Wray and Long Families

Good Afternoon

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in replying to your message. 

Unfortunately when we are faced with information and a gap in records it can be difficult and frustrating to piece together a family tree. So far you are doing very well! One of the only ways to link together these families though, is to gather as much information as possible in the hope that through a cross-reference on a baptism or other record you can match one family to another. I know this is less than ideal, but the vacuum that exists in relation to records in Ireland means that a lot of the time this type of family research is tedious but very necessary. 

Have you tried searching Ancestry.com for any mention of your ancestor?s name in member family trees or messages? 

You could also contact the Donegal Diaspora Website to see if there is any further information about your Presbyterian ancestors, or perhaps a lcoal historian who could further assist: http://www.donegaldiaspora.ie/project

As an aside, this is an interesting link to Donegal Presbyterianism: 

https://archive.org/details/authentichistory00zieg 

Remember to post any new information that you find here. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Best of luck with your search

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support  

Good afternoon Claire,

Thank you so much for the information you provided it certainly will be most helpful as I continue trying to find my Irish ancestors from Donegal. I first joined Ireland Reaching Out in April 2012 and posted two messages with known dates (Roulston, Wray, Maxwell, Long Families) (Wray (Ray) and Kee Families). Those messages provide more detail.  As a member of Ancestry.com for the past 15+ years, I have also posted my tree "Roulston and Wray" there.

I have since discovered that my gggrandfather, Samuel Roulston married Elizabeth Long.  My ggrandfther, John Roulston married Elizabeth Blackburn all from the same area.  My grandfather, Samuel Ellis Roulston born 1840 married Elizabeth Catherine Wray in Vermont, daughter of John Wray and Mary Anne Long from Carricknamanna.  So, I have the Long family on both my father's materal and paternal side.

I look forward to going to Ireland within the next year.  I have found that my Wray ggrandparents are in the 1901 and 1911 Ireland Census.  I cannot find a connection to any of the Roulston families listed in the area of Donegal.  The only Roulston family members (children of Samuel and Elizabeth Long) that I'm aware of came to Vermont, but I know there were more that possibly went to Canada or stayed in Ireland.

Again, thank you for your help.  I will continue to post messages with more details (dates and sources) as I move forward.

Charline

Clare, I apologize for misspelling your name in my last message.

No problem Charline 

Hopefully you will make great progress!

Regards

Clare

Genealogy Support

Dear Clare,

I'm writing from NYC, also in search of Roulston/Wray family.  I tried to find your tree on Ancestry but there are more than a dozen Clare Doyles!  Can you. be in touch via this website. We may have family in common.

Regards,

Lynne Hayden-Findlay

(or message me via Ancestry)