Head of Family:
Hugh
Doherty (Banker), born 1796, married
Susan Sheridan, Kinletteragh, Rathmullan.
Recorded
as Landholder at 'Dohertystown, Aughterlin' in the Tithe
Composition Applotment Records (1833).
He had brothers; Charles(big Charlie)
& Cornelius (Knogher)1800-1877 and a sister who married a farmer named Aiken,
Drumherrive, Ramelton. (still being researched).
Hugh died, 29th November 1871, aged
75 years and was succeeded by his son Charles(1844-1938).
The
property, 70
Acres 2 Roods 30 Perches, is recorded
in Griffith's Valuations 1858, as follows:
Hugh Doherty ......Land valuation £5.10.0. Buildings £0.15.0
Charles Doherty....Land valuation £2.15.0. Buildings £0.15.0
Hugh
Doherty (1796-1871) & Susan Sheridan
(1810-1877)
Children
:
James
1831-1912 married (1869) Catherine Phelan in USA. (emigrated
1851)
John ---- - ---- married ? and died in USA.
Mary ---- - ---- married
(1865) Patrick Coyle, "Coylestown" Oughterlin.
Charles 1844 - 1938 unmarried.(head
of household from 1882-1931)
Thomas 1847 - 1931 married (1891)
Margaret Boyle (Boylestown)
Hugh 1849 - 1936 married (1889)
Mary Grant, Castlewellan Co. Down in USA. (Hugh emigrated 1884)
Catherine 1852 - 1924 married (1876) John Gallagher, Newbridge, Drumhallagh Lower.
Charles
Doherty (big Charlie) Married
(1848) Sheila Sheridan, Upper Craig, Rathmullan.
They married at the height of the
Famine and built their own dwelling house
nearby.
He received a one third share of the farm, probably at the time of his marriage,
and the land was divided according to the
Rundale system of
land tenure.
Children
:
Philip 1849- ----unmarried. (Shoemaker)
James 1851 - 1931 Emigrated to USA but retired to Ireland.
Hugh (White Hughie)--- - ----Married and lived in England.
Katie---- - ----unmarried. (Dressmaker)
John---- - ----Emigrated to USA and died (drowned ?) while there.
Mary---- - ----unmarried. (Dressmaker)
Hugh (White Hughie)
Married in England and had two daughters and possibly one son.
Mary Ethel Doherty (1893 - 1968) Wendover, Buckinghamshire. She may be buried
in Amersham Parish Cemetery (Church of England). Her sister lived in Birmingham.
After
Big Charlie's death, his son Philip became Head of that Household. Philip was
succeeded by his cousins Thomas and Charles, sons of Thomas & Margaret(Boyle)
Doherty.
Cornelius (Knogher)
Doherty 1800-1877
He lived and worked on the family farm. He was
unmarried and lived to be 77 years. He died, 9th October 1877 and on his death
certificate he is described as "farmer". In his Will he left £200;
£100 each to his nephew Charlie and niece Katie (Doherty)Gallagher, Newbridge.