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Portaleen Houton family

DonegalCuldaff (Donegal)Moville Upper (Donegal)

I've been working on my tree for a couple of years on and off and looking for help with any Houton (Houghton or Hutton's) from Portaleen or the surrounding area. Descendent of Owen Houton and James and Grace Houton. My grandfather William John came to Scotland but keen to connect with any family out there. Thanks

Elinor Ross

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Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I think your Houten/Houton families lived in Carthage townland in Culdaff civil parish. There were six Houten families in the 1901 census and one Houton family. The one Houton family has the Grace and James you mentioned but no William.In the 1911 census I found a William Houton age 15 visiting the Patrick Bradley family. This William was born in Scotland. All the families in the 1911 census were Houton.

Roger McDonnell

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1901&surname=houten&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Donegal&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=carthage&ded=&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=&houseNumber=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumberDiv=&protNumber=&parish=&barony=&yearsMarried=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familyId=&ageInMonths=&pager.offset=0

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Carthage/Carthage/1184588/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Donegal/Carthage/Carthage/494780/

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks Roger. Thsts really useful. Will keep working through it not easy though that there are Houton/Houten and even Howton and Houghton all coming through at various points. I know when they got to Greenock, due to illiteracy they were signed in as Hutton, and tge name stuck. Thanks again x

Elinor Ross

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