We are looking for any information about the family of John McGrail and Catherine Staunton please.
We believe that John was born in about 1814 and Catherine about 1815. They had Mary about 1844, Annabout 1846 and Hannah about 1854 in Ireland before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne by 1855.
Ann was baptised in Aughaval on the 7th June 1846.
If anyone can help we would be most grateful.
Thank you
Pepper
Pepper:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland and could not find any records for this family in Aughaval including the June 7th, 1846 record for Anne. I also looked on the parish register for that date and there were six baptisms but no Anne. Do you have other information?
Roger McDonnell
Hi Roger
Thank you for your reply and your kindness in looking for us.
We have attached the copy of Anne's baptism which we found on FindMyPast. We were unable to read the place associated with the birth.
We noticed in the record that there was also a Tom and Ellen McGreal and we wondered if this might be John's brother and sister in law?
We lose John and Catherine after 1861 census in Newcastle upon Tyne and wondered if they had returned to Ireland.
Also their daughter Anne, who we believe married John Stanton in Newcastle in 1865, also goes "missing".
We hope that the attachment might help.
Thank you again for your time
Best wishes
Pepper
Pepper:
Somehow I missed Anne's baptismal reocrd on my initial search but it is there now. I looked at the Aughaval register page you provided and there is no place name attached to the record. Just the parents names, the sponsors and the initials (TG) of the priest who performed the baptism. The family also paid the usual offering for performing the baptism.
I looked at the 1855/1856 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Oughaval civil parish and there were a good number of McGreal records including five John McGreals. Not sure if your John had left before the Griffiths. https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/mayo/oughaval.htm
I did not see the entry for Thomas and Ellen McGreal. They may have been related but there were at least 24 McGreal families in the parish so hard to tell.
It is possible that John and Catherine returned. There are not many records available in that time period. You could try looking at the civil records at the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie ; Images of death records are available from 1878 on. The registration district would be Westport.
Roger