Denehan family of Kinnafad/.Edenderry

Margaret:

I also could not locate your family in the 1901 census. The return for the town of Edenderry is there but your Denehans are not included. I even looked for Lenehan, Benehan and Tenehan because sometimes the Canadian company who transcribed the record for the National Archives did not correctly transcribe the first letter of the surname.

In my experience  transcribing the 1901 census  www.leitrim-roscommon.com/1901census there are townlands missing or individual families missing, The percentage is very small but it does happen. 

Roger McDonnell

Thanks Roger.

Yes, I tried the variants too! And I also noticed on the 1911 census that while my family are there and correctly named on Form A, on the Form B1, my great grandfather's name is incorrectly given as Peter Donogher. I've tried that variant too for 1901 but no joy. It's useful to me though to have another pair of eyes search and come to the same conclusion, so thanks for your comment

All the best

Margaret

Found them!

Just to follow up on my post from a couple of years ago - and in the hope that this might help someone else

Using the newly-released Irish Civil Records which went online last week, I found the birth of one of my grand aunts - Anne - only to find she was born in Edenderry Workhouse. The family had lost the family farm in the 1890s sometime but I hadn't realised they ended up in the workshouse.

So back I went to the 1901 census and found the whole family in the workhouse. The reason I hadn't found them, of course, is because people in the workhouse were only listed by initials, not names.

So if you have anyone who has apparnetly gone missing, it might be no harm to try the workhouse.

And I now have a whole pile more 'stuff' to investigate as to how they got there.....other than family lore.

Margaret:

Great news on your success!

Roger