Where to next?

[akanex2]

Looks like your Charles on the civil registration index:-

Charles M'Grath Marriage Belfast 1881 Q4 Vol 1 pg 513

Ordering the civil certificate will give Daniel's occupation, but not a lot more you don't have from the Church transcripts.  Have you had a look at the actual Church records to see if the transcriptions have missed anything or if the baptisms of the children give clues, e.g. who the godparents are?  St Patrick's RC Church, Donegall St, Belfast records from 1798 have been microfilmed by PRONI - if you can't get to Belfast you could try the LDS.

Modified - I have just noticed the PRONI microfilm only goes up to 1880 so no use to you - not sure if LDS would have different dates

[Vita Brevis]

thanks for your help akanex2  I think the records I have seen are most likely to be the church records & I know from experience speaking to St. Pats is usually a non starter.  There isn't anything on any of the childrens records that help me either.  I was always told that Charles' family were from landowners/farming background & the marriage records seems to back that up.  I can't see anything obvious on Griffiths that helps me (but I could be doing the search wrong), so I can't narrow down where he may have been born to contact any churches for his baptism details.  As I haven't been able to trace his birth details, neither can I find if he had brothers & sisters.  Any other suggestions will be gratefully received.    VB

[Mothership136]

I think you are searching Griffiths wrong, there are 2 entries for a Daniel McGrath in Tyrone - one in the townland of Aughamullan, Clonoe parish and the other in the townland of Drumenny (Stewartstown) in Ardboe parish.
Hope this helps.