1911 census

[Tilly Mint]

Also found this....1st one.

http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/marriages1895.html

And another snippet, don't know if he fits in with your Dorians as there doesn't appear to be a lot of this name ...it's The Atlantic.

http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/mis...tsoct1854.html

[Rachel A]

You guys are brilliant, thank you so much

He did say about an Irish link and a Mary Queen, so that does tie in thank you

I don't know about the Greek connection though. I certainly grew up thinking that he had one, and he thinks there's one too [insert confused smilie several times]

I'm driving home tomorrow, so I'll unravel this over the next few days for him.

If anyone's able to take the Irish connection back further, I'd be really grateful.

Many thanks again xx

[kiterunner]

I haven't managed to get my own Irish lines back very far at all, Rachel. I had a look on FamilySearch earlier on to see if I could see a baptism for Hugh Dor(i)an in County Down with a father James but didn't see him. I'll have a look on some other sites but a lot of Irish records haven't survived.

Also if the name originated as Doran, there may be too many of them!

[Rachel A]

Thanks Kite, you've worked really hard on this for me, thank you

I'm wondering if they left Ireland because of the potato famine?

[kiterunner]

Okay, Ancestry Ireland has a couple of James Dorian births in County Down, one in 1810 with father William and one in 1814 with father Edward. No Hugh Dorians though, and no Hugh Dorans with father's name James.

[kiterunner]

Ancestry Ireland also has a marriage for a James Dorian in County Down in 1839.

Sorry, forgot to post link before. Ancestry Ireland is not connected to Ancestry, by the way.

http://www.ancestryireland.com

[kiterunner]

Looking at the PRONI website (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland), they have a Hugh Dorrian listed at Lisbane, County Down, in 1831. Could be related?

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives.htm

They also have the will of a James Dorian, farmer, of Drumaraghan, Co Down, who died 1 Feb 1895. But he only mentions sons called John, James, and William. No mention of a Hugh. But there seem to be a lot more Dorrians than Dorians on there. I'll have a look through those... nothing obvious, but it might be worth you having a look through and see if there is anything useful in there. Some have images and some don't.

[kiterunner]

There are a couple of James Dorians in County Down on Griffith's Valuation, and quite a few James Dorrians. We really need a way to connect one of them to Hugh though!

[Rachel A]

Much appreciated, Kite. You've done so well with this

[kiterunner]

There is a Hugh Dorian death registration Apr-Jun 1902 W Derby age 56, so I don't think we will find him on the 1911 census with the name of his birth parish in County Down.