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Mayo / Re: McNulty of Swinford and Charlestown
« on: Sunday 12 December 10 16:19 GMT (UK)  »
Not sure if this will help but the baptismal sponsors for my grandmother Katharine Dougherty (bap. 7 Oct 1877 Toomore Parish) were Patrick McNulty and Ann Dempsey.  Katharine's family lived in Belgariff near Foxford.

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Mayo / Re: Crossmolina Chruch Records
« on: Wednesday 23 June 10 15:03 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your help.

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Mayo / Re: Crossmolina Chruch Records
« on: Sunday 20 June 10 21:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi Diane,
You are so wonderful to make this offer.  If I may impose on your kindness and ask when you have a chance to check the Crossmolina Church records for my g-grandparents Charles Dogherty/Doherty and Mary Kelley who married around 1860.  He was from Sligo and she was from Mayo.  They had 6 children in the Foxford/Belgariff area 1861-1877.  (Sponsors' names in baptisms were Ford, Roache, McNulty and Dempsey.)  He died in the Swinford workhouse in 1883.   I fear that they may have married in the Toomore parish and there are no surviving records for that time period.  But maybe I will get lucky and you will find them in Crossmolina.

Thanks so much!
Kate

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Sligo / Re: DOHERTY / O'DOHERTY
« on: Sunday 20 June 10 21:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi Simon and Kitty
This is just a shot in the dark -- don't know if this might help-- but my g-grandfather Charles Doherty/Dogherty was born in Sligo in 1832, married Mary Kelley and had 6 children in Foxford, Mayo between 1861-1877.  He died in the Swinford workhouse in 1883 and the family came in stages to Philadelphia.  There were 10 Charles Doherty/Doghertys born in Ireland in 1832-1837.  None in Mayo, 7 in Antrim, 1 in Louth, 1 in Sligo and 1 in Kildare.  Because Sligo is adjacent to Mayo, I paid for his BRS record and found:

Church Baptism Record Name:Charles Doherty  Date of Baptism / Birth:07-Aug-1832
Address:Parish / District:SLIGO
Gender: MaleCountyCo. Sligo Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Charles Mother:Anne Walsh Occupation: Sponsor 1 /Informant 1:Peter Gandly  (Could be Ganley, a common Sligo name) Sponsor 2 /    Informant 2:Margaret Lang
1858 Griffiths for Sligo/St. John’s  Only ONE Charles Doherty/Dogherty in all of Sligo.  Town of Sligo is about 50 miles from Foxford.

I then checked Griffiths Valuation for Sligo town and St. Johns and found:
Dogherty          John                 Sligo Charlotte-Street                        St. Johns     Sligo
Doherty           Charles              Town of Sligo Lower Quay Lane                 St. Johns     Sligo (I think this must have been my gg-grandfather.)
Doherty           Henry                Town of Sligo Castle Street                   St. Johns     Sligo
Doherty           James                Sligo Abbey Street                            St. Johns     Sligo
Doherty           James                Town of Sligo Church Hill (North Side)        St. Johns     Sligo
Doherty           James                Town of Sligo William Street                  St. Johns     Sligo
Doherty           Mary A. E.           Town of Sligo Castle Street                   St. Johns     Sligo
Doherty           Michael              Town of Sligo Georges Street (North Side)     St. Johns     Sligo
Doherty           Patrick              Town of Sligo Old Gallows-Hill                St. Johns     Sligo

I hope that helps you track your guy.  I think Doherty was a very common Sligo name, not so much in Mayo.
Kate



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Mayo / Charles Dogherty/Mary Kelly--seeking birth and marriage records
« on: Friday 15 January 10 17:55 GMT (UK)  »
Hello!!  I am new to this forum but it seems like it is populated with very helpful people.

 My g-grandparents were Charles Doherty/Dogherty and Mary Kelly/Kelley (she was born c. 1838 and died in 1901 in Philadelphia.)  Their 6 children were born in County Mayo (Belgariff, Knockatinny, and Foxford district.)  I have found birth or baptism records for 5 of the 6 children, but I would love help determining when the parents married (probably in that 1840-1870 gap in the Toomore RC marriage records.)  The oldest surviving child was born in 1863.  Through the North Mayo Family History Centre I found only one Charles Doherty got married in Mayo in the time period 1859-1863 and it was not this marriage.

Also, any advice for me as to how to get the parents' birth records?  In my searching I found that ten Charles Doughertys were baptised in Ireland 1832-1837.  None in Mayo, 7 in Antrim, 1 in Louth, 1 in Sligo and 1 in Kildare.  Perhaps since Sligo is adjacent to Mayo, that might be the likely one?  Were there many births/baptisms that went unrecorded from that time period?


And lastly, I found a Charles Doherty who died at age 50 in 1883 in the Swinford workhouse, former residence Callow, occupation was landholder--I don't know if that was my g-grandfather, but the family story was that he died when my grandmother (his daughter Catherine who was born in 1877) was young.  (Although the story said he was hit by a train in England, I have not been able to find a death record for him in England.)  Is there any way to verify through workhouse records who the next of kin was for this Charles Doherty? 

The family emigrated to Philadelphia, starting with the eldest daughters who found work, then followed by the mother and the youngest daughter (my grandmother.)  I have not yet found their immigration records.
Thanks for any help or advice!

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Mayo / Re: Swinford Workhouse
« on: Friday 15 January 10 16:47 GMT (UK)  »
A Charles Doherty died in the Swinford workhouse in 1883 and I believe this was my g-grandfather.  Do any records exist that would identify the next of kin so that I can confirm that it was the same man?  The death record on the North Mayo IFHF site lists his age, occupation, cause of death, and former residence but not enough information to positively tie him to my Dogherty/Doherty ancestors.
Thanks
Kate

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