Furfey family - county Armagh - birth/marriage records

[mmbutts]

Looking for any information on this family in County Armagh.

My gggg grandparents James and Mary(no maiden)Furfey had a son(there could be more children - liked to know that), my ggg grandfather William b1788.  William married Elizabeth McGee(like to find their marriage).  Their children:  James b 1825, Hugh b 1828, William b 1830 Isabella b 1833 Mary b 1836 Patrick b 1839.

On one census more family members are listed with James' family and I don't know how they fit into the family - could be cousins.

I do know that they came to US in 1845 and that Elizabeth(McGee) Furfey died on the voyage over here.

This information was obtained from census info and death info in the US.  It could be wrong as far as who was born to who because I found more Furfey family that came to US, lived near James Furfey(b1825) and were even in his business with him(Mat Manufacturing)in Cambridge, MA and also started a Mat Manufacturing business in NY.

I'm trying to straighten out parents.  Is there any birth and marriage records that someone would look at for me??

[aghadowey]

Civil registration of births, deaths and Catholic marriages in Ireland started in 1864 (from 1845 for other marriages). For earlier dates you need to know the family's religion and where they lived (parish if not actual townland) to see if any church records survive for the period you need.

[mmbutts]

Family was Catholic.

The only town info I have is Armagh.

I know nothing about city/town info in Ireland.'

In the states we have:  city/town, county, state
I'm from:  Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts

What now?

Margaret

[aghadowey]

Armagh is the name of a county as well as a town so you could be talking about a family living in Armagh city or anywhere in Co. Armagh.
A townland is the smallest land division in Ireland and would have been the 'address' used to identify families in all sorts of important records like census, church and valuations.
For pre-registration dates you need to search for you need to find a fairly exact location then see if any church records for that period do survive.

If you're in Revere you're not too far from Logan- last time I was there my plane from Halifax was last one allowed to land in fog before airport was closed!

[mmbutts]

I did find some births(someplace on the internet)but couldn't look at because I wasn't a paid member.

I guess I'm out of luck - County Armagh is the only thing I have!!

Thanks for the help!

Margaret

[mmbutts]

Sorry to bother again but....

'Playing' around on the internet I found:

'Freeholder's list' and found a bunch of Furfey's and 'Doneygreagh' - is that a town/city, parish??

Margaret

[aghadowey]

Was it Freeholders List from PRONI website?
www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/freeholders_records.htm

It's probably Donagreagh townland, Magheralin Parish, Lurgan Poor Law Union, Co. Armagh.

Griffith's Valuation (mid-1800s) lists the tenants of Donagreagh but no Furfeys there- and no Furfey's anywhere in Co. Armagh- however, there's a Turvey in Donagreagh (?).
www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=placeSearch

uite a few Furfeys listed in civil index-
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1408347;p=collectionDetails

[mmbutts]

Yes it was from Proni site.

So does that mean they came from Donagreagh - which would be what - city/town?

or how you have it,

Donagreagh townland, Magheralin Parish, Lurgan Poor Law Union, County Armagh, Ireland

Could you explain!!!!what all that means

Margaret

[aghadowey]

Finding people named Furfey in Freeholders' list does not mean they are the family you are looking for (even if you knew your Furfeys were from the same townland still doesn't connect yours to Freeholders list).

Forget U.S. geographical terms- town/city, county, state.
In Ireland it is townland, parish, county. I included the Poor Law Union as that correspods with the civil registration district (for births, deaths, marriages).

Counties are made up of parishes and parishes are made up of a group of townlands. If you are doing any research in Ireland these divisions become extremely important.
For further information:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/townland.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland
http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=townlands