hi gmck81, see last paragraph, trying to cast a fresh eye on your achievements so far After an hour or two your difficulties are unigue to me. Henry and the 1901 census enumerator both have difficulties in their interpretations and handwriting. see Household Return (Form A) findable underneath household entries. you can enlarge the image. The 6 daughters listed except Rachel in the 1901 census are all male, yet Rachel is a son. Henry’s own handwritten entries for his last name for the household occupants vary with a and o, and his final signature the b in McCouby is definitely readable as a b but elsewhere more as an L. Even Belfast is readable as Belfost. Your list showing Annies 7 children’s births or baptisms , for the spelling of her maiden name is similarily confusing as each birth location is different , yet each location might give further clues. Does your source give the last name variants of McOrley. The confusing bit are the ages given and your dates . My normal method of estimating the year born knowing the census was carried out on the last day of March is approximate and hence the ~and means +or – one year at most
1901 census 71 in Mountcollyer Road (Duncairn Ward, Antrim)see
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ieMcCouby Henry 50[b~1851] Male Head of Family
McCouby Annie 40[b~1861] Female Wife
children 6 listed
McCouby Florence 20[b~1881] Male Daughter
McCouby Jane 18[b~1883] Male Daughter
McCouby Hannah 16[b~1885] Male Daughter
McCouby Maggie 14[b~1887] Male Daughter
McCouby Sarah 11[b~1890] Male Daughter
McCouby Rachel 9 [b~1892] Female Son
in the same clever way you found them , where have they all gone in 1911 census I tried without success. the girls could all be married1892,1895,
Street directories. Henry is not listed in 71 Mountcollyer Road in the PRONI street directories1892,95,96,97,98 99 and 1900
Henry is listed in in 71 Mountcollyer Road in the 1901
www.lennonwylie .com street directories as
Henry McCurley, but is not listed in her 1907 and 1908 directories ie he has moved
Stoneyford Village is in
Island Kelly townland in the civil parish of Derraghy. I have not searched for all references to Island Kelly townland on google .So I went searching for Henry McCORLEY/McOrley who you say is originally from Stoneyford (Lisburn / Derriaghy) how do you know this ? I could find no proof of this after examining 1862 Griffiths valuation and the continuation books at PRONI using PRONI Reference: VAL/12/B/8/5A (1863 - 1879) for Island Kelly townland. and next book VAL/12/B/8/5B (1878 - 1889) Was he catholic before marriage I wondered?
Aghalislone townland where you have a child b 1876 but you don’t mention fathers name so how do you know all of this I went looking for McOrley et al I couldn’t find in the relevant continuation valuation books.
The nearest catholic church leaving out lisburn is difficult to determine. PRONI has
R.C. Hannahstown, Rock and Derriaghy (Down and Connor diocese)
Baptisms and marriages, 1877-80. which shows microfilm etc available at PRONI is MIC1D/63 Have you tried this but its about 5 miles away or Milltown
Stoneyford is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is between Glenavy and Milltown, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Lisburn. Historically it was known as Aghnalough Source lost check out Aghnalough possible wrong spelling
Articles found
http://www.nifhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Stoneyford-Baptisms-Introduction.pdf ST. JOHN’S, STONEYFORD ~ BAPTISMS if both born Catholic this is irrelevant, unless they buried catholics in their graveyards and kept burial lists.
I am wondering the marriage registered at lisburn are there any details more than you offered us the marriage registered at Lisburn.
have you seen the variant Spellings via john grenham see
https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=hurrelGriffiths Valuation various dates
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/nothing in neighbourhood
Elwyn Soutter suggestion for Henry is most likely your Henry. have you followed his advice?
from emerald ancestors https://www.emeraldancestors.com/northern-ireland-ancestry-search-marriage-list?County=&Surname=mcCorley&Forenames=&bridesurname=&brideforenames=&civildistrict=&searchtype=has an interesting line up of possible daughters marrying
1902 James Emmerald Florence MCCORLEY Belfast Antrim
1905 Robert Emmerald Jane MCCORLEY Belfast Antrim
1909 Richard Emmerald Sarah MCCORLEY Belfast Antrim
1909 Patrick MCCORLEY Elizabeth Emmerald Antrim Antrim
1917 William Emmerald Mary MCCORLEY Belfast Antrim
1920 James Emmerald Hannah MCCORLEY Belfast Antrim
good luck onwards