John McCOLE, 18321917 (aged 85 years)

Name
John /McCOLE/
Given names
John
Surname
McCOLE
Birth 1832
Note: John's birth year is based on an estimate from ages provided at both census returns. Age provided a…

John's birth year is based on an estimate from ages provided at both census returns. Age provided at death makes him so much younger and beyond a normal kind of range compared with the census returns that it has been discounted. Daughter who registered death had not been living with him at the time of the 1911 census, married in 1904 and despite being recorded in both censuses as being able to read and write perhaps had no real idea of his age.

Baptism of a daughterMary McCOLE
( after death)

Note: No baptisms recorded at Derrybeg in the period.
Baptism of a daughterMadge McCOLE
April 11 (on the date of death)
Birth of a brotherBernard McCOLE
1839 (aged 7 years)
Note: Year of birth is a guesstimate based on the 3 different ages provided at death and the 2 census retu…

Year of birth is a guesstimate based on the 3 different ages provided at death and the 2 census returns.

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn DUFFY
after 1857 (aged 25 years)
MarriageBrigid McBRIDEView this family
1863 (aged 31 years)
Note: Marriage year an estimate based on knowing of birth of 10 children with youngest known one born in 1…

Marriage year an estimate based on knowing of birth of 10 children with youngest known one born in 1864. Given her estimated age it is unlikely the marriage occurred much earlier or that or any/many kids preceded the one born in the first year of civil registration.

Death of a fatherCharles McCOLE
between 1861 and 1864 (aged 32 years)
Note: His name, previously recorded in 1861, was removed from the land valuation revision book and his son…

His name, previously recorded in 1861, was removed from the land valuation revision book and his son Hugh's inserted in 1864.

Death of a motherSile DUFFY
before 1864 (aged 32 years)
Note: The land she lived on with her husband Charles became their son Hugh's in 1864 sometime following Ch…

The land she lived on with her husband Charles became their son Hugh's in 1864 sometime following Charles' death. Land records record widow's names and as hers is absent it suggests she died prior to her husband.

Birth of a daughterCatherine McCOLE
April 29, 1864 (aged 32 years)
Birth of a sonJames McCOLE
1867 (aged 35 years)
Note: The birth registration provides a date of 20 February 1868 on information provided by the father. I…

The birth registration provides a date of 20 February 1868 on information provided by the father. It most unlikely to be correct. Brigid was born and baptised in October the same year. The baptismal register starts in 1868 and no record of baptism was found for James. The civil registration records appear to have captured a few babies, including James, who were slow to be registered increasing potential for error. James' age in both census returns place his birth in 1866 and 1867. A guesstimate is made providing a birth in 1867.

Birth of a daughterBridgid McCOLE
October 7, 1868 (aged 36 years)
Note: Date of baptism was recorded as DOB in civil birth registration.
Baptism of a daughterBridgid McCOLE
October 11, 1868 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a sonJames McCOLE
November 4, 1870 (aged 38 years)
Note: John was baptised on 6th Nov and at the time his DOB was recorded as 4th Nov. His civil birth regis…

John was baptised on 6th Nov and at the time his DOB was recorded as 4th Nov. His civil birth registration recorded it as 1st November.

Baptism of a sonJames McCOLE
November 6, 1870 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a daughterMary McCOLE
January 9, 1873 (aged 41 years)
Birth of a daughterMadge McCOLE
April 10, 1875 (aged 43 years)
Note: DOB recorded as 10 April on baptismal register and 11 April in birth registration.
Birth of a sonBarney McCOLE
April 23, 1877 (aged 45 years)
Note: DOB recorded as 30th April on birth registration.
Baptism of a sonBarney McCOLE
April 30, 1877 (aged 45 years)
Birth of a daughterEllen McCOLE
November 13, 1877 (aged 45 years)
Death of a brotherBryan McCOLE
December 17, 1884 (aged 52 years) Age: 60
Address: Middletown
Cause: Bronchitis. No medical attendant for 1 year.
Birth of a sonBernard McCOLE
May 6, 1886 (aged 54 years)
Death of a daughterBridgid McCOLE
October 24, 1889 (aged 57 years) Age: 21
Cause: TB and without medical attention for 3 months.
Note: Uncle, John Duggan was informant.
Death of a brotherHugh McCOLE
November 18, 1893 (aged 61 years) Age: 66
Cause: Debility, no medical attendant for 8 years.
Census March 31, 1901 (aged 69 years) Age: 65
Note: John was an illiterate farmer living with spouse and four children, James, Mary, Ellen and Bernard.…

John was an illiterate farmer living with spouse and four children, James, Mary, Ellen and Bernard. The rest of the family could read and write and all spoke both English and Irish. The children ranging in age from 34 to 14 were recorded as being a farmer's children.

Marriage of a childOwen DOHERTYEllen McCOLEView this family
February 11, 1904 (aged 72 years)
Death of a sonBernard McCOLE
August 16, 1905 (aged 73 years) Age: 19
Cause: Asphyxia from drowning.
Death of a wifeBrigid McBRIDE
May 11, 1906 (aged 74 years)
Marriage of a childPatrick GALLAGHERMary McCOLEView this family
February 12, 1907 (aged 75 years)
Census April 2, 1911 (aged 79 years) Age: 82
Note: Widowed farmer living with son James and daughter Mary Gallagher and her husband.
Death of a brotherBernard McCOLE
May 7, 1916 (aged 84 years)
Death August 21, 1917 (aged 85 years)
Family with parents
father
1864
Birth: Probably Donegal, Ireland
Death: between 1861 and 1864Probably Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
mother
Marriage Marriage
elder brother
18241884
Birth: 1824unknown, probably Donegal, Ireland
Death: December 17, 1884Middletown, Dunfanaghy, Donegal, Ireland
4 years
elder brother
18271893
Birth: about 1827Donegal, Ireland
Death: November 18, 1893Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
6 years
himself
18321917
Birth: 1832Donegal, Ireland
Death: August 21, 1917Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
8 years
younger brother
18391916
Birth: 1839Donegal, Ireland
Death: May 7, 1916Derrybeg, Donegal, Ireland
Family with Brigid McBRIDE
himself
18321917
Birth: 1832Donegal, Ireland
Death: August 21, 1917Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
wife
Marriage Marriage1863Donegal, Ireland
16 months
daughter
1864
Birth: April 29, 1864 32 22Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
4 years
son
18671947
Birth: 1867 35 25Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
Death: January 26, 1947Middletown, Donegal, Ireland
22 months
daughter
18681889
Birth: October 7, 1868 36 26Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
Death: October 24, 1889Middletown, Donegal, Ireland
2 years
son
1870
Birth: November 4, 1870 38 28Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
2 years
daughter
18731929
Birth: January 9, 1873 41 31Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
Death: November 30, 1929unknown
2 years
daughter
1875
Birth: April 10, 1875 43 33Ardnagappary, Donegal, Ireland
2 years
son
1877
Birth: April 23, 1877 45 35Middletown, Donegal, Ireland
7 months
daughter
18771966
Birth: November 13, 1877 45 35Middletown, Donegal, Ireland
Death: August 28, 1966Middletown, Donegal, Ireland
9 years
son
Bernard McCole Inquest
18861905
Birth: May 6, 1886 54 44Middletown, Donegal, Ireland
Death: August 16, 1905Magheragallon Strand, Dunfanaghy
Birth

John's birth year is based on an estimate from ages provided at both census returns. Age provided at death makes him so much younger and beyond a normal kind of range compared with the census returns that it has been discounted. Daughter who registered death had not been living with him at the time of the 1911 census, married in 1904 and despite being recorded in both censuses as being able to read and write perhaps had no real idea of his age.

Marriage

Marriage year an estimate based on knowing of birth of 10 children with youngest known one born in 1864. Given her estimated age it is unlikely the marriage occurred much earlier or that or any/many kids preceded the one born in the first year of civil registration.

Census

John was an illiterate farmer living with spouse and four children, James, Mary, Ellen and Bernard. The rest of the family could read and write and all spoke both English and Irish. The children ranging in age from 34 to 14 were recorded as being a farmer's children.

Census

Widowed farmer living with son James and daughter Mary Gallagher and her husband.