Hi Folk - I believe I am a descendant of Robert Hooey/Hoey b.1750, descendant through David.
David b.1779 was the father of William b.1809, who was the father of Wilbert b.1858.
William immigrated to Canada, with his three sons in 1844, ended in Durham county.
Wilbert had a son Hubert (Howie - Hubert changed it) b.1893 and is my grandfather.
My father is Douglas Howie b.1939, the name was changed by Hubert for some reason.
We have been trying to trace our roots to Ireland for years now, and only discovered in the last two days the connection to Cavan and Ballieborough.
I would love to connect with you all and piece together our ancestry and more about the family, and also confirm the lineage and that we are in fact from Cavan, Robert's family and I've stumbled upon the correct David.
We do not know much of who the Hoey's were in Cavan, what they did, and how many there are out there.
I am now a Grattan, married an Irish descendant of course, and want to piece together that side of our heritage now too.
We have a lot of highland Scot on the Canadian Hoey side, mainly all maternal side...Wallace, McMillian and Muirhead.
Any help appreciate. You can respond here or email me directly at sharon dot grattan at gmail dot com