This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AnnetteCode Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.tyr.general/7417.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dogherty is an Irish name and unlikely to have had an estate. Most estate were owned by the British and were often absent landlords with Estate Managers. Baron's Court was the Estate of the Marquis of Abercorn. The property is described as a magnificent demesne set in many acres of natural beauty & woods. Strabane was a Townland in the Parish of Donacavy, in the Poor Law Union of Omagh. It is also a Town in the parishes of Leckpatrick (0), Urney (20)and Camus (5), all in the Poor Law Union of Strabane, where many Tyrone Doherty's lived in 1869 - see bracketed numbers. The earliest Tithe Applotment took place between 1820-1830) The Marquess of Abercorn is the largest landlord with a Rev. Henry Tottenham having 216 acres which he rented out to tenants to earn a living for the Parish, often these lands were given to clergy or were under lease to the nobility. A similar story in my husband's family that a Lady ran off with the family member who was a carpenter on an estate. I was unable to find this in either estate records or elsewhere. Sort of the married to an Indian princess myth I think. Families such as these might appear with marriages in the Debrett's and other documents. Her children's names would help locate what Doherty is her father. You should be able to find a birth or marriage record with an Irish Herigage Foundation if the Parish records have survived. Annette Code www.landedestates.ie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.