mclaughlan

[trinity2]

looking for any help with john mclaughlan married to bridget mcdonagh lived in donegal possibly derry died around 1870s only have one son so far james b.1866.i know its very little to go on ,anything would help .

[Christopher]

Hello trinity2,

I looked at the online extracts of Griffith's Valuations of Donegal which took place in the county in 1857 for the surname McDonagh. If you try to search names starting with Mc you tend to get a nil result so it's best to drop the Mc and search for Donagh. You'll find that Mc comes at the end of the list. There were a larger number of McDonaghs in Derry than in Donegal. I feel it would probably be a better tactic to search for Bridget's family than John's family as marriages tended to take place in the bride's parish.

Thomas Mc Donagh, Fanaghans, Inver
Patrick Mc Donagh, Market Square, Carndonagh, Donagh
Bernard Mc Donagh. Glenkeeran, Raphoe
Patrick Mc Donagh, Glencrow, Moville Upper
Patrick Mc Donagh, Malin Road, Moville, Moville Lower
James Mc Donagh, Pound Street, Carndonagh, Donagh
Catherine Mc Donagh, Garrowcarry, Kilmacrenan
Mary Mc Donagh, Fair Green Row, Moville, Moville Lower
Michael Mc Donagh, Ballybrollaghan, Inver

Good luck with the search.

Chris

[trinity2]

thank you for the post christopher, i havent been doing much research lately i must get to it ,i do miss searching endless pages of possibles,the mention of a farm in ireland derry,donegal also talk of comming here to purchase another farm,john was a bricklayer to trade so it was passed down in family stories bits and pieces, i do believe my grt granda was born in ireland as to what age he was when he came here i dont know,some have said young around 8yrs some say around 19yrs id go for the latter as he retained his irish accent throughout his life,he apparently left when his parents passed on,there was a large family the rest went to usa pennsylvannia i do ramble on a bit thanks again