Hughes family of Armaghbrague

[tootsiepie]

This is interesting isn't it?  I will have to go and have another look at the land revision books and also the tithes.    What age was Bernard senior when he died in 1867?   My James Donnelly (Father of Owen who married in 1863) may have been of an age with Bernard.   

I will get back to you on this, but I have nothing more than an ''it's possible'' at the moment.  However I did have an Auntie Bernie   and I have no idea where this name came from.

Did any of your family settle in Glasgow?

[ArmaghHughes]

His Death Certificate shows his age as 84 in 1867 so this gives us a birth date of around 1783. I thought the James Donnelly might have been a son-in-law maybe . I don't know of any of the family settling in Glasgow i think my Great Grandfathers brother James may have been with him in Middlesbrough until at least 1911 but we don't have any other family now in this area (unless they have lost touch)plus on the death of Bernard Hughes b1867 in 1941 probate was granted to a James Hughes and James McParland who im assuming would be brother and cousin so im guessing that he returned to Armagh ...if indeed he ever left.  Sorry if i went a bit off track ...im confusing myself now

[tootsiepie]

Yes, son-in-law might work. I've been looking at Griffiths for the Donnelly/Hughes names in various townlands and I'm totally confused myself!! 

Have you seen this site? It shows the layout of townlands clearly.

http://www.bygonesandbyways.com/mainmenu.htm

I'll spend a bit more time on this tonight and tomorrow.

[tootsiepie]

Hi again, I'm going round in circles with this  All I'm getting is a lot of maybes!!  I thought I had the tithes but no luck.  I think I had been thinking of the freeholders lists at Proni.
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/freeholders_records.htm

You can also search these by townland.  Armaghbreague has no Hughes, but 2 Donnellys...

I'm also looking at the townland of Granemore in closeby Parish of Keady.   I have a possible Owen Donnelly there, but can't prove he's mine. Cashel, Corran, Granemore, Cladymore and Armaghbreague are all very close together.

The name Malaghan is also mentioned in Cladymore Freeholders.

I've still to have another look on the IFHS Armagh site. 

[ArmaghHughes]

Hello Again Tootsiepie .....I had a quick search of the freeholders records and Bernard Hughes shows up (I think its results 6 and 7) for Armaghbreague .Ive been looking at various things myself but have had no luck . Me and my wife are off to Dublin tomorrow for a 5 day break so il try again when I return fresh

[ArmaghHughes]

Hello Again Tootsiepie
                                   I have been limping on slowly with my research and think I have found something that might interest you . I have managed to get a list of sponsors for my Great Grandfathers siblings and one of them is a Donnelly .The baptism was for my Gt Grandfathers sister Mary Hughes who was baptised on 1st September 1865 and her sponsors are shown as Henry Donnelly and Catherine Doyle . Other sponsors names on the list are Mark , Mary , Patrick , Michael and Margaret Murphy .Catherine , Mary , Patrick and Bridget Doyle . Margaret and James Moore and Patrick McArdle and Ann Lennon . In the notes section of the list J McKeagney , T Loy and P Corr are mentioned . Hope this may be of some help to you 

[ArmaghHughes]

The list of Baptisms and sponsors is;
Bridget Hughes bap 12/4/1863 Sponsors Francis McGirvin(McGiven) , Bridget Hughes ,Patrick Doyle and Bridget Doyle
Mary Hughes bap1/9/1865 Sponsors Henry Donnelly and Catherine Doyle
Bernard Hughes bap 27/6/1867 Sponsors Mark Murphy and Mary Murphy
Felix Hughes bap 3/4/1870 Sponsors Patrick Murphy and Mary Murphy
John Hughes bap 24/8/1872 Sponsors Michael Murphy and Mary Doyle
Michael Hughes bap 2/12/1879 Sponsors James Moore and Margaret Moore
Ann Catherine Hughes bap 17/5/1882 Sponsors Patrick McArdle and Ann Lennon
Sarah Hughes bap 19/2/1888 Sponsors Mick McGivern and Margaret Murphy

    There are 2 children missing from the sponsors list and they are
James Hughes bap 19/7/1876
Mary Hughes bap 15/1/1885
   
          All of the above were born at Armaghbrague in the parish of Ballymacnab