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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Meath => Topic started by: noseyoap on Saturday 07 February 09 18:35 GMT (UK)
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Hi, looking for a Patrick Lynaugh born about 1840 in Kells, County Meath. He moved to Lincolnshire where he married Ann Elizabeth Harmston in 1877, he was listed as Lanaugh.
Can anyone help please
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Hi noseyoap
I have just looked on the IGI but couldnt find him. Have you got his marriage certificate? If not this will give his fathers name and occupation.
Ben
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Hi - yes I have the marriage certificate, they got married at Little Gonerby Lincolnshire. His father was listed as Bryan Lanaugh (deceased) and her father was listed as James Harmston (deceased). Have come to a halt with Patrick but I think I have found the marriage of James Harmston in Dunblane
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Hi
Irish research can be tricky as many records were destroyed in a fire in 1922 at the Public Records Office in Dublin. Lynaugh is a rare name though. You have his fathers name and his birthplace to go on.
There were two Thomas Laynaughs in the 1851 and 1861 censuses. I wonder if they were related?
Ben
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could be, I haven't found any of the family - where did you find them?
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The Irish Family History Foundation at www.irish-roots.ie includes some parish transcripts for Co. Meath - with the following possible baptism matches :
Lynagh Patrick 1837 Co. Meath
Lynagh Patrick 1837 Co. Meath
Lynagh Patrick 1839 Co. Meath
Lynagh Patrick 1839 Co. Meath
all in Athboy RC parish which looks like the next-door parish to Kells , Athboy town is about 10 miles south of Kells
it's a pay site (€5 per transcript), index search is free if you register.
civil records started here in 1864.
Shane
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Hi
I am csure that one of those is that of your Patrick Lynaugh. If one of them had a father named Bryan then you are onto a winner.
Ben
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I have just looked on the web site of Meath County - Roman Catholic Parish records and have found:
baptism for Kells between Jan 27 1832 and Dec 31 1873 - NLI pos 4185 and
baptism for Athboy between Jan 14 1827 and Jan 12 1858 - NLI pos 4173.
Can you tell me if this means the records are available to look at and where? also would I be able to look at them online.
Thanks
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those films will be available in the National Library in Dublin.
you order them using the film numbers (NLI pos 4185 / NLI pos 4173)
The details for these parishes seem to be included in the Irish Family History Foundation website mentioned above..
Shane
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Thanks for that, as I am not quite sure of his year of birth I am not going to pay to look at the transcripts yet. I did pay 5 euros for a marriage and it proved to be the wrong one so I am a bit sceptical. Anyway there is talk of a possible visit to Dublin this year so I will hang on a bit. My other grandfather came from Lambeg and apparently his records should stilll be at the church so we may be able to kill 2 birds with one stone.
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Hello
I am also looking for Patrick Lynaugh and Ann Elizabeth Harmston.
Not having much luck with this either and have looked on the irish family history foundation aswell, no exact matches and only one bryan linaugh who died in Mayo in 1877 - it could match but it is quite a long way out!
Do you have any photos of the descendants of Patrick? I have none.
Cheers
Katy
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Hi Noseyoap,
I may be in the National Library in the next few days and will try and look up those Athboy baptism records for you .... if they are decipherable.
Regards
Meath999
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Hello Meath999 that would be great if you would look at these records for me maybe we could find something about him
Pat
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Hello KatyL
We are decendants of John Thomas Lynaugh who are you descended from? I am having no luck at finding either Patrick or Anne Elizabeth - she is supposed to have been born in Scotland!!! nearly as bad as Ireland. We have a bit of information about her, we have some photos of John Thomas Lynaugh.
Pat
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Hi Pat
Yes I think we have crossed paths before on ancestry then. I am descended from Henry James Lynaugh (he is my great grandfather).
There is a family story that Patrick was a headteacher in Ireland, which seems odd because he appears to be illiterate - unless he only wrote in Irish?
I'm having trouble with Ann E but she keeps changing from using Ann or Elizabeth. There is a record of an Ann E in the workhouse in Lincoln but it's impossible to tell if this is her.
Are you going to upload your photos onto ancestry? I have a real curiosity to see what they all looked like.
Cheers
Katy
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Hi Katy
Yes Henry was the brother of John Thomas who is my husbands grandfather. I have a few certificates & photos which I will sort out, we are away for a few days so I will get back to you when we are home.
Pat
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Hi Pat,
Sorry to report I only had time to have a brief look at microfilm P4173 and P4185 in the national Library.
My initial feeling is that the quality of both are very patchy. Many pages are v hard to decipher , the writing is often very faint or difficult to read . I am out of the country for 3 weeks, and will be able to have a better look when I get back.
However can I ask you in the mean time ,what is your source for your starting point " born in Kells , Co Meath around 1840" . How definite is the location? the date? There are other parishes bordering Kells, indeed there are other Kells in Ireland? The reason for the question is that I have ideas for a different or complementary approach . As the 1911 census is now available ( Sept 2009) for searching at the Irish National Archives website, and Lynaugh/Lynagh is not that common a name, a search on Lynagh families in Ireland in 1911 might point to what other parishes might be checked. A quick look showed that one census form at least although indexed as "Lynagh" was actually signed by the household head as "Lynaugh".
Cheers From Kevin ( meath999)
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Thank you meath999 for looking. He is listed on 1871 & 1911 census as being born in Kells, County Meath, he appears in Silk Willoughby in Lincolnshire on the 1871 and married there in 1877. His marriage certificate was listed as Lanaugh with his father listed as Bryan Lanaugh (deceased). This is all the information I have on him.
Pat
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Realise this is an old post and I'm new to this....but also believe that Henry James Lynaugh is my great grandfather. I'm still in the very early stages of searching....and I guess the first step is to see if you are still reading this thread!
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Katy has not been online since 2009 but Pat (noseyoap) was online very recently - so hopefully will see your post and respond soon.
Shane
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Hello micksw20 Henry James Lynaugh was the brother of my husbands grandfather, unfortunately I haven't been able to go much further back as I have been unable to find either Patrick or Ann Elizabeth any further back. Henry had a son called Cyril are you related to him and do you live in Lincolnshire
Pat
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Hello Shane and Pat....thanks for the prompt replies.
I've gone no further back but believe that Henry James (b 11th June but not sure of year!) had seven children....Cyril was the third child. His fourth child, Harold, was my grandfather so Cyril would have been my great-uncle. I've a name for his wife and there may have been a connection with Wragby but that's all my mother could recall.
I'm no longer Lincolnshire-based but my parents still live in Scunthorpe.
I'm also trying to work out the thread....are Patrick Lynaugh and Ann Elizabeth Harmston Henry James' parents?
I'm about to invest in a subscription to one of the search websites and will be happy to share results (although I doubt I'll find anything on this branch of the tree as you've obviously tried hard already!!). Would you have any recommendations?
Mick
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Hello Mick
Patrick & Ann Elizabeth were the parents of Henry James Lynaugh & our grandfather John Thomas. I haven't gone into the family of Henry I seem to have come to a halt with the family all I really know is that they lived in a village called Silk Willoughby in the south of Lincolnshire. I will pm you
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New members of Rootschat require 3 posts to have full access to the PM system - so micksw20 will need one more
Leinster Moderator
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Thanks again.....I have John Thomas on my list as Henry James' brother.....along with five other siblings. It's looking very complicated as my grandfather's wife didn't appear to even have a birth certificate!
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Hi Henry James is my great grandfather I know quite a lot about him from stories. Have you found anything else?