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Gortletteragh R.c. parish -which covers the civil parish of Cloone Leitrim

Not quite right; Gortletteragh does not cover Cloone civil parish it is a part of that civil Parish along with the RC parishes of Cloone and Aughavas.

And as for John Reynolds of Cloone I have transcribed the baptismal records of Cloone RC parish and although there quite a lot of men named John Reynolds, there were none baptised in 1849.  That sounds to me as though the John Reynolds born at Gortletteragh may be the one the OP is looking for.

Since I last posted in Feb 2009 I have come across some more of these families.

Owen Mitchell married Mary Kiernan or McKiernan

Children baptised at Killyfea
Eleanor bap. 17th Mar 1828
Hugh bap 10th Feb 1830
Francis bap. 6th Feb 1839
John bap. 14th Jan 1843
Bridget bap. 26th Feb 1844

There is no sign or Pat and William but there are several omissions from the records.

William married Margaret Rourke of Corroneary |
baptisms in parish records
Mary 14th Jul 1872
Elleanor 12th Dec 1875
Eugene 21st Feb 1877
Margaret 4th July 1878 - 1938
Ellen 19th May 1881
Catherine 16th Nov 1882
Rose 25th Feb 1884
Alice 24th Jan 1885 - 1984
John 3rd Jun 1887

not yet seen
 Bridget, Theresa, Anne,

Family search gives Anne at 2nd Jul 1874 and Bridget on 15th Feb 1880, neither appear in the Cloone parish records.

Family Search gives 17th Sep 1872 for Mary and 15th Oct 1878 for Margaret.  If these are in any way valid they must be the date when they were entered in the Civil Registration.

I have not seen any sign of Theresa.


Jim

Hi Frank
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.

I did get your message but unfortunately I have been really busy December and into January and have been unable to get down to things.  I do hope to be less burdened later in January and may be able to get to it then.

Did you contact the Valuation Office?  I found the information from them was really useful - although as I said it did somewhat add to the confusion as well

Hope to get back to you soon

Jim

Hi Frank
I have a little info on your family but it doesn’t, quite, match your information.  The Cloone parish records show 4 children to Francis McHugh and Anne Fitzpatrick but all were baptised from Drumhalla, not Drimna; Drumhalla being the townland immediately to the south of Drimna.

Francis married Anne on 9th February 1869 and the witnesses were Eugene Shanley and Rose Conlon.  Unfortunately the marriage records at that time do not give the parents of the couple.  It may be worth getting a copy of the Civil Registration marriage certificate, which may give more information.

Their children:
Mary was baptised on 12th Nov 1869, sponsors John and Anne Fitzpatrick
Michael was baptised on 24th May 1872, sponsors Patrick McHugh and Rose (surname obscured)
Francis (1) was born on 22nd Nov 1873, sponsors Eugene McHugh and ? (name obscured)
Francis (2) was baptised on 13th April 1879, sponsors obscured but I believe the woman was a Fitzpatrick.


It could be that Anne Fitzpatrick was from Drumhalla as it was quite common for women to return to their parents home to give birth.  It imay also be relevant that the McCues who had land in Drumhalla lived in the very north of the townland, on land which adjoined the McHughs from Drimna who lived at the very south of that townland.


In Griffith’s Valuation, Michael McCue of Drumhallagh held around 40 acres.  He was married to a Mary Carroll and had at least 6 children between 1863 and 1872.  I cannot see any record of this marriage in the parish records of either Cloone or Aughavas.

In the Tithe Books of c.1833 another Michael McHugh held 6 acres of land in DRumhallagh.  He was married to Ann Shanley and they had at least 8 children between 1825 and 1843 (including Michael on 15th August 1829).  I cannot find any record of this marriage but it may have occurred before records began.  The Shanley connection I think definitely ties Francis in with the Drunhalla McHughs.

Jim