1901 Census Gortnacor, Clondavaddog, Co Donegal

 

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No	Surname	First	Relationship	Religion	Education	Age	Occupation	Status	Born	Lang
	Thomas Doherty (John/Ardglass) and Ellen Friel (Anthony/Ballymagahy) Household
1	Doherty	Ellen	Head	RC	Can't read	59	Shop Keeper (Grocer)	Married	Donegal	IE
	Doherty	Peter	Son	RC	RW	28	Grocer's asst	Single	Donegal	IE
	Doherty	Sarah	Dau	RC	RW	20		Single	Donegal	IE
	Doherty	Thomas	Son	RC	RW	18		Single	Donegal
	Duffy	Sophia	Servant	RC	RW	14	General Domestic Svt	Single	Donegal	IE
	Edward Kerr (James) and Bridget Sweeney (Patrick/Greenfort) Household
2	Kerr	Edward	Head	RC	RW	39	Summons Server	Married	Donegal	IE
	Kerr	Bridget	Wife	RC	RW	40		Married	Donegal
	Kerr	Ellen	Dau	RC	RW	18		Single	Donegal
	Sweeney	William	Brother-in-law	RC	Can't read	42	General labr	Single	Donegal
3	Coyle	Bridget	Head	RC	RW	35	Farmer	Widow	Donegal	IE
	John Coyle and Mary Ann Love Household
4	Coyle	John	Head	RC	RW	56	Wool weaver/Farmer	Widower	Donegal	IE
	Coyle	Margaret	Dau	RC	RW	17	Farmer's dau	Single	Donegal	IE
	Coyle	Susanna	Dau	RC	RW	10	Scholar	Single	Donegal
	Coyle	Mary	Mother-in-law	RC	Can't read	80		Widow	Donegal	IE
	Notes: John Coyle, 24, labourer, son of Columb, Farmer, married Mary Anne Love, 18, Aghadaghly, dau of John, Weaver, 26 May 1864. Witnesses Charles McBride and Margaret Sweeney Children of John and Mary : Sophia b 19 Jun 1867 m WIlliam Reynolds, Knockbrack, 27 Nov 1891 Michael b 7 Sep 1873 Catherine b 2 Mar 1876 John b 16 Mar 1881, bapt 19 Mar, Godparents James and Sarah Grant Hannah b 21 Apr 1887, bapt 24 Apr, Godparents James Sweeney and Susan Grant Mary bapt 14 May 1887, Godparents Hugh Coyle and Mary Carr Susan b 25 Feb 1889, bapt 26 Feb, Godparents Michael Coyle and Margaret Sweeney
	Hugh Coyle and Susan Friel Household
5	Coyle	Hugh	Head	RC	RW	54	Farmer	Widower	Donegal	IE
	Coyle	Bridget	Dau	RC	RW	20	Farmer's dau	Single	Donegal
	Coyle	Katie	Dau	RC	RW	15	Scholar	Single	Donegal
	Coyle	Margaret	Dau	RC	RW	12	Scholar	Single	Donegal
	Coyle	John	Son	RC	RW	10	Scholar	Single	Donegal
	Coyle	John	Brother	RC	RW	50	Farm svt	Single	Donegal	IE
	Notes: Hugh Coyle, Gortnacor, son of Hugh, married Susan Friel, Croaghan, dau of James, 29 Feb 1876. Witnesses Michael Friel and Anne Sweeney Susan dau of James Friel and Bridget Callaghan - see 1901 census Croaghan Susan d 11 Feb 1894 aged 37 years, cause of death given as 'Probably syncope soon after childbirth, no medical attendant' (note : no record of child born/died) Children of Hugh and Susan : Hugh b 16 Jun 1877, bapt 18 Jun, Godparents William Friel and Mary Sweeney - married Annie Dunleavy & had dau Annie in Gortnacor 25 Oct 1909 - their son James m Maggie Kerr  - see 1901 census Corry Bridget b 29 Mar 1879, bapt 31 Mar, Godparents Michael and Bridget Friel Mary b 18 Jun 1881 Giley b 12 Jul 1883 Catherine b 15 Mar 1886 Margaret b 12 Aug 1888, bapt 15 Aug, Godparents Bernard Friel and Sophia Coyle John James b 25 Dec 1890
	Francis Kerr (James) and Mary McElwee (Charles/Dargan) Household
6	Kerr	Francis	Head	RC	RW	53	Farmer	Married	Donegal	IE
	Kerr	Mary	Wife	RC	RW	40		Married	Donegal	IE
	Kerr	Hannah	Dau	RC	RW	16	Farmer's dau	Single	Donegal
	Kerr	James	Son	RC	RW	14	Farmer's son	Single	Donegal
	Kerr	Mary A	Dau	RC	RW	11	Scholar	Single	Donegal
	Kerr	Charles	Son	RC	RW	9	Scholar	Single	Donegal
	Kerr	Margaret	Dau	RC	Only reads	7	Scholar	Single	Donegal
	Kerr	Francis	Son	RC	Can't read	5		Single	Donegal
	Kerr	Michael	Son	RC	Can't read	1		Single	Donegal
7	McClean	Catherine	Head	RC	Only reads	50		Widow	Donegal	IE
	Miller	Annie	Visitor	RC	Can't read	45		Married	Donegal	IE

Townland Notes

 

Births

 

Coyle, Donal, son of John Coyle and Sarah McLarn, b 12 Nov 1873, bapt 13 Nov, Godparents Edward and Anne Sweeney

Coyle, Bridget, dau of Columba Coyle and Mary Anne Toner, b 26 Jul 1878, bapt 28 Jul, Godparents Columba and Bridget Coyle

Carr, James, son of Francis Carr and Mary McElwee, b 8 Apr 1887

 

Marriages

 

Catherine Coyle, Gortnacor, dau of Hugh, Farmer, married Anthony McElwee, Dargan, son of Patrick, 8 Jan 1865. Witnesses Daniel Sweeney and Mary Friel

Columb Coyle, Gortnacor, son of Daniel, married Mary Kerr, Aghadaghly, dau of Daniel, 26 Apr 1867. Witnesses Edward Sweeney and Mary Martin

John Coyle, Gortnacor, son of Daniel, married Anne Carr, Ballymagahy, dau of Francis, 24 Jan 1869. Witnesses James Carr and Mary Martin

Catherine Coyle, Gortnacor, dau of Cornelius, married Philip McLane, Dealer, Ballymagahy, son of William, 16 Feb 1871. Witnesses Edward Gallagher and Bridget Carr

 

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