Durkin of Mayo

[KDUR]

Hi, I’m currently searching my family tree on Ancestry but have hit a brick wall,i can’t move past a John Durkin born around 1801 in Anchory swineford Mayo Ireland ,it appears he had land and maybe been a small tenant farmer ,he died in Stockton  in 1865..He married a Catherine /Kitty Golden born 1811 died 1882 in Stockton . Her maiden name throws in doubt as someone with same name and birth date  is on a census as Clarke .Their children were Bernard,John,Bridget ,Thomas and Anne ..If anyone is searching the same and could help me out I would really appreciate it,I am a direct descendant of Durkin’s.

[garstonite]

something wrong here - it says he was born in SCOTLAND in the 1861 census
can you confirm this is the family please
Rootspoint 1861 census -
https://www.rootspoint.com/record/1861-UK-Census/John-Durkin-1798-Scotland-Stockton/772ce449-80a5-4e75-a015-70b3e5cc82b1/

John Durkin was a man born in 1798 in Scotland ...... During the 1861 UK Census he was 63 years old and lived in Durham. He appears as the head of his house in the 1861 UK Census.
LAST NAME:   Durkin
FIRST NAME:   John
MIDDLE NAME:   
BIRTH YEAR:   1798
BIRTH PLACE:   Scotland ,
COUNTY:   Durham
GENDER:   Male
RESIDENCE:   30, West Row
Stockton
Stockton, Durham
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:   
John Durkin (63, Male)
Catherine Durkin (58, Female)
Bridget Durkin (20, Female)
Ann Durkin (13, Female)
Ellen Durkin (9, Female)
Thomas Hanson (30, Male)
ADDED
It says Catherine born 1803 Scotland - so I presume this is the wrong family ?? when you open that John Durkin link - then click on Catherine - says b Scotland also

[garstonite]

was Catherine Golden  born in Killogeary ,Mayo ?
also found this
http://goldenlangan.com/golden.html

[KDUR]

Hi,thank you so much for that information,I believe that John is from Ireland as all his children were born there and my line up until late 1800s are births in Ireland ,Ellen doesn’t appear to be one of their children .I haven’t been able to find a birth census on either John or Catherine ,I have just pieced together from address census .The information on Golden seems positive though.

[heywood]

Where do you find the information re Achonry?
Also you mention Clarke as a possibility for Catherine? Where is that information from?

Are your family living in Holywell, Wales in 1851 2501/386/30

John and Kitty Durkan with children and visitors.

Bryan 14 ys, john 12 ys, Bridget 10 ys and Ann 3 ys.

[heywood]

I  searched for the family in Stockton and found one transcribed as Duskin on Ancestry.
I was going to post it and realised that it us the same one that garstonite has already posted. 
The writing is awful but I do think that the family were born in Ireland.

1861 3693/36/19
John J 63 yrs
Catherine 50 yrs
Bridget 20 yrs
Ann 13 yrs
Ellen 9 yrs
All born Ireland

This would then question the 1851 census from Wales - unless the family had returned for a time.

[heywood]

Here are the records (some years missing) for Swineford parish which you name.
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0133

Here is a marriage for John Durkan and Catherine Golden of Kilbride in February 1836
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632332#page/54/mode/1up

Where did you find the information that Catherine was Golden?

[heywood]

There is a baptism of Thomas, 11th November 1845 to this couple (bottom of left page)
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632334#page/30/mode/1up

[KDUR]

Hi thank you all so much for the information.Golden kept linking to John on Ancestry and then I found the marriage census for Kilbride Anchory.Other people searching for same tree line have Golden,but one person with the same search had Clarke ,I messaged but got no reply.Also my GG grandfather Bernard is their son and it comes up as parents John Durkin and Catherine Kitty Golden. I just can’t get find anything further to find Johns parents or Catherine’s ,I tried Patt and Mary for John as those names appear on the marriage census but it brings up nothing ,it’s frustrating as other tree lines have took me back a lot further but this is my direct ancestry,really would like to go further back.