Yes chempat. 1851 and 1861 scottish cencus no traceable hits (though many variances as we now know).
That is why this item was moved to Ireland notice board, and I had no objection.
Also this script might help...
What is known
According to the 1881 and 1891 Thomas Heaney was born in Glasgow Scotland
He served in the Royal Irish Constabulary for 5 years 1 month (suggesting he “may be Irish originally”...northern Ireland....?....1/1867-3/1872....worked back on the Staffordshire service). He then moved To Stafford shire (Appointed 02/03/1872 - 6/1898...26 years 3 months) where he became a police sergeant. On retirement (i think due to “deteriorating health”....heart disease, and partial loss of power in one arm) He became part of the Staffordshire pits ( a colliery watchman....note the link to Iron worker in Dalry). He unfortunately was only there a year, when he died, (10th July 1899 - stoke on Trent...aged 51)
leaving some 7 children and widow. The death age (On his death certificate) has since been disproved.
According to his Stafford shire sign-up record he was signed 02 Mar 1872 (at 26yr 3 months)= clocking back....12/1846...DOB?
....note birth around Nov/Dec. (He served in Irish Police for 5y 1mth (Feb 1867), and should be 21 then….therefore Dec 1846. (He Died aged 52 and a half)
He was Married to Lisetta Harvey Rowley and they had some 10/11 children in all. There is no mention as to relatives (his siblings and ancestors), apart from His marriage Certificate dated 27 May 1878, where he mentions his father Thomas, as Deceased and a steward by trade.
The 1881 Census, (the first sighting, in the Staffordshire) suggests that he was 33, which (clocking back) puts him roughly born at April 1847-March 1848 give or take a year.(Ignore, see above highlighted yellow)
Less reliable info (Most is in here because the link to Dalry has not been proven),
Advice suggests Glasgow Scotland is “too restrictive” However a search On Family search (Latter-day saints), only pulls one Thomas Heaney between 1847 and 1849 (with a Father called Thomas) ..... there are a number of variances on Heaney..... The one is in Dalry Ayrshire, some 20 minutes by car, from Glasgow
Further use Of Family search suggests variants on the name Henney, Hainey, Hannay, Honney, Heaghan. These are all plausible (as people coming from Ireland possibly wanted to “hide their Irish connection” at that time)
There is a potential for a connection to Mary Smellie, but I think this does not fit, the variants in the surname have served to “muddy the water”. Mary Smellie had a son born July 1846 (Thomas- not mine)
His father would have been bn say 1817-1827-------died before 1879 (Thomas’s Marr Cert)….so aged at death circa 62 or less
1) The Dalry connection - or “not”
Bearing in mind that “no relatives are visible”.....in Staffordshire, this leads towards “leaving the family behind”. I think the family MAY have moved back to Ireland, hence his employment in the police service.
A certificate of Birth from any of the Siblings of Thomas may provide father (Thomas)/mother (Unknown...Died in childbirth, maybe).
The info suggests siblings
Hugh (moved at 1861 census)
Catherine ...despite variances in the spelling, moved (with Higgins at 49 Swinlees Row...Married Andrew Healey(1865?)
George
And Youngest..... Thomas
In 1851 living at 57 Svendlees Row (Svenlees is a farm building outside Dalry)
in 1861 living 45 Svendlees Row (Hugh and Catherine moved on), but apparently Catherine in the 1861 Census living at 49 Svenlees Row.
There was an Iron Mine in Dalry, known as Blair Pits??!!...this is where I assume Thomas Hainey (whatever spelling) senior, was working, at the time of the 1861 census. I suspect Thomas (1815) is of Irish birth
In 1865, a Catherine Henney married Andrew Healey at Dalry. If you look at this marriage record, you will get the names of Catherine's parents.
Andrew Healey was considerably older than Catherine and had a previous wife (Margaret) and children. The Healey family are in all subsequent Census records.
In 1861, Catherine Hainey, age 18, born Kilbirnie, was an Out Door Worker, boarding with the Higgins family at No. 49 Swinlees Row, Dalry.
In the 1861 Census, Andrew Healey (Healy, Haley), at age 38, was enunmerated at No. 53 Swinlees Row. His occupation: Drainer. His wife then was named Margaret, and there were 5 children, the 2 youngest named Margaret and Jane.
In the 1871 Census, Andrew Healey is now shown as age 40 (48?), and his wife is now Catherine Haley, shown age 32, born Dalry.
Children with them are: Margaret Haley, 15....Jane Haley, 12....Elizabeth, 5....Andrew, 3....Mary, 1..... This is all supposition, as the Link to Thomas has not been affirmed
Thomas Heaney does not have a Dalry connection as the father died in 1912, Thomas’s (Bn1848) father was dead at the time of Thomas’s marriage in 1878.
The objective
To confirm the father of Thomas, ..................Hugh or Catherine...seek birth and marriage (and certificate) of family “proving the link” Catherine’s married name. Who the mother was. Finding relatives of the siblings
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