james lafferty

[chrissey]

i belive my grt grt grt grandfather james lafferty was born in derry in 1817

i have him listed as marrying ann hill about 18 40

he died in greenock in 1862 his age given as 45 which would put the year of birth as correct

i bleive his parents to be daniel lafferty and deborah williamson

any help would be appriciated

chrissey

[aghadowey]

Many church records from early 1800s no longer exist. For any hope of looking for church records you would need to know the religion and where the family lived- townland or at least parish not just Derry (if in the city of Derry a street name would probably be very helpful).

[maryderry]

found this summitted record on igi family search.

marriage. JAMES LAFFARTY TO ANN HILL 26-8-1862. GREENOCK, RENFREW, SCOTLAND.

JAMES PARENTS. DANIEL LAFFARTY & DEBORAH WILLIAMSON.

ANN'S PARENTS.  ROBERT HILL & NANCY GLOVER.

ANN'ES DEATH. 22-11-1890.

                                                 regards mary.

[chrissey]

thankyou for that

i belive that is a submitted entry and it dosnt tie in with the dates i have

we belive all the lafferty children were born in ireland as none of them appear on scotlands people

i do have james s date of death as 1862

not much to go on

thanks so much for looking for me

chrissey

[tootsiepie]

Hi Chrissey, Could this be your James and family on the 1861 census?  Bearing in mind this is from Ancestry, a look at the original from S.P. could verify or not , ages, and places of birth.

James Laferty
Age: 53   
 
 Male   born- Antron, Ireland 
   
 Greenock West 
 Renfrewshire 
 No 8 Sir M Street  (probably Sir Michael St)
 Labourer 
 
Ann Laferty 54 (wife) b. Lurmichael,(?) Ayrshire
Hugh Laferty 17 (son)
James Laferty 53 
Willm Marsh 8  (grandson)
 

[aghadowey]

If that census record is correct it looks like James Laferty was born in Co. Antrim not Co. Londonderry. Unfortunately civil registreation of births only began in 1864 so you need to check church records when you know religion and are sure of where the family lived as I mentioned earlier.

[tootsiepie]

I forgot to mention, that this census says Hugh was born Greenock.

Looking on the '71 I can't see any appropriate entries for this family in Greenock, OR for Alexander who registered his fathers death.

There does appear to be some illegible entries in Greenock.
 
There is a possible entry for Alexander in the 1881 though.

If you have any more info Chrissey, or can let us know what line you are following it could help us to perhaps discard certain families.

P.S. Hugh looks to be with his grandparents in Ayrshire in '51..... Doesn't look like your line, though with remarriages etc.. you never know.

Will have to rush.. work calls.

[chrissey]

thankyou so much for that

i dont thnk its my james

i have his birth as 1817 in ireland

his death is listed as 1862 in greenock he was 45

he married ann hill who died in greenock in 1890 aged about 70

his parents are listed on the death entry as daniel lafferty and deborah williamson

he had a son james born in antrim

and a daughter deborah williamson

his son james my grt grandfather married eliza galbraith in greenock in 1878

they had 10 children

8 survied childhood

thier third daughter jane was my grandmother



i know this is a long shot as i cant find any records for them prior to the 1881 cencus for greenock so i belive they came over from ireland in the late 1850,s

thanks again for all the help

chrissey

[tootsiepie]

Sorry Chrissey, something not quite right here.  There is no maiden surname listed for James' mother on the 1862  death cert. Only Deborah Lafferty.

His wife is named as Ann Hill, and his son Alexander registered the death, but no mention of the name Williamson.