MULLEN family (Patrick/Rosanna/James)

Griffiths Valuation for Kilcootry was compiled around 1860, so if your Rosanna left Ireland c 1850, she’s unlikely to still be listed in 1860 and beyond. The one in Kilcootry was head of household, so probably a widow. The Patrick living nearby is most unlikely to be her husband. He could well be a relation by marriage but they could not be husband & wife.

You can use the Valuation revision records on the PRONI site to take Griffiths records forward.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/searching-valuation-revision-books

Those records show that Patrick had plot 11 which was a 9 acre farm. It remains in his name till 1880 when the tenant changes to John (who appears to be his son). Patrick Mullin died 17.2.1879 aged 75 at Kilcootry. His wife was still alive and his son John was the informant.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1879/06527/4880972.pdf

Rosanna was next door on plot 12. She had 3 acres of land but no house, so she was lodging with someone else in the townland. (There are several Mullin households there as you may have observed.)  Her name is deleted in 1876 and her land appears to have then been annexed into one of the adjacent small farms. So she might have died around that time, or left the area. I cannot find a death for Rosanna but she would have been either a single woman or a widow. Until the Married Woman’s Property Act in 1882, a married woman’s assets were all her husband's and so she wouldn’t be a leaseholder in her own right. Indeed couldn't be a leaseholder.

I have known people who have emigrated retain land in Ireland, but usually it’s sublet and the new tenant’s name appears in the records. In most cases, if it is in someone's name in Griffiths, they were living there.

Donacavey RC parish records only start in 1857, so if that’s where your Rosanna was born or married, then sadly there are no records to consult.

Mullin/Mullan etc in Kilcootry in the 1901 census:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Seskinore/Kilcootry/1743732/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Seskinore/Kilcootry/1743733/

The above are children of Bernard Mullin and Mary Anne McGrale

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Seskinore/Kilcootry/1743735/

You can use this site to see the various cemeteries in Donacavey. There are 5 listed:

https://www.ancestryireland.com/family-records/graveyards-in-ulster/

 

Mullen/Mullan/Mullin is a very common name in Tyrone. In the 1901 census there were 1315 in the county. Makes it very difficult to identify the right family. I think you may struggle to find where Rosanna originated. As you will have discovered the early censuses have largely been destroyed, there are no death records before 1864, and many parishes weren’t keeping baptism or marriage records either.

Here’s the civil certificate that goes with the RC marriage that you have attached. The only difference I can see is that in the RC version Catherine is residing in Maguiresbridge, Co. Fermanagh whereas in the civil she is from Garlaw.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1867/11487/8222443.pdf

There was a Terence McSpirits farming in Drummod (Standardised version is Drumad) in the parish of Cleenish, Fermanagh in 1834. That might be where Patrick is from originally. It's a very rare name.

http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/fermanagh/tithe-applotment-books/parish-of-cleenish.php

There are no Mullin households in Garlaw in Griffiths Valuation c 1860 but labourers tended to move about a lot and can be very difficult to trace.

Sorry I made a slight mistake in my earlier post when I said the bride was from Maguiresbridge. That was actually one of the witnesses address. Both bride & groom were living in Garlaw. But I suspect Patrick maybe from Fermanagh originally (just a few miles away). The name Terence McSpirit is very rare, farmers didn’t move around much and there’s only the 1 in Northern Ireland in the tithes so I suspect that could well be where Patrick comes from. (One of the witnesses was from Maguiresbridge which is in Fermanagh, so that's a hint too, perhaps.

The RC baptism records for Cleenish only start in 1835 which is probably not back far enough for Patrick (who was 35 in 1867) but you might find some siblings.

Labourers moved around a lot to follow available work. They can be hard to trace and they don’t always show up in the available records. I checked the Valuation Revision  records for Garlaw for 1864-1880 on the PRONI website.  Garlaw then had 6 plots of land and 4 farms on it. Presumably Patrick and Catherine had gone there for work, and were lodging on one of those properties but they are not listed themselves.

Donna,

No, I have no additional information on that Donacavey family.