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Title: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Monday 11 October 10 16:16 BST (UK)
i am posting this for my mum. she is tracing her grandmothers family denigan, from longford ireland. all she has managed to find is that richard denigan her gr grandfather was originally from longford born 1882, in 1901 he is living in london and married a lady called amy ann revell.  richard was with the irish gaurds for a while. we know his father is james denigan from ireland as it says on richards marriage certificate. we have richards marriage record and his military career but we really need his fathers details and if at all possible his mothers who we dont even kno her name.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: GeoffP on Monday 11 October 10 16:24 BST (UK)

The birth of Richard Denigan is on Family Search

Born 1Q 1882 Longford
You will need to buy the Birth Certificate from the GRO  in order to obtain details of parents

Regards
Geoff
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 11 October 10 16:24 BST (UK)
Irish civil registration index is online and shows only 1 birth for a Richard Denigan in Co. Longford- Jan./Mar.1882 Longford registration district volume 3 page 214.
If you think this is the correct person then you can order the certificate to get names of both parents and exact date and place of birth.
See here for details on birth certificates and how to order them-
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433041.0.html
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: Elwyn Soutter on Monday 11 October 10 16:30 BST (UK)
There are 4 James Denigan entries on the 1901 census for Longford. 2 are too young to be directly relevant but 2, aged 74 & 68 might be Richard's father, assuming he was still alive. The birth cert, if it's the right one, will give you the mother's name and so you can use that to identify the right family in the census.

www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search 

Elwyn
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: Jack2227 on Saturday 13 November 10 12:04 GMT (UK)
Ireland Royal Irish Constabulary 1816-1921.

Denigan John; 19, Longford. Enlisted 1863

Denigan Thomas; 19, Longford. Enlisted 1881.
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1861 Cen Eng;
Lancashire District 10

Bridget Denigan; 50, widow, Roscommom
James (son); 24, Longford
Margaret Butler (dtr); 22, Killarney,
Margaret Denigan(dtr); Longford
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US WW2 Draft Cards; 1942

Michael Joseph Denigan; 54
b. 6/10/1887, Longford
Residence; Chiago, Illinois
Mrs. Margaret Denigan
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US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866-1938

Charles Donigan, 43, Longford.
Residnce; California, Los Angeles.
------------------------

Jack.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: Jack2227 on Saturday 13 November 10 12:32 GMT (UK)
Thomas John Denigan
b. 27/2/1878, Middletown, Longford
Ftr; Laurence
Mtr; Anne Hyne Denigan
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www.igp-web.com/longford/longmar.htm
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Jack
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Saturday 13 November 10 14:31 GMT (UK)
goodness jack you have been busy! thank you so much for those, i will follow them up right now. x
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: Jack2227 on Saturday 13 November 10 17:09 GMT (UK)
England/Wales Probate Index; (Wills & Administrations)

Dinnegan John, Derryart, Longford
d. 14/6/1924
Probate, London, to Thomas William Delany, Solicitors.
Effects; £1120-17-11
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Jack
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: miked51 on Sunday 06 February 11 12:54 GMT (UK)
My name is Michael Denigan and today I became rather excited after doing a Google search with my family name Denigan, and came across a posting on this website regarding a James Denigan from Ireland who was married to a lady called Amy Ann Revell. My father, James William Denigan, who died some years ago had a father, James Denigan who was married to an Amy Revell which is why I was excited to discover this posting after so many years of not knowing my father's family history. I hope that you may be able to help me find any living relatives. I have been living mostly in New Zealand since 1962.

Kind regards
Michael Denigan

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Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Sunday 06 February 11 13:03 GMT (UK)
hello micheal, again i am posting for my mum, although she is now on rootchat and may reply too. she has had a quick look at her tree but at the moment her brain has turned to mush with all the names and dates. she has asked me to let you know that she will return to this thread and will hopefully reply with some more info for you although, she is struggling with this line of her tree and may not be able to help. hopefully ou can both help each other and fill in the blanks.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: miked51 on Sunday 06 February 11 13:26 GMT (UK)
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm a bit disappointed that once again my initial excitement has been dented slightly. I would love to know why the search for my father's history is so elusive. My father was never forthcoming with information regarding his family (never really wanting to discuss the topic). I had the feeling my father may have left home, never wanting to return, maybe to start a new life. Anyway it's been great to have made this contact, but I have no other information to offer, other than that given in the original post.

Kind regards
Michael Denigan

Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Sunday 06 February 11 13:38 GMT (UK)
i may be stepping on my toes here, but i will breifly give you what i know. my great nan (my mums nan) was a denigan at birth. she never really spoke much of her family, indeed she claimed not to be irish.  although further reseach show her father whomever he was was irish. my mother has the father of her nan as richard denigan, born abt 1882 in longford ireland, she has a copy of the marriage in which he gives his name as richard denigan. he also names his father as james. she alo has him on the 1901 census as richard.

i would not take this as his name literally though, if your james and our richard are the same person and the father was james it might be that he used his middle name.  of course it could be a coincidence that you have a james denigan marrying a amy revell, and we have almost similar but i dont think it is. we have yet to find any birth record for a richard denigan, and although the irish records are scetchy, the denigans were RC and would have baptised their children, meaning there should be a record somewhere.

im sure my mum will get back to you soon, so please keep checking back xxxxx
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: miked51 on Sunday 06 February 11 13:51 GMT (UK)
Thanks again. I am sure they are likely to be the same person.  There can't be too many Denigan's married to an Amy Revell, I will check again tomorrow, as its rather late here.


Take care......thxs so much
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: della1 on Monday 14 March 11 14:25 GMT (UK)
hello my name is madeline dennigan and i am trying to trace my father whose name is lawrence dennigan born abt1912 i know as much as that his father was called richard dennigan born abt1882 and married and amy anne revell abt 1902 i believe that richard dennigans father was called james i believe that richard and amy had children ther names are joseph 1911 mary ann 1904 winifred 1903 and lawrence who is my father i would really love to know if anyone can help me i have read your posts and there might be some connection i am new to this many thanks good luck in all your searches kind regards della (madeline)
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Monday 14 March 11 14:35 GMT (UK)
i am again posting for my mum here, she doesnt use rootschat as much as she should but i will defo tell her to answer you della. my mums grandmother was irene agnus denigan, her father was richard denigan. my mum is almost 100% sure his father was james from longford. so i would say you must be related all in some way.
we are trying to establish who richards mother was. if we can find a wife for james then we may be able to locate them on the irish 1901 or 1911 census.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: della1 on Wednesday 16 March 11 09:41 GMT (UK)
hello rachel

wow i am writing this for my mum she is very excited to have found you and very grateful for the help you are giving us we think aswell that there is defo a family connection she has some information on richard which when my mum comes over we will tell you what we know lawrence dennigan married my mums mum who is called iris joan elsie sargeant and my mum has a brother and sister we have been looking for lawrence for sometime now but have struggled with information we was unaware that lawrence may have travelled to new york thankyou so much for replying i will write again as soon as my mum comes to my house later do you live in england? love rainie dellas daughter xx
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: carolemoore on Thursday 17 March 11 18:41 GMT (UK)
Wedding Photo of IRENE AGNUS DENIGAN and WILLIAM DEEDMAN in 1939. Also in the photo are RICHARD DENIGAN and his wife AMY ANN and Irenes brother
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Thursday 17 March 11 18:45 GMT (UK)
mum this photo looks even better in bigger size :)
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: NZvixx on Friday 15 April 11 13:19 BST (UK)
Hi
I've got Denigan links and have just found a connection with Rachel and Carol and got in touch with them. But I think Michael in NZ.. you might be my mums cousin!! (have sent you a message)

Can we have a definate list of this family as I think I'm missing some children of Richard Dennigan (b. 1882 Longford) and Amy Ann Revell (b. 1884)
I'll start with what I have but please correct me if wrong or missing something...

1903 Winifred Mary
1904 Mary Ann (my mum's mum)
1907 James W
1909 Richard T
1912 Lawrence
1920 Irene A
1923 Charles


There's a bit of a gap there and I wouldn't be surprised if more children :)

Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: NZvixx on Friday 15 April 11 13:22 BST (UK)
Wedding Photo of IRENE AGNUS DENIGAN and WILLIAM DEEDMAN in 1939. Also in the photo are RICHARD DENIGAN and his wife AMY ANN and Irenes brother

Carole that photograph is fantastic ! How amazing   :)
Do you know who is who? Which one of Irenes brothers is in the picture?
My mum was able to recognise Grandad Denigan in the centre!
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Friday 15 April 11 22:20 BST (UK)
i am answering for my mum as she doesnt use rootschat as much as i keep telling her she should (carolemoore is my mum).as far as we know it in the photo

middle bride and husband seated- irene agnus denigan and william (bill) deedman
two girls in yellow gold either side-modified -deedman sister's
gentleman behind william-richard denigan
lady in green-amy ann revell
lady in black-william deedmans mother
gentleman and lady on the left are deedmans
far right gentleman in lighter suit is charles dennigan
gentleman in darker suit is we think lawrence denigan.



NZ i should point out that irenes daughter, your mums cousin and my grandmother is still living and would love to make contact, she is on fb and i will message you her details on fb.


as for all the children of richard and amy as far as we know you have them all except a thomas j denigan born and died 1911.

i may be able to explain the long periods between children but i dont want to upset anyone with anything. basicly richard was a bit of a jack the lad and played away from home for long periods of time. there were aparently long periods where amy and richard did not talk, although always apearing to be the perfect married couple. this i only the way my nan saw it at the time, and from tales she heard from irene denigan. i hope i havent upset anyone there.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: NZvixx on Saturday 16 April 11 06:35 BST (UK)
Thanks Rachel. Great information.

Will catch you on FB I'm sure.

Wanted to view this on here though in case anyone else picks it up..
my mum has a memory of being told there was a Denigan Uncle that moved to the US and was a Chicago police chief.

I've found a Michael Joseph Denigan born 6 October 1887 in Longford who arrived in the US in 1910, Married Margaret Dyer (had several children) lived in Chicago and was a policeman.

I'm wondering if this Michael might have been a brother of our Richard Denigan born 1883.

Would be interested to hear if anyone has any more info on this.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Saturday 16 April 11 10:11 BST (UK)
it wouldnt surprise me if he was related to our richard. we have found a birth of a richard dennigan on family search in 1882 longford county. we havent got round to ordering this certificate yet but when we do that will tell us his mother and faters name
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Saturday 16 April 11 19:28 BST (UK)
here is one of irene agnus denigan and her second husband kevin carr.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: NZvixx on Saturday 30 April 11 05:01 BST (UK)
Rachel - I think we won't be able to tie up Richard to his parents (potentially the James & Mary.A we found) until we get his birth certificate - I read on this forum earlier that you were ordering the cert - just wondered if you had done that or not?

Any other help from forum members on how to get further Irish details would be great  :)
eg. marriage details of Richards parents, birth details of his parents etc
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: shanew147 on Saturday 30 April 11 10:08 BST (UK)
Rachel - I think we won't be able to tie up Richard to his parents (potentially the James & Mary.A we found) until we get his birth certificate - I read on this forum earlier that you were ordering the cert - just wondered if you had done that or not?

Any other help from forum members on how to get further Irish details would be great  :)
eg. marriage details of Richards parents, birth details of his parents etc

the best way to follow up the search is to order the possible birth cert mentioned earlier (see reply #2 (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,488526.msg3464309.html#msg3464309)). Since you already have Richards father's name, and presumably occupation, from his marriage cert (see the original post (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,488526.msg3464297.html#msg3464297)) you can compare these against the birth cert you get to see if you have a match.

Once you have the full names of his father & mother you could then search for thir marriage, which would give you their father's names and occupations.

The births of Richard's parents would be before the start of civil birth registrations (1864), so you would need to check to see what parish records are available for the parish(es) they were baptised in.


Shane
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Wednesday 04 May 11 08:23 BST (UK)
for those who are searching for richard denigan, who im not in contact with through fb, i have the info for richard denigans parents now.

i rang longford office as online it tells you it is mandatory to add mothers name to order as birth cert, seeing as this was one of the reasons for ordering a cert, i was a little baffled. the lady i spoke to was very very helpful, there is only one richard denigan registered in the county of longford in 1882. he was born in KILLASHEE, DOB 9TH MARCH 1882. MOTHER-MARY ANN BURKE, FATHER-JAMES DENIGAN.

all this ties up with the 1901 and 1911 irish census' that show a family with the father james and mother mary ann., living in ballyclare killashee.


 :) :) :)
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: shanew147 on Wednesday 04 May 11 08:28 BST (UK)
all you need to order historic certs from the GRO are the references from the Index - i.e. name, record type (e.g. birth), year/quarter, registration district, volume and page number. The GRO order forms are designed for more recent certs used for legal purposes - passports etc

see:  Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433040.0.html)


Shane
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Wednesday 04 May 11 08:47 BST (UK)
ahhh ok, my bad navigating skills on the net i would think, but still unless i actually want the cert for my files, i now have all the information i need :)
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Monday 09 May 11 10:00 BST (UK)
i am posting this on this thread as otherwise i have to message each one of us separtley via fb or my emails.

do any of you denigan descendants remember a reference to a cissie or sis? my nan seems to think that cissie was a sister of irene, lawrence, mary ann and all the other siblings and yet i cant find a cissie. it could be that this was a nickname for the eldest sister winifred or that cissie wasnt a sister at all but a cousin etc, but both my nan and her brother and now a step sister of my nan have talked of cissie?
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: della1 on Saturday 14 May 11 15:55 BST (UK)
My name is Michael Denigan and today I became rather excited after doing a Google search with my family name Denigan, and came across a posting on this website regarding a James Denigan from Ireland who was married to a lady called Amy Ann Revell. My father, James William Denigan, who died some years ago had a father, James Denigan who was married to an Amy Revell which is why I was excited to discover this posting after so many years of not knowing my father's family history. I hope that you may be able to help me find any living relatives. I have been living mostly in New Zealand since 1962.

Kind regards
Michael Denigan

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Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: della1 on Saturday 14 May 11 15:58 BST (UK)
hello micheal

my name is madeline dennigan i my father is (*) who i believe might be your dads brother i think you may have spoke to a
(*) we have who is related to the dennigans would be lovely to hear from you and find out a bit more about the family history love madeline (now called della)

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Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: mjmce61 on Tuesday 30 August 11 23:47 BST (UK)
Oh, if only I had know of your existence when I was in UK last month!

What a family, my mother (a Dennigan) basically denies there was any family and getting information out of her has been a nightmare. Met a cousin in Liverpool who said her father, my uncle, was as bad.

The photo is the Dennigan women, my mother Joan in the centre, left Sophie  (my niece) Clair (my sister) and Clair (my daughter).

The family tree is my latest effort, I also have a copy of the wedding cert for James dennigan/Mary Ann Burke which I will post when I can get it scanned.

Regards
Michael

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Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Wednesday 31 August 11 08:05 BST (UK)
oh my goodness! so let me get this straight, the lady sitting down in the middle is a denigan?! she looks just like the other denigans i have met within this family!

which denigan are you related through michael? you can't post your mothers name without her permisson, but you post her fathers name if he is no longer living. are you the same michael who posted earlier in this thread, and you've just changed your profile name?
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: shanew147 on Wednesday 31 August 11 09:49 BST (UK)
..... I also have a copy of the wedding cert for James dennigan/Mary Ann Burke which I will post when I can get it scanned.
....

Full certs are not permitted on RootChat, but small extracts are permitted so that people can assist with sections that may be difficult to decipher.


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Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: della1 on Wednesday 31 August 11 10:04 BST (UK)
hello michael it is della here lovely to hear of you i have grown up not knowing my father lawrence dennigan who would of been your dads brother we have found out quite a bit of family history mainly from rachel ralph who i think is in contact with you we to have found out that back in the day the dennigans maybe were not very nice we hvae found all lawrence brother and sisters and unfortunatley they are all deceasead but the only one we cant find is my dad lawrence it seems he gone from the face off the earth would love to chat to you as i have grown up with no family of my own i now have my children are you on face book lots of love and thankyou for your reply love della x
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: mjmce61 on Tuesday 06 September 11 06:19 BST (UK)
Firstly to NZ, if all that has gone before is correct, we are as the maoris say cossie bros! I live now in Warkworth, where are you?

Next, I have been trying to sort things out with Rachel on email as I have a Joseph as being the first born of James and Mary Ann. I was given this name when I was in Ballyclare in 2007 by two elderly natives, surname Scully. I am coming to the belief that Richard was the first born 1882 and that the Joseph was actually Michael Joseph 1887 who went to USA, I was told that one of the sons had gone to the USA. What happened to Thomas 1884, I have yet to find out. I can account for Annie Mary 1890, James my GF, Elizabeth 1897 and John 1899.

One person who may be able to help if anybody knows where she is is a Mary Dennigan, daughter of John Dennigan and Margaret Diffley. She now lives in the USA and sold the family farm to the O'Roukes in 2003 after her brother Gabriel died.

Rachel has asked about a Cissie, talking to my mother yesterday, she talks about a Cissie being in and around the Dennigan farm and looking after Johns children, Cyril, Gabriel and Mary after his death in 1947 but she cannot remeber who she was, so I wonder whether one of Richards children did return to the farm.
 
What is interesting is the fervour and committment of so many people chasing the Dennigans, when I compare the area on my FT of the Dennigans to the rest of my ancestors it is about a 10th!

happy days to everyone. :)
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: Thomas Carty on Sunday 28 February 16 12:30 GMT (UK)
The fact that they hide the name normally hints at a little bit of scandal in the family.

Dennigan in Longford is normally an Irish Traveller name, or tinker / intenerant / gypsy to use the colloquial if racist expressions.

Many try to hide such origins.

A smilimlar sounding name is Duignan, also spelled Degnan, Dignan and Ive seen it spelled both as Dignan and Denigan, hence posting this...

And if its Duignan there may be a reason to keep a tad schtum about the name. All the family were very decent people. But... there is always one!


Basically, the Duignans came to the Leggah / Ballinamuck area from Leitrim, and they continued to marry into Leitrim families.

One Francis Duignan married an Ann Grey from Mohill in Leitrim circa 1871 and their eldest daughter was known as Mary Ann Duignan. The name was also spelled Degnan.

This girl was known to the world as Chicago May - and when you read HER story you will see why the family denied being Duignans, if that was there name!

Its a pity as the family was well got in Longford and highly respected. Our dawsie was just one bad apple in a good barrell...

Ive done  a piece on her, and just finished reading Noal O Faoilans book "The Story of Chicago May"

http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/chicago-may (http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/chicago-may)

I'm not the only poet as I call myself to write on her, the occultist Alistar Crowley wrote a weird epic poem about a woman who was a lover and yet who repelled him, and he called the character Chicago May even though it wasnt about our girl as such. Why? I dont know!

Our connection is that a Kate Hourican married a Thomas Duignan, and what he is to her father Im unsure, cousins of some sort...
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: rachelralph on Monday 29 February 16 13:32 GMT (UK)
thank you for your infomation Thomas. it is interesting reading. i dont think we will ever be able to prove a connection to each other but i agree that dennigsn/denigan can come in many different varients and we most likely are related somehow.
i cannot go much further back on my own Denigan tree. i have since writing this post done much more research on my gr gr grandads family and all his children. i have spoken to children of all my  gr gr grandads children and whilst all our relatives have very interesting stories, none of us know much more than what we grew up with. their is no history in any of the stories. my gr gr grandad Richard Denigan came over from longford, and never spoke of home again. i know from my records he was the eldest son of James Denigan and Mary Ann Burke, but those who have researched james and mary have never heard nor seen any record of my Richard. he was i feel most strongly a black sheep. i do not want to say too much as there are people who still remember him (although none too fondly) but i can imagine his family may have wanted to disown him.

i have very much enjoyed researching this family name and i will continue to do so, but records are hard to come by anyway without adding family disputes, disowning and name variants into the mix.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: NZkiwi1 on Thursday 30 January 20 09:05 GMT (UK)
Hi
I've got Denigan links and have just found a connection with Rachel and Carol and got in touch with them. But I think Michael in NZ.. you might be my mums cousin!! (have sent you a message)

Can we have a definate list of this family as I think I'm missing some children of Richard Dennigan (b. 1882 Longford) and Amy Ann Revell (b. 1884)
I'll start with what I have but please correct me if wrong or missing something...

1903 Winifred Mary
1904 Mary Ann (my mum's mum)
1907 James W
1909 Richard T
1912 Lawrence
1920 Irene A
1923 Charles


There's a bit of a gap there and I wouldn't be surprised if more children :)

Hi, I am the grand-daughter of Richard Denigan, and now live in New Zealand. Like a lot of the other posts on this forum, my mother knew very little about her father (Richard)'s family. She did say that her father was one of 11 children. Of all of her uncles, she only ever met Charles who later retired to Spain with his partner. Her parents kept her from meeting the Denigan cousins, so as an only child it would  have been quite lonely.
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: heywood on Thursday 30 January 20 09:08 GMT (UK)
Related post here
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=527222
Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: hallmark on Thursday 30 January 20 09:35 GMT (UK)


All Civil Reg Birth, Marriage and Death results for dennigan of Longford Reg District

LINK   http://www.rootschat.com/links/01oyx/


if you want Marriages just click on Marriage etc... or if you want 1800 ones click 1800's folder.

Certs are Free,  Irish Govt BDM Website.

One needs to solve Security Captcha and can just use Initials to sign in.  Safe site to use!

Those with  Returns Page No  do not have Images of Certs yet but use Link every few months to look for any updates.


Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: hallmark on Thursday 30 January 20 09:51 GMT (UK)
thank you for your infomation Thomas. it is interesting reading. i dont think we will ever be able to prove a connection to each other but i agree that dennigsn/denigan can come in many different varients and we most likely are related somehow.
i cannot go much further back on my own Denigan tree. i have since writing this post done much more research on my gr gr grandads family and all his children. i have spoken to children of all my  gr gr grandads children and whilst all our relatives have very interesting stories, none of us know much more than what we grew up with. their is no history in any of the stories. my gr gr grandad Richard Denigan came over from longford, and never spoke of home again. i know from my records he was the eldest son of James Denigan and Mary Ann Burke, but those who have researched james and mary have never heard nor seen any record of my Richard. he was i feel most strongly a black sheep. i do not want to say too much as there are people who still remember him (although none too fondly) but i can imagine his family may have wanted to disown him.

i have very much enjoyed researching this family name and i will continue to do so, but records are hard to come by anyway without adding family disputes, disowning and name variants into the mix.


The Marriage Certs is online but my advice would be to look at all Marriages and work out family units, siblings marrying etc etc rather than me just posting one particular Cert.

Then look at Birth Reg to get children of couples etc...



also

R.C. https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0146  Longford   and neighbouring Parishes can be got by just clicking them on Map





Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: hallmark on Thursday 30 January 20 09:52 GMT (UK)

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Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: hallmark on Thursday 30 January 20 09:57 GMT (UK)


https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/civil-records/help/what-civil-records-are-on-line

Title: Re: denigan/dennigan
Post by: hallmark on Thursday 30 January 20 10:46 GMT (UK)


A handy way to get Births 1899+ is to use advanced Search

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/advanced-civil.jsp  just fill in a few boxes, change Mother's surname as needed etc

..or husband's surname  with mother Dennigan if one wants. etc