John Hurley abt 1846 - 1906

John Hurley abt 1846 - 1906

He is my 2nd great grandfather on my maternal side

Name: John Hurley (no record of a middle name)
Married Mary Jackson (1854? - 1919) in 1881 at Oldham Lancashire England, (I have common dna matches through her family line on Ancestry)

There is a vague family story of him being handed up to a boat leaving Ireland as a baby, but I have no proof of this. He did seem to know he was Irish and from Mayo (according to census records). He did end up in England. If his date of birth on the few Census records i’ve found are any indication he didn’t know for sure what year he was born, which is not that uncommon as far as i can tell. Birthdates range from 1848, 1843, and 1846. He definitely died in 1906.

I haven’t found any mention of his Religion, and I have not found records earlier than 1881 as of yet.

I have done the DNA testing through Ancestry, and there is a whole whack of dna matches that I have no idea how they connect to me but this is the only line I haven't managed to find some connections with yet, and many do seem to be from Irish descent. My DNA story shows connections to both Ireland (specifically Munster and the Beara Peninsula), and with Northern Ireland. The latter is mostly explained through my Paternal line.

I’ve been looking through shared trees of some of these DNA matches trying to find commonalities, but as you can imagine that is a huge task. 

I absolutely understand that this is a long shot, but any tips to figuring out his ancestry is greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks!