Brinlack: 1860s, 70s, children of Marie McHUGH, McFADDEN, FERRY?

[heywood]

Here is a Daniel born 1880 to that couple. Perhaps searching for and following children may help.
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1880/02852/2044887.pdf

[colee]

Fantastic idea, brilliant thank you, I'll definitely do that.

[Kiltaglassan]

If this hasn't been mentioned before-

Tullaghobegley West
Diocese of Raphoe | County of Donegal
Variant forms of parish name: Gweedore

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1024

[colee]

Thank you, yes, I've been through that book, but should go through it again now for all children of Mary and John McHugh.

It's just a shame the book is only baptisms and not marriages or burials, but at least it covers 6 years of when Mary and John would have been having children, from 1875 to 1881.

Thank you for the link.

[aghadowey]

A few points-
Most churches (except Church of Ireland) didn't keep burial records- if there are any it might just cover a short period.
From this it looks like baptisms only go back to 1868, marriages seem to start 1866 (these are likely the civil registrations and not the church records)-
https://www.johngrenham.com/records/rc_church.php?churchid=1024&parish=Tullaghobegley%20West

I have come across instances where a widow is listed under her maiden name not the surname of her deceased husband but in the cases I followed the woman used her married name up to the time of remarriage so suspect it's just the way clergyman wrote it in the record.

[aghadowey]

Haven't read back through the entire thread but have these records been eliminated?
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=ea0ad8543e-962768
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=ea0ad8543e-961393

[colee]

Ah thank you aghadowey, very interesting and helpful to know the churches didn't keep burial records.

And thank you for those James Ferry records, very very interesting indeed . (And no they haven't been seen already).

They are both actually possible, as they are both listed in the 3rd quarter of 1868; and Catherine Ferry was born in March 1869, so both of them could have been the father.

I've just tried to order death certificates on gov.ie website, but 1878 seems to be the earliest date that will work.

[colee]

I've found a daughter Bridget for John and Mary McHugh born 29 Dec 1875:

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000631955?locale=en#page/57/mode/1up

She seems to have married a Andrew McGeady or McGready according to an Ancestry tree, and here is the family in the 1901 census although she's not there and all adults are listed as single:
https://donegalgenealogy.com/1901brinlackt.htm (family no 38)

McGeady   Andrew   Head   RC   Can't read   40   Farmer   Single   Donegal   IE
McGeady   John   Brother   RC   Can't read   35   Farm Asst   Single   Donegal   IE
McGeady   Katie   Sister   RC   Can't read   30   farmer's sister   Single   Donegal   IE
McGeady   Bridget   Mother   RC   Can't read   70   Farmer's Mother   Widow   Donegal   IE
McGeady   Bridget   Niece   RC   RW   9   Scholar   Single   Donegal   IE
                        
Here is the family again in 1911 and she's not there again although Andrew is listed as married this time, not widowed - so maybe John is his son but not Bridget?:
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002064588/

Bridget McGeady 75 Head
Andrew McGeady 47 Son
Kate McGeady 40 Daughter
John McGeady 32 Son
John McGeady   5 Grand Son (Grandson)

I would really appreciate any help in definitively linking Bridget McHugh to the family and finding evidence of her marriage to a McGeady? I do come up with possible death and marriage index entries, with Family Search references, but no Family Search records here seem to be digitised. It would be great to understand where I'm going wrong here in not being able to navigate the records very well! Thank you

[heywood]

Here is the civil marriage record for Bridget McHugh and Andrew McGeady
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1905/10164/5697588.pdf