any information on my great Grandfather William Davis

[taramcdsmall]

This then would be Mary Jackson, nee Davis.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Ballintogher_East/Gortlownan/1681987/

When you get the marriage of WIlliam and Jane, and IF it gives the father of William to be Thomas, then the above will would be his father and this Mary Davis Jackson would be William's sister.

Still early days though.

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

On the same page there is also a William Davis of Coolaney.

http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014907/005014907_00100.pdf

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

The James Donaghey from the above will.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Coolaney/Carrownleam/1688096/

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

Another Davis of Coolaney will.

http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014908/005014908_00108.pdf

Tara

[kennyd22]

Thanks to Debra and Tara and anyone else for your replies. Some interesting leads to follow up. Will update you all when I have more information.

[taramcdsmall]

No Probs

Let us know how you get on and then we can help take your search further.

Tara

[lmgnz]

William Davis b 1847 and his wife Jane Craig are in my now public Livingston family tree in Ancestry.

William's mother was Ann Livingston b1807 who married James Davis b1811. The two families lived in Rathbarron, Sligo, in the Parish of Killroan, in adjoining houses that shared a roof. One of my Livingston connections was still living in the house when I visited in 1999.

Anne's brother John Livingston was my 2 x gt grandfather. Their father was Thomas Livingston of Rathbarron.

The information in my tree on the Davis family has mostly come from another Davis descendant.

[lmgnz]

My Ancestry tree is more up to date than any text I have, though I have not visited this part of my tree for some time. But if you cannot access my tree, I do have a very old word file with some basic information.There is no text on the subsequent generations. I can come down further into the Davis family if you let me know which ones you are most interested in. There are rather a lot.

Ann  Livingston & James DAVIS
Ann was probably the oldest daughter of Thomas and ?Ann Livingston. Ann married c1827 to James DAVIS son of William DAVIS and Catherine ARMSTRONG of Rathbarron. James Davis was born c 1811 and died in Coolaney on 3 July 1876 aged 65. A member of the Davis family has researched the family of James Davis and Ann Livingston. (Side note: this researcher is also a professional researcher who was based in Sligo when I met her in 2001?)

 Ann & James DAVIS had children:
   John DAVIS b c1827 m Jane SPROULL in 1852
   Richard DAVIS b c1835
   Jane DAVIS b c 1838 m Daniel CREAN in 1859
   Mary Anne DAVIS b c 1838 m William BARBER
   Thomas DAVIS b c 1845 m Margaret Anne LILLIE
   William DAVIS b c 1847 m Jane CRAIG
   James DAVIS

Interestingly I was just looking at the link to Ballymote tombstone photos posted by Hallmark in the Morrison post in the Sligo site, and one of these was for an Oswald Alexander Armstrong, Inspector in the RIC. I was interested in that as my grandfather was Oswlad Livngston and his father William Livingston was in the RIC so I wondered if that was where the name Oswald came from.

[lmgnz]

Onto the next generation:

Looking at my Davis family I can confirm the information from previous responders. Thomas born 1875, son of William and Jane presumably died pre 1879. Sisters were Margaret and Jane and others.

I only have the year of birth, 1879, for the 2nd Thomas Davis and no further information so his family was not known to the Davis researcher that I met.

Family of William Davis and Janes Craig:

James Davis b 1874 m Elizabeth ?
Thomas Davis b 1875 d <1879
Margaret Davis b1877 married John Crean
Thomas Davis b 1879
Mary Anne Davis b 1882 married James Brown
Eliza Davis b 1884 married Edward R Jackson
Jane Davis b 1886 married William T Craven
Frances Davis b1891 married Robert King
William Davis b 1893 married Margery Barbour

Several of these people have sprouted green leaves in my tree so I shall go explore the hints now.

Cheers

Linda (NZ)