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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Robert Sherrard married Mary Buchanan
« on: Thursday 28 April 16 12:34 BST (UK) »I have read all the above posts and am fascinated. My Buchanan family stems from Limavady, Derry and I cannot find any trace of them. My 3 times grandfather is David Joseph Buchanan, Presbyterian born 1825 who was a British soldier who fought in the Crimean war in 1850. He returned to Ireland and married four times, converting to RC to marry his third wife. He had no children that I am aware of until he married Elizabeth Ridgeway from Co. Longford in 1877 and that's my Buchanan line. However, the photos uploaded on this link are uncanny, because they are so much like my family, yet the name David is not here. Would he have been disowned and written out of the family because he changed to RC? His father was also David Buchanan and his mother was Isabella McCutcheon. I would be so thrilled if I could solve this mystery.
But my David Joseph Buchanan was either Presbyterian or Church of Ireland. He wasn't Catholics
Is that is response to this comment?
The problem with your David Joseph Buchanan in my branch of the family is the middle name Joseph. Due to the sentiments expressed in those days in my branch of the family, it is unlikely that there would be anyone in the family with the name Joseph.
If so, several of us are also puzzled by that remark. If the poster is implying that Joseph is a name used only by Catholics then she is incorrect.