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I plan to visit Donegal in the spring of 2017 with two friends.  Our main purpose is to visit the Donegal area where my great great grandparents I believe came from, possibly Rathmelton which I think is where they married because I found a marriage certificate though I could not confirm it is my Mary and John.  I understand Clonmany was the parish they married in. 

The only info I have is my gg grandfather John Doherty, born in ireland in 1843, his father was John per his death certificate in Massachesetts, no mothers name listed.  Could be he lived in falprobog but not sure, I found that thru the griffiths.   Most of the info I have came from roots ireland.

John married a Mary McCarron b. 1844, in Ireland.   Her parents were  John McCarron and Sophia Dever.  This info came from Mary's death certificate when she died in 1899 Boston.  

While in ireland John and Mary had two children, Bridget in January 1863, and Owen in March of 65.
They then moved to Boston, Ma. and had eight more children including my grandfather James in 1866 in Boston.  
I have lots more info on the states side, but not a lot from ireland.

Thank you for any assistance.  I know the doherty name is very popular and may be difficult to narrow down.  

Karen kelly, Massachusetts

Pray, hope, and don't worry.  Padre Pio.

Tuesday 16th Feb 2016, 07:18PM

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  • Hello,  My GGG Grandmother was Eunice Doherty, child of George and Catherine Doherty.  She married John Mooney in Clonmany, Ireland date unknown,  But Eunice would have been born about 1808 in Ireland, and came to Boston, MA via Eastport, Maine about 1831.  I see from various MA City directories a number of Dohertys living near my Mooney family.  I presume you have picked up where they lived in Boston from these directories?  I wish I could go with you to Donegal, as I suspect our families were neighbors, and perhaps intermarried.  Best of luck,  Norma Mooney Milne

    normamm235

    Tuesday 16th Feb 2016, 07:33PM

  • Karen:

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    Clonmany RC record start in 1852 http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0356  Rathmelton is in Aughnish civil parish which is a good distance from Clonmany. I don't recognize Falprobog.

    I searched Roots Ireland and found the baptismal record for Owen in the Clonmany records and the 1861 marriage of John and Mary in Clonmany. Both records show a townland but neither is an offical townland name. The Alprabay could be Altahalla  The 1857 Griffiths for Clonmany civil parish does show a John Doherty in Altahalla. Of course, there were 25 John Dohertys in the parish who were head of households.  http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/donegal/clonmany.htm

    There is a Clonmany Genealogy Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/clonmany.genealogy?fref=ts

    Let me know if you have any questions. See transcriptions below.

    Roger McDonnell

    Name:Owen DohertyDate of Birth:
    Date of Baptism:12-Feb-1865Address:GornagassonParish/District:CLONMANYGender:MaleCountyCo. Donegal
    Denomination:Roman Catholic
    Father:John DohertyMother:Mary McCarronOccupation:
    Sponsor 1 /
    Informant 1:Denis HarkinSponsor 2 /
    Informant 2:Peggy Doherty

    Date of Marriage:25-Dec-1861
    Parish / District:CLONMANY
    County:Co. Donegal
    Husband JohnDoherty
    Wife MaryMcCarronA

    Address:Alprabay
     

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 16th Feb 2016, 08:51PM

  • Hi Norma and Roger,

    Wow, thank you both for your quick response.    

    I do look forward to the hunt and hope I am able to figure out exactly where john came from prior to my visit.    I donot see any Eunice in my family but have not been able to go far enough back.  I have been able to track all of the family from John and Mary from the time they arrived in Boston using the US census from late 1800's on.     

    Roger I will visit the links you have sent and hopefully be able to gather more info.  

    Thank you for your assistance.

    God bless

    Karen

     

    Wednesday 17th Feb 2016, 11:24AM

  • Hi,

    I have lots of Devers in my tree from Urris in Clonmany. My ggg-grandfather was Neil Dever, born 1828 in Urris, Clonmany and he married a Margaret Doherty,born 1827 of Clomany. They came to Boston before they got married and got married in Boston. I don't know anything about Margaret but I know all about the Devers. My grandmother was a Dever. My great uncle was Paul Dever, the governor of Massachusetts during the 40s. 

    Jennifer Wolfe

     

     

    Friday 12th Aug 2016, 07:14PM

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