info on a Donachie

[djd104]

Hello trying to find info on my great great great grandfather John Charles Donachie not sure when he was born but served in ww1 in Scottish military.From what I'm told he was older when he signed up

[nelmit]

Hello trying to find info on my great great great grandfather John Charles Donachie not sure when he was born but served in ww1 in Scottish military.From what I'm told he was older when he signed up

Hello and welcome to Talking Scot djd.

I had a quick look at Ancestry and there are a lot of John Don(n)achies to choose from. A rough idea of where and when he was born along with his parents names would definitely help!

If he only had one n in his surname then it narrows it down a bit. One living at Helensburgh and another at Dundee.

His marriage details might help too if you want to post them.

Regards,
Annette

[djd104]

Thank you for the info I don't have much info on him but he married a Margret Mulligan

[JustJean]

I'm not 100 percent these are your people but it is a marriage of interest:

1860 DONAGHY JAMES MOLLAGIN MARGARET DUNDEE FIRST DISTRICT DUNDEE CITY/ANGUS 282/01 0148

Pretty certain that this is Margaret and household in 1901:

Registration Number: 282/3
Registration district: St Clement
Civil parish: Dundee
County: Angus
Address: 41 Rosebank
Margaret Donachie age 58 head
Mary A Donachie age 36 dau
Ann Donachie age 28 dau
Charles Donachie age 21 son
James Donachie age 9 grandson

A DC for Margaret Donachie mn Mulligan is found on SP. She died 13 Dec 1906 at Rosebank St Dundee. Dau Ann is informant. She was a widow of James Donachie who was a hammerman.

I realize you are searching for a John Charles Donachie but couldn't help notice the son named Charles in the household. Might you really be looking for a James? Or since this James is supposedly deceased by 1906 (ie prior to WW1) could they have a son named John Charles and you are off a generation on the Margaret Mulligan? Or what if James has abandoned the family and they are just reporting him as dec'd?? Just grasping at straws as always........

Perhaps you can tell immediately if this family might fit your profile.

Best wishes
Jean

[momat]

Hi ,
The IGI site has this that may lead some where.


ELIZABETH DONACHEY Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
21 FEB 1862 Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: JAMES DONACHEY Family
Mother: MARGARET MULLIGAN

[momat]

Another find for this pair with the spelling DONAGHY

results for: Birth/Christening, Angus, Scotland, British Isles
Father: James Donaghy, Mother: Margaret Mulligan
Exact Spelling: Off

Select records to download - (50 maximum)
1. PETER DONAGHY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 21 MAR 1867 Dundee, Angus, Scotland
2. MARY ANN DONAGHY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 29 JAN 1864 Dundee, Angus, Scotland

[nelmit]

Thank you for the info I don't have much info on him but he married a Margret Mulligan

Jean's come up with an interesting theory.

I suppose one vital piece of information you have is...... who the son / daughter of this James Charles and Margaret who is your great great grandparent. Where and when were they born.

Regards,
Annette

[djd104]

I have a family tree that was started by my grandfather a long time ago, the top of it starts with John Donachie married to Margaret Mulligan. they had 7 children which one had died at birth
childrens names:
Elizabeth
Peter
Charles
Maryann
Annie
John
My great great grandfather is/was Charles J. to whom married MaryJane McCall in which they had 6 children . Im not sure in which generation or who was the 1st to come to America. We all grew up on the North Shore a few miles from Boston , Ma
Thank you all for the help of getting the ball rolling its facinating how much knoledge one can get from this site , thank you again!

[djd104]

I can add the chilrens names too
Elizabeth married John Donachie children: John Leo and Dorothy
Peter married,not sure who children: James John Joseph Jean Jessie Charles MargaretAnn Eliza Peter Stuart
Charles J married MaryJane McCall children: Mary Ceclia MargaretAnn Kathleen James Archibald (my great grandfather) and Charles
Maryann never married
Annie married james Ross no children
John married not sure of wifes name children: James

[nelmit]

Great stuff - so the family Jean found at Dundee is the right one!

You can confirm this by looking at the marriage record of Charles and Mary Jane in Dundee in 1898.

Although Charles and Mary Jane were married she is with her mother in 1901 at 64 Hilltown.

Kathleen Malone 48 born Dundee
Mary Mccall 19
Helen Mccall 7
Thomas Mccall 11
Jessie Mccall 4 MO
Mary Donachie 22 born Dundee
Mary Donachie 1

Dundee is a great place to research - lots of online info including newspapers and photographs.
http://photopolis.dundeecity.gov.uk/wc0329.htm

Here is the family in Essex MA in 1920 from https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXYP-4QP

Charles Donachie M 50y
Mary J Donachie F 42y
Mary Donachie F 20y
Kathleen Donachie F 15y
James A Donachie M 13y born Scotland
Archibald Donachie M 10y born Massachusetts
Charles Donachie M 6y

Looks like Mary Jane's brother Thomas went too from a search at the same site.

So you know the family went to America sometime between the births of James and Archibald.

Lots to work on.

Regards,
Annette