Census Search Form Questions

[aghadowey]

Thanks for clearing up my confusion.

There's a Thomas Coffey in Cookstown in 1911 (age 25, a spirit merchant)- could this be the contact on the application?
Possibly Thomas' birth (although age is out)-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1874/03153/2156386.pdf
Coffey Thomas Martin of Cookstown county Tyrone spirit merchant died 18 April 1923 Probate Belfast 3 September to Robert Malone spirit merchant and James Mullan farmer. Effects £986 18s. 2d.

Thought Thomas might have been a relative but nothing jumping out at me here.

[ddonaghy]

I too found Thomas Coffey in the 1911 Census but didn't see any connection whatsoever to anybody in the Donaghy family.  My first thought when I saw him in the address was that he might have been a lawyer, until I saw his profession in the census, spirit merchant.

[shanreagh]

Apologies for adding to the confusion!
I.......  Somebody had to have asked for the Census Search.  Thoughts?

When applying for OAP it seems it was routine to ask for a check of the census. In fact these applcations can often be a valuable proxy for census returns that have been lost or not available over time.  In the absence of civil B & M for many of these elderly folk the census would have provided a good source of govt information. 

[Sinann]

When was Catherine’s sister Sarah born?
There is no child Sarah on the form.
It’s also a bit odd that Dale isn’t on it anyway either. It’s hard to tell from random search results if female applicants had married or not as most have the same surname as their fathers but some have two surnames.

[ddonaghy]

Catherine married twice.  First to Patrick Cullen in 1868.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5994863005974?b=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie%2Fchurchrecords%2Fcivil-perform-search.jsp%3Fnamefm%3Dcatherine%26namel%3Ddonaghy%26location%3D%26yyfrom%3D1868%26yyto%3D1868%26type%3DM%26submit%3DSearch

The widowed Catherine Cullen then married for a second time to Patrick Dale in 1881.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5e09a72705285?b=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie%2Fchurchrecords%2Fcivil-perform-search.jsp%3Fnamefm%3Dcatherine%26namel%3Dcullen%26location%3D%26yyfrom%3D1881%26yyto%3D1881%26type%3DM%26submit%3DSearch

Couldn’t find a baptismal record for Catherine’s sister Sarah Donaghy, but she married in 1874.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/e52f972830332?b=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie%2Fchurchrecords%2Fcivil-perform-search.jsp%3Fnamefm%3Dsarah%26namel%3Ddonaghy%26location%3DBanbridge%26yyfrom%3D1870%26yyto%3D1885%26type%3DM%26submit%3DSearch

I realized Sarah wasn’t included on the Search Census Form, but assumed it was because she was born sometime after 1851.

[ddonaghy]

Thanks to all of you for sticking with me on this!

[Sinann]

The address doesn’t make sense.
Ballyvally is in the parish of Loughgilly not Kilmore.

Either there was two couples Thomas and Ann with a daughter Catherine.
Or You have the wrong parents for your Catherine.
Or Catherine didn’t die in 1915
But if you are sure of her parents and death than it does look like someone was trying to cheat and they got the name of the townland incorrect.

[Wexflyer]

The address doesn’t make sense.
Ballyvally is in the parish of Loughgilly not Kilmore.

You are misreading the townland address. As OP stated, it is Ballywilly.
https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/oneilland-west/kilmore-oneilland-west-portion/kilmore/ballywilly/

[Wexflyer]

3.   This is also the only source that’s ever mentioned the townland of Ballywilly in association with the Donaghy family, based firmly in Mullavilly since the 1840’s.

Not so. Thomas Donaghy was baptized 27/6/1847, parish of Kilmore, address Ballywilly.