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Donegal / Re: Love & Richey (Killimard) information sought
« on: Tuesday 02 October 12 00:48 BST (UK)  »
Hello Tara and AGHadowey,

If you read nothing else, please read the last paragraph as I want you to know your help really has made a difference.

I have just gained confirmation from my elderly grandmother that Alexander was unable to gain papers relating to his birth because they were destroyed in a fire, so that is in line with what you both stated. I'm not too worried about that though as John's father is named on his marriage registration - as William. Of course with a few Williams in the area, that is where it gets vague and as I am only adding entries to the family tree once I feel 99% certain about them, the trail has gone a bit cold.  :-\

That said, the fact that John and William appear on the Griffiths Valuation (1857) is really quite convincing that they were living near each other in Meenacally, and certainly the area is ringing bells with my grandmother even though she never actually visited there due to a family rift which began before she was even born.

The 1837 Tithe Applotment Book's reference to both William and a Robert living in Meenacally (North and South) is interesting because it raises the question of who Robert is in  relation to William. I would be thrilled if this was William's father and thus another generation back, but who knows? I will have to keep searching for clues ... Another bit of possible confirmation is that William's grandson Alexander named one of his sons Robert alongside a William, Alexander Jr., alongside a Tom / Thomas and if I recall correctly a John also. The same names seem to repeat across the generations.

Tara, in response to your question about no William being listed among the early children of John Love and Anne Richey/Ritchie, this does seem to parallel my grandmother's recall too. She doesn't recall any Uncle William being mentioned, but Uncles Andy and George plus an Aunt Anne were mentioned. So it could just be that they really did omit the name William for a generation.

Edrim Glebe I will ask about ... it does come up here and there with the names doesn't it!

The main thing though is to thank you both for your helpfulness ... and Tara you really did locate some gems there! You have both helped so much and I am truly grateful. It is wonderful that I can fill in blanks for my grandmother ... and finally I can show my elderly England-based grandmother where her grandfather appears to have farmed and lived in Meenacally - especially since it can be seen on Google Streetview. Amazing that technology can make that possible as it would have been unthinkable to her at her present 90+ years of age! That will mean so much to her and her single remaining sister.

So a big THANK YOU. You have helped some wonderful ripples to move through our family  :)

Cary

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Donegal / Re: Love & Richey (Killimard) information sought
« on: Monday 01 October 12 11:23 BST (UK)  »
Huge thanks to you both, Gaffy and Aghadowey;D
A reply to each of you is below. If you have any tips on getting to the earlier generations details then please do let me know.

Gaffy:
Thanks for linking to the census abstracts ... Identifying which of the William Love's is John's father and Alexander Love's grandfather is proving tricky! There were a few Williams as fathers of Johns, and as the geographic area is very small, I am taking villages other than Meenacally into account. I am wondering if these Loves were basically cousins etc.
Later today I am going to write them all out on separate sheets of paper and try to do a timeline to see if anything leaps out. It would be great to home in on William's father and mother if possible, as it would be going back that extra generation (or even two) as a result.

Aghadowey:
My goodness ... that is wonderful ... thanks so much for your help as it has filled in some question marks and gives a greater idea of Alexander's childhood ... It seems he was the second born (1872). Is it likely that the spellings Richey and Ritchie were variations belonging to that same family? I was filtering out the Ritchies thinking they must be different, but this suggests otherwise.

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Donegal / Love & Richey (Killimard) information sought
« on: Monday 01 October 12 03:36 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

This is my very first post here but I am desperately trying to go further back in my family tree.

I am a great grandson of:
a farmer named Alexander Love (b.1872, Killimard) and his wife Margaret McBride (her family tree encompasses Maxwells and at least one McCann) They married around 1903, settled in Ballyshannon area.
Their children included Lillian, Robert (Bob), Bertha, Edith, Kathleen, William, Alexander (Alec), Emily and others.

I seek as much information in particular about Alexander's Parents, also Killimard based. They are John Love (born 1828) and Anne Richey (born 1836).
They married 26/09/1854 in Killimard, I believe. Both their fathers were named William; William Love and William Richey. I don't seem to be able to find anything further back than this, so I am hoping someone reading this may be able to fill in some blanks.

Any details about their lives or more names on the family tree are very welcome!

Thanks in advance,
Cary

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