Hello all,
I descend through Maurice Doocey/Hurley (my great grandfather) and am the relative that uncovered the name change. I spent many years searching for Bartholomew Hurley and Mary Doocey to no avail. I then met a distant relative through Family Tree DNA who lived in the Tallow, Ireland area and it was he who suggested the name change. I found the birth registration of this Maurice Doocey and it matched the date I had for my great grandfather who I knew to be Maurice Hurley. Also, through my grandfather who was a son of Maurice, I knew that Maurice was young when his parents died and he came from a large family of which I had several names. Even the fact that there were two brothers named Thomas. After Maurice's mother died, he found his older brother Michael too controlling so he went to live with a neighbor. This matches what is in the 1901 census where Maurice is living nearby the rest of the family.
John/Jack Doocey/Hurley left Ireland I'm guessing sometime shortly after his mother passed away and settled in Hamilton, Scotland. He married there in 1902 and he is using the name Hurley and his parents are listed as Bartholomew Hurley and Mary Doocey on the marriage record. The same names are recorded on his death record in 1932. Maurice arrived sometime after that and first shows up there in his marriage registration to my great grandmother in 1908. Again, he now is using the name Hurley and lists his parents as Bartholomew Hurley and Mary Doocey.
I suspect that Hanna/Annie Hurley/Doocey married to Samuel Leech is Johanna Doocey born in 1879. This matches the age of Hanna Hurley in the 1901 census. There were 2 Johannas. The first was born and died in 1871. She would have been named after her grandmother on her mother's side.
Another child of Bartholomew Doocey and Mary Hurley was Bartholomew. He went to the States but kept the name Doocey. He died in New York in 1930.
From my grandfather's stories, I was told that the family was involved in the Irish revolution (possibly the IRB) so maybe this was the reason for the name change and fleeing to Scotland.
Mary Hurley's parents (wife of Bartholomew Doocey) were Michael Hurley and Johanna Condon. Through Family Tree DNA I've connected with several relatives through the Condon line so I'm pretty sure I have the right family.
Maurice Doocey/Hurley eventually moved to Canada and died there in 1962. If you come across my family tree on Ancestry.ca, I recorded both John and Maurice as being Hurleys even though both were born Dooceys.
I hope this helps clarify things.