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Michael Doherty 1855 – 1909 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1855

Birth Location: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland

Death Date: 15 May 1909

Death Location: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland

Father: Denis Doherty

Mother: Margaret Gillespie

Spouse(s): Eliza Gormly

Children(s): Daniel Doherty, Arthur Doherty, Charles (Tailor), Hugh (Mick), John Doherty, Edward Doherty, Joseph Doherty, Michael Doherty, Mary Doherty, Michael Doherty, Susan Doherty, Annie Doherty, James Doherty, Margaret Doherty, Thomas Doherty, Patrick Doherty, William (M.P)

Michael Doherty was born in 1855 in Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland, the child of Denis Doherty and Margaret (Peggy) Gillespie. Michael Doherty married Eliza Ann Gormly, and had children including Daniel Joseph Doherty, Arthur John Doherty, Charles Doherty (Tailor), Hugh Doherty (Mick), John M Doherty, Edward Doherty, Joseph Doherty, Michael Doherty, Mary Elizabeth Doherty, Michael Doherty, Susan Doherty, Annie Doherty, James Doherty, Margaret Doherty, Thomas Doherty, Patrick James Doherty, William Doherty (M.P). Michael Doherty passed away in 1909 in Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Michael Doherty was born in 1855 in Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland, the child of Denis Doherty and Margaret (Peggy) Gillespie.
  • Michael Doherty married Eliza Ann Gormly, and had children including Daniel Joseph Doherty, Arthur John Doherty, Charles Doherty (Tailor), Hugh Doherty (Mick), John M Doherty, Edward Doherty, Joseph Doherty, Michael Doherty, Mary Elizabeth Doherty, Michael Doherty, Susan Doherty, Annie Doherty, James Doherty, Margaret Doherty, Thomas Doherty, Patrick James Doherty, William Doherty (M.P).
  • Michael Doherty passed away in 1909 in Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Denis Doherty
1809 – 1884
Birth Location: Carndonagh Donegal Ireland
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Margaret Gillespie
1828 – 1892
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Eliza Gormly
1858 – 1940
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
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Children(s)

Daniel Doherty
1877 – 1878
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Ireland
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Arthur Doherty
1878 – 1941
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Ireland
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Charles (Tailor)
1879 – 1916
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Ireland
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Hugh (Mick)
1881 – 1918
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Ireland
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John Doherty
1883 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
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Edward Doherty
1884 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh Donegal Ireland
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Joseph Doherty
1886 – 1963
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
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Michael Doherty
1888 – 1889
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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Mary Doherty
1889 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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Michael Doherty
1891 – 1892
Birth Location: –
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Susan Doherty
1893 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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Annie Doherty
1894 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
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James Doherty
1895 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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Margaret Doherty
1897 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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Thomas Doherty
1898 –
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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Patrick Doherty
1900 – 1900
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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William (M.P)
1902 – 1930
Birth Location: Carndonagh Ireland
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Michael Doherty's Ancestors

Self
Michael Doherty
1855 – 1909
Birth Place: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
Parents
Denis Doherty
1809 – 1884
Carndonagh Donegal Ireland
Margaret ((Peggy)) Gillespie
1828 – 1892
Grandparents
John Gillespie
1791 – 1875
Carndonagh, Inishowen, Donegal, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Michael Doherty's Descendants

1.
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Michael Doherty (1855 – 15 May 1909) m. Eliza (Ann) Gormly (Nov 1858 – 1940)
  1. 1. Daniel (Joseph) Doherty (28 oct 1877 – 2 Mar 1878)
  2. 2. Arthur (John) Doherty (5 Aug 1878 – Abt 1941) m. Mary McLaughlin (22 Feb 1883 – 2 August 1916) m. Sarah McAllister (25 November 1913 – 3 April 1995)
    1. 1. Bridget Doherty (Sep 1904 – abt 1911)
    2. 2. Arthur (James) Doherty (09 Dec 1906 – 24 Mar 1934)
    3. 3. William (John) Doherty (16 Jul 1911 – Abt. 1988)
    4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Doherty (18 Dec 1914 – 25 Oct 1941)
    5. 5. Anne Doherty (29 Jul 1916 – 13 June 1977)
    6. 6. Arthur Doherty (1942 – 1946)
  3. 3. Charles (Doherty) (Tailor) (24 Dec 1879 – 23 may 1916) m. Elizabeth Curran (21 Nov 1885 – )
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Doherty (26 Oct 1904 – )
    2. 2. Michael Doherty (5 Mar 1906 – )
    3. 3. Francis (Joseph) Doherty (18 may 1908 – )
    4. 4. Mary (Bridget) Doherty (9 Feb 1912 – 1993) m. Daniel (Dalgleish) McIntyre (25 aug 1912 – )
      1. 1. Agatha (M) McIntyre (Dec 1946 – )
      2. 2. Patricia McIntyre
      3. 3. Eilish McIntyre
    5. 5. Charles (Gerard) Doherty (8 Oct 1913 – )
    6. 6. Patrick (Aloysius) Doherty (4 May 1915 – 22 Feb 1916)
    7. 7. Denis (Joseph) Doherty (28 Jun 1916 – 27 Apr 1921)
  4. 4. Hugh (Doherty) (Mick) (8 Aug 1881 – 17 Oct 1918) m. Ellen McCole (3 Feb 1888 – )
    1. 1. Arthur (Joseph) Doherty (21 Jul 1910 – )
    2. 2. Mary (Rose) Doherty (23 Jan 1912 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Doherty (12 Feb 1914 – 15/01/1981)
    4. 4. Eileen Doherty (16 Jan 1916 – 1 May 1919)
  5. 5. John (M) Doherty (25 Feb 1883 – ) m. Margaret Doherty (1895 – )
    1. 1. Mary (Josephine) Doherty (20 Nov 1916 – )
    2. 2. Annalene Doherty
    3. 3. Minnie Doherty m. Weeks
    4. 4. John Doherty
    5. 5. Margaret (Teresa) Doherty
  6. 6. Edward Doherty (2 Oct 1884 – )
  7. 7. Joseph Doherty (14/12/1886 – 23/05/1963) m. Rosena Curran (17/08/1892 – 22 Mar 1969)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Veronica) Doherty (30/10/1911 – 10/01/1988) m. John Dempsey (04/06/1907 – 13/02/1966)
      1. 1. Hugh Dempsey (5 Jul 1931 – 18 Nov 2016) m. Catherine McGibbon (12 Sep 1929 – 10 Feb 2013)
        1. 1. Graham Dempsey
      2. 2. John Dempsey (28/09/1932 – 06/05/1969) m. Mary Booth (1936 – 14 Mar 1974)
        1. 1. John Dempsey (1955 – )
        2. 2. James Dempsey (1956 – )
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Veronica) Dempsey (1959 – )
        4. 4. Gerald (William) Dempsey (16 Jan 1962 – 13 Feb 1962)
        5. 5. Pauline Dempsey (28 Sep 1964 – )
      3. 3. James Dempsey (07/12/1933 – 24/10/1996) m. Agnes (Devlin) Craigen (12/11/1933 – 10/01/2006)
        1. 1. Patricia Dempsey (17/10/1963 – )
        2. 2. James Dempsey (09/08/1966 – ) m. Joanne Mathie
        3. 3. Teresa (Marie) Dempsey (20/10/1967 – ) m. David (John Cockburn) Baird (08/08/1965 – )
      4. 4. Arthur Dempsey (16 Mar 1935 – 24 Sep 2003) m. Ann (Elizabeth) Gillespie (2 Mar 1934 – 7 Feb 2005)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Dempsey
        2. 2. Martha Dempsey
        3. 3. Anne Dempsey
        4. 4. David Dempsey
        5. 5. John Dempsey
      5. 5. Margaret Dempsey (26 August 1936 – 1976) m. John Monaghan (27 September 1929 – 2 January 1988)
        1. 1. Brian Monaghan
        2. 2. Francis Monaghan
        3. 3. Helen Monaghan
        4. 4. John Monaghan
        5. 5. Annie Monaghan
        6. 6. Margaret Monaghan
      6. 6. Stewart Dempsey (29 Sep 1937 – 8 Mar 2017) m. Sarah Kelly (29 Aug 1941 – )
        1. 1. Linda Dempsey (13 jan 1961 – )
        2. 2. Lorraine Dempsey (17 Jun 1965 – )
        3. 3. Angela Dempsey (7 Mar 1968 – )
        4. 4. Audrey Dempsey (10 feb 1971 – 30 Oct 1995)
        5. 5. Karen Dempsey
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Veronica) Dempsey (Feb 1939 – 4 Mar 1939)
      8. 8. William Dempsey (2 Oct 1940 – ) m. Doris (Margaret) McQueen (31 Oct 1940 – 9 Mar 2015)
        1. 1. William Dempsey
        2. 2. Margaret Dempsey
        3. 3. John Dempsey
      9. 9. Thomas Dempsey (1943 – 2005)
      10. 10. Rosena Dempsey (9 Nov 1944 – 13 Feb 2018) m. Gerald (Templeton) Booth (1944 – 28 Sep 2020)
      11. 11. Joseph Dempsey (27 Oct 1947 – 3 Sep 1973)
      12. 12. Christina Dempsey (18 Aug 1949 – 1 Nov 2021) m. John Gibb (1949 – 1985)
        1. 1. John Gibb (1969 – 9 Jul 2017)
        2. 2. Paul Gibb (1969-1971 – )
        3. 3. Steven Gibb
      13. 13. Jean Dempsey (23 Feb 1951 – 7 apr 2000) m. John Meechan
        1. 1. Scott (John) Dempsey (1980 – )
      14. 14. Isabel Dempsey (18 Jun 1952 – 5 jan 2020) m. James Hamilton (8 May 1951 – 18 Feb 1982)
  8. 8. Michael Doherty (2 Aug 1888 – 1 Feb 1889)
  9. 9. Mary (Elizabeth) Doherty (1889 – )
  10. 10. Michael Doherty (16 Jan 1891 – 18 Feb 1892)
  11. 11. Susan Doherty (26 Jan 1893 – )
  12. 12. Annie Doherty (1894 – )
  13. 13. James Doherty (4 Sep 1895 – )
  14. 14. Margaret Doherty (27 May 1897 – )
  15. 15. Thomas Doherty (2 Sep 1898 – )
  16. 16. Patrick (James) Doherty (7 Jan 1900 – 1 Mar 1900)
  17. 17. William (Doherty) (M.P) (12 Jan 1902 – 17 Feb 1930)

Michael Doherty's Timeline

3 Records

1855
1855
Birth of Michael Doherty in Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
1855
29 Aug 1855
Michael Doherty was baptized in Donegal, Ireland
Donegal, Ireland
1909
15 May 1909
Age 54
Death of Michael Doherty in Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1855
    Event Place: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
    [2] Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05465 / 04

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 Aug 1855
    Event Place: Donegal, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05465 / 04

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Carn
    Record Source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05465 / 04

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1909
    Event Place: Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
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