Hughes family of Armaghbrague

[ArmaghHughes]

Hello All  Ive just joined this forum and was hoping that someone may recognise some of my Hughes Family from Armaghbrague .I have posted on several forums but have never managed to find any connections ...yet
    My Great Grandfather was Felix Hughes born 3rd April , 1870 his parents were James Hughes and Catharine McGivern whose other children were ;
  Mary Hughes b 1st sept  1865
 Bernard Hughes 27th june 1867
 John Hughes  24th august 1872
 James Hughes  19th july 1876
 Michael Hughes 2nd december 1879
 Ann Catherine Hughes 17th may 1882
 Mary Hughes 15th january 1885
 Sarah Hughes 19th february 1888
                                            All of the above children were born in Armaghbrague near Keady . The father James Hughes was born in Armaghbrague in 1833 his parents were Bernard Hughes and Brigid Malaghan and they also had the following children;
  John Hughes b1827
 Mar? Hughes b 1829
 Felix Hughes b 1830
 Mary Hughes b1836
 all born in Armaghbrague ...James Hughes b 1833 married Catharine McGivern who was the daughter of Francis McGivern and Mary McParland whose other children were
 Ann McGivern b 1834
 Pat McGivern b 1837
 Brigid McGivern b 1840
Francis McGivern b 1846
 Mary McGivern b 1850     ...all were born in Corran. I have transcripts of most of these baptisms from the Ballymacnab registers which also show names of godparents if they can help ......heres hoping someone can make a connection somewhere

[tootsiepie]

Any sponsors or witnesses with the surname Donnelly?   I have Donnelly /Hughes connections in Corran.

[ArmaghHughes]

The sponsors i have for the Hughes Family are ;

John Hughes b1827 sponsors Hugh Haughey and Judith Haughey
Mar? Hughes b1829 sponsors Tho Trodden and Maria Magee
Felix Hughes b1830 sponsors Ber McKea and Mary Malaghan
James Hughes b1833 sponsors Fras Conlan and Cath Harvey
Mary Hughes b1836 sponsors Ter O`Neill and Catherine O`Neill

Sponsors for the McGivern Family are ;

Ann McGivern b1834 sponsors Pat McCann and Brigid McCann
Pat McGivern b1837 sponsors John Conway and Brigid Conway
Brigid McGivern b1840 sponsors Peter Conway and Mary McParlan
Catharine McGivern b1842 sponsors Terence McParlan and Cath Conway
Francis McGivern b1846 sponsors John Doherty and Catherine Doherty
Mary McGivern b 1850 sponsors John Conway and Henry McParland

           I dont have the parish register entries for the next generations yet but i will post them as soon as i get them

[tootsiepie]

Thank you for posting , but no familiar names there.

I asked Armagh Ancestry to do a search for my Owens birth pre 1842 ,to James Donnelly and Ellen Hughes, and though they didn't find Owens birth, they came up with the following births.  Armagh Ancestry believe
these births to be of the same family. (these were obtained pre online records.)

24.11.1835   Cath      John Donnelly     Eliz Hughes   Corran  --sp. James Hughes,  Ann Hughes

10.01.1838   Ann           ''      ''            Elen Hughes       ''         -- sp.  Thomas Hughes ,Judith Collins

19.02.1841   Pat        James      ''         Elizabeth Hughes  ''     -- sp.  Thomas Colllins, Ann Collins

24.10.1842   Michael    John    ''                ''         '''            ''      -- sp. Pat Hughes, Mary Robs

My Owen Donnelly was married to  Mary Anne McGone, 16/04/1863---from the Ballymacnab Catholic Parish Register- Witnesses GeorgeSherry and Margaret Keating.

[ArmaghHughes]

The Hughes sponsors that you have are probably the generation that i am researching at the moment .I know that later on some of this family settled in Corran but im not sure about this earlier generation .Sorry i have`nt found any Donnelly links yet

[ArmaghHughes]

I have struggled on with my Hughes research with not a lot of success .I have a death certificate for Bernard Hughes b 1867 who never married and was still living with his parents in 1901 and 1911......Bernard died in December 1941 but what confuses me is that he was living in the Workhouse at the time .His will shows that probate was granted to  James Hughes and James McParland .

[tootsiepie]

I haven't been able to get much further either.  Hopefully the Land Revision Books that are going online at Proni will help a little.

online now at

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm

[ArmaghHughes]

Hello Again Tootsiepie
                                I have just received a death certificate for Bernard Hughes (Ancestor of all of the above) and I am sure it is definitely his as it gives his address as Armaghbrague . The name and residency of the informant was James Donnelly of Armaghbrague who was present at death .The date of the death was 27th January 1867 do you think this could be one of your Donnellys

[ArmaghHughes]

Thanks for the tip by the way .I used the land revision books, which are dated using the different coloured ink, to find out when the Family Farm passed from Bernard to his son James .This happened in 1867 and I used this date to narrow down all the results for a Bernard Hughes death for that year