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[John M]

I am trying to trace the descendants of my gt-gt-grandparents, John Moody (1829-4 Nov 1895), son of William and Hester Moody, nee Armour, residence at Momeen, Taughboyne, and Elizabeth Buchanan (1835-25 Feb 1898), daughter of Robert Buchanan of Momeen, Taughboyne. They married on the 8th May 1851 in Ballylennon Presbyterian Church, Taughboyne. John and Elizabeth resided in Kinnycally, Taughboyne. They had at least 15 children, and possibly as much as 21. Their children were called John, William, Mary-Anne, Elizabeth (Mrs Hamilton), Robert, Mary-Anne (emigrated to Australia and was Mrs Serjeant), Dr William MD (emigrated to England), Sarah, Esther, Samuel, Margaret, Margaret, Catherine, Samuel and Hester. Some of the children died in infancy, explaining the renaming of later children the names of children already born. Please, if you think you are related, send me an email and I will contact you.

From John M

[admin]

Hi

These Moodys of Moneen may be the same Moodys of Glentown,
St Johnstone. I would think that at the very least they are related

If so several of them now live in Londonderry.

Alan Moody
John Moody
Robert Samuel Moody.

You can find their addresses by doing a search at www.192.com
the online telephone directory

best regards
admin

[Bernie D]

Hello John,

I am not a relation but I have another Moody marriage from Ballylennon. 7th May 1857 William Moody, Momeen son of William married Catherine Moore, Glencush, daughter of James, one of the witnesses was Samuel Moody. I have a friend who is researching the family of Catherine's sister Susan who married Robert Roulston, Ardagh, son of Galbraith on 24th January 1856, also Ballylennon Presbyterian Church.

I also have a 1901 census entry for Moody's living in Drumatoland. William A. Moody, 41 farmer, wife Maggie, 44, children Maggie 15, Minnie R 12, Andrew 10, Tillie 7 and Robert 3. However there are no Moody's living in Drumatoland now, although there are still Moody's living in Momeen.

Hope that is of some help,
Bernie.

[John M]

I am interested to read your post, Bernie. My great-grandmother, Annie Moody, married John Moody. Annie Moody's maiden surname was Moody also. Annie's parents were Samuel and Jane Moody, nee Thompson. Annie had several siblings also: Margaret, William (unmarried), Jane (married Matthew Vance), Isabella (married Gillespie), Margaret, and Elizabeth Catherine. Samuel and Jane Moody resided in Drumatoland. They are probably in some way related to William A Moody whom you mention in your post. Hopefully my post will interest you, as your post interested me. Thank You.

From John M

[Barnbarroch]

Hi John,
Do you know anything of the origins/descendants of this Matthew?
Regards,
Jamie.

[Rodger]

Hi John,
I am not very sure of this side of my family but I believe that my G Granny was Margaret Moody, she married a Gillespie. Her sister Isabella also married a Gillespie (2 Moody sisters married 2 Gillespie brothers). I believe that there sister was Annie Moody and I think that this could be your G Granny. There were Vances who were related to my family too. My Annie Moody was living in Glentown in 1901. She had 2 sons, John Buchanan and Samuel William and a daughter Lizzie Jane. All of the names seem to match your family. Could you please contact me and give me more information on your family.
Thanks,
Rodger.

[naomi callaghan]

John,

I was very interested to read your posting.

I believe that my Great Great Grandmother was a Mary Anne Moody (b. in and around 1859) from Drumatoland, Donegal. Her father was Samuel Moody also from Drumatoland. She married my Great Great Grandfather, Patrick McCauley (Drumatoland) in 1888. They went on to have 6 children, including Hugh (my Great Grandfather), Annie, Thomas William, and Samuel.

Given the similarity with first names for the Moodys' in your family and the fact that my ancestors also originated from Drumatoland, I wonder whether my Great Great Grandmother, Mary Anne Moody might in some way be related to either of your Great Grandparents.

[Did Annie have any siblings other than those to which you refer? (I am wondering whether my Great Great Grandmother might be one of those siblings) Or did your Great Great Grandfather, John Moody, have a brother Samuel? (i.e. my Great Great Great Grandfather).

I look forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks.


Naomi

[Anne Daniels]

Hi Naomi

I was very interested to read your posting and to discover that we are both researching the same family.

I am the granddaughter of Samuel McCauley the brother of your great grandfather Hugh. I was in Donegal in July and actually visited the grave of Hugh & Ellen and I believe Thomas William and Paddy McCauley are also buried there.

Do you happen to know where Mary & Patrick McCauley are buried and when they died. I know my grandfather was very young when his mother died and I also know that his sister Anne died of flu in 1918. His eldest brother Patrick moved to Scotland, do you happen to know anything about him.

I think that it is likely that Samuel Moody could be the brother of John and the son of William in John’s posting but I will need to do some research on that.. I know that Mary Anne was Presbyterian and converted to Catholicism when she married Patrick in 1888.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anne

[naomi callaghan]

Anne,

I was delighted to read your posting (although I think that you may be ahead of me in terms of your research)!

I attended the funeral of my Great Uncle Paddy McCauley last year so I was aware that he was buried with his mother and father (Hugh and Ellen McCauley (nee McMenamin) in Drumoghill, Donegal. I had understood that Thomas William was buried in another plot in the same graveyard; my understanding was that he had, at some time, gone to live with two sisters in the area (who went by the name of either Hagan or Lynch) and that he was buried along with them. Perhaps, however, you have checked the parish records which confirm that he is buried with his brother, Hugh?

Unfortunately, I don’t know where Mary Anne and Patrick McCauley are buried or when Mary Anne died. Again, I was aware that Mary Anne was Presbyterian and that she had died a relatively young woman. She must have died sometime in the 10 year period between 1901 and 1911 given that she appears in the 1901 census and that Patrick was widowed at the time of the 1911 census- although I suspect that you have already worked that out for yourself! I intend to have a look in the graveyards in the Raphoe parish to see if I locate their grave. Are there any graveyards which you have already discounted?

I’m afraid that I don’t know much else about my Great, Great Uncle Patrick McCauley other than that he moved and settled in Scotland but that some of his children returned to settle in the Letterkenny area of Donegal.

You may be interested to know that Hugh and Ellen McCauley went on to have a family of 11 children (although 5 of them, including my Grandmother, have since died). For the most part, they settled in Donegal/Tyrone (although, two now reside in Scotland and Canada).

I would be very interested to hear the outcome of your research into the Moody line. Likewise, I will share anything that find out with you. I will also continue to ask within the wider family circle to see if anyone knows the answers to your questions.

Kind regards,

Naomi

[Anne Daniels]

Naomi

It was lovely to hear from you and thank you for all that information on the McCauley/Moody Family.

When you have time I would like to know the names of Hugh and Ellen’s children and approx date of birth for my family tree.

I had no idea that they had 11 children. The only names I heard about were Nellie, Pauline, Robert and Patrick.. Did one of them live in Co Wicklow. I was brought up by my grandparents and I can remember my grandfather going to Hugh’s funeral in 1966 and really missing him when he went. Ellen had a sister called Liz McMinamin who lived in Dublin working as a housekeeper for a Doctor and she use to visit us very regularly and bring lovely presents. She and Sam used to talk for hours about Donegal. I had no idea that they shared so many nieces and nephews.

I have lived in North Wales for a long time but visit Ireland a couple of times a year. My cousin Emer lives in Co Meath and she was very fond of Paddy and very sad when she heard he had died. When we went to Drumoghill graveyard we were looking for Paddy’s grave and someone who was there at the time told us that he was buried with his parents and that Thomas William was also buried there. I will let my family know about Thomas and the two sisters.

When we were there we visited the graveyard at St Blathens Church St Johnston and also the Presbyterian graveyard but didn’t find anything. Unfortunately there was no time to search church records. Where will I find the family in the 1901 census, I can’t seem to find them but have found them in 1911? Also do you know who Samuel Moody was married to.

Kind regards

Anne

[naomi callaghan]

Hi Anne,

It is great to hear from you again and thank you for sharing your memory of your Grandfather and my Great, Great Auntie Lizzie- I will make sure that I tell the rest of the family! (I had found a record of Lizzie in the 1911 Census when she was 16 and working as a domestic servant in the Roulston household in Treantaghmuklagh but I had no idea that she had ended up in Dublin).

I will contact you separately by email, in due course, and provide you with details of Hugh and Ellen’s children. In the meantime, you will wish to know that you are right; a son of theirs did settle in Co. Wicklow.

Thank you for letting me know which graveyards you have already checked as this will save me a bit of time. As far as I can make out, Hugh and Ellen were married in the parish of Newtoncunningham so I thought I might make a start there.

I had found a record of my Great Great Grandmother Mary Anne McCauley (nee Moody) (your Great Grandmother!) in the 1901 census on Donegal Ancestry online- however your email spurred me on obtain the actual transcript tonight! There appears to be a mis-spelling of their name- it appears as 'McCawley' but seems to be the right household. I will send you the details separately by email. I was very interested to learn from it that Patrick and Mary Anne's oldest child was a daughter, named Jane, whom I knew nothing about (although perhaps you were aware of her existence?)! (I know that their marriage was witnessed by a Jane McCauley who I suspected may have been a sister of Patrick so perhaps this child was named after her).

Unfortunately, I don’t know who Samuel Moody was married to. The only record I have been able to find, so far, of a marriage for a Samuel Moody is to a Jane Thompson (who might be the parents of Annie Moody referred to in John’s posting above) in 1862. However, given that this would have been after the birth of our Mary Anne, it is unlikely to be correct. The search goes on….!

Anyway, I will keep you informed of the outcome of my graveyard expeditions and will let you know if I find out anything else in the meantime.

Thanks again.

Naomi