1841/1851 Census Search Forms

The first weekly payment under the Old Age Pension Act (1908) was made at all the post offices in Ireland on New Year’s Day 1909. The five shillings pension (ten shillings per couple) was granted to all citizens who could prove that they were seventy years of age. As Civil Registration did not begin until 1864, birth certificates were not available for those born before that date.Where baptismal records could not be found, the government found it necessary to establish a person’s age by allowing the census returns of 1841 and 1851 to be searched (these national census returns were subsequently destroyed by accidental fire in 1922). Applicants provided the information by letter, and where there were sufficient details, a search was carried out. When the family was found, and the applicant identified as a child of the family, a certified copy of the return was provided on payment of two shillings.

Applicant	Application Details	Family	Townland	Results

Anderson, Robert		Anderson, James & Illen, Sally	Alt	1841 & 1851 found James & Sally marr 1820, children Isabella 20/-, William 18/28, John 16/26, James 14/24, Daniel 12/-, David 10/20, Robert 8/18, Thomas 6/16, Allen 4/13. 1851 William, John, James & David in America
Barr, Anne		Barr, Andrew & Jane	Coolyshin	1851 census found - Andy & Jane marr 1842, ch Nancy, 8, Ellen, 8, Eliza, 7, Andy, 1
Bates, James		Bates, James & Sarah	Alt Upper	1851 census found - James & Sarah marr 1845, ch William, 5, James, 4, Beckey, 1
Bogal		Bogal, Thomas & Eliza	Gortnagrace	1851 census found - Thomas 45 & Eliza 33, ch James 14, John 12, Maryan 10
Bogle, William	Drumnabeg, Castlederg	Bogle, Thomas & Eliza	Alt Lower & Upper	Not found
Bonar, Margaret		Bonar, James & Matilda	Alt	1851 census found - James 40 & Mary 41 marr 1834, ch William 16, Letitia 14, Mary 11, Robert 9, Margaret 6, Eliza 4, Matilda 9mths
Bryson, James		Bryson, Pat & Mary	Gortnagrace	1851 Pat 25 & Mary 28 marr 1847, ch Pat 3, James 9mths
Coneglan, Mary Ann	McGrath, Derry	Coneglan, Patrick & McFern?, Mary Ann	Dresnagh	1851 found - no details recorded
Greer, Jane		Doherty, Charles & Sarah	Cornakilly	1841 found Charles 42 head marr 1827, Sara 39 wife, children James 13, Hugh 8, Edward 6. Sara Anne 5, Margaret 3, Mary 7mths
Greer, Jane		Doherty, Charles & Sarah	Cornakilly	1851 found Charles 50 head marr 1827, Sally 48 wife, Hugh 19, Edward 17, Sarah 15, Margaret 13, Mary 11, Jane 7, Biddy 5. James 23 in England
Doherty, Joseph	Ballyfatton, Sion Mills	Doherty, John & Mary	Drumdoit, Fearn	Said to be with Benjamin Brown in Fearn/Patrick Barron in Drumdoit. Found Benjamin Brown, no trace Doherty. Family provided by applicant - John Bernard Henry James Mary Bridget, Fanny Susan Joseph
Doherty, Joseph	Ballyfatton, Sion Mills	Doherty, John & Mary	Skelpy	1851 found John and Mary Dougherty md 1835, with children Fanny 5, Henry 3, Bernard 1 - no return of Joseph
Flynn, John	56 Clyde St, Anderston, Glasgow	Flynn, David & Harkin, Mary	Foyfin	Not found
Anderson, Catherine		Jack, Peter & Davis, Nancy	Drumdoit	1841 & 1851 found Peter & Nancy marr 1832, children Catherine 7/15, Ann 8/17, Isabella 5/13, Henry 4/12, Andy 2/10. 1851 found more children: Eliza 8, Robert 2, James 6. Peter 1 d 1848
White, Sarah		Moorehead, Solomon & Martha	Fearn	1851 found, dau Sarah 5
Kelly, Mary		Rush, Michael & Kilday, Isabella	Fearn	Not found
Sloane family	Urney PO, Strabane	Sloane, Charles & Scallon, Sydney	Cornakilly	Not found
Watson, John	Edinburgh	Watson, Noble & Corry, Bridget	Gortnagrace	1851 found Jane Watson 15, sister, single, Rebecca McCarter 30, sister, married 1836, James McCarter, bother-in-law, their children James 9, Catherine 5, Anne 4, Jane or Janie 1, absent - Noble Watson 29, head, in Co Tyrone, James Watson 20, brother, in Scotland. Dead - Kitty Watson 50, mother, died 1850