Hi Rob and welcome,Yes I totally Agree with you,I to would have thought father came over First.Maybe looking for work.Then the Family Followed.I took a look on couple of Census last night.The james looked a possibility although 1810.I think you had 21.But then found that Henry.I hope to take a better look tonight.If not ill run a few searches

 

Mike

	The Leitrim-Roscommon Griffiths Search Output

Map Ref.	Surname	Given	County	Barony	Parish	Townland	City or Street	Lessor	Description	Acres	Roods	Perches	L A N D		B L D G		T O T A L
													Pound	Shill	Pound	Shill	Pound	Shill
(6)1.a	McDermott	Henry	Roscommon	Boyle	Boyle	Greatmeadow		William Knott	Offs ld	6	3	0	6	15	1	0	7	15
(6)10.46	McDermott	Henry	Roscommon	Boyle	Boyle	Knocknashee	Boyle Town; Bridge St	Viscount Lorton	Ho (pt of)	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	14	0

2 Total Matches

Hi Rob,I found Two,Henry McDermotts,In The Griffiths DataBase,These would be for year 1854 to 1868,It Does not give much info away,So Need to check out Further

Mike

Surname of freeholder:	McDermott
Forename(s) of freeholder:	Henry
Address of freeholder (townland or street):	Sleaveban
Occupation of freeholder:
Religion:
Name of landlord:
Address of landlord:
County:	Fermanagh
Parish:	Magherakillmony
Date of registry:	1796
Candidates:	N

Hi Mike,

 

I believe that Henry had left Ireland before 1841(I suppose he could have returned to Ireland for a while,but it doesn't seem likely,does it?).The 2nd message has a 1796 registry date(approx my Henry's birth)but does this relate to the Land-holders birth or registation of the holding?

Must admit that I'm not familiar with these kind of documents and would appreciate any help you can give in illuminating them to me.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Rob

Hi Rob Its the registry of the Holding,I have Checked it out so not correct

 

Mike

Thanks Mike,looks a bit like Mission impossible doesn't it?If they are like other members of my various ancestry lines,they will be of the lowest class and probably didn't own or lease anything which probably makes it harder.

From my records,the marriage of James to Elizabeth Antrobus was in a Roman Catholic church,although their daughter Elizabeth McDermott  married in St Michaels,Toxteth on 20/12/1882 after Banns,so that would have been an Anglican Service,William McDermott was one of the witnesses.

Further to what you're doing,I did have a look at several McDermott records in the Census' hoping to see some of "our"family staying with them,but,to date without success.Will have a further search in that area,I think,will let you know if anything of note comes up.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Rob

Hello Mike,

 

Have to admit defeat,haven't seen anything that I can honestly say relates to"my" Henry and James.

If the family came over would,almost certainly,have been to Liverpool.Henry appears to be living apart from James,perhaps not a very close relationship.

 

Best wishes,

 

Rob

Hi Rob,We will not give up just yet,In march i am hoping to get to Kew.In London to the family records center.I will be armed with any info i can.As i have other Records to check also.So will make a day of it.So hopefully we can wait till then.

 

Mike

Hi Mike,

 

Thanks for that,guess you don't want to leave any stone unturned.

 

It is hard to follow on though,I reflect on how many of these situations have their solutions within Family,the problem is in contacting people who have information and don't even know it.I haven't succeeded in identifying,let alone getting in contact with,any descendant of Elizabeth McDermott's siblings.

 

Best of luck with all your projects.

 

Rob and Jan

 

 

Hi Mike,

 

Have had a look on the Multimap(sourced via a link on Curious Fox)Dundock not listed in C.Fox but Drogheda is,note that it's South of Dundalk on mouth of the Boyne River and almost half way between Dundalk and Dublin.

I suppose that both Henry and James would have been 2 of many thousands who left Ireland around the middle of the 19th century,I expect whole families moved on and left little trace behind.

Thanks for your continuing interest.

 

Rob and Jan

Hi Rob This Site has a lot of info on louth

 

Mike

 

Hi Mike,

Will have a look at the site.

 

Also,was the deleted message to do with me and mine?

 

Rob

Hi Rob no someone put a message by mistake mike