1836 marriage in Longtower RC Church

[anne_p]

Is there any online access to the parish register for Longtower RC church in Derry?
I have been searching for a marriage for 5 years and I have just obtained a transcribed cert from Rootsireland
I can't find this marriage on any other site for comparison.

I am certain that it's mistranscribed.
 James McGrath and Priscilla Walsh were married in Longtower RC church on 9 Jun 1836
I believe that bride's name should read Grisella/Gresella Walsh.
I am more than certain it's the correct couple, but I would just love to confirm it!

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   I can find a transcribed record of the marriage and my source gives PRICILLA.

Regards

[anne_p]

Thank-you Kinkerswell,
Can I presume that the transcription came from another source rather than Rootsireland?

If so, it could suggest that the original does say Priscilla, and is possibly an error from the outset?
I have a fair bit of documented data for James and Grisella, and a marriage of 1836 fits perfectly with the info that I have.
From their ages at death, they couldn't have married much before 1836 and their 1st known child was born in 1839.

[Elwyn Soutter]

There's copy of the original register on microfilm in PRONI, Belfast (MIC1D/57). You might need to check that to decide what the name was.

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   Yes, my source was NOT Rootsireland.

Regards

[anne_p]

Thanks Kinkerswell and Elwin,
It will probably be another year before I can get over to Belfast again, but  I fully intend to look at the marriage to see what it says.

Thanks
Anne

[DoireM]

annep5892, here is the email address of the Long Tower Parish Office, maybe they could do a check for you.  longtower@derrydiocese.org

[Mcreith24]

Hello Annep5892
I am new to Rootschat and have been researching my 'mcreith' descendants for some time - and going in several different directions.  I believe the person I am looking for Edward Mcreith ('Mcgragth') on the Scotland 1841 census is my link back to Ireland and want to trace any relationship with the others mentioned 'Grisey' and James.  You mentioned in your post that you had some information on James and Gresella and wondered what you had discovered - whether you would be happy to share this ?  I am trying to arrange to visit PRONI in May so would be happy to look up anything specific you are looking for..  I think Edward may be James' brother and would ideally like to ID the others on the census (Margaret and Patrick) so I am in a better position to follow a line back to Ireland... Any help would be brilliant!!?

[anne_p]

Mcreith,
Re the McGrath ( McGragh) family, James, Grisey, Margaret and Patrick  on the 1841 census in Glasgow
The child named Margaret  b 1839  was my gg grandmother.
The family had one more child ( Elizabeth) born in Glasgow 1843 but were all known to be back in Derry before 1851.

Although I did find his baptism in Glasgow, I never found  the child named Patrick after the 1841 census and his father who was later widowed and re married ,  went on to have another child named Patrick .

Grisella Walsh, her husband James McGrath and daughter Margaret all died in Derry.
 Daughter Elizabeth b Glasgow 1843 was married twice. Her 1st marriage was in Derry and her 2nd in Scotland.
Elizabeth died in Scotland.
I too think Edward McGrath from the 1841 census was James's brother but I also have some evidence that he too moved back to Derry where he married and had a number of children before moving to the North of England.
 His name on all records is McGrath.