present at death.
Source:	Thomastown District Death Register, no.12. p58 Office of Co. Clinic Kilkenny.

If Robert was baptised into the Church of Ireland it would account for the fact that his record was undiscovered because our holdings are short on many baptisms, marriages and burials that no longer survive. The Wemyss family had land in the civil parish of Danesfort according to the Tithe Survey.

The earliest reference to the surname in our database was in the Hearth
Money (Tax) Rolls of 1622— James Wemys (sic) townland of Danesfort,
Civil Parish of Danesfort.
The Census of Population 1901 returns included one ROBERT WIMS
(sic) resident in Jerpoint Abbey townland, there were ten persons in his
household.

Extracts of marriage and baptism from the Civil District of
Thomastown,. Co. Kilkenny

Robert Weymess Married:Ellen Kavanagh
Marriage date:	6th  February 1879
Witnesses:	John Kelly & Ellen Forristal
Husbands Residence:	Thomastown
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Father:	John Wemyss/gentleman
Wife’s Residence:	Jerpoint
father:	Thomas Kavanagh/Labourer
Note:	(Ages given as full).
Source :Thomastown District Register 4 page 110.

There was no ecclesiastical record of marriage noted but the following baptisms were noted to them:
JOHN:
Birth date:	13th  June 1881
Baptism date:	l4th  June 1881
Sponsors:	John Cody& Ellen Forrestall
Residence:	Jerpoint

ROBERT:
Birth date:	3rd  August 1882
Baptism date:	6th August 1882
Sponsors:	Anne Byrne (Sp2 not recorded).
Residence:	Jerpoint

MARGARET:
Baptism date:	l8th  May 1884
Sponsors:	Patrick Cullen & Elizabeth Spellane
Residence:	Jerpoint

JAMES:
Birth date:              8th November 1886
Baptism date:	9th November 1886
Sponsors:	Edward Walsh & Mary Walsh
Residence:	Logan Street

ELLEN:
Birth date:	16th March 1889
Baptism date:	6th August 1889
Sponsors:	Patrick Follis & Kate Walsh
Residence:	Logan Street

CATHERINE:
Birth date:            18th March 1892
Baptismdate:	20th  March 1892
Sponsors:	Patrick Walsh & Mary Neil
Residence:	Maudlin Street

THOMAS:
Birth date:              25th April 1893
Baptism date:	27th April 1893
Sponsors:	John Byrne & Mary Anne Walsh
Residence:	Jerpoint.

Source: Thomastown Catholic Parish Records/register 3 pages 284,289,295,306.
Register 4 pages 12,39,49.

Note: Records are transcribed as they appear in the register, hence variation in the spelling.