Saturday, April 27, 2019
Hello Kathy,
I’m not related and am not a volunteer at Ireland XO or the XO Chronicles, but read your query last week about your Gallagher ancestors. In doing some research I came across the Sinclair Sutherland, “Scott Family Tree” at Ancestry.com at: https://is.gd/iDH6ys
The Scott Family Tree includes the same photo of Hugh Gallagher that you submitted to the XO Chronicles and shows that Hugh Gallagher’s parents were James Gallagher and Jane Mary Alcorn. But, I uncovered alternative information showing that this James Gallagher and Jane Mary Alcorn belonged to a Protestant denomination, likely the Church of Ireland, while the 1901 and 1911 census returns show that Hugh Gallagher and his family were Roman Catholic.
I also found the 1857 baptism record for a Hugh Gallagher in the Clondavadoc Catholic Parish, County Donegal. His mother however is not Jane Mary Alcorn in the baptism record.
In addition, I uncovered the Clondavadoc Catholic Parish marriage record for Hugh’s parents.
I can send you further information during the coming week about Hugh’s baptism and his parents’ marriage if you like. These records however, would change everything about Hugh’s mother’s side of the family as recorded in the Scott Family Tree at Ancestry.com.
With Kind Regards,
Dave Boylan