Hi Aghadowey,
Quite common unfortunately: Moore. The only thing that helps me is the first name of Fenton.
There was a Denis Moore and Fenton Moore (listed as Fanton Moore in the record) next to one another. I mistakenly said I found it in the Griffiths Valuation but it was the Tithe Applotment Book.
Thanks for providing the links. I checked them all but could not find anything pertaining to the ancestors I'm searching for. This would record would be too young to be my Denis (my 4G grandfather b. about 1814) but his father's name was Fenton and they were born in Queen's County... I believe in or around Mountrath.
Denis' father, Fenton Moore, was a butcher and that's all I know of him.
Denis Moore was married to Bridget Law and began work for the Ordnance Survey at some point. He left Ireland sometime between 1839 and 1847 for Scotland and then England (following the work of the OS). The OS work has made the family a challenge as they were somewhere different each census year!
I have a lot of information on him AFTER he left Ireland but can't find anything Irish other than the birth of his daughter Mary in Kilkenny in 1839. The only other family members from Ireland are from a 1851 census record in Scotland where a brother Anthony b. ~1831 Queens County and a nephew Fenton Moore b. ~1831 Queens County...(or so the census record says).
As I'm not sure of their religion, I don't know where to go in hopes of finding church records but that's what I'm trying to locate and need guidance on.
Sorry for the long winded message. Any other tips would be much appreciated!
Thanks so much,
Brenda