McLaughlin & Deery family Co Donegal

Hello Miriam

Great to hear from you & thanks for the information & the links, I have already printed then off to put with the growing pile!.

We do have some information about the family but equally some gaps.

Mary Ann married Andrew McClea/Cley in Derry & they were there in the 1901 & 1911 census.  They appeared to move between Derry & Donegal according to the birthplaces of their children.  in their 1901 census there is a Rose McLaughlin, a spinster aunt & housekeeper, who must have been a sister of William but she is not there in the 1911 census. Her birth date would be approx 1846

Catherine is with Mary Ann in the 1911 census & has her daughter Cassie with her.  We believe Catherine had about 4 children but  not all survived.  She was still living in Manorcunningham in 1953 when her sister Ellen died.  Mary Ann was already dead at this time but currently I have no further information on her death although think seh was in the Belfast area.

I'm visiting Ireand in about 3 weeks & hope to visit the area.  I plan to contact the priest in Glenswilly to see if I can disciver if William & Mary are buried in the churchyard there,

Any further information would be gratefully recieved

Regards

Eileen

Hi Miriam

Many thanks for this.

If it was possible to meet with a local volunteer this would be really nice.

I will be meeting up with my sister & she will with me when we visit.  Her youngest daughter may come as well although she had a lot of ffamily committments so may not be able to make it.

This is a special journey for us as it is fulfilling our mother's greatest wish to find out about her roots; she never knew her mother or anything about her family. This is the 30th year since her death, so as you can see it is a lifelong wish at last coming to fruition.

Eileen