Patrick Daugherty and Family

Hello, Karyl.

Have you tried variations of the surname, Docherty, Doherty &c?

Regarding Patrick's possible military service. This is very likely for an Irishman of his era. Employment opportunities in Ireland were limited. A very large proportion of the British Army was Irish. A young Irishman was more likely to join the army than a young Englishman. Ireland was one of four constituent countries of the United Kingdom so there was only the British Army.  Surviving army records are at National Archives, Kew; online catalogue is called Discovery. However, even if records about his military service exist, it will be difficult to distinguish him from other soldiers with the same or similar name without knowing his regiment.

I wouldn't rule out him marrying a Derry girl in Ireland. If he was a soldier he might have gone anywhere. There were barracks all over Ireland. If she was born in 1828 they would have married after 1840. Do you know their religious denomination? Civil registration of non-Catholic marriages began in Ireland in 1845. Civil registration of Catholic marriages began 1864. Irish Genealogy ie is the official website for civil registration records. It's free to use. Just sign in and solve a catchpa.  https://www.irishgenealogy.ie If the marriage was too early for civil registration records then you're reliant on church registers, if they survived. (Added: I'd forgotten and just re-read that he married in Canada 1849 so this paragraph is probably irrelevant to your quest.)

There was a newspaper published in U.S. which carried notices from people in Ireland trying to get word of relatives or friends who had emigrated. Someone on here mentioned it; I can't remember the name.

Do you know the reason he went to Warren? Were there other Irish there? Is OH Ohio? 

Thanks so much for responding Maggie!

Patrick Daugherty's exact Mayo origian has been a mystery for many years. I will check out your suggestion to look into the online Discovery catalog for the Kew archives, as I have not done that yet. Also, Patrick was Presbyterian at the time of his death in Warren, OH in 1878, however, family rumor suggests he may have been Catholic originally and converted when he married Jane King in Canada.  

I did check into the neighbors of the Daugherty family in the U.S. 1870 and 1870 census records, however, there were very few Irish in the area and most were born in the U.S., so can't seem to find anything there for any cluster/FAN research. He did appear to be paid as a "the original lamplighter" in Warren OH per a newspaper notice. No company was listed unfortunately, so assuming is was a local government job. He is noted on the census records as a "laborer", so that's not much help. A family member said they thought he worked for the Erie Railroad at some point, so i will have to see about looking for any of those old employment records.

Canadian records have not producted anything, other than a "possible" Pat Daugherty living in New Brunswick around 1849. No proof this is him however :(

If anyone wanted to leave an old life behind, it seems to be Patrick!

Any further suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Karyl