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Durham / Re: Irish in Co Durham
« on: Saturday 11 February 12 17:09 GMT (UK) »
Dear J.T.A.
The following is the information I have, which makes me think they might have possibly come from Drogheda or Dublin since both had ports. JAMES HENRY DOWDLE was born in Hartlepool in 1904.he worked in the shipyard as did his father Patrick Dowdle and his grandfather Patrick Dowdle(Sr). His father PATRICK DOWDLE was born in Sunderland, Co Durham in 1875. Patrick Dowdle married Catherine Keechen in Sunderland in 1873. Keechen is obviously misspelled. The Irish brogue lent itself to a lot of interpretation to various spellings. PATRICK DOWDLE SR. was born abt 1850 in Ireland. They had cousins in Scotland by the name of McDonnell who were born in Ireland. Since McDonnell is an Ulster name it gives more weight to the idea that this Dowdle family came from Ulster but..........
Thank you,
Margaret
The following is the information I have, which makes me think they might have possibly come from Drogheda or Dublin since both had ports. JAMES HENRY DOWDLE was born in Hartlepool in 1904.he worked in the shipyard as did his father Patrick Dowdle and his grandfather Patrick Dowdle(Sr). His father PATRICK DOWDLE was born in Sunderland, Co Durham in 1875. Patrick Dowdle married Catherine Keechen in Sunderland in 1873. Keechen is obviously misspelled. The Irish brogue lent itself to a lot of interpretation to various spellings. PATRICK DOWDLE SR. was born abt 1850 in Ireland. They had cousins in Scotland by the name of McDonnell who were born in Ireland. Since McDonnell is an Ulster name it gives more weight to the idea that this Dowdle family came from Ulster but..........
Thank you,
Margaret