Collins (nee Davy), Catherine - Died Achonry, Sligo 1841-1853

Steve:

I looked at Roots Ireland for a death record for Catherine but they do not have any death information for Achonry parish and civil registration did not start until 1864.

The Griffiths Valuation survey was conducted in Co. Sligo in 1858. There were 10 Collins head of households listed including a Michael in Drumbaun townland, Achonry civil parish. Likely this is the Michael in your note. I looked for a civil death index record for him but was unsuccessful. I also looked at the 1901 census for Drumbaun and ther was one Collins family. I'm wondering if Catherine was the widow of a son of Michael and Catherine.

Roger McDonnell

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Achonty_East/Drumbaun/1686123/

Source	Surname	First Name	Townland	Parish	County
Griffith	Collins	Catherine	Drumbaun	Achonry	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Eneas	Town Of Bellahy	Achonry	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	John	Town Of Sligo John Street(North Side)	St. Johns	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Mary	Portinch	Emlaghfad	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Mary	T/sligo Vernon Street Or The Rope Walk	St. Johns	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Michl.	Drumbaun	Achonry	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Peter	Tawnatruffaun	Kilmacshalgan	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Thomas	Drumbaun	Achonry	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Thomas	Rathmagurry	Achonry	Co. Sligo
Griffith	Collins	Thomas	Cooperhill Or Gobbadagh	Drumcolumb	Co. Sligo

Thanks for that, Roger.

I have copies of the Griffiths Valuation of Drumbaun, Sligo, of 1858 and also of the 1901 Drumbaun census and also of the 1827 Tithe Applotment for the Townland of Crimlin, (which is also in that vicinity) which also shows a Michael Collins.  I suspect that the first and third of these, possibly show Michael (the father of those who came to Australia) and the 1901 Census possibly shows a sibling of the Australian emigrants and his family, or as you say, the widow of a sibling and her family, but these are only informed guesses, rather than established facts.

I know that there are a number of Collins headstones in the Rhue Cemetery and I have photographs of a number of those (some of which may relate to those mentioned in the 1901 census), but given that Michael and Catherine and their children were all illiterate, I doubt that headstones would have been carved for them. 

Are interrment records (as opposed to headstone transcriptions) available electronically?

Steve:

I'm not aware of any elctronic internment records other than the headstone transcriptions.

Roger

Thanks Roger,

I appreciate your help.

Hi Steve,

I am related to Eneas Collins of Bellahy, Co. Sligo. He was a Carpenter - 1808 to 1866 and died in Swinford. His daughter was Margaret Collins and she married a James Collins in 1866 i Swinford. A lot of the records are back and forth between Bellahy and Charlestown as they were neighboring towns and Market Towns. Believe Eneas' wife was also a Margaret and know of another daughter Mary who married a Doherty. 

Believe the family also has connections to Australia. Came across at least one convict record / immigration record for another Eneas Collins. 

Regards,

Brendan

Has anyone else come across Collins in Achrony who were not Catholic? I see a few in later censuses born between 1820 and 1840. My William & Thomas Collins families emigrated in 1841 to Ontario. They were "Church of England" in all records. Family lore from a descendant of "Andrew Broder Collins" says they came from Sligo - as did his namesake, "Andrew Broder"'s family. One daughter's death cert has born in "Demar, Ireland" which I guess is Doomore in Sligo. One son born there in 1831 was named "Robert Ashmore Collins" (or "Robert Ashman Collins" on his death cert). I see a Robert Ashman married in Annagh, Achrony, Sligo in 1844.