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James Dougherty 25 Apr 1840 County Antrim, Ulster Prov., Ireland

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Above is mf gggf. Although I'm adept at navigating England and N.A. genealogical sources, it's been a complete bust in Ireland. My James, to complicate things, shows different ages in differing censes. The date above is from 1901 census. It's not clear to me when he emigrated or if alone, but he married Nov 1958 in New Durham, Oxford Co, ON, CAN.

I'm trying to 1st of all confirm above.

I have a source that parents are John 1802 and Margaret (Austin) 1804, but this is suspect because the bdate doeasn't match. Next step is to confirm parents and siblings.

Any assistance appreciated.

Bill

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Bill,

James Dougherty is a fairly common name. Looking at the 1901 census for Co Antrim I found 72 people of that name in the county. You do have a date of birth but they were not always very reliable.

Statutory birth registration didn’t start in Ireland till 1864. Prior to that you are reliant on church records but there are many gaps in those records. However the surviving Irish RC parish records can be searched on Ancestry:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61039

I didn’t see any that fitted your information though.

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

Thks, Elwyn.

Note my origination typo, where his marriage s/b Nov 1858.

I can't add further info.  Searching parish records is a bit of a problem when the parish isn't known...  I'll try, though.

Bill

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I should have added something important.  They left Ireland as catholics and may possibly have been O'Dougerty, latter per family lore.  Their children became protestant in Ontario, possibly because of the local customs of killing catholics (search "Black Donnellys), but I'm also guessing because of the absence of catholic schools and churches.

Bill

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Bill,

The O & Mc prefixes on Irish names are detachable and were often used or omitted at whim. Most sets of on-line Irish records routinely search under both. Without a specific parish it's hard to suggest where to search next.

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

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