Thomas Murray (James Murray & Mary McGinniss) & Bridget O'Donohue/Donoghue (Michael Donoghue & Julia Crean)

I accidentally deleted the original post and the replies. Luckily I took screen shots so I'm republishing my original post and the comments.

Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandX0 Volunteer 4

 

Tuesday 20th July 2021, 03:14PM

Hello, James Murray married Mary McGinnis in Louth Parish (Louth is also a county) on the 13th Jan. 1842, assume from this that Louth Parish is where Mary

McGinnis is from as usuall married in the brides parish. Unfortunatley there are no parents names included, not unusual in the church records, you can see the

entry on this site but must search by date only, http://wwvv.nli.ie/ the entry is a bit blotted on a fairly clear page otherwise, it appears there was a dispensation

given, not sure why think it says in the 3rd and 4th degree often means cousins but could be from the banns as maybe she was pregnant, will ask on our FB page

for more info there. Records for Louth parish only commence in 1833 so will will be unlikely to locate a baptism for Mary, the name is found in the area, sometimes

McGuinness. The witnesses were Thomas McGinn could be McGinnis again and Bernard Hanratty, no female which might be odd or the transcription rick Mmay be

incorrect, Hanratty is also found in the area.

 

There is a site on Louth here and you may find some mention of the names, there were occassionally local census by the church etc, a lady by the name of Mairead

McGuinness from the area (Ardee town or thereabouts) was recently appointed as an EU Commissioner, she had been a member of parliment here and in Europe

in case you are interested.

 

There is a Patrick Murray in Philipstown in the Flax Growers list of 1796 which may be your man, but that is a register only of those growing flax but see there are

Murray's in the area in the late 1800s too. It is a tricky name to research as there are some everywhere, think it is the 8th most common name in Ireland which was

a surprise to me, my Murray was not in Louth. http://www.jbhall.clahs.ie/ You will also see the names of people whose deaths are recorded and there are some

cemeteries transcribed if you see any of interest.

 

I see a widower James Murray died in 1880 address Philipstown, age 80 Patrick Murray present at death, extract attached below. Civil records from 1864 are free to

view online but deaths you can only see the name pre 1871 I think, that site is here https://civilrecords.irishgenealogyie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp the church

records for Cork are on this site also but not Louth. I also notice a lot of the witnesses are Dunn or Dunne so they were probably relations too.

 

I will look at your Cork query later this evening but it live in Louth so my local knowledge will not be great for Cork. Feel free to follow up on your query and maybe

look in the 1901 census for this Patrick, free online too.

 

Pat

 

St Peters Louth

 

Hello, in my pervious post I should say for death records you can only see the entry post 1871. I have been mooching around and see there is another birth in 1850 of a Bernard Murray to a Mary McGinnis and Jas Murray, address in this case is Chanonrock which is in Louth parish where she was from, if I am correct we now know where she was from, usually they go home for the first child so maybe she was visiting her mother or a sister etc 
I checked Griffiths Valuation and in 1854 there was a Peter McGuinness and a James Murray owning land there. You can check the census here http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ ;
The dispensation mentioned is for a 2nd and 3rd cousin marrying, 
I have a book on the locat area of Knockbridge and there are grave inscriptions and there are a number of Murray entries including Murray This monoument was erected by Patrick Murray of Kilcroney in memory of his father James Murray who departed this life 15th January 1828 aged 75 years. 
Philipstown Cemetery, Mills-of-Louth. Patrick Murray of Kilcroney and his son Patrick Murray aged 40 who died 16th November 1881. No idea where it fits in with your tree but probably a relation, there are a number of them in the area and I see some possibles in the census also.

Pat 

 

Hello Kathryn, the religious diocese of Armagh includes the counties of Armagh and Louth, since 1921 Louth is in the Republic of Ireland whille Armagh is in Northern Ireland which is in the United Kingdom, it is possible you might find some records at PRONI or the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, that is really only if you are looking for something specific. 
The civil divisions down to townlands can be viewed here https://www.townlands.ie/ this will help you locate the various parishes and townlands, a heads up though there are 3 Phillipstowns in Louth but yours is the one between Dundalk and Ardee. 
Between 1848 and 1864 there was a land registration done and this is Griffiths Valuation and you can see if for free here and there are plot numbers and maps, the maps can be brought from the old ones to modern ones too but it is tricky to find the area in the new piece, this site is here http://www.askaboutirelandie/griffith-valuation/ you can also search by place and see the list of occupants. You can view modern and old maps here https://www.osi.ie/ this is really getting into exact Icoations now but the plot numbers from the Griffiths Valuation continued on so you can still find them, in the late 1800s circa 1900 I think there was a law brought in Land Act which allowed tenants to purchase the land from the landlord at market value and he had to sell, loans were made available to tenants from the government to do so and this is how the tenants came to own the land in many instances. These records may be online free in the next year I understand. 
In looking at the townlands sometimes the religious ones had different names and also a religious parish may differ from a civil parish as the bishop could move townlands in and out of parishes to bolster one or weaken another that had too many people or was richer than its meighoburing parish to bolster income there. 
Between 1824 and1838 there was a tax called a tithe and you can see those who had over an acre here, the spellings or names are not always consistent you can view them here again just head of house. http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchivesie/search/tab/home.jsp there are a lot of Murrays and in Philipstown including Daniel and James and Patrick, if the name occurs twice it may be different plots rather than different people. Again this is to assist in locating where they are and possibly identify your exact ancestor, I imagine they are all related someway. 
Now if you are into it there is a Louth Genealogy Facebook page, apply to join and I see a number of references to Murray around you time, 1850 including a James but not yours, looks like he married a Coyle and lived in Yonkers, NY and someone has gravestones on their page, there is also someone looking for McGinnis in the area. someone is also in New South Wales in Australia. 
There are also Ardee and Mid Louth history pages, theses are mainly old photos and stories and do not do genealogy but it may ingterest you. 
The time frame you are lookng at is the famine period so things would not have been easy, population dropped by about 4 million including 1 million dying, however I am not sure it was as bad on the east coast but there would be an economic shock. The period is from 1845 to 1852. 
Roger notified the Cork volunteer for the rest of your query but you can try the Irish Genealogy site under Churches and see if you can find the marriage, if not let 
me know and I will check it out. 
By the way this occured in Philipstown in 1816 and is also a book and a film on Netflix, filmed about 5 years ago locally, the story is also on the Louth Genealogical Sources site previously sent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Wildgoose_Lodge ;
A bit gruesome I am afraid but see no Murray or McGinnis mentioned as involved, it is something I like to do is see what history or what was happening where my ancestors lived so hope you find it interesting. 

Pat 

 

Dear Pat (Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandX0 Volunteer 4),

In an attempt to "unlink" some inacurate parishes from my message board post I unintentionally deleted my whole post. I lost sleep over the fact last night. I had taken screen shots of all your replys so I was able to duplicate them, but I'm hoping I did not loose contact with you in the process. I greatly appreciate your help in trying to understand what areas/parish I should be focusing my searches in. I must be making this harder than it is. Your example of 3 Philipstowns in Louth (which is apparently a county, a barony, a civil parish, and an electoral division, but at least not a townland or a subtownland) is a good one to illistrate how confusing this is. The more I try to understand the more confused I feel. How did you know which Philipstown is the correct one? I'm assuming you are referring to the one with 9 townlands. Furthermore, why were my ancestors baptised in Louth (in this case a parish according to you), Haggardstown (parish, electorial division and townsland), Ireland rather than simply Philipstown which is also a civil parish and where they were living at the time? Louth is the smallest county in Ireland. I'm thinking Cork is going to even more challenging to pin down ancestors since it's the largest county in Ireland. Sorry, I'm now just venting my frustrations. I'll get this eventually. Thanks again for all your help. Your knowledge is priceless.

Mary Foley was a witness on Thomas Murray and Bridget Donoghue's marriage record. So possibly her grandmother!?!

I have baptism records for 7 children (Daniel Michael 28 Jan 1847, Honora 29 Jul 1848, James 25 Mar 1850, Patrick 8 Feb 1852, Mary 13 Feb 1854, *Bridget 4 Feb 1856, and John 4 Sep 1858.