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    Default Daniel Golden/Mary Willem County Down

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    Today I discovered that the parents of my great great great grandmother Theresa Golden (who married in 1873 in Noumea, New Caledonia) were Daniel Golden and Marie (Mary?) Willem? from County Down. Theresa was said to have come from that place also, and was born around 1850.

    Unfortunately, I'm not certain of the place in the county they came from.

    There have been suggests of Cragerlagh, Creevyloughgare, or Erinagh so far.

    Below, is an image of part of the marriage certificate, with the place name on it.




    Any help with identifying that place name, or any information about Daniel Golden and Mary Willem would be greatly appreciated.
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    The consensus on this and other sites seems to be that Creevyloughgare is the most likely. Any advice on tracing his family would be welcomed. I only discovered that I had Irish ancestors early this morning, and I have no idea what to do next.

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    I just tried RootsIreland. Could not find any of my family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by t@nya View Post
    The consensus on this and other sites seems to be that Creevyloughgare is the most likely. Any advice on tracing his family would be welcomed. I only discovered that I had Irish ancestors early this morning, and I have no idea what to do next.
    Have a read of the stickies at the top of the General Irish History forum to start with. There is quite a lot of helpful information there.

    You may also find that this CD is of great assistance.

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    Thanks very much.

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    I looked in Griffiths Valuation for Co Down (c 1862) and in the 1901 census for the county. There’s not a single GOLDEN household in the county in either. Clearly not a common name in Co Down.

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    Thanks for that. I've also gotten that impression from the little searching I've done.

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    After doing some googling, I get the idea that Creevyloughgare is within Lisburn registration district. Is this true?

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    The civil registration district for Creevyloughgare is Downpatrick.

    Creevyloughgare about a mile south of Saintfield, and is in the parish of Saintfield. It’s agricultural land, 510 acres in size and in 1863 there were 44 households there listed in Griffiths Valuation. You can see a list of the occupants and a map of the townland on this site (it’s just to the west of the old railway line running south out of Saintfield):

    https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffi...ion=nameSearch

    NB Griffiths Valuation is a census substitute (as all the Irish censuses prior to 1901 have been destroyed, save for a few fragments).

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    Ah, thank you.

    I read somewhere that Saintfield was within the Lisburn registration district, so I was thinking Creevyloughgare might be too.

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