DEVITT & BUCK c.1816 - 1832

[maggie2005]

I have a marriage for Clotworthy Dobbin Devitt and Jane Buck at St Mary's Dublin 1816.  Jane died in 1832 of Cholera 16/10/1832, leaving 10 children.  At one time Jane was post mistress at Dunshauglin and Clotworthy was Assistant Postmaster General in Dublin, I believe he was with the post office for 17 years.  One known address in Dublin was 4 Hamilton Row.  I have managed to find 4 children by name and one by a newspaper birth announcement but only that the child was a daughter b.1827
Anna Maria b. 1823
John Furlong b.1824 ( my 2 x great grandfather)
Daughter b.1827
Alicia b.1831
Walter Worthy b.1832
According to the newspaper obituary for Jane, Walter would have been the child of 6 months at the time of her death.
The four children I have found were all living in the Midlands and can be traced from around 1841-1844

I am interested in tracing the other children, of course it is possible that some may have died after Jane's death in the Cholera epidemic in Dublin.

We have been searching since 2005 and we have come up with information from England but seem to have hit a dead end in Ireland

If Jane was 21 at her marriage, she would have been born around 1795 and from the English Census records, Clotworthy would have been born around 1790 in Antrim.  I also know that Clotworthy's fathers name was James and he was stated as a Farmer.

Hopefully there may be a ancestry searcher who has some information for me

 
Regards
Maggie

[myluck!]

Link to marriage as stated - Oct 6th 1816

There is a death notice in the Dublin Observer 20 October 1832 that states she left " a desconolate husband and ten children"

[Maggie2016]

Thank you, yes I already had that information 

[myluck!]

Logically the children were born between 1816 and 1832
If referred to as being "left" still living in 1832

Have you located a grave for Jane?
Have you located any baptismal records?

Clotworthy seems to have been in Birmingham in 1839
When you said "The four children I have found were all living in the Midlands and can be traced from around 1841-1844" did you mean the Irish Midlands or English Midlands?

The 1827 daughter was born at Jane Ville, Co. Meath

[aghadowey]

Previous threads about Clotworthy Dobbin Devitt here (not sure if there are any others)-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=39388.0
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=147110.0

[isobelw]

You may have this already-
Both the Belfast Commercial Chronicle and Perrys Bankrupt Gazette of October 1828 report the insolvency of Clotworthy Dobbin (Dobbyn) Devitt, Gt George's Street, Dublin, spirit dealer trading under the name Thomas Devitt.
Isobel
Ps I have an interest in the Clotworthy family in Ireland

[maggie2005]

Hi myluck

Thank you so much for your information

In answer to you questions, I have not found a grave for Jane or birth record, I am presuming that she may have been buried at St Mary's Dublin, as that is where Clotworthy and Jane were married.
The children I found were in the Midlands England, which would answer the reason for Clotworthy being in Birmingham.  I have not got that information, the first information I have is a 1841 census showing Alicia and Walter Worthy in  Birmingham and a marriage record for John Furlong who married in Burton-upon-Trent and lived in Wolverhampton.  Have you any information of Clotworthy  in Birmingham, what records are there?

Regards
Margaret

[maggie2005]

Hi Isobelw

Thank you for your interest and comments.  I had the insolvency notice for Thomas Devitt & Co. Not sure if Clotworthy Dobbin Devitt is connected to the Clotworthy family, this could of course be the maiden name of his mother/grandmother, his fathers name was James Devitt and he was a farmer.  Clotworthy was born in Antrim, but I have no idea where.

Regards
Maggie

[myluck!]

LINK to Mirror of Parliament, Volume 6 where he is mentioned
Pages 5081-5082