Devine/Bonar

[mcghee67]

Hi Angela,

Have you tried AskaboutIreland griffiths valuation, go to places search or people search and put in the imformation you have and names and places should come up.

Jane

[aghadowey]

Have you tried AskaboutIreland griffiths valuation, go to places search or people search and put in the imformation you have and names and places should come up.

There are no listings in Griffith's Valuation for Francis Devine in Co. Donegal (and only 12 Devines listed under Co. Donegal) and there are several possible reasons for this. Griffith's is not a census it is a valuation record and only lists head of household. If Francis was living with father, inlaws, etc. then his name won't appear.

[corisande]

The 12 Devines listed in Griffiths are all living within a few miles of the place where the marriage took place.

[aghadowey]

Yes, and it's quite possible that they might have been related but still doesn't prove a link to Francis Devine.

[corisande]

Lifford is in Clonleigh Parish

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bhilchey/MClonleigh.html

The records of Clonleigh R.C. parish (which includes the town of Lifford) cover baptisms 1773-1795, Jan. 1836-May 1837 and 1853 forward, and marriages from 1778 (with enormous gaps). 

[angelaML6]

Hi

Thank you for all you replies.

You have been really helpful.

I think Frank was most definately a son.  Frank's first born was Hugh my great grandfather and his siblings  James, John and Mary ~ There is one strange thing.  Margaret and all the family have a middle name "Aluna"? baffled.

I will keep going

Cheers


Angela

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[mcghee67]

Hi Angela,


I put the famiy name Devine in Askaboutirleland and Hugh Devine came up,

He came from Raphoe North, Parish Cloneigh, Townland Aathphee, now that you have the townland things should fall into place

regards Jane

[angelaML6]

Thanks Jane

Will check Aathphee out.

Regards Angela

[mcghee67]

I did annother search for you and the following came up

Devine Hugh  Aghawee  Clonleigh Donegal

Devine James  Drumara  Clonleigh  Donegal

Devine Margaret Cloghfin  Clonleigh Donegal

I think these people are related as they have the same christian names as the ones you mentioned and the irish naming pattern is they usually call their first sons after their father so Francis's father is most probable Hugh as he called his
son Hugh and annother family name you mentioned was James and Margaret

Good Luck on Your search

Kind regards Jane