Creighton/Creaton Census Help please

[Franlynch]

Shane,
I am not sure to be honest.  I am going to contact another relative tonight to try and clarify a few points and will revert in the morning.
Thank you again for responding to me.

[Franlynch]

Shane et al
Yes, I must now assume that the Creighton from 1901 and Creaton from 1911 are the same family, with Mary missing in 1911 as she was married at this point.

My grandfather - Michael - joined the RIC on 23rd October 1907 and was allocated initially in Clare but he must have been home for the weekend - or something like that.

He married my grandmother on 8th January 1916 so that is their marriage record also.

I am assuming that it's because his mother could not write that she must have got the enumerator to fill out the form and he misspelled / misheard the name and put creaton 'cause his record for RIC reads creighton.

[heywood]

Hello again,

It would be best if you sent for the marriage certificate if you do not know who Michael's parents were.
There are quite a lot of Creighton/Creaton families in that Loughglynn area in both censuses with the same variation on the names. You would have to double check them. There are also some in Faireymount.
It may well be that this is the right family but the certificate would hopefully confirm.

best wishes
heywood

[Franlynch]

Hello Heywood,
I got a pile of information on this family last night but unfortunately no dates which makes things rather awkward -

I know that there were 5 brothers, James, Michael, Edward, Thomas and Andrew.  I also know that Andrew, while related in some way, is not in my direct line.  I feel that one of the other 4 brothers is my great grand-father but without dates I am fairly stuck.
I also know that James was from Moyne, Michael from Aughadristin, Edward from Leitrim and Thomas from Frigh.

[heywood]

Goodmorning,

I think you are saying that your grandfather Michael was the son of one of those men?
You can search in the censuses for any Creaton/Creighton- lots of recurring names.
The best thing to do is to get the marriage certificate for Michael and Rose Anne- that will give you his father's name.
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

best wishes
heywood

[Franlynch]

Heywood,
I am going to order the marriage cert - thanks for your help.

[natreid]

There are still Creightons in Aughadristin and either a Creaton or Creighton in Figh. You could try writing to them. You could also try writing to the Creatons in Loughglynn village. They have a shop, pub etc. They might have some information.

[Franlynch]

I hope that this topic is still opened and that someone can help -
I have found out from my grandfathers marriage cert that his parents were Thomas Creighton and Mary McGarry - i have also seen on familysearch.org that they had siblings John Creighton, DOB 3rd June 1877, Mary Crayton, DOB 16th September 1985, Edward Creighton, DOB 25th July 1880 and Pat Creaton, DOB 19th November 1873.  My Grandfather, Michael, DOB 20th April 1885 is not shown on familysearch.org for some reason.

Can anyone help me in a) tracking them on census, and b) finding out where they are now or what happened to them.  Is this too big an ask?  I would appreciate any help at all. I thought I had found them on 1901 census but siblings are Michael, Francis, Peter and Thomas with Thomas and Mary as parents, so not sure about rest of family!!!! So confused.
Fran

[aghadowey]

Had a quick look at the earlier posts on this thread and looks like you'd already found Mary (born 1875 not 1985) in 1901 and 1911 census. The latest available census is 1911 although online civil registratuion index goes up to 1958.
The extracted Irish births on LDS sites go up to c1881 which is why Michael (born 1885) will not appear although some of his older siblings are listed.