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Collins (nee Davy), Catherine - Died Achonry, Sligo 1841-1853

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I am looking for evidence of the death and/or burial of Catherine Collins (nee Davy), wife of Michael Collins. It is believed that she died possibly in or around the townland of Achonry, Sligo, between 1841 and 1853. I expect that she would have been aged in her late 30's or 40's at death, as the earliest of her known children was born at Achonry in 1827 and the latest known was born in 1841.

She was deceased by the time her eldest known daughter emigrated to Australia in 1853. Her husband Michael was still alive in 1860 and his date and place of death are also unknown. Both were illiterate, so there may not have been any formal carved grave stone.

Her known children were Mary (b.1827), Catherine (b 1830), John (b. 1833), William (b 1835) and Bridget (b. 1841). All bar Catherine emigrated to Australia in the 1850's. I am unaware of whether or not there were more siblings who remained in Sligo.

I was informed that in the first 50 years of the 1800's, just a single extended family of Collins's lived in Sligo, so I am wondering whether any current-day member of the Collins familyin Sligo, has a family tree which includes the names mentioned above?

I have much information on the Australian portion of the family, and am happy to share what I have collected.

Steve Collins

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Steve:

I looked at Roots Ireland for a death record for Catherine but they do not have any death information for Achonry parish and civil registration did not start until 1864.

The Griffiths Valuation survey was conducted in Co. Sligo in 1858. There were 10 Collins head of households listed including a Michael in Drumbaun townland, Achonry civil parish. Likely this is the Michael in your note. I looked for a civil death index record for him but was unsuccessful. I also looked at the 1901 census for Drumbaun and ther was one Collins family. I'm wondering if Catherine was the widow of a son of Michael and Catherine.

Roger McDonnell

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Achonty_East/Drumbaun/1686123/

 

Source Surname First Name Townland Parish County  
Griffith Collins Catherine Drumbaun Achonry Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Eneas Town Of Bellahy Achonry Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins John Town Of Sligo John Street(North Side) St. Johns Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Mary Portinch Emlaghfad Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Mary T/sligo Vernon Street Or The Rope Walk St. Johns Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Michl. Drumbaun Achonry Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Peter Tawnatruffaun Kilmacshalgan Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Thomas Drumbaun Achonry Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Thomas Rathmagurry Achonry Co. Sligo
Griffith Collins Thomas Cooperhill Or Gobbadagh Drumcolumb Co. Sligo
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Thanks for that, Roger.

I have copies of the Griffiths Valuation of Drumbaun, Sligo, of 1858 and also of the 1901 Drumbaun census and also of the 1827 Tithe Applotment for the Townland of Crimlin, (which is also in that vicinity) which also shows a Michael Collins.  I suspect that the first and third of these, possibly show Michael (the father of those who came to Australia) and the 1901 Census possibly shows a sibling of the Australian emigrants and his family, or as you say, the widow of a sibling and her family, but these are only informed guesses, rather than established facts.

I know that there are a number of Collins headstones in the Rhue Cemetery and I have photographs of a number of those (some of which may relate to those mentioned in the 1901 census), but given that Michael and Catherine and their children were all illiterate, I doubt that headstones would have been carved for them. 

Are interrment records (as opposed to headstone transcriptions) available electronically?

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Steve:

I'm not aware of any elctronic internment records other than the headstone transcriptions.

Roger

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Thanks Roger,

I appreciate your help.

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Hi Steve,

I am related to Eneas Collins of Bellahy, Co. Sligo. He was a Carpenter - 1808 to 1866 and died in Swinford. His daughter was Margaret Collins and she married a James Collins in 1866 i Swinford. A lot of the records are back and forth between Bellahy and Charlestown as they were neighboring towns and Market Towns. Believe Eneas' wife was also a Margaret and know of another daughter Mary who married a Doherty. 

Believe the family also has connections to Australia. Came across at least one convict record / immigration record for another Eneas Collins. 

Regards,

Brendan

brendan.langan…

Has anyone else come across Collins in Achrony who were not Catholic? I see a few in later censuses born between 1820 and 1840. My William & Thomas Collins families emigrated in 1841 to Ontario. They were "Church of England" in all records. Family lore from a descendant of "Andrew Broder Collins" says they came from Sligo - as did his namesake, "Andrew Broder"'s family. One daughter's death cert has born in "Demar, Ireland" which I guess is Doomore in Sligo. One son born there in 1831 was named "Robert Ashmore Collins" (or "Robert Ashman Collins" on his death cert). I see a Robert Ashman married in Annagh, Achrony, Sligo in 1844.

kdavenpo@tx.rr.com

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