Owen Eugenii Murat

Lorna,

The RC baptism records for Dromore list a Brigid Murat baptised 2nd July 1841. No parents are named but given the rarity of the name, it’s possible this child was part of your family. I don't see any other baptisms or marriages.

There’s a possible death listed for Ellen Muratt regd in Omagh on 1st June 1873. That certificate should tell you whether Owen/Eugene was still alive. I can’t see a death for him in the statutory records (which start in 1864) so he may have died before that. You can view Ellen's death on the GRONI site (details below. Use the search registrations option. There is no need to purchaseor order  the certificate). That certificate is not available on-line free yet so you need to pay to view it.

Mary Murat’s marriage in 1868 gives her townland (address) as Letteree (more commonly Lettery).

Jacob is the Latin for James. (Many church registers were compilied in Latin). Owen’s son James Muratt married Catherine Breen. They were still alive and living in Lettery in the 1901 census :

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Greenan/Lettery/1741929/

Catherine died in 1904 aged 78. James had died before her but again I can’t find his death certificate.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1904/05628/4583240.pdf

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk

Griffiths Valuation for 1860 lists Owen Muratt in Lettery. He had plot 15d which was a farm labourer’s cottage. His name remains against that property until 1901 in the Valuation Revision records on the PRONI website, though I suspect he died long before that. His son had evidently acquired the property and the records probably hadn’t been updated.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

Thank you Elwyn for your assistance, I had been at a stand still for a long time.  I gained a wealth of information from you and so quickly.  

The links were very helpful indeed, thanks for adding them.

Thank you again!

Sincerely,

Lorna

Hi I noticed your post when I was searching for some info on Alice Murat/Murrat. My great grandmother was an Ellen McAleer. She was a daughter of Owen McAleer and Alice Murrat. My mother always mentioned that there was a French line from her side of the family. I checked that when i found out her surname and i guess my mother was right. It is a French surname. Ellen married a William Sharkey from Domore. I noticed that Lowell Massachusetts was mentioned.Some of William Sharkey's siblings emigrated to the United States and ended up in Lowell also.

Hi , my great grandmother was Rosa Murat, her father was Eugene Murat from lettery dromore

Hi ,

in her marriage cert ( Rosa’s ) father was Owen Murat handloom weaver , Rosa left Ireland for Scotland where she wed Hugh M’Grory in Glasgow, they eventually settled In Hamilton .we also where led to believe she was from foreign shores  , but I love to know .

paul