Doherty/McLaughlin

[boydi]

Hi All,
really don't have much hope of success & haven't been here for a while but this is what I know have.
Margaret (Maggie) McLaughlin married William Doherty (William born Scotland) about 1881.
Children - Margaret born 1882 Donegal
                 Francis F born 1883 Donegal
                 Annie M born 1884 Londonderry
                 Sarah Ann born 1886 Londonderry
Mother, Margaret Doherty  died before 1910.
Husband - William is on the 1911 census of Belfast as widower at 7 Scotland St Sth Smithfield, Shankill, Antrim. Age 73 yrs born Scotland Roman Catholic
Family members - Francis P Doherty 27 yrs dock labourer, Margaret Foley, housekeeper 29 yrs, Thomas P Foley van man age 32 yrs.
I know Margaret Foley was in Yorkshire in 1918 - I have her death cert. Sarah Ann & Annie M Doherty arrived in Queensland Aust  in 1910, I think William Doherty was still alive in Belfast in 1918 when his daughter Margaret died in Yorkshire, so he would have died some time after.

Can someone give me some advice as to where to go next or better still some lookup web sites.  I have done the birth thing but because of lack of info and the Doherty/McLaughlin name really a waste of money.
Any advise would be great.
Ruth

[maryderry]

hello ruth,well i dont know if you know this, your people have the two most common names in derry/donegal, there a bit like smith & jones. i have mclaughlin /doherty in my family as well.

found these dont know if they belong to you or not.

marriage this is an index only. wm. doherty m. margaret mclaughlin 1872.

birth joseph doherty 9-5-1874. carndonagh, donegal, ire. parents wm. doherty & margaret mclaughlin.

                                 regards mary.

[boydi]

Hello Mary

not sure if they are mine or not!!! The children I have for Margaret & William are obviously later but I suppose that doesn't mean alot because there was nothing passed on except for Margaret & Sarah Doherty. The rest has been thru search & the 1911 Census of Belfast was the bonus. I did find today a Margaret Doherty, mother of Sarah Doherty recorded as living at Pound Street Corvish Carndonagh in 1908.
Have tried to find where Corvish might be, have you heard of it.  I have the greatest difficulty finding my way thru Irelands towns/cities/?/?. I end up giving up, but I do have trouble getting from A to B here in OZ. Thankyou for the other info, there may be a few earlier children I don't know about so will file that info away.

Ruth

[forthefamily]

Hi Ruth,

I'm wondering if you maybe posting on the wrong area of interest. Instead of Derry maybe Donegal? The only Carndonagh that I know of is in the Inishowen area in Donegal. I could be wrong. It's an RC parish up near the Malin Head area. Inishowen is where a lot of Doherty's seem to be. Everyone from that area seems to have a Doherty in the family and I'm beginning to suspect that I may have a few McLaughlin's:)

As for townlands and all that...I absolutely agree it is extremely confusing but I find that a great website is seanruad. When you do a query though don't do an exact match. Use "anywhere in"...It really helped me figure it all out. That's half the battle when your doing research in Ireland.

http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/cgi-bin/iresrch

Good Luck.

Mary Ann

[forthefamily]

Sorry Ruth it looks like the link didn't work so one more time:)

http://www.thecore.com/seanruad

If it still doesn't work google seanruad and you should get IreAtlas Townland Search Forum.

Mary Ann

[forthefamily]

Sorry forgot one of your questions. Corvish is on Trawbreaga Bay. Get a map of Ireland and look near the most northerly point and you'll find the bay but probably not Corvish. I was trying to find a map I saw of the area but sadly I can't find it again. If I ever do I'll send it to you.

Mary Ann

[boydi]

Thankyou for that Mary Ann
would never have found it in a million years. Will have a good look now, the vacuuming can wait.
Ruth

[forthefamily]

No problem. I know how frustrating research in Ireland is and anything I can do to help someone will hopefully make the "god" of Irish genealogy smile down on me:) I certainly do need a lot of help.

If your doing research in Donegal you might want to take a look on this link.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/

I hope I haven't led you astray but I do know for a fact that the Doherty's are a major family in the Inishowen area. They have a clan gathering every so often in the Buncrana area.

Good hunting.

Mary Ann

[boydi]

Mary Ann, just one more question.
Is that northern part of Donegal around Carndonagh & down, that has the 2 inland waterways or bays what is refered to as Inishowen or does is spread further.

Thanks for the link, I did post on there the other day but possibly to Derry, will check that out now.

Yes I would love to go to a reunion & Ireland for that matter. I just have to have some luck in finding exactly where one of the children were born without wasting more money on certificates that aren't mine. Then I may be able to find some of the family. All part of the fun I suppose.

You have been very helpful & patient & I really appreciate your time.

Ruth