Michael Devlin (born c.1850's)

[mazzie74]

Hi

I am attempting to trace the Devlin family from Newcastle upon Tyne, England back to Ireland.

Michael Devlin (going off census ages born circa 1845-1856) - probably in Derry (Londonderry), son of John Devlin.

The first mention of him in England is his marriage to Ann Curran in Newcastle in 1874.

(I haven't got a copy of the marriage for this).

They had several children, all christened Catholic.

This is the family in Newcastle in 1881:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/17143774:7572



This is the family in Newcastle in 1891 (birthplace given as Derry):

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/6441715:6598



This is the family in Newcastle in 1901:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/30661684:7814



Michael's wife (Annie Devlin (Curran)) died in Newcastle in 1903.



It looks like Michael Michael re-married in Newcastle in 1905 to Margaret Ann Thorpe (maiden name Young):

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XZH-GW8W

This record gives Michael's father's name of John Devlin.


This is Michael Devlin in the 1911 census (birthplace looks like it could be County Antrim?):

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/35535720:2352



He died in Newcastle in 1930.

I can't find any record of his roots in Ireland (his birth is before civil registration, and I can't find him in Catholic parish registers - probably Derry, but possibly in Antrim).

There are a few trees on ancestry but it looks like they all have gathered the same information as me.

Can anybody please help to find the family in Ireland?

Thanks.

Darin.

[Kloumann]

Do you know his father's occupation?

[mazzie74]

Unfortunately not

Familysearch doesn't have the actual marriage certificate, just a transcript but they haven't mentioned his occupation.

Thanks