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Topic: General question on Griffith's Eval (Read 602 times)
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DeirdreMc
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Hello all  --having looked at various records from GE for Magheross and I am unsure as to what criteria is being used for listing the indivduals mentioned --
Were these names strictly of persons who owned land or who simply lived in the district ?
The females mentioned --I am trying to figure out if they were widows who owned property after the death of a husband/father or possibly young women who lived in a household.
Young men in their teens --would they be included?
Thank you for your assistance 
Deirdre
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JAP
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Deirdre,
As the quote which Falkyrn posted indicates, the Griffith's Valuation listed only persons who leased land from landowners together with the name of the actual landowner from whom it was leased. Usually only the principal leaseholder is listed - it is anything but a listing of all persons.
Another good explanation can be found at the site of the Public Records Office of Northern Island.
http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/valuatn.htm
Griffith's Valuation (VAL/2B)
The Primary Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864, gives a complete list of occupiers of land, tenements and houses. Better known as Griffith's Valuation, it is arranged by counties and within counties by Poor Law Union Divisions and within Unions by barony and then by parish and townland. For each townland the following information is recorded:
occupier of the land or houses
name of the person from whom the property was leased
description of the property
acreage of the farm
valuation of the land and buildings
The Griffith's Valuation is a useful, if flawed, substitute for the 1851/1861 census returns, in that it only gives the name of the leaseholder, and does not list the other family members.
And remember that there is duplication - some leaseholders leased several buildings and/or parcels of land in one location, or in more than one location.
Regards,
JAP
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Scotland - HALL, HARLEY, LOCHTY/LOCHTIE/LOUGHTIE/LOUGHTY (very rare), MCLAUSE/MCLAWS/MCILHOSE/HOSE (quite rare and many very variable spellings - close to 100 to date), PHILP/PHILIP, VASSIE; Ireland - BOURKE/BURKE, DONOHUE (many spellings), DOOLEY, KINSELLA, MAXWELL, OSBORNE, RAFFERTY, STA(U)NTON, SULLIVAN; England - BAYES, BROWNELL, DALTON, FREEMAN, HACKING, PIERCY, SIDDLE, SWIFT, SULLIVAN, TINK(L)ER, TRIPPIT. Any spellings and many other names!
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JAP
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I see that Christopher has exhumed this thread from 2005 - and that the OP hasn't been online since October 2006
PS: Spalpeen (from MSN Encarta)
1. rascal: a mischievous and cunning person
2. poor farm laborer: an impoverished farm laborer
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Scotland - HALL, HARLEY, LOCHTY/LOCHTIE/LOUGHTIE/LOUGHTY (very rare), MCLAUSE/MCLAWS/MCILHOSE/HOSE (quite rare and many very variable spellings - close to 100 to date), PHILP/PHILIP, VASSIE; Ireland - BOURKE/BURKE, DONOHUE (many spellings), DOOLEY, KINSELLA, MAXWELL, OSBORNE, RAFFERTY, STA(U)NTON, SULLIVAN; England - BAYES, BROWNELL, DALTON, FREEMAN, HACKING, PIERCY, SIDDLE, SWIFT, SULLIVAN, TINK(L)ER, TRIPPIT. Any spellings and many other names!
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Christopher
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Sorry, I omitted to mention young men in their teens. It's unlikely that a guy in his teens would have owned or leased property. Internet teen millionaires didn't arrive on the scene until the late twentieth century. The properties of deceased people might be shown on the Valuation by Rep. for whoever.
Christopher
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