William Dougherty, son of Mich'l Dougherty and Catherine Walsh

Jack:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I searched on Roots Ireland and did not find a William Dougherty baptismal record around 1821 with the parents you listed. At least eleven of the Co. Kilkenny RC parishes do not have records back to the early 1820s. Possibly William was baptized in one of those parishes. I also did not find a church marriage record for Michael and Catherine.

You may want to post William's story on our XO Chronicles site https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-dat…

You may also want to consider autosomal DNA testing.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger mcDonnell

I found the baptism of a probable sibling to your William in Tullagher (aka Tullaher and Rosbercon) Catholic Parish, Co. Kilkenny. A John Doherty baptised 9th May 1819 with parents Mich. Doherty and Cath. Walsh - see the 4th entry on the right hand page (National Library of Ireland). The registers for this parish have several known gaps, e.g.  June 1819 to Janaury 1824 and April 1825 to January 1830, which is probably why no record showed up for William.

The parish of Tullagher/Tullaher and Rosbercon is located in South Co. Kilkenny close to the border with Co. Wexford and the town of New Ross. There were three chapels in the parish in the 1830s, one at Rosbercon village near New Ross, another at Tullagher, and a third at Listerlin townland. 

Shane:

Nice find!

Roger

Jack!

After seeing Shane's post, I searched again on Roots and found a Thomas in 1818 in Rosbercon and an Honor in 1822 in Glenmore which is the RC parish south of Rosbercon. See below. Preumably, this is the same couple and they relocated after 1818.

Roger

Name:Thomas DohertyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:01-Jan-1818Address:RahoraParish/District:ROSBERCONGender:MaleCountyCo. Kilkenny
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Michael DohertyMother:Catherine WalshOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John Bulger Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Margaret Prendergast 

Name:Honor DohertyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:25-Feb-1822Address:IlParish/District:GLENMOREGender:FemaleCountyCo. Kilkenny
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Michael DohertyMother:Catherine WalshOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John Il Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Bridget Grace 

My family (Mullins) came from Gaulstown, Flemingstown and I’ve seen some in Thomastown, Kilkenny.  We even have a Doherty on my tree.  They are in the Glenmore church book, Ossory diocese.  The church book is found on ancestry.com.  If you change the spelling of the name to Doherty, the book will show up.  Plus the informant on the above record, Bridget Grace, is probably one of my family.  A Grace married a Mullins.  

I am speechless. All I can say is "Thank You."  I have been trying to find my family in Ireland for 30 years. In the past I worked with the O'Dochartaigh Association. My daughter travelled to Ireland and the Doherty "homeland" near Inishowen. And now you have found my family for me in Kilkenny.

It will take me a while to process the information. But I look forward to finding living family in Ireland and - perhaps - meeting some of you wonderful folks. 

Jack Doherty (Rancho San Diego, California, USA).

Jack,  Within a few weeks after I had my DNA tested at ancestry, and I learned how to use it properly to find family, I had the entire top of my tree finished.  I’ve been searching for years also.  I’ve met new cousins, And can’t say enough about how easy it is to find people now.

A person last week got in touch with me because our DNA matched, he was looking for his real family, his grandfather was adopted.  My family got together and decided to share our results with each other.  Thus we have quite a lot of DNA family info.

So I talked this perfect stranger into sending me his results, and I did the same, and within three minutes I told him what his new family name is.  By the afternoon, I figured out who his great grandfather was.  It was that easy.  The more family you can get to test, the easier it is to pinpoint others in the family.  That fellow matched 6 of us cousins.  

Good luck and maybe we’ll meet again on a family DNA list.

Rosemary