tenterfieldjulie
01-11-14, 10:21
Name: John McDonagh
Date and place of birth: Co Sligo, Ireland
Names of parents: Thomas McDonagh (John’s grandson was known locally as Michael John Tom - named after his father and grandfather)
Marriage: 1. Unknown (1 son)
2. Widower at marriage 23 February 1866 to Bridget Finn at RC Church, Bunninaden, Killshalvey, Parish, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Occupation: Farmer
Military service: unknown
Address: Gortygara townland, Gurteen, Co Sligo Ireland
Date, place and cause of death: Gortygara townland, Gurteen, Co Sligo Ireland
between 1879 (youngest daughter’s birth) and 1901 – wife a widow on the census
Date and place of burial: Mt. Irwin RC Cemetery near Knockmore Abbey Ruins outside the village of Gurteen, Sligo, Ireland
Details of will: Unknown
Memorial inscription: No headstone. His Grave marked by a yew tree (as told to me on a visit to the cemetery in 2009.)
Children: Unknown Son from 1st marriage
2nd marriage - John 1866 (coal miner, Bishop Auckland Co. Durham, UK,);
Matthew Patrick C1867 (farmer Ben Lomond, NSW, Australia),
James 1869 (San Francisco, California, USA),
Mary 1871 (Married John Finan, farmer, Carntary, Sligo),
Michael 1874 (married Delia Gormley, stayed on family farm Gortigara, Gurteen),
Francis 1877 Frank (lived Gortigara too),
Sarah Jane 1879 (married John Brennan, farmer, Ballyfahey, Sligo)
Date and place of birth: Co Sligo, Ireland
Names of parents: Thomas McDonagh (John’s grandson was known locally as Michael John Tom - named after his father and grandfather)
Marriage: 1. Unknown (1 son)
2. Widower at marriage 23 February 1866 to Bridget Finn at RC Church, Bunninaden, Killshalvey, Parish, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Occupation: Farmer
Military service: unknown
Address: Gortygara townland, Gurteen, Co Sligo Ireland
Date, place and cause of death: Gortygara townland, Gurteen, Co Sligo Ireland
between 1879 (youngest daughter’s birth) and 1901 – wife a widow on the census
Date and place of burial: Mt. Irwin RC Cemetery near Knockmore Abbey Ruins outside the village of Gurteen, Sligo, Ireland
Details of will: Unknown
Memorial inscription: No headstone. His Grave marked by a yew tree (as told to me on a visit to the cemetery in 2009.)
Children: Unknown Son from 1st marriage
2nd marriage - John 1866 (coal miner, Bishop Auckland Co. Durham, UK,);
Matthew Patrick C1867 (farmer Ben Lomond, NSW, Australia),
James 1869 (San Francisco, California, USA),
Mary 1871 (Married John Finan, farmer, Carntary, Sligo),
Michael 1874 (married Delia Gormley, stayed on family farm Gortigara, Gurteen),
Francis 1877 Frank (lived Gortigara too),
Sarah Jane 1879 (married John Brennan, farmer, Ballyfahey, Sligo)