Jane (Burke) Donaghey (1900 - 1978)

Born 5 Feb 1900 in Plaster, Allsaints, County Donegal, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Donaghey — married 26 Jul 1924 in Cathedral of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1978 at age 78 in Clydebank, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Jane (Burke) Donaghey was born in Ireland.

Jane was born and baptised in 1900.

She married Robert Donaghey in 1924 and they then emigrated to Scotland. After moving to Scotland they set up home at 18 Livingstone Street, Clydebank. They later moved to Crown Avenue and then moved to Braes Avenue. They had three children:

• James (died 1924 in infancy)
• Margaret (Peggy; 1926-2007) married George Maxwell (also from Clydebank; 1924-2015) on the 12th February 1955.
• Leslie (1932-2019) married Robina Wallace on 2nd July 1955 and had six children (five daughters and a son).

She passed away in 1978.

Censuses

Relation to Head of House: Daughter. 31 MAR 1901. Newtowncunningham, Donegal, Ireland.

Relation to Head of House: Daughter. 02 APR 1911. Newtown Cunningham, Donegal, Ireland.

Baptism

Godparents – William & Jane Curran. 11 FEB 1900. Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, Ireland.

Jane was born before 1900. She passed away in 1978.

Sources

Birth: Irish Genealogy

1901 census: National Archives

1911 census: National Archives

Marriage: Irish Genealogy

Death: ScotlandsPeople ref 506/ 341, location: Old Kilpatrick, year 1978 aged 78

Notes

Plaster is a townland in County Donegal in the Barony of Raphoe North and Parish of Allsaints. The Parliamentary Division is East Donegal and it fell under the Poor Law Union of Londonderry. The District Electoral Division (DED) was Newtowncunningham.