Irish in Co Durham

[Mr J T Arthur]

Hello J.T.A. There are no baptisms for Malone or any variations on that name at Our Lady Immaculate and St Cuthbert, Crook.
The dates that you have given would suggest that it May be Our lady and St Thomas, Willington.
There is one death entry for Crook and that is Malone Jacobus, 8/September/1878 aged 3 years, address Willington.
Crook will have been the burial place because like Wolsingham it had its own Catholic graveyard.

Adam

Hello Adam,

I was thinking that the Malone children born at Stanley Crook may have been baptised at St Joseph's, Tow Law. I note you do look up offers for that church on a separate posting but I don't see a reply box for to enter my request so I'm trying here.

The three children of John Malone and Catherine McPhillips are:
7th child: Rose Ann was born at Stanley Crook in the December quarter of 1882.
8th child: Bridget was born at Stanley Crook in the December quarter of 1884.
9th child: Elizabeth was born Stanley Crook in the December quarter of 1886.

Compliments of the Season,
J.T.A.

[Adamand]

Hello J.T.A. They are not in the Tow Law or Wolsingham registers.
So they not at crook, not at Tow Law, Wolsingham, so they must be in the Willington registers.
I even crossed checked against the maiden names of McPhilips (none)and Fitzpatrick without any luck

Adam

[Mr J T Arthur]

Many thanks Adam, they appear to have lived at Willington on their return from Ireland in 1878 where one of their sons, Thomas was born and James who you found buried at Crook Catholic Churchyard, died in the same year. Fr Reid at Willington allowed me access to the church registers many years ago long before they were deposited at the DRO, alas I was not aware of the Malone connection at the time.

J.T.A.

[pick]

Mr Arthur

I have been trying in vain to find any record of the marriage between Ann Convery born Bill Quay 1862 and Frank Conway born Walker Northumberland, 1854.

Also the marriage of her parents, Charles Convery, Ireland,1828 and Roseanne McCann, Dumfries 1835.

I wondered if you could help. Where did Catholics living in Bill Quay before St. Patricks was built get married?

Many thanks

[Mr J T Arthur]

St Patrick's Felling Marriage Register

13th May 1854:

Charles Convery of Bill Quay son of John Convery and Mary McCullough of the Parish of Maghera, Co Derry
to
Rosanna McCann of Bill Quay daughter of Edward McCann and Margaret Kelly of Bill Quay.
Witnessed by: James Pharrel of Jarrow and Mary Henry of Bill Quay.

I don't see Ann Convery's marriage in the same register which ends 8th January 1884.

I think the McCann's may have originated from the parish of Ardee, Co Louth.

Good luck,
J.T.A.

[pick]

Thank you so much for replying so quickly. I have spent hours going round in circles trying to find this out and came across this website by accident!
Two branches of the family in Canada have been trying too. Now, thanks to you, we have some new information to work with.
Perhaps Ann Convery married in Jarrow or Hebburn as St Patricks would not have existed at the time of her wedding which must have been around 1880. - I will keep looking.
Thanks again!

[Mr J T Arthur]

Ann Convery married Francis Conway 1887 in the Gateshead Registration District. They probably married at St Patrick's, Felling in which case the entry will be in the second volume.

Ann CONVERY
Spouse: Francis CONWAY
Date: Q2 1887
Register: R050/143

J.T.A.

[pick]

Thanks again! You have been so helpful -I suspect the Irish part of my search will be more difficult.

[Mr J T Arthur]

Yes, but the registers of St Patrick's, Felling have given you a good start. You now know that your Convery/McCullough ancestors came from the parish of Maghera, Co Derry.

At least two other of Rosanna McCann's sisters also married at Felling and at least two McCann daughters were born in Scotland, so it is possible that their parents, Edward McCann and Margaret Kelly married in Scotland.

Good luck,
J.T.A.