Moran/Norton

Brenda:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I located the civil birth record for Mary Moran https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…; and the family lived in Ardnagragh Digby townland in Drumraney civil parish. I could not locate the record for Thomas in 1867.

I did find the death record for Bridget in 1897 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu… I could not find a death record online for John but if he died before 1880 a death record is not online at this time.

There were a number of Moran families in Ardnagrah Digby townland in the 1901 census. I found this reocrd for a John and Mary both single.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Westmeath/Ardnagragh/A…

In 1911, I located a record where John had possibly married.  http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Ardnagragh/A…

You would need to do more searching.

Roger McDonnell

Thanks for your input Roger. I have suspected that John and Bridget Moran's son, John, may  have married a Catherine Farrell. The document you provided shows a Garrett Farrell dying the same day as Bridget Moran. I can not be certain if either of these are my John or Bridget. I cannot open the Mary link but I have her baptism and all the other children from  NLI. On a side note, I don't suppose you have relatives that came from County Cavan? I am searching for my McDonnell ancestors there.  Thank you again for your help.

Brenda:

My grandfather came from a small village in East Mayo called Carracastle. I just commented on your McDonald message. Have you had an autosomal DNA test?

Roger

Roger, I haven't had a DNA test as yet.