john feeney

[lindaswe]

hi i am trying to locate john & mary (nee) ryan i found them on the 1891 census john was born in larnark cannot make out where mary was born i know they had 3 kids roger, elizabeth, & gavin mcdonald who was adopted & there was a father rodger who was born in ireland not sure if he is john father or mary could be mary  regards lin

[Scott Anderson]

hi lindaswe,

when you say you cannot make out where born, are you reading it from an original transcript etc, what does it look like ?

If you give a wee bit more info I am in no doubt the guys and oops the gals on here will work out and point you in the right direction.

scott

[lindaswe]

hi scott it looks like mary feeney (nee) ryan was born in linlithgowshire but not sure can you help regards lin

[Scott Anderson]

Hi,

I am sure the others may correct me if I am wrong but Linlithgowshire was the County of West Lothian until circa: 1921

hope this helps, is there no other info you can gleen from the document ?

Scott

[jonn]

Hello Lin,

Here is the 1881. census for what looks like your people.

Address Bairds Row, Blantyre, Lanark.

John Feeney, Head, Coal Miner, M. age 25 years, M. born Buckburn, Linlithgow,
Mary Feeney, Wife, M. age 25 years, F. born Whifflet, Lanark,
Roger Feeney, Son, age 2 years, M. born Blantyre, Lanark,
Roger Feeney, Father, Coal miner, W. age 67 years, M. born Sligo, Ireland.

You will find that although the name is correctly spelt on this census, you will most likely find when you try to find this name Feeney, on the Scottish Records, at Scotlandspeople, you will have lots of variations on the spelling which you will perhaps find difficult to believe.

Regards,Jonn.

[MonicaL]

Hi Lin

The 1891 entry you mention as having seen:

John Feeney 34 miner b. Lanarkshire
Mary Feeney 34 b. Linlithgowshire
Rodger Feeney 11
Elizabeth Feeney 8
Rodger Feeney 69 miner b. Ireland
Gavin McDonald 8 Months

Address: Napiers Sq, Holytown/Bothwell

From this, looks like Rodger was John's father.

As Jonn mentions, you are going to have fun and games most like with the Feeney surname. One of those things in those times, with spellings (what spellings  ).

Have you found the marriage cert for John and Mary on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ? This is the best way to confirm the names for John and Mary's parents and from there go back to their families and histories.

Keep this 1871 census entry in mind for John, once you get more info:

Rodger Furie 60 general lab. b. Ireland
Ann Furie 54 b. Ireland
Peter Furie 19 Coal Miner b. Bathgate, West Lothian
John Furie 17 Coal Miner b. Bathgate, West Lothian
Bridget Mccue 4 grandchild b. Bathgate
William Baxter 24 brother (  maybe boarder) Mason's Labourer b. Paisley, Renfrewshire

Address: 5 Great Russel St, Bathgate, West Lothian

Monica

[MonicaL]

Following Jonn's advice and being liberal on spellings, I think this might be John in 1861 with family. Nancy and Ann are first name variants (another point to remember!), see www.whatsinaname.net/php/search.php?action=search2&search_name=nancy

Possible for 1861:

Rodger Fury 50, Pit Labourer b. Ireland
Nancy Fury 47 b. Ireland
Peter Fury 9 b. Bathgate
John Fury 6 b Bathgate
Thomas Mccue 25 son in law, coal miner b. Ireland
Mary Mccue/Fury 26 b. Stirling, Stirlingshire
John Mccue 5 grandson b. Stirling
James McAughine 36 lodger
James Rainey 35 lodger
James White 30 lodger
Peter Lions 18 lodger
James Mc Darimons 41 lodger

Address: North Bridge St, Bathgate

Monica

PS:  worries me that in earlier censuses we have Bathgate as a possible birth place but then Lanarkshire....

[sancti]

Possible death record for the father

1898 FEENEY ROGER     aged 68 at BELLSHILL /LANARK

[lindaswe]

hi thankyou everyone your info was very helpful looks like we are on he right trackbut i cannot find a marriage for john & mary in the scotlands people i have tried a few variations do not know what else to do if you can help me it would be great regards lin