Petitions of Insolvent Debtors, Insolvent Debtors' Court, Lifford, Co. Donegal, August 1826
Extracted from the Dublin Mercantile Advertiser and Weekly Price Current, August 14, 1826
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com
A list of bankrupts who presented their petitions for relief from insolvency at Lifford, Co. Donegal, Court House on Monday August 28, 1826
[Bankrupts were detained in the County Gaol until outstanding debts had been cleared to the satisfaction of creditors]
Many names and former places of residence are spelt phonetically, so a reasonable degree of creativity is required to locate a possible forebear.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS
|
SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
LATE RESIDENCE |
COUNTY |
CALLING |
|
CUNNINGHAM |
Robert |
Maghrymason |
Tyrone |
farmer |
|
LECKY |
Cunningham |
Coskey [Corkey] |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
MANEY |
James |
Stranorlar |
Donegal |
shoemaker |
|
McKEAN |
James |
Milltown of Moneymore |
Donegal |
labourer |
|
McKENNA |
James |
Mount Hope |
Donegal |
overseer of works |
|
McLAUGHLIN |
James |
Munlatterail [Meenletterbale] |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
McLAUGHLIN |
James |
Upper Dresden |
Donegal |
shoemaker |
|
MEHAN |
James |
Donegal |
Donegal |
inn-keeper |
|
PEEBLES |
Stewart |
Rye or Arrity |
Donegal |
caretaker |
|
ROGERS |
Alexander |
Carsney |
Donegal |
carpenter |