My ancestors were Henry McMonigle (born about 1823, Ireland) & his wife Ann (or Nancy) Mulholland (born about 1825, Ireland). They left Londonderry on the ship “Lord Maidstone” on May 11, 1848, bound for St. John, New Brunswick. Their daughter Rosy was 3 and son John was 6 months old at the time of voyage.
The “Address” section on the ship passenger list for Henry states “Letterkenny”.
The ship landed in St. John on June 17, 1848.
The family was in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA by August 8, 1850. They settled in that area.
[Henry's surname McMonigle was spelled various ways: McMonigal, McMonegal, McMonigal. The way my branch of Henry's family spelled it is McMunigal.]
Does anyone have any information about Henry or Ann, or either of their parents? This website is exciting.
Thank you!
Thursday 25th Oct 2012, 02:05PM
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Hi
If you haven't already You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ for information regarding the family or their relatives.
Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com
The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive. The information in the Tithes is quite basic, typically consisting of townland name, landholder's name, area of land and tithes payable. Many Books also record the landlord's name and an assessment of the economic productivity of the land. The tax payable was based on the average price of wheat and oats over the seven years up to 1823, and was levied at a different rate depending on the quality of land. For Parishes where the registers do not begin until after 1850, this information can be useful, as they are often the only surviving early records. They can provide valuable circumstantial evidence, especially where a holding passed from father to son in the period between the Tithe survey and Griffith's Valuation.
Some sites that me be of interest to you are:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/index_do.htm#…
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/introduction-to-genealogy/
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Ireland Reaching Out
Monday 26th Nov 2012, 02:14PM