Hello Christine I had a look on the 1871 Scottish census on Ancestry and found a John DONACHY (sic) aged 3, born Shotts, Lanarkshire, living with his father Alexander DONACHY aged 42, born Ireland and a furnace labourer. There was no sign of a wife but there were 3 other children: Catherine aged 11 born Bothwell, Lanarks; Andrew 9, born Shotts, Lanarks; and Eliza, 7. born Shotts. Assuming that John's mother had died between his birth and the 1871 Census, I had a look on Scotlands People for deaths of a Catherine DONACHIE between 1868 and 1871. And found: Catherine DONACHIE, 31, married to Alexander DONACHIE, labourer, died 19 August 1969 at Shotts Iron Works, Shotts. She was the daughter of John GILLIGAN, labourer, deceased, and W?innie MACAULEY. Catherine died as a result of heart disease. This sounds to me like your Alexander and Catherine - and your John. The birth of an Andrew DONOCHIE (sic) was registered in Shotts in 1862; of Elizabeth DONOCHIE (sic) in Calderhead, Lanarkshire in 1864. And of a John DONOCHIE in Calderhead, Lanarkshire in 1867 (not 1869). I looked at the image of this birth and he was the son of Alexander DONOCHIE and Catherine GILLIGAN who were married at Shotts Ironworks on February 23 1855 (according to birth certificate). John was born on 6 August 1867 at Shotts Ironworks, I will send you the two images off-list. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "christine woodcock" <cdwoodcock56@sympatico.ca> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Donachie birth/marriage > > no, from his death record and where he lived. However, he was married in > Linlithgow. No luck on any of the John Donachie's listed on SP for > Lanarkshire. Or for Midlothian......... > >> From: overson12@btinternet.com >> To: midlothian@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:11:48 +0100 >> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Donachie birth/marriage >> >> Hello Christine >> >> How can you be sure that he was born in 1869 and in Musselburgh? Is it >> based >> on information from a census or from some other document? >> >> Is it possible that he was born before the couple married? If so, his >> birth >> may have been registered under the name John Gallaghan or perhaps >> Callaghan >> or Callachan. >> >> I can't find him on Scotlands People either. And I couldn't find him on >> Family Search (IGI).. >> >> Rhoda

Brilliant detective work, Rhoda, Thank you so very much. > From: overson12@btinternet.com > To: midlothian@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:06:57 +0100 > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Donachie birth/marriage: 1871 Census > > Hello Christine > > I had a look on the 1871 Scottish census on Ancestry and found a John > DONACHY (sic) aged 3, born Shotts, Lanarkshire, living with his father > Alexander DONACHY aged 42, born Ireland and a furnace labourer. There was no > sign of a wife but there were 3 other children: Catherine aged 11 born > Bothwell, Lanarks; Andrew 9, born Shotts, Lanarks; and Eliza, 7. born > Shotts. > > Assuming that John's mother had died between his birth and the 1871 Census, > I had a look on Scotlands People for deaths of a Catherine DONACHIE between > 1868 and 1871. And found: > > Catherine DONACHIE, 31, married to Alexander DONACHIE, labourer, died 19 > August 1969 at Shotts Iron Works, Shotts. She was the daughter of John > GILLIGAN, labourer, deceased, and W?innie MACAULEY. Catherine died as a > result of heart disease. > > This sounds to me like your Alexander and Catherine - and your John. The > birth of an Andrew DONOCHIE (sic) was registered in Shotts in 1862; of > Elizabeth DONOCHIE (sic) in Calderhead, Lanarkshire in 1864. And of a John > DONOCHIE in Calderhead, Lanarkshire in 1867 (not 1869). I looked at the > image of this birth and he was the son of Alexander DONOCHIE and Catherine > GILLIGAN who were married at Shotts Ironworks on February 23 1855 (according > to birth certificate). John was born on 6 August 1867 at Shotts Ironworks, > > I will send you the two images off-list. > > Rhoda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "christine woodcock" <cdwoodcock56@sympatico.ca> > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:20 AM > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Donachie birth/marriage > > > > > > no, from his death record and where he lived. However, he was married in > > Linlithgow. No luck on any of the John Donachie's listed on SP for > > Lanarkshire. Or for Midlothian......... > > > >> From: overson12@btinternet.com > >> To: midlothian@rootsweb.com > >> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:11:48 +0100 > >> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Donachie birth/marriage > >> > >> Hello Christine > >> > >> How can you be sure that he was born in 1869 and in Musselburgh? Is it > >> based > >> on information from a census or from some other document? > >> > >> Is it possible that he was born before the couple married? If so, his > >> birth > >> may have been registered under the name John Gallaghan or perhaps > >> Callaghan > >> or Callachan. > >> > >> I can't find him on Scotlands People either. And I couldn't find him on > >> Family Search (IGI).. > >> > >> Rhoda > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi i wonder if this family could be related to *DONACHI BRIDGET MARRIED TO MICHAEL CURRAN RELATED TO MCSHANE JOHN ARTHUR RAFFERTY * regards jean > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jean NAMES I AM SEARCHING MCSHANE WELSH VANCE LYNCH ONEIL CHRISTIE RAFFERTY,MCCONNELL TACKNEY BROGAN MCHALE THORNTON COYLE MULHEARN MCGURK AND HALF OF SCOTLAND LOL