Linda - you seem to be most interested in finding children of this couple which I am not able to help with. However I can offer the data from the 1855 birth of a brother, Francis DOHERTY in Penninghame, Wigtownshire : 1855 Births, Penninghame Francis DOHERTY born 27 June, 11:30am at Newtonstewart to Michael DOHERTY, 40y a Gas? Manufacturer born County Derry, Ireland and Margaret DOHERTY ms O'NEAL, 30y born Balmaghie. They wed 5 June, 1846 in Dalbeattie and had 2 living children at this birth [no notes on males or females as was usually done]. The Registration was signed by the father...Michael DOHERTY in Newtonstewart 9 July. William Diff, Registrar. Some is darkened and hard to read, I'll check the filmed original again when I get back to the local Family History Center at least by tomorrow as I work a shift Wednesdays in the evening. Finding any 1855 Civil Registration is a gift ! Sorry they quit asking all these questions...by 1 Jan, 1856 the amount of Registration questions was cut by about half. I'll check that occupation for Michael...it looks like Gas Manufacturer, maybe it was Tin but didn't look right. Need a closer look. Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma -------------------------------------------------
Hi Meg, Gas manufacturer is likely to be correct, based on the 1851 census, which Shows Michael and family at Mill St, Dumfries. His occupation is given as "Labourer at gas works". The Penninghame parish Registrar in 1855 was William DILL. He was also the Session Clerk for a number of years, so his handwriting appears in the Penninghame Church registers also. His handwriting seems to have become worse over the years, presumably affected by ill health. He died 02 Nov 1856, age 64. Having struggled with some of his handwriting, I can understand the difficulty you had with this record. Ironically, William DILL was a writer by profession. After years of searching for evidence proving this William DILL to be one of mine, John McQuillan, (a 6th cousin), provided me with the key record. Regards, Bruce On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:39 AM, Meg Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote: > Linda - you seem to be most interested in finding children of this > couple which I am not able to help with. However I can offer the data > from the 1855 birth of a brother, Francis DOHERTY in Penninghame, > Wigtownshire : > > 1855 Births, Penninghame > Francis DOHERTY born 27 June, 11:30am at Newtonstewart to Michael > DOHERTY, 40y a Gas? Manufacturer born County Derry, Ireland and Margaret > DOHERTY ms O'NEAL, 30y born Balmaghie. They wed 5 June, 1846 in > Dalbeattie and had 2 living children at this birth [no notes on males or > females as was usually done]. The Registration was signed by the > father...Michael DOHERTY in Newtonstewart 9 July. William Diff, Registrar. > > Some is darkened and hard to read, I'll check the filmed original again > when I get back to the local Family History Center at least by tomorrow > as I work a shift Wednesdays in the evening. Finding any 1855 Civil > Registration is a gift ! Sorry they quit asking all these > questions...by 1 Jan, 1856 the amount of Registration questions was cut > by about half. I'll check that occupation for Michael...it looks like > Gas Manufacturer, maybe it was Tin but didn't look right. Need a closer > look. Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma > ------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >