Petitions of Insolvent Debtors, Insolvent Debtors' Court, Lifford, Co. Donegal, February 1840
Extracted from Perry’s Bankrupt Gazette, May 16, 1840
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 at 10.00 a.m. on Monday February 28, 1840
[Bankrupts were detained in the County Gaol until outstanding debts had been cleared to the satisfaction of creditors]
Many names and former residences 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 |
|
BURNS |
James |
Tullydish |
Donegal |
weaver |
|
COYLE |
James |
Common of Lifford |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
CUMMINS |
Andrew |
Dunweley |
Donegal |
labourer |
|
DAVIS |
Henry |
Ballyshannon |
Donegal |
pensioner |
|
GOURLEY |
Matthew |
Dromore |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
HAMILTON |
James |
Grange |
Tyrone |
farmer |
|
HUMPHREYS |
Charles |
Strabane |
Tyrone |
carpenter |
|
JOHNSON |
John |
Glencairn |
Donegal? |
gent. |
|
LOUGHREY |
James |
Ballyshannon |
Donegal |
pensioner |
|
MACE [MEASE?] |
William |
Strabane |
Tyrone |
grocer |
|
McDERMOTT |
Samuel |
Drumatolan |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
McGARIGLE |
Wimmey |
Ballyshannon |
Donegal |
widow |
|
McGOWAN |
Thomas |
Omagh |
Tyrone |
merchant |
|
McGUIRE |
Patrick |
Gortnamuck |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
McKENZIE |
James |
Woodend |
Tyrone? |
publican |
|
McMORRIN |
Henry |
Beragh |
Tyrone |
publican |
|
MILLS |
William |
Flintona [Fintona] |
Tyrone |
publican |
|
MITCHELL |
George Berkeley |
Ballybofay |
Donegal |
merchant |
|
RAMSEY |
James |
Mageestown |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
RAMSEY |
William |
Mageestown |
Donegal |
farmer |
|
RYCE |
John |
Ballynamullin |
Tyrone |
farmer |
|
SANSON |
William |
Birdstown |
Donegal |
pensioner |
|
WASON |
James |
Rawriss [Raws?] |
Donegal |
weaver |
|
WATSON |
Thomas |
Strabane |
Tyrone |
auctioneer |
|
WILSON |
William |
Common, Donegal |
Donegal |
weaver |