Gallagher

[TF13]

no problem

[sarahmck]

hello tony ,sarah mck here looking your worldly wisdom again.i got my grandads marriage cert from the general register in belfast like you suggested.Unfortunately it doesnt give me their dates of birth but it gives me their fathers names which is great.my great grandad on my fathers side i believe was from donegal.he was married to a dromore girl called sarah mcquaid in 1868 or 1871.how would i go about finding out where they are buried.have you any idea how i would find out how many children they had.im only aware of 3. james,john(granda) and michael.james never married and i would also like to know who michael married.Thats  alot to take in i know but im stuck again.Any help would be great or point me in the right direction. thanks a million.

[TF13]

hi sarah,
what was your great grandfathers name on the marriage cert? i dont think you mentioned it in your post or i need new glasses did the marriage cert tell you anything else apart from the fathers names?

[sarahmck]

my grandfathers name was patrick gallagher and he lived in corraheskin townland outside dromore.not sure if he was originally from there or some one thought he was originally from donegal????He was deceased at the time of my grandads marriage.have found my grand parents grave and my grandfathers grandparents on his mothers side grave but dont know where great granda patrick was buried.

[TF13]

hello,
there is a marriage for a patrick gallagher to sarah mcquade 22-feb-1868.
also births to patrick gallagher and sarah mcquaid (different spellings);
francis 13-sept-1873
margaret 18-feb-1876
catherine 12-apr-1878
bridgid 12-apr-1878
ellen 14-oct-1880
but whats putting me off is i cant see james,john or michael!

[sarahmck]

i also found a john gallagher born 1890 with parents patrick and sarah gallagher.whats the chances of 2 patrick and sarah gallagher nee mc quaid from corraheskin.weird.as far as i know sarah mcquaid parents were called bernard and mary if that helps.would love to find out more about patrick but am not sure how to,You most think im a pain in the neck.

[TF13]

no,you're not a pain in the neck
it depends how common a surname mcquaid was in tyrone at that time.
i dont want to complicate things further but there is a marriage for michael gallagher to mary mcquaide 29-nov-1900 dromore r.c.   

[sarahmck]

i have already checked that out and its not my grandas brother.that michael gallagher was from aghadarragh dromore and his father i s named as christoper on the marriage cert.the michael gallagher im looking for is from corraheskin and had 2 sons called michael and thomas.their the only 2 child that i know of.he may have possibly been married to susan barrett in 1920 but cant be sure

[TF13]

i had a look at griffiths valuation of ireland, a lot of mcquaids and gallaghers.
it looks like you've spent money on certs that where wrong so i dont want to add to your expenses by sending you off on a wild goose chase! if you live in the area you could try parish records. it would involve trawling round all the chapels in the area but would prove fruitful. in case you haven't noticed, this is me being stuck i think we need some help

tony