My GGG-grandfather, Terence Duross, was born in Kilskeery in 1825 and emigrated to Boston in about 1845. I learned this year that the family name was apparently Doorish in Ireland. On Terence's U.S. marriage record, his parents are listed as Owen & Isabella. I would love to find any information on them. They also had a son named Charles, born in 1828, who also immigrated to Boston in the 1840s. I wonder if Owen & Isabella had any other children, who either came to the U.S. or stayed in Ireland.
PattyVitale
Tuesday 22nd Dec 2015, 07:32PMMessage Board Replies
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Patty:
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Records for the RC parish of Kilskeery do not start until 1840 so it is unlikely that there is a church record for Terence if your Doorish family was RC.. I checked the 1859 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Kilskeery civil parish and there were three Doorish records including a Terence in Golan Glebe townland. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/tyrone/kilskeery.htm
Maybe he was an uncle. In any event, this is likely where your family came from. I also looked at the 1901 census for Co. Tyrone and there were 16 Doorish records.including a family in Golan Glebe.
Roger McDonnell
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Tuesday 22nd Dec 2015, 08:49PM