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Hi - looking for recommendatins of how to find the relevant parish of an ancestor.  Here's what we know.

1.  Name John Dockerty (also spelled as Dougherty, Dogherty, Doggery) in UK Census's from 1851-1901 onwards

2.  Born 1841-1849 from references on census, marriage certificate, death certificate

3.  He was married, had children and died in the North East (Durham) of England.  Marriage was in Catholic Church and their children were baptised within the Catholic Church.

4.  His father was Martin (Dougherty), a farmer (from marriage certificate).

5.  His wife was Ann Curran (also born Ireland, but moved to England before the age of 3 with parents Henry Curran/Rose Carvil) - can find no evidence of any Curran's being near John Dockerty prior to their married in 1868 in Washington, Durham.

6.  County Mayo is reference as birthplace on UK Census from 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901.

Any ideas how to find the relevant parish in order to track down birth / baptism etc? 

Nigel Dockerty

Monday 16th Nov 2020, 11:52AM

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  • This John was born in Mayo in 1850, with father Martin. Don't know if this was your John.
    Name:John Dogherty
    Date of Birth:
    Date of Baptism:16-Mar-1850
    Address:Bolygloss
    Parish/District:ADDERGOOLE
    Gender:MaleCountyMAYO
    Denomination:Roman Catholic
    Father:Martin Dogherty
    Mother:Cate o'Hora
    Occupation:
    Sponsor 1 /
    Informant 1:Pat Dogherty
    Sponsor 2 /
    Informant 2:Mary Lyn
    Notes:

    Patricia

    Monday 16th Nov 2020, 07:53PM

  • In case the person whom Patricia found for you is the right one, you might want to check out the Catholic parish records for Addergoole.  They go back to 1840, so you ought to be able to find a baptismal record.  The records are availablee online here:

     https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0736

    If you find a baptismal record, it will often indicate the townland in which the family lived.  Here is a link to more info about the civil parish of Addergoole, with a list of all the townlands in the parish, and fuirther links to onfo about each townland:  

    https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/addergoole2/

    Civil parishes (which are administrative districts) and church parishes do not always have the same name or exactly the same boundaries, but in the case of Addergoole they appear to be roughly the same.

    kevin45sfl

    Monday 16th Nov 2020, 08:15PM

  • Griffiths Valuation for Mayo (1855-57) lists the following Martin Doughertys in Mayo:

    SourceSurnameFirst NameTownlandParishCounty

    GriffithDoghertyMartinMullenmadogeKilbeaghCo. Mayo

    GriffithDohertyMartinCarrowjamesDrumCo. Mayo

    GriffithDohertyMartinBeltraIslandeadyCo. Mayo

    GriffithDohertyMartinBallymachughKilbrideCo. Mayo

    GriffithDohertyMartinCabintownKilbrideCo. Mayo

    GriffithDohertyMartinMoynyKilbrideCo. Mayo

    GriffithDohertyMartinBallyglassKilconduffCo. Mayo

    GriffithDohertyMartinBelgarrowToomoreCo. Mayo

    Patricia

    Monday 16th Nov 2020, 08:32PM

  • Thank you both for the assistance, I shall check these out.  

    Nigel 

    Nigel Dockerty

    Wednesday 18th Nov 2020, 12:12PM

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