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Mayo / Re: Frain Family
« on: Wednesday 29 May 24 19:04 BST (UK)  »
You might be interested in the family tree at

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/MZW8-MDQ

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Mayo / Re: Frain Family
« on: Sunday 21 June 20 12:27 BST (UK)  »
The use of Doogerry, or some variation on that name, also caused me great confusion.  I now believe that, at one time, the locals referred to Carrownaraha as Doogerry.  The placename Doogerry now appears to be lost.

Darby Moran (Margaret Moran's father) is recorded in the Griffith Valuation as a landholder in Carrownaratha.  The maps on http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ identify the holding as the farm where I spent some of my summer holidays about 70 years ago.  He is identified as living in Doogerry as the father of the bride on the wedding cert. 

Some time ago I did a search for various registration certs for those living in Carrownaraha in the 1901 Census.  On almost all that I found the residence was recorded as Doogerry and not Carrownaraha. I did see one reference to Springhill which is a neighboring  "townland".

Doogerry was the address that my father and mother used in writing to my grandparents until the early 50s.  At that stage, the Post Office requested that the address be changed to Springhill.

I have failed to find any reference on the web to a placename of Doogerry or similar in that area.  After a gap of about 30 years, I revisited the area in the 80's  I sought instructions from the Garda station in Ballyvary.  No one there had any knowledge of Doogerry.  I set out to find it and got instructions from an elderly gentleman who gave me details of my grandfather's holding.

There is a place called Doohana which is very close to Carrownaraha.  On the Griffith Valuation Maps, the Moran holding(s) are close to Doohana.  I often wonder if Doogerry was a corruption of Doohana.  Perhaps someone local might have some local knowledge.






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Mayo / Re: Frain Family
« on: Sunday 21 June 20 01:08 BST (UK)  »
Bridget married Michael Kelly in 1914 in Straid Church.
 They lived in Cloonconlon near Straid.  They lived in Cloonconlon near Straide for the remainder of their 51 yrs. together. They had 11 children. 1. First born died 2. Nora 3. James 4. Delia 5. Ann 6. Thomas 7. John Died from Pneumonia 18mths 8. Rose 9. Mary 10. Theresa 11. Philomena. I presume one of the children is your mother. If that is so you have second cousins living in Mayo

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Mayo / Re: Frain Family
« on: Saturday 20 June 20 23:30 BST (UK)  »
Jfk1964

There are three Bridgets in my family tree.
My Great Grand Mother, Bridget Moran Frain (born c 1856 d, 1915)
My Grandmother, Bridget Kenny Frain ( about 1880 - about 1954)
My Grand Aunt Bridget Frain (1880 - 1965) is the person mentioned here.

My great-great-grandfather Richard Frain (born about 1805) had a daughter and several Grandchildren named Bridget.  I have no information about these,  Do you have any dates, names of brothers, sisters, other relatives or placenames?  There is a  lot of information available on https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ re. births deaths and marriages.  The 1901 and 1911 census records are available at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/. 

Take Care

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Mayo / Re: Frain Family
« on: Thursday 30 August 18 22:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi Nurmal,

I received your message shortly before I went on holiday and intended to get back to you when I returned.  Many things have happened since and I regret that I never got back to you. 

I have also gathered up a lot of information about the family since I last heard from you.  I have found a record in the 1911 UK census that shows Pat and John lodging at Wombwell. Their occupation was given as Coal Miner Dataller.  I know that my grandfather, John, left mining during the 1926 general strike and worked on the buildings.  I have als found various records about Michael who went to America.  Bridget married Michael Kelly in 1914 in Straid Church. They lived in Cloonconlon near Straide for the remainder of their 51 yrs. together.

I change computer about 6 months ago and have done no work on family history in the last 8/9 months.  I have a lot of documentation taken from various sources an it will take some time to reassemble some of it.  I have looked briefly for the census record mentioned above and have not been able to locate it quickly.    I will do a bit of work on this over the coming week.  I would prefer to correspond over direct email (*).
I tried to send the actual address using this forum but the email address was deleted.  Can you send me your new email to my address.

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Mayo / Re: Frain Family
« on: Friday 23 June 17 22:41 BST (UK)  »
Yllek

This morning I saw your reply which contained an email address. The contents of your message were deleted when I retrieved it this evening. Can you repost your message or send the email address to (*)

frainj



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Mayo / Re: Frain Family
« on: Saturday 10 June 17 00:06 BST (UK)  »
Was looking through the Internet for information on Thomas Frain and cane across your post. I am Bridget Frains Granddaughter.
Quote from: Yllek on Friday 16 January 15 02:46 GMT (UK)


I am almost certain that I am your second cousin. My Grandfather was John Frain who was Thomas's brother.  Over the years I have collected some material about the family and am currently trying to write it up for my grand children. The only information I have about your grand mother is a record of her marriage from the local registry. I have attached a copy. I understand that several of her nephews/nieces stayed with her in Aston when they emigrated but I have no details.

I have copies of some of Thomas's service records, a photo of his service medal. His memorial is on Pier and Face 15 A of the Thiepval Memorial. His birth cert records his birth date as 20 February 1914 at Dooghery (probably a misspell). The use of some variant of Dooghery in their address has given rise to a lot of misunderstanding.  The correct address is Carrownaraha.  Tradition is that  the Frains (great-grandfather) originated in East Mayo. Places, that I remember being mentioned, were Barnacogue mountain (site of Knock Airport) and nearby Kilkelly, Swinford and Kiltimagh.  There is an area called Doogary just outside Kilkelly. Perhaps the house was named after Doogary to indicate that this was the John Frain from Doogary.


Is this material of any interest to you?  Nurmal, who started this conversation is also a second cousin of ours. I was in contact with him some time ago but he has no recent  posts
If

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