Trying to Find Hoey relations from Ireland

[Rugby13]

Hello,

I am looking for some help in trying to trace my Hoey relatives from somewhere in Ireland.
James Hoey emigrated to England in the early 1870's. His father was also James Hoey but was deceased by the time the son married in England in 1875. I have tried all the usual routes to find where in Ireland they came from. Grave stones in England/Obituaries, but with no success. My family remember the name Drogheda from somewhere, but I have checked with the Louth and Meath libraries who have no parish birth records for James Hoey born approx 1848-1856 son of James Hoey. The fathers occupation was a shoemaker.

Any help would be appreciated

R

[Christopher]

Hello Rugby13,

Irish Ancestors Surname Search contains details of the Hoey surname in Ireland at the time of Griffith's Valuation 1848-64. The greatest number of families with the name Hoey were located in Co. Louth.  www.ireland.com/ancestor/surname

Christopher

[Rugby13]

Hi Christopher,

Thanks for your post. I have seen the Griffith's Valuation with approx 60 references to the name James Hoey. I have looked at the original records on the Origins website to try and see if any of the names could possibly be my relative, but nothing was obvious.
I have tried Pigotts and Slaters trade directories but no James Hoey Shoemakers were apparent.
As you can see my brick wall has brought me to a halt so I thought I would try RootsChat to see if any one else could help.

R

[jhoey]

Hi,

I noticed you said there are about 60 different James Hoey's but I was interested if anyone knew of a James Urban Hoey.  I am the 5th generation of James Urban Hoey and was interested to see who my great great grandfather was. 

thanks
James Urban Hoey V

[Christopher]

Hello James,

Griffith's Valuation is available on both John Hayes failteromhat.com site and this one www.myirishancestry.com A county, parish and townland make it easier to trace Irish  ancestors. If you don't know at least one of those a seach can consume quite a large amount of time and be somewhat costly if you're employing a professional researcher. 

Christopher

[emmsthheight]

Hi again, R, and Hi James Urban!   

Welcome to Rootschat, both!

Hoeys are coming out of the woodwork!

R, I've just sent you a pm, with a couple of ideas, though I hadn't seem this post at the time, and you may already have covered what I've said,

I know R has seen at least some of my posts on they Hoeys.  James, there are some on Louth and some on Dublin and  also Lancashire, England.

I'll pm or email a couple of people who've been in touch as a result and poi nt them to this post.

Also, Christopher, hi again!  One of Christopher's posts gave me a much clearer view of the picture in saddlery, bootmakking etc which many Hoeys were in.  It may be worth looking in Dubkin as wewll as Louth. 

Apparently with some hude developments in the leather trade there, there was a huge influx from the country, especially the likes of Louth of people in the leather trade, in the late 19C? 

Some of them went toEngland and other places from Dublin even though they were from Louth families.  This explained why I was finding possible connections in Dublin, even though other family had emigraated with the potato famine.

I'll look for any I've found that might be relevent.

Best wishes from another Hoey descendent!

Emms

[emmsthheight]

James,

I haven't actually seen a James Urban, but I don't usually find things quickly with my Hoeys!

If you have any more information = dates, places, occupations, names of siblings etc,  that you don't mind sharing, I may have something that links in with more information.  Or someone reading this might.

Alternatively, you can send a direct personal message using the buttons to the left of a message left by a Rootschatter, but they won't be given your email address. 

It means you don't have to have everything accessible to the whole net.  Though you may get more help if you can let more people see it.  (Not living peoples' names though as normal). 

Anyway, you've made history.

 Two new Hoey descendants in one night!

Best wishes

Emms

[emmsthheight]

PPS

Some links!
Thank you Noel for these brilliant photo's of Hoey gravestones and all the hard work!
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,294720.0.html


A couple more of Drogheda from Noel:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,280914.0.html

My Hoey saddlers and nuns thread.  I have found the notes and will post something.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,260723.0.html

Thread on other names often seen with my Hoey's
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,199045.0.html


Found this one on Hoey and Cullen while looking for the other links!
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=303489.new

More Hoey headstones
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,295725.0.html

Possible Donohue/Manchester link.  Links to my Lancashire posts.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,295725.0.html

Hoey's from 1851 Census Index of Dublin.  Also from Noel
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,287517.0.html

Hoey births in Dublin, from Highway
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,279982.0.html

Highway and Noel of Gormangenealogy are the two people who I've dained so much from on Hoeys and Ireland.

Best wishes to all Hoeys and helpers.

If all those links work, you'll have witnessed a miacle!

Best wishes and Goodnight!

Emms

[Joanmarie]

My grandfather, born in Philadelphia, was the son of a James Urban Hoey born in Ireland.  My grandfather also had a brother named James Urban Hoey.   He and his mother, a widow,
came to the United States when he was 13 months old which would have been about July of 1861.

 I do not know where in Ireland my great grandfather was born.  I thought my Grandmother once said County Down - but who knows if that is correct.

MARRIAGE OF JAMES U. HOEY AND MARGARET E. MACASSEN
(parents of Louis Stanton Hoey, my grandfather and siblings, Fred, Daisy, Jesse, Urban and Genevieve.  The male children were called by their middle name.  My grandfather was called Stanton.  James Urban was called Urban.)

Marriage license is dated March 28, 1888.  Marriage
date is April 4, 1888. 

James U. Hoey was born in Ireland on June 2, 1860. 
Margaret E. Macassen was born in Philadelphia on
February 2, 1865.