Ghost family?

[Forfarian]

In the 1901 census there is the following family in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

Philip McHaffie Head 58                   
Deborah McHaffie Wife 53 (née Humphries/Humphreys)                                         
John McHaffie Son 27                           
Mary McHaffie Daughter 25               
James McHaffie Son 23                       
Sarah McHaffie Daughter20     

all born in Ireland. I have searched www.irishgenealogy.ie for the births for all four children, and marriages for Philip, using M*h*f* in the hope of picking up all variants, but have drawn a complete blank so far. I'm mainly intrested in John, but hoped that one of the others might provide a clue to where they came from.

Ideas, anyone?                       

[aghadowey]

Closest in Ireland I can find, so far, is this one but thought it's way too early-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1859/09570/5469925.pdf

Then I found this baptism for Sarah Anna Caughey in 1880-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TD9-PTQ7?lang=en
(can't find match in Irish Genealogy yet)

Other children-
Thomas (3 Oct.1864)
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1864/03594/2325134.pdf
Philip (29 Sept.1866)
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1866/03507/2289528.pdf

Caughey > McCaughey > McHaffie?

[aghadowey]

Son Philip born c1869 according to extract of marriage-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TLH-BXMF?lang=en
Year not far off birth in Ireland I posted in previous post.

In 1911 census there's a possible entry for Deborah in Hamilton dist. (age 72 so born c1839 which could fit for 1859 marriage). On same page seems to be a John McHaffie age 34?

Is this Philip? died 1904 (Hamilton dist.) age 53 with mother's maiden name Haley

Fuzzy searching McHaffie (mother Humphrey) brings up 3 deaths also in Hamilton-
Sarah age 33 in 1921
Philip age 47 in 1921
James 30 in 1916

The ages in Scottish records aren't very consistent.

Clones R.C. parish registers here (free)-
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0297?locale=en

Added- Sarah baptism-
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632823?locale=en#page/104/mode/1up

[aghadowey]

By 1891 census the McHaffie family is in Hamilton going by the indexes-
Philip 55
Dely 42
Maggie 20
John 17
Mary 13
Bessie 11
James 10
Sarah 8

[Neale1961]

Margaret COUGHEY
born 4 Dec 1868 Drum / Cootehill
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1868/03418/2253838.pdf


Mary McHaffie in 1911 census gives her place of birth as Clones, Ireland

[Dundee]

Lizzie KEOGHY (may be Bessie?)

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1875/03078/2128417.pdf

Marianna KEOUGH (15 June 1873)

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632823?locale=en#page/58/mode/1up

Debra 

[Dundee]

Jacobus (James) CAHY (29 April 1877)

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632823?locale=en#page/83/mode/1up

Debra 

[Neale1961]

John KEOGH
born 1871 Clones
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1871/03283/2203213.pdf


KEOGH > KEOGHY > CAHY > COUGHEY / CAUGHEY  > MCCAUGHEY > MCHAFFIE ?!     

[gaffy]

Added- Sarah baptism-
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632823?locale=en#page/104/mode/1up

Note the latin bottom right of Deborah's name in this entry.  She was non Catholic / Protestant. So any RC marriage would have required a special dispensation.

Added: I can see a transcript of a baptism (date 11 September 1836) in Currin Church of Ireland parish for a Deborah Humphries, parents given as John and Margaret Humphries, the address was the townland of Crussin (Lattacrossan).

https://www.townlands.ie/monaghan/dartree/currin/currin/lattacrossan/