Trying to trace David DUNNING born County Down c 1831 and his brother Samuel DUNNING c 1842. David emigrated to NSW Australia c 1851. Samuel went to Connecticut USA c 1865. Parents may be Alexander and Margaret. No other siblings are known.
NSW BDM records the children of David DUNNING as 'DONNING".
I saw an Alexander DONNING in the irish ValuationBooks on Family Search in the parish of Castleboy, Townland Drumardan, but I can't be sure of this is the right one.
Would like to trace any siblings of David and Samuel , the parents marriage if possible. David was a staunch Roman Catholic, with two daughters becoming Catholic nuns in NSW.
any help appreciated.
Trish
TrishJ
Saturday 28th Nov 2020, 02:58AMMessage Board Replies
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Trish,
Castleboy appears to be in the RC parish of Ardkeen. Their marriage and baptism records start in 1828 till 1838, then there’s a gap to 1852. They are on-line on several sites. I searched but did not find any record of the family (though Samuel’s birth could be in the years when the records are missing).
However I noticed this reference to an Alexander Donning nearby in Ballyphilip whose daughter Margaret Jane Donning married David Lyon(s) in 1854:
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/genealogy/SURNAMES/D/DonDoo.htm
This led me to the marriage certificate which reveals the Donning family lived in Drumardan. So that’s clearly the same family you have identified in Griffiths Valuation. Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church. In this case that was Portaferry Presbyterian, so the family were Protestants and not the family you are looking for I think.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…
Not every RC parish in Ireland has records for 1842 or earlier. Most of the RC records are on-line. Having searched them and not found them, I suspect yours come from a parish with no surviving records. Makes them difficult to trace obviously.
Looking at the 1901 census of Co Down there were no Dunnings in the county at all. There were 14 Donnings (all in 1 family) and they were Presbyterian.
Sorry I can’t find anything more positive.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Saturday 28th Nov 2020, 08:45AM -
Re David Dunning
I think this might match your David. Found on Ancestry.
Born in County Down, Northern Ireland on 1831 to Alexander Dunning and Margaret Dunning. David Dunning married Bridget Alice Bergin and had 12 children. He passed away on 27 Jun 1908 in Bona Vista" Paterson, New South Wales, Australia.
Children
Alexander Dunning
1858 - 1923Joseph Samuel B Dunning
1879 - 1926Alice Anne Dunning
1863 - 1948James Dunning
1859 - 1931Eliza Jane (Sister Mary Ursula Joseph) Dunning
1861 - 1926William John Dunning
1857 - 1913Margaret Isabella 'Maggie' Dunning
1864 - 1948Henry T Dunning
1867 - 1899Anastasia Dunning
1876 - 1907David John Dunning
1870 - 1902Bridget Mary Dunning
1869 - 1946Agnes Dunning
1873 - 1882Elizabeth McGuire
Sunday 29th Nov 2020, 08:12AM