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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Donegal => Topic started by: Moira27 on Wednesday 25 March 15 13:47 GMT (UK)
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Hoping for help and advice on finding facts and family
my great grand mothers name was margaret algie, she had a brother called john and her parents were james and eliza.
found my great grand mothers birth -
margaret ann algoe
date of birth 4 January 1863
date of baptism 15 march 1863
address figart, parish/district raphoe, county donegal, denomination church of ireland, father james algoe - labourer,
great great grand parents marriage -
date of marriage 8 sept 1859
parish/district convoy, county donegal, husband james algoe, address raphoe, denomination Presbyterian, occupation labourer, age full age (over 21), status widower (male), husbands father james algoe - farmer
wife eliza haly, address ruskey, denomination Presbyterian, occupation labourer, age full age (over 21), wife's father john haly, occupation farmer
witness 1 Robert beattie,
great grand mothers siblings -
james algeo, birth 13 aug 1860, baptism 31 October 1860, rooskey, raphoe, donegal, Presbyterian, father james algeo, mother eliza Jane healey
not recorded (john) algeo, birth 13 may 1865, baptism 12 aug 1865, ruskey raymochey, manorcunningham, donegal, civil record, father james algeo, labourer, mother eliza Jane
great great grandmothers sibling -
eleanor healey, birth 24 sept 1849, baptism 18 October 1849, ruskey, raphoe, donegal, Presbyterian, father john healey, mother margaret mitchel
griffiths valuation
john healy, landlord john Craig, county donegal, barony raphoe, north, union letterkenny, parish raymoghy, townland roosky, placename roosky, place type townland
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james algeo was a widower when he married eliza - according to his death certificate his first wife was Martha mcnaught
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http://www.rootschat.com/links/01f0f/
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All Presbyterian, Heal*, Donegal born, on 1901Census...
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01f0h/
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All Presby, Alg* on 1901 Census for all of Ireland... http://www.rootschat.com/links/01f0j/
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Hello
You seemed to have already gathered quite a bit of information on this family is there something specific you need help with? As you don't state in your post.
Regards
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I'm sorry.......was too focused on providing relevant details, just forgot to say what I would like help with ::)
I would like help with -
My research shows that my great grandmother margaret ann algoe had 2 siblings, james and john. I know about john, I found him on 1891 census living with my great grand parents in lanarkshire.
With regards to john all I've found is his baptism record. I would like to find out more about him and if there were anymore siblings.
Margaret, james and johns mother was eliza Jane healy - I've been unable to find birth or baptism record for her.
I did find one for her sister eleanor, born 1849 - would like more about her
This afternoon I discovered another sister, margaret, born 1826, married Joseph Kelso and emmigrated to Canada.
Due to the dates of the 3 sisters births, 1826, 1844 and 1849, I would assume there are more siblings - who are they?
As for the parents john healy and margaret Mitchell all I know is from griffiths and tithe records - where did they come from, when did they marry and when and where did they die?
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From tree in family search I can see
Margaret 1863
John 1864
William Paul 1868
Mary Chapman 1870
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:371H-DW5
James not on this tree
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Well I posted all the Algies etc on 1901 and you haven't even commented on whether you've even looked at them or not... or the Healys!!
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I have looked at 1901 records but I don't know what to look for - information I have regarding family is from mid 1800's, but from studying the 1901/11 records nothing ties in.
The tree on family search is mine, it's imported it from ancestry :)
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Finding out further details from the time period will be difficult, unsure how long you have been working on your tree but it took me many years to build up a comprehensive story to add to the bear facts such as marriages, births etc. It depends how much time you are prepared to give it and how passionate you are in chasing up every small lead.
John Healy was a farmer, have you looked for Estate records in the area where he was farming in the 1800's? other records such as Petty Session records also exist for the second half of the 19C
A look at the Griffith revision books would give you a rough idea when John died if the land was kept in the family. I see from the Griffith map that the land farmed by John Healy is now part of a tree plantation, the house on the plot of land seems to be gone by the early 20th century as can be seen on the OSI maps.http://www.osi.ie/Home.aspx
Records abroad may eventually reveal further siblings on the Healy line, as at least some are sure to have emigrated. Ordnance survey memoirs for the parish of Ray from the 1830's would also help to flesh out the family story, the Laggan area has a rich history of documents stretching back to the Plantation so there are probably still quite a few avenues you could explore.
One other course is to look at ALL people in the general area sharing the surname/s you are interested in as many of these families are interlinked.
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Algie is a scotish name
http://www.surnamedb.com/surname/algie can be spelt Algeo
donegal resources
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal
come down the page and type in search box, Algeo or Algie, Algeo mention at Clondahorky