Drumkeen, Co. Donegal

When Mary came to the US in 1925, the passenger record noted her mother was Rose McDevitt, Augheygault, Drumkeen, Stranorlar, Donegal. (Ancestry)

Following is a transcription of Mary’s birth record from rootsireland.ie:

Name:             Mary Catherine McDevitt            

Date of Birth:            29-Jul-1904

Registration Date:   11-Aug-1904

Address:        Aughagalt     

Parish/District:         STRANORLAR

Gender:          Female           

County           Co. Donegal

Father:           Charles McDevitt    

Mother:         Rose Anne McNamee

Occupation:  Labourer                    

Informant 1:  Rose Anne McDevitt

Baptisms of siblings of Mary Catherine (from rootsireland.ie):

Source Surname First Name Year County  

Church Baptism McDevitt James 1893 Co. Donegal

Church Baptism McDaid Helen 1896 Co. Donegal

Civil Birth McDevitt Charles 1896 Co. Donegal

Civil Birth McDaid Alice 1897 Co. Donegal

Church Baptism McDevitt Neal 1899 Co. Donegal

Civil Birth McDevitt Neal 1899 Co. Donegal

Civil Birth McDevitt Maggie 1906 Co. Donegal

Civil Birth McDevitt Catherine Anne 1909 Co. Donegal

Marriage of Mary Catherine's parents. Her father lived in the townland of Treantaboy, her mother in Aughagault.

Date of Marriage: 09-Jul-1892    

Parish / District: RAPHOE

County: Co. Donegal

Husband Wife

Name: Charles McDevitt Rose Anne McNamee

Address: Treantaboy         Aughagault

Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic

Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried)

Husband's Father        Wife's Father

Name: James McDevitt Neal McNamee

Witness 1 Witness 2

Name: Margaret McNamee Margaret McNamee

In the 1911 Irish census, Mary Catherine was 7 years old....

Residents of a house 17 in Aughagault Big (Convoy, Donegal)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living

Mc Devitt Charles 47 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Donegal Agricultural Labourer Read and write - Married - - - -

Mc Devitt Roseanne 44 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Donegal - Read and write - Married - 19 7 7

Mc Devitt Neil 12 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Donegal Scholar Read and write - Single - - - -

Mc Devitt Mary 7 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Donegal Scholar Read and write - Single - - - -

Mc Devitt Maggie 4 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Donegal - Cannot read - Single - - - -

Mc Devitt Catherine Anne 1 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Donegal - Cannot read - Single - - - -