thanks OTTO and aghadowey.
I had half hoped to be able to visit the genealogy centre to do my own research, with the hope that they would hold parish records, B/M/D indexes, and census data.
I havent been able to find the information I am looking for online, and there does not appear to be anyone researching my family.
My 2xgreat grandparents were John McGaffigan (b. circa 1856, son of John) and Annie McNulty (b. circa 1856, dau of Hugh)
John and Annie were married 15 Apr 1877 at St. Eugene Catholic Cathedral, Londonderry. At time of marraige, he was resident at Fahan Street, and she was resident at Orchard Row, both were of 'full age.' John's occupation was porter.
On 15 Jan 1883, my great grandfather, James McGaffigan, was born at 27 Orchard Row, Londonderry.
They also had a son Thomas, born around 1886 (married Catherine Hamilton 1915)
My great grandfather James, married Elizabeth Murphy on 27 Dec 1909 at St. Eugene Catholic Cathedral.
James was a cobbler / bootmaker, and he lived at 40 Ferguson Street, from at least 1913 until he died on 20 May 1959. His wife outlived him by 3 years, at which time she still lived at 40 Ferguson Street, Londonderry.
James and Elizabeth had 3 children, Thomas born 1910, James born 1911, and Annie born 1913. Baby james died in infancy, Annie married, but to my knowledge she had no children, and died around 2000.
Thomas was my grandfather who married Elizabeth McCormack, on 05 Aug 1929, at St. Columba's Catholic Cathedral. They had 3 children Samuel James (Jim), Kathleen and Mary (Marion). Sadly Elizabeth died from TB in 1938. (Thanks to maryderry for locating the grave for me, after literally a lifetime of family searching). After Elizabeths death the children went to live with their grandparents in Ferguson Street.
My grandfather then came to Scotland and married my grandmother, and went on to have another 6 children.
so that is my McGavigan / McGaffigan story so far....
From the irishgenealogy site I have found a few possible children for John and Annie McGaffigan, and would have liked to search to verify if they were indeed connected. These include Patrick, Hugh, Daniel, and Thomas. I would also have liked to have found out when John and Annie died and where they were buried, and where they were on census returns. On Emerald Ancestors site I have been unable to find those births.
So i suppose I will have to order the certificate information for those births from the family ulster website, and see how it goes from there.
The surname has been transcribed as McGaffigan / M'gavaghan / McGaffiken and seems to have settled on McGavigan......the real red herring was McGuire!
But I live in hope that someday, someone, somewhere will read this and make a connection
regards Gill
