Hi Julie, I think I know the Gaelic origin for your Sullia/Sicillia. English record keepers didn't like to write down Gaelic names, so would pick a similar sounding English name for their record books. This creates havoc for us genealogists, as it may get translated to a DIFFERENT name each time! It is quite easy with a name like Roisin which invariably becomes Rose, but the Gaelic name Sile often had them stumped. We have a Sile in our family, and the poor lady appears in records as Sullia, Sheila, Cecily and Cecilia. So it looks to me like you have Sile there! (The "S" is pronounced as an English "Sh"). Best Regards, Annemarie Bruinsma Hanlon >-----Original Message----- >From: maggie and adrian [mailto:tuathadedaan@xtra.co.nz] >Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 07:38 AM >To: DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] MICHAEL DOHERTY > >Hi Julie, > >Here are your ones on the IGI. > >Michael DOHERTY born 28 March 1864 Church Hill and >Sicillia (it will be Cecelia) DOHERTY 14 August 1866 Church Hill. > >children of Neal DOHERTY and Sarah McCUE. > >Legnahoory is a townland of 727 acres in the Barony of Kilmacrennan, >Civil Parish of Kilmacrennan and Poor Law Union of Londonderry. > >Church Hill is a townland of 269 acres in the Barony of Kilmacrennan, >Civil Parish of Gartan and Poor Law Union of Letterkenny. > >Hope this helps. > >Cheers, > >MAGGIE > >Julie wrote: > >>Looking for Doherty researchers >> >>Michael Doherty born March 1863....Legnahoory, Kilmacrennan >>Jullia/Sullia Doherty writing hard to read....born August 1866....Legnahoory, Kilmacrennan >> >>Parents Neil Doherty and Sarah McHugh from Letterkenny >> >>Regards Julie >> >> >>==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== >>To browse through the archives of the list go to >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire >> >>============================== >>Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >>Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe from the Donegaleire list send an email to DONEGALEIRE-L-request@rootsweb or DONEGALEIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com In the email put just the word unsubscribe. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >