Can we go further back?

The family is shown as Church of Ireland in the census. That?s the same as Church of England, so you need have no anxieties about whether you have the correct denomination.

George Graham?s marriage to Eliza Jane Freeburn was registered in Lurgan Jul ? Sept 1890 Volume 1, page 865. You can order a photocopy of that cert from GRO Roscommon for ?4. That will give you their respective fathers names which may enable you to take the research back further. Possibly a second marriage for George? (The cert should say). http://www.groireland.ie/

The only death that I can see for Eliza is for an Elizabeth Graham whose death was registered in Lurgan Apr ? Jun 1911 Vol 1, page 512. Est year of birth 1841. I would be a bit hesitant about this because census night was 2/3 April, so unless she died at the end of March or the first day or so in April, you would expect her to be alive and in the 1911 census. However as I say it?s the only one. You might want to order it to see. (Don?t worry about the est year of birth being inconsistent with the census. Errors of up to 10 years were very common. People just guessed ages).

The revaluation records show that George lived on plot 2a in Cloncarrish. The records are hard to make out for certain but it appears he lived there from 1901 to 1905. Then he appears on plot 68a in Ballynarry in 1905 which remains in his name till 1929 when that series of records expires. (Sometimes the Griffiths clerks didn?t pick up changes of occupancy, but of course he might still have been alive in 1929. You may know).

http://applications.proni.gov.uk/dcal_proni_val12b/ImageResult.aspx

The plot numbers match those on the Griffiths on-line maps so you can use them to locate the properties today (if they are still standing).

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

Oh my goodness!

Thank you so much!

Evelyn