DILLON - Looking for the village/parish where they were living between 1830-1850, and/or any other information relating to James DILLON/Bridget FARRELL
Hello. I’m trying to identify the villages/parish where James (Jas) DILLON (born around 1811), and his wife Bridget (née FARRELL/FARRALL) hailed from.
They left Ireland for England, sometime between 1841 and 1851, with their children. I’m still uncovering the extent of their family, but names include Patrick, Garrett, possibly James, John, Michal and Elizabeth, who were all born in Ireland. Other children were born in England. There is evidence they were in Durham for a short time (2-3 years?), and then settled in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
An English census record (1901) for Patrick DILLON, said he was from Roscommon, Ireland. He was born around 1840. Garrett DILLON was born around 1838.
They were Roman Catholic, and illiterate.
I’ve had a look at the Griffiths Evaluation and found various references to the name: James DILLON.
One evaluation listed James DILLON, and a separate entry for Bridget FARRALL (Toorevagh, Killare, Rathconrath, Westmeath: 1847-1864).
Another reference showed James DILLON and John DILLON (Cloonaff, Kilkeevin, Castlereagh, Roscommon). I have yet to confirm this, but I’m wondering if James and John were brothers. I come to this conclusion from a possible ancestral connection via Durham. A William DILLON was born in Antrim (?? The census spelling is terrible) around 1851. His English marriage certificate states that his father’s name was John DILLON.
A third reference showed James DILLON, Edmund DILLON and Patrick DILLON in the evaluation for Carrowntarriff, Taghboy, Athlone, Roscommon.
Someone on Ancestry has put Patrick DILLON as the father of the James DILLON that I’m looking for. I have yet to confirm this.
But none of this is conclusive as my search hasn’t been exhaustive (I’ve been using the free subscription to Ancestry.com via my local library).
I would appreciate any information. Many thanks.
