1901 Census Rathdonnell, Kilmacrenan, Co Donegal
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| No | Surname | Given | Relation | Relig | Education | Age | Sex | Occupation | Marital Status | Born |
| 1 | David Buchanan and Cassie Wilkins Household | |||||||||
| Buchanan | David | Head | Pres | R&W | 67 | Male | Farmer | Married | Donegal | |
| Buchanan | Cassie/Catherine | Wife | Pres | R&W | 45 | Female | Married | Donegal | ||
| Buchanan | Mary Elizabeth | Daughter | Pres | R&W | 19 | Female | Farmer's Dau | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Buchanan | Samuel Henry | Son | Pres | R&W | 14 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Buchanan | Florence Agnes | Daughter | Pres | R&W | 12 | Female | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Buchanan | Edmond Yates | Son | Pres | R&W | 10 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Buchanan | George Roulston | Son | Pres | R&W | 9 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Buchanan | Leslie Stewart | Son | Pres | R&W | 7 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Buchanan | Adeline May | Daughter | Pres | R&W | 4 | Female | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Riddell | Lizzie | Boarder | Pres | R&W | 40 | Female | No occupation | Not Married | Scotland | |
| Baxter | John | Servant | CofI | R&W | 22 | Male | Labourer | Not Married | Scotland | |
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Notes: David Buchanan, son of Robert, m Cassie Wilkin, Church Hill, dau of William, 6 Jul 1871, Trenta Presbyterian Church. Witnesses David Browne & Robert H Jack David d 3 Jun 1913 Cassie dau of William Wilkin and Ann Ramsay - see Church Hill census Cassie d 25 Mar 1919 - see death registration Children of David and Cassie:
Annie b 19 Jun 1872 Samuel Henry b 1 Jun 1887 - see birth registration Florence Agnes b 10 Feb 1889 - see birth registration Edmond Yates b abt. Jan 1890 George Roulston b 27 Aug 1891 - see birth registration Leslie Stewart b 26 Mar 1894 - see birth registration Adeline May b 11 May 1897 - see birth registration For more on the family - see Janice's Buchanan Data Researcher: Janice - Email |
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| Andrew Gailey and Mary Brigham Household | ||||||||||
| 2 | Gailey | Andrew | Head | Pres | R&W | 50 | Male | Farmer | Married | |
| Gailey | Mary | Wife | Pres | R&W | 40 | Female | Farmer's Wife | Married | ||
| Gailey | Mary | Daughter | Pres | R&W | 15 | Female | Farmer's Dau | Not Married | ||
| Gailey | James | Son | Pres | R&W | 13 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| McGill | Patrick | Servant | RC | R&W | 20 | Male | Farm Servant | Not Married | ||
| McGhee | Dominick | Servant | RC | Can't read | 18 | Male | Farm Servant | Not Married | ||
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Notes: Andrew Gailey, Rathdonnell, Farmer, son of James, married Mary Brigham, Merchant's dau, dau of David, 29 Jun 1882. Witnesses Marcus D Brigham and Charles Hogg Mary's sister Catherine married Charles Hogg - see 1901 census Boolboy Big |
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| 3 | James McCay and Bridget Harkin Household | |||||||||
| McCay | James | Head | RC | Can't read | 60 | Male | Farmer | Married | ||
| McCay | John | Son | RC | Can read | 25 | Male | Labourer | Not Married | ||
| McCay | Joseph | Son | RC | R&W | 25 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| McCay | Edward | Son | RC | R&W | 20 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| McCay | Bridget | Daughter | RC | R&W | 18 | Female | Farmer's Dau | Not Married | ||
| McCay | Alexander | Son | RC | R&W | 13 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | ||
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Notes: James McCay, Rathdonnell, son of James McCay (decd), married Bridget Harkin, Old Town, dau of Patrick Harkin (decd), 2 Nov 1869 at Letterkenny. 4 & 4 degree consanguinity. Witnesses Patrick Langan & Mary Gallagher, Letterkenny John and Joseph b 20 May 1875, Edward b 8 Dec 1878 |
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| 4 | Patrick Carbery and Alice McGinley Household | |||||||||
| Carbery | Patrick | Head | RC | Can't read | 60 | Male | Farmer | Married | ||
| Carbery | Alice | Wife | RC | Can read | 50 | Female | Married | |||
| Carbery | Connell | Son | RC | R&W | 24 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| Carbery | Michael | Son | RC | R&W | 21 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| Carbery | Mary | Daughter | RC | R&W | 17 | Female | Seamstress | Not Married | ||
| Note: Connell b 5 Jan 1875 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Malcolm | William | Head | Pres | R&W | 35 | Male | Farmer | Not Married | |
| McGinley | Sarah | Servant | RC | R&W | 22 | Female | Servant | Not Married | ||
| Note: William Son of David Malcolm & Mary Ann Davis? | ||||||||||
| Andrew Robinson and Fanny Buchanan Household | ||||||||||
| 6 | Robinson | Andrew | Head | Pres | RW | 44 | Male | Farmer | Married | Tyrone |
| Robinson | Fanny | Wife | Pres | RW | 44 | Female | Married | Donegal | ||
| Robinson | Charles B | Son | Pres | RW | 22 | Male | Dealer | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Robinson | M J S | Dau | Pres | RW | 20 | Female | Seamstress | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Robinson | Andrew | Son | Pres | RW | 17 | Male | Working on farm | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Robinson | Bob G | Son | Pres | RW | 15 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Robinson | John | Son | Pres | RW | 13 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Robinson | William M | Son | Pres | Only reads | 5 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| 7 | William Wilson and Margaret Jane Harris Household | |||||||||
| Wilson | William | Head | Pres | R&W | 65 | Male | Farmer | Married | ||
| Wilson | Margaret Jane | Wife | Pres | R&W | 55 | Female | Married | |||
| Wilson | Rebecca | Daughter | Pres | R&W | 22 | Female | House Keeper | Not Married | ||
| Wilson | John | Son | Pres | R&W | 20 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| 8 | William McCallum and Eliza Neely Household | |||||||||
| McCallum | Eliza | Head | Pres | R&W | 55 | Female | Farmer | Married | ||
| McCallum | William | Son | Pres | R&W | 24 | Male | Not Married | |||
| McCallum | Bessie | Daughter | Pres | R&W | 26 | Female | Seamstress | Not Married | ||
| McCallum | Robert | Son | Pres | R&W | 22 | Male | Carpenter | Not Married | ||
| McCallum | Susanna | Daughter | Pres | R&W | 18 | Female | Scholar | Not Married | ||
| McCallum | John C | Son | Pres | R&W | 16 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | ||
| McCallum | Washington W | Son | Pres | R&W | 14 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | ||
| 9 | John Harley and Sarah Harkin Household | |||||||||
| Harley | John | Head | RC | Can't read | 55 | Male | Farmer | Married | ||
| Harley | Sarah | Wife | RC | R&W | 63 | Female | Married | |||
| Harley | Bernard | Son | RC | R&W | 31 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
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Notes: John Harley, son of John Harley, of Glendowan, married Sarah Harkin, dau of Neal Harkin, both of Rathdonnell, Nov 1868. Witnesses Patrick Harkin, Gortnacorrib and ?, Kilmacrenan John cousin to James Harley in Ardachrin, Gartan - see Ardachrin census Sarah's brother Patrick m Catherine McDevitt - see 1901 census Gortnacorrib Child of John and Sarah : Bernard b 2 Jan 1870 - Birth Cert Bernard married Mary McCay - their children : - John b 28 Feb 1913. Baptism 2 Mar - sponsors Redmond and Margaret Doherty - Patrick b 29 Jan 1915. Baptism 31 Jan - sponsors Patrick Carberry and Bridget McGinley - Sarah Anne b 8 Feb 1917. Baptism 10 Feb - sponsors William and Sarah Anne McGonigle. Sarah m Edward Harkin at St Columba's, Kilmacrenan in 1948 Researcher: Jerry Lou Gallagher |
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| 10 | McLaughlin | Patrick | Head | RC | Can read | 60 | Male | Farmer | Not Married | |
| Murray | Catherine | Sister | RC | R&W | 45 | Female | House Keeper | Widow | ||
| Murray | Rose | Niece | RC | R&W | 25 | Female | Knitter & Sewer | Not Married | ||
| McCay | Edward | Servant | RC | R&W | 21 | Male | Farm Labourer | Not Married | ||
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Notes: Sister Catherine m Francis Murray. Their dau Rose b 15 Jan 1874 For more on the family - see McLaughlin of Whitehill, Donegal Researcher: John - Email |
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| 11 | Kelly | John | Head | RC | R&W | 40 | Male | Farmer | Not Married | |
| Kelly | Jane | Sister | RC | R&W | 34 | Female | House Keeper | Not Married | ||
| Kelly | Sarah | Sister | RC | R&W | 27 | Female | Seamstress | Not Married | ||
| 12 | Malcolm | David | Head | Pres | RW | 80 | Male | Farmer | Married | Donegal |
| Malcolm | Mary A | Wife | Pres | RW | 66 | Female | Married | Tyrone | ||
| Malcolm | Maggie J | Dau | Pres | RW | 41 | Female | Housekeeper | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Malcolm | Walter | Son | Pres | RW | 26 | Male | Farmer's son | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Malcolm | Georgina | Dau | Pres | RW | 23 | Female | Farmer's dau | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Savage | Annie | Boarder | Pres | RW | 24 | Female | Nat School Teacher | Not Married | Co Londonderry | |
| Note: Malcolm husb of Mary Ann Davis? | ||||||||||
| 13 | Allen | George | Head | Pres | RW | 50 | Male | Carpenter | Married | Donegal |
| Allen | Margaret | Wife | Pres | RW | 35 | Female | Married | Donegal | ||
| Allen | James | Son | Pres | RW | 13 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Allen | John | Son | Pres | RW | 10 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| 14 | Hugh McGettigan and Mary Hegarty Household | |||||||||
| McGettigan | Mary | Head | RC | R&W | 67 | Female | Representative | Widow | ||
| McGettigan | Patrick | Son | RC | R&W | 46 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| McGettigan | Hugh | Son | RC | R&W | 26 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| McGettigan | James | Son | RC | R&W | 24 | Male | Farmer's Son | Not Married | ||
| McGettigan | Barbara | Daughter | RC | R&W | 23 | Female | Farmer's Dau | Not Married | ||
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Notes: Children of Hugh and Mary : Charles b 5 July 1870, Edward b 1 May 1868, John b 6 Nov 1865, Hugh b 15 Jan 1874, James b 2 Jan 1876 Researcher: Email |
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| 15 | McLaughlin | Mary | Head | RC | 51 | Female | Farmer | Widow | ||
| Researcher: John - Email | ||||||||||
| 16 | William McGonagle and Ellen McGettigan Household | |||||||||
| McGonagle | Ellen | Head | RC | RW | 55 | Female | Farmer | Widow | Donegal | |
| McGonagle | Fanny | Dau | RC | RW | 22 | Female | Knitter | Not Married | Donegal | |
| McGonagle | William | Son | RC | RW | 21 | Male | Labourer | Not Married | Donegal | |
| McGonagle | Bridget Mary | Dau | RC | RW | 18 | Female | Seamstress | Not Married | Donegal | |
| McGonagle | Sarah Anne | Dau | RC | RW | 16 | Female | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
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Notes: William McGonigle, son of William, Rathdonnell, married Ellen McGettigan, dau of Philip, Meenreagh, 28 Feb 1876 in Kilmacrenan. Witnesses William McGettigan, Legnahoory and ? McGettigan, Meenreagh. Note of 3rd degree consanguinity Ellen McGettigan dau of Philip and Frances McGettigan, Meenreagh - see 1901 census Meenreagh |
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| 17 | Gallagher | James A | Head | RC | RW | 38 | Male | Farmer | Married | Donegal |
| Gallagher | Ellen C | Wife | RC | RW | 34 | Female | Married | Donegal | ||
| Gallagher | Hugh G | Son | RC | Only reads | 4 | Male | Scholar | Not Married | Donegal | |
| Roulston | Robert S | Servant | Pres | RW | 15 | Male | Farm Svt | Not Married | Donegal | |
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