1901 Census Meenavoy, Stranorlar, Co Donegal

Also known as Kellystown or Kellytown

This Census was transcribed by Margaret, submitted by Paul (RIP), and forms part of the Donegal Genealogy Resources Website

 

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Notes:

Paul's great grandfather, Hugh Kelly, was born in Meenavoy in 1866

Hugh Kelly's parents were John Kelly (Meenavoy) and Ellen Bonar (Callan, Convoy) - see household 2 for more notes

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House No Name Relation Religion Education Age Profession Status Born
               
Bernard Tinney and Anne McBride Household        
1 Tinney Bernard head RC read 60 farmer married Donegal
Tinney Anne wife RC read 50   married Donegal
Tinney Patrick son RC R & W 28 cattle dealer not married Donegal
Tinney Bernard son RC R & W 26 farmers son not married Donegal
Tinney Maggie daughter RC R & W 22 seamstress not married Donegal
Tinney Catherine daughter RC R & W 20 seamstress not married Donegal
Note: Catherine b 9 Oct 1880
               
John Kelly and Ellen Bonar Household        
2 Kelly John head RC R & W 75 fowl dealer married Donegal
Kelly Ellen wife RC R & W 60   married Donegal
Kelly Charles son RC R & W 30 shopman grocer not married Donegal
Kelly Denis son RC R & W 28 shoemaker not married Donegal
Kelly James son RC R & W 26 cattle dealer not married Donegal
Kelly Francis son RC R & W 18 fowl dealer not married Donegal
Kelly Maggie daughter RC R & W 18 gen servant domestic not married Donegal
King Ellen daughter RC R & W 26   married Donegal
King Mary Ellen niece RC   1   not married Donegal
King Catherine niece RC   2m   not married Donegal

Notes :

Children of John and Ellen :

William m married Mary McGlynn in Stranorlar c1883

John

Mary Jane b 11 Apr 1864 in Callan

Hugh b 25 Jul 1866 in Callan

- Hugh does not appear in the census as he moved to Glasgow in the 1880s where he married and settled

- Paul's grandfather, James Kelly, was born in Glasgow in 1895 - he married Sarah Jane Rutherford around 1924 in Glasgow

- Sarah appears in household 15 of the census, the one headed by Bernard Rutherford (b Stranorlar abt 1870) and Mary Bradley

- Bernard Rutherford's parents were Alan Rutherford, a Scottish Protestant who worked as a policeman in Stranorlar, and Catherine Tinney from Meenavoy

Patrick

Charles

Joseph

Denis

James b 10 Mar 1869

Ellen b 16 Jun 1876

Francis b 11 Feb 1879

Margaret

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Charles Kelly and Mary Jane Bonar Household        
3 Kelly Mary Jane head RC cannot read 55 farmer widow Donegal
Kelly Ellen daughter RC R & W 28 dressmaker not married Donegal
Kelly Bella daughter RC R & W 25 dressmaker not married Donegal
Kelly Maggie daughter RC R & W 23 dressmaker not married Donegal
Kelly Lizzie daughter RC R & W 21 farmers daughter not married Donegal
Ponsonby Ellen niece RC cannot read 13 scholar not married Donegal

Note: Isabella b 22 Jul 1872

               
4 Kelly John head RC R & W 25 farmer not married Donegal
Kelly James brother RC R & W 23 farmer not married Donegal
Kelly Ellen sister RC R & W 20 seamstress not married Donegal
Dogherty Bridget visitor RC R & W 8 scholar not married Donegal
               
5 Kelly Susan head RC R & W 63 house keeper not married Donegal
Kelly Catherine lodger RC cannot read 77 no profession not married Donegal
               
6 Kelly James head RC R & W 70 farmer not married Donegal
Kelly Eliza sister RC R & W 45 housekeeper not married Donegal
Kelly John nephew RC R & W 28 farmer not married Donegal
               
Denis Kelly and Lizzie Sweeney Household        
7 Kelly Denis head RC R & W 35 farm labourer married Donegal
Kelly Lizzie wife RC R & W 27   married Donegal
Kelly Charley son RC cannot read 3   not married Donegal
Kelly Ellen daughter RC cannot read 1   not married Donegal

Note:

Agnes b 12 Jul 1904. Maggie McCool, present at birth, Stranorlar

               
8 Kelly Jane head RC read 70 farmer widow Donegal
Kelly Mary sister RC read 58 seamstress not married Donegal
               
9 Monaghan Susan head RC R & W 40 tailoress widow Donegal
O'Donnell Catherine niece RC R & W 11 scholar not married Donegal
Gallagher Michael visitor RC R & W 40 sailor not married Donegal
               
John Kelly and Catherine Hughes Household        
10 Kelly John head RC R & W 60 farmer widower Donegal
Kelly Andrew son RC R & W 23 farmers son not married Donegal
Kelly Mary Anne daughter RC R & W 19 farmers daughter not married Donegal
Kelly Bernard son RC R & W 17 farmers son not married Donegal
Doherty James visitor RC R & W 21 labourer not married Scotland
Lafferty Minnie visitor RC R & W 20 seamstress not married Donegal

Notes:

John Kelly, son of Patrick Kelly, farmer, married Catherine Hughes, Magheracorran, Convoy parish, dau of Robert Hughes, farmer, 12 Aug 1866.

Witnesses Andrew and Susanna Hughes

Children of John and Catherine :

Andrew b 1 May 1879

Robert James b 21 Sep 1873, married Susan McElhinney, Magheraconan, dau of James, at St Patrick's Drumkeen on 2 Dec 1899

- their dau Cassie Jane b abt 1905. Cassie's dau Alice b 27 Jul 1920, bapt 28 Jul 1920 in Stranorlar by Fr John McCafferty, Godparents James Kelly and Susan

O'Donnell

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John Kelly and Mary Jane Kelly Household        
12 Kelly John head RC R & W 38 shoemaker married Donegal
Kelly Mary wife RC R & W 32   married Donegal
Kelly Ellen daughter RC R & W 17 seamstress not married Donegal
Kelly Mary daughter RC R & W 15 seamstress not married Donegal
Kelly Bella daughter RC R & W 13 scholar not married Donegal
Kelly Cassie Jane daughter RC R & W 11 scholar not married Donegal
Kelly William John daughter RC R & W 9 scholar not married Donegal
Kelly Charles daughter RC R & W 7 scholar not married Donegal
Kelly Bridget daughter RC R & W 5 scholar not married Donegal
Kelly Patrick son RC R & W 3 scholar not married Donegal
Kelly Joseph son RC   1   not married Donegal
Kelly Agnes daughter RC   1   not married Donegal
Note: John and Mary, second cousins
               
13 Smullen William head Presbyt R & W 35 farmer not married Donegal
Smullen Jane sister Presbyt R & W 38 farmers daughter not married Donegal
               
Joseph Kelly and Mary Anne Tinney Household        
14 Kelly Joseph head RC R & W 28 farm labourer widower Donegal
Kelly John son RC cannot read 5   not married Donegal
Kelly Bernard son RC cannot read 2.7   not married Donegal
Kelly Mary Jane servant RC R & W 17 general servant not married Donegal
Kelly James visitor RC cannot read 30 farm labourer not married Donegal
Note: Mary Anne d Jan 1901
               
Bernard Rutherford and Mary Bradley Household        
15 Rutherford Bernard head RC R & W 30 railway porter married Donegal
Rutherford Mary wife RC R & W 29   married Donegal
Rutherford P James son RC R & W 7 scholar not married Donegal
Rutherford M Bridget daughter RC read 6 scholar not married Donegal
Rutherford C Anne  daughter RC cannot read 4   not married Donegal
Rutherford S Jane daughter RC cannot read 3   not married Donegal
Rutherford John son RC cannot read 1   not married Donegal
Rutherford Susan daughter RC cannot read 5 days   not married Donegal
Rutherford Catherine mother RC cannot read 60   widow Donegal
Bradley Bridget visitor RC read 55 farmer widow Donegal
Bradley Bridget visitor RC R & W 21 seamstress not married Donegal

Notes:

Family moved to Stranorlar Townland by 1911, when it comprised Bernard and Margaret, Patrick, Cassie, John, Ellen, Margaret, Michael, and Charles. Bernard's occupation was Railway Foreman.

Bernard had married twice - the first time to Mary Anne Bradley (d 1903) and the second time to Margaret Quigley.

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16 Bonar Hugh head RC cannot read 55 farm labourer married Donegal
Bonar Bridget wife RC R & W 40   married Donegal
Bonar Bridget daughter RC R & W 12 scholar not married Donegal
Bonar James son RC R & W 10 scholar not married Donegal
               
17 Henderson Wm John head C of I R & W 36 farmer not married Donegal
Henderson Mary sister C of I R & W 50 seamstress not married Donegal
               
18 McCleary Mary head Presbyt read 57 farmer widow Donegal
McCleary Ebenezer son Presbyt R & W 27 farmers son not married Donegal
McCleary John son Presbyt R & W 35 farmers son not married Donegal
McCleary Margaret Jane daughter Presbyt R & W 30   married Donegal
McCleary Mary Jane granddaughter Presbyt cannot read 1   not married Donegal
               
19 Gallagher Mary head RC R & W 84 farmer widow Donegal
Gallagher Charles son RC R & W 40 farmers son not married Donegal
Gallagher Joseph son RC R & W 30 farmers son not married Donegal
Gallagher Ellen daughter RC R & W 28 nurse domestic servant not married Donegal
               
John Henderson and Sarah Moffit Household        
20 Henderson Sarah head C of I R & W 48 farmer widow Donegal
Henderson James son C of I R & W 18 farmers son not married Donegal
Henderson Annie daughter C of I R & W 17 seamstress not married Donegal
Henderson Fannie daughter C of I R & W 14 scholar not married Donegal
Henderson Sarah daughter C of I R & W 10 scholar not married Donegal
Henderson Margaret sister in law C of I R & W 55 seamstress not married Donegal
Henderson James brother in law C of I R & W 49 farmer not married Donegal

Note: Matilda b 5 Apr 1877

               
21 Kelly William head RC R & W 60 farmer not married Donegal
Kelly Rose sister RC R & W ? 40 farmers daughter not married Donegal
               
22 Molloy Patrick head RC R & W 50 farmer married Donegal
Molloy Alice wife RC read 40   married Donegal
Molloy Bridget daughter RC R & W 13 scholar not married Donegal
Molloy Alice daughter RC R & W 12 scholar not married Donegal
Molloy Peter son RC R & W 11 scholar not married Donegal
Molloy James son RC R & W 9 scholar not married Donegal
Molloy Rose daughter RC R & W 8 scholar not married Donegal
Molloy Hugh son RC R & W 7 scholar not married Donegal
Molloy Patrick son RC cannot read 5   not married Donegal
Molloy Mary daughter RC cannot read 4   not married Donegal
Molloy Daniel son RC cannot read 2   not married Donegal
               
William Pollock and Elizabeth Smullen Household        
23 Pollock William head Ref Presbyt R & W 42 farmer married Donegal
Pollock Elizabeth wife Ref Presbyt R & W 38   married Donegal
Pollock Sarah daughter Ref Presbyt R & W 15 seamstress not married Donegal
Pollock Elizabeth daughter Ref Presbyt R & W 13 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock William son Ref Presbyt R & W 11 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock James son Ref Presbyt R & W 9 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock Margaret daughter Ref Presbyt R & W 7 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock Esther daughter Ref Presbyt read 5 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock John  son Ref Presbyt cannot read 2   not married Donegal
Pollock Christiana daughter Ref Presbyt cannot read 4m   not married Donegal

Note: William and Elizabeth married 21 Feb 1884, Convoy Presbyterian CHurch

               
24 Pollock James head Ref Presbyt R & W 85 farmer widower Donegal
Pollock James son Ref Presbyt R & W 52 farmers son married Donegal
Pollock Esther daughter in law Ref Presbyt R & W 52   married Donegal
Pollock Maggie granddaughter Ref Presbyt R & W 19 seamstress not married Donegal
Pollock James grandson Ref Presbyt R & W 17 farm labourer not married Donegal
Pollock Esther granddaughter Ref Presbyt R & W 16 seamstress not married Donegal
Pollock John  grandson Ref Presbyt R & W 13 scholar not married Donegal

Note:

James Pollock married Esther Pollock - dau Matilda b 30 May 1878

               
25 Gallagher Daniel head RC R & W 60 farmer married Donegal
Gallagher Bridget wife RC R & W 40   married Donegal
Gallagher John son RC cannot read 5   not married Donegal
Gallagher Mary daughter RC cannot read 3   not married Donegal
Gallagher Rose daughter RC cannot read 1   not married Donegal
               
26 Leper Margaret Sarah head C of I R & W 37 farmer not married Donegal
Leper Mary Jane mother C of I R & W 72   widow Donegal
               
27 Pollock John  head Presbyt R & W 50 farmer not married Donegal
Pollock Mary sister Presbyt R & W 52 seamstress not married Donegal
Pollock Sarah sister Presbyt R & W 46 seamstress not married Donegal
Pollock James brother Presbyt R & W 40 farm labourer not married Donegal
               
28 Quinn John head RC R & W 27 farm labourer not married Donegal
Quinn Mary mother RC R & W 55 seamstress Widow Donegal
Quinn Annie sister RC R & W 35 seamstress not married Donegal
Quinn Grace sister RC R & W 31 seamstress not married Donegal
Quinn Catherine sister RC R & W 22 seamstress not married Donegal
               
29 Pollock James head Presbyt R & W 50 farmer married Donegal
Pollock Jane wife Presbyt R & W 38   married Donegal
Pollock David son Presbyt R & W 15 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock Ellen daughter Presbyt R & W 12 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock William son Presbyt read 10 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock Esther daughter Presbyt R & W 8 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock Margaret daughter Presbyt R & W 6 scholar not married Donegal
Pollock Rebecca daughter Presbyt cannot read 4   not married Donegal
Pollock James son Presbyt cannot read 9m   not married Donegal
               

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