Lynn, Have you looked at Ros Davies County Down website? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/D/Da.htm She has : Darragh, Darah Daragh and more on her "Surnames" page. Nan On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Lyn Whelan wrote: > I have Darroch's in my family. > James Darroch s/o Mgt Carrick and James Darroch. > James married Catherine (AKA Janet) Spence in Glasgow in 1868. We > believe > James may have been born in Ireland. Has anyone come across these > names in > their research. Janet Spence's parents were Thomas Spence and > Isabella > Sutherland (married in Scotland) > Lyn (NZ) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yvonne Russell" <yvrussell@gmail.com> > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 4:04 AM > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] - DARROCH - DARRAGH? > > >> Hi Bobbie >> >> My Darrochs' married into my Robinson family as follows: >> >> Duncan Darroch married Letitia Robinson in September 1878 >> John Darroch married Mary Ann Robinson in October 1882 >> >> The father of Duncan and John was a Duncan and his occupation >> given that >> of >> a Shipsmith. John followed in his father's footsteps and was also a >> Shipsmith but Duncan became an Accountant. >> >> Birth certificates are only available from 1864 so I cannot go >> down this >> road for Duncan or John and it may be through church records at >> PRONI at >> some stage that I might gleam both parents of Duncan and John and any >> other >> siblings. >> >> Darroch/Darragh/Darrock was certainly not an unusual name and in my >> research >> for my own I also accumulated other documentation which proved not >> to be >> for >> my family. I have now had another look at this but none of the >> names you >> mention below occur in what I have accummulated. >> >> Wishing you good luck in your search. >> >> Yvonne >> Dublin >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Bobbie Purdue >> Sent: 04 January 2008 17:56 >> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] FW: [IRL-ANTRIM] - DARROCH - DARRAGH? >> >> Hi Yvonne and others! >> >> Could you DARROCH also be DARRAGH? >> >> My great-great-grandmother, Isabella DARRAGH (born 1839, Dromore, Co. >> Down, >> Ireland) died 1910 in Belfast, married John Maddock 21 Jan 1856 in >> Seapatrick, Co. Down, Ireland. >> >> She had brothers, Robert, Richard and James DARRAGH and a sister Jane >> DARRAGH who married Samuel Wilson in Shankill, Armagh, Ireland 20 >> Feb 1849 >> (and maybe other sisters). >> >> Isabella's father was John DARRAGH, a shuttle maker, born in >> Dromore about >> 1794. >> >> There was an "Uncle Robert DARRAGH" associated with my family >> still living >> in the Belfast area in the 1940s. >> >> Bobbie Purdue >> California >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Yvonne Russell >> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 4:44 AM >> To: NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [NIR-DOWN] FW: [IRL-ANTRIM] New Year Roll Call - ROBINSON / >> MORROW/ >> SHANNON / DARROCH >> >> I am researching family from areas - Dundonald (JOHN ROBINSON - a >> farmer >> 1800), Holywood (SHANNON), Belfast (JOHN ROBINSON - Shipwright / >> MORROW & >> DARROCH). >> >> My main family is ROBINSON and the other names listed married >> ROBINSONS. >> >> Yvonne >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks for this suggestion Nan. I was until receiving your reply, unfamiliar with this site. Much appreciated Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Brennan" <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] - DARROCH - DARRAGH? > Lynn, > > Have you looked at Ros Davies County Down website? > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/D/Da.htm > > She has : Darragh, Darah Daragh and more on her "Surnames" page. > > Nan > > On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Lyn Whelan wrote: > >> I have Darroch's in my family. >> James Darroch s/o Mgt Carrick and James Darroch. >> James married Catherine (AKA Janet) Spence in Glasgow in 1868. We >> believe >> James may have been born in Ireland. Has anyone come across these >> names in >> their research. Janet Spence's parents were Thomas Spence and >> Isabella >> Sutherland (married in Scotland) >> Lyn (NZ) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Yvonne Russell" <yvrussell@gmail.com> >> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 4:04 AM >> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] - DARROCH - DARRAGH? >> >> >>> Hi Bobbie >>> >>> My Darrochs' married into my Robinson family as follows: >>> >>> Duncan Darroch married Letitia Robinson in September 1878 >>> John Darroch married Mary Ann Robinson in October 1882 >>> >>> The father of Duncan and John was a Duncan and his occupation >>> given that >>> of >>> a Shipsmith. John followed in his father's footsteps and was also a >>> Shipsmith but Duncan became an Accountant. >>> >>> Birth certificates are only available from 1864 so I cannot go >>> down this >>> road for Duncan or John and it may be through church records at >>> PRONI at >>> some stage that I might gleam both parents of Duncan and John and any >>> other >>> siblings. >>> >>> Darroch/Darragh/Darrock was certainly not an unusual name and in my >>> research >>> for my own I also accumulated other documentation which proved not >>> to be >>> for >>> my family. I have now had another look at this but none of the >>> names you >>> mention below occur in what I have accummulated. >>> >>> Wishing you good luck in your search. >>> >>> Yvonne >>> Dublin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down- >>> bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of Bobbie Purdue >>> Sent: 04 January 2008 17:56 >>> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] FW: [IRL-ANTRIM] - DARROCH - DARRAGH? >>> >>> Hi Yvonne and others! >>> >>> Could you DARROCH also be DARRAGH? >>> >>> My great-great-grandmother, Isabella DARRAGH (born 1839, Dromore, Co. >>> Down, >>> Ireland) died 1910 in Belfast, married John Maddock 21 Jan 1856 in >>> Seapatrick, Co. Down, Ireland. >>> >>> She had brothers, Robert, Richard and James DARRAGH and a sister Jane >>> DARRAGH who married Samuel Wilson in Shankill, Armagh, Ireland 20 >>> Feb 1849 >>> (and maybe other sisters). >>> >>> Isabella's father was John DARRAGH, a shuttle maker, born in >>> Dromore about >>> 1794. >>> >>> There was an "Uncle Robert DARRAGH" associated with my family >>> still living >>> in the Belfast area in the 1940s. >>> >>> Bobbie Purdue >>> California >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down- >>> bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of Yvonne Russell >>> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 4:44 AM >>> To: NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [NIR-DOWN] FW: [IRL-ANTRIM] New Year Roll Call - ROBINSON / >>> MORROW/ >>> SHANNON / DARROCH >>> >>> I am researching family from areas - Dundonald (JOHN ROBINSON - a >>> farmer >>> 1800), Holywood (SHANNON), Belfast (JOHN ROBINSON - Shipwright / >>> MORROW & >>> DARROCH). >>> >>> My main family is ROBINSON and the other names listed married >>> ROBINSONS. >>> >>> Yvonne >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message