DONNELLY, Patrick ²

   Cause of his death was mining accident while working, aged 65.²

   Other names for Patrick were DONLY, Patt ¹ and DONNALLY, Patrick.³

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  General Notes:

The 1861 census for Shotts parish recorded Patrick Donnally, aged 31 years, as head of a household living at 31 Omoa Square Cleland. Patrick lived there with his wife and four children and one lodger named Patrick Vallely, an ironstone miner, aged 30 years and Irish born. Patrick Donnally worked as a coal miner. His birthplace was Ireland.

Patrick was a coal miner, as recorded in 1872 at his daughter's marriage, and in the 1876 marriage of his son, Owen.

In 1881 Patrick Donnelly was listed as head of the household living at 4 Wyndedge Farm near the village of Cleland in the parish of Shotts. With him lived his wife, their six children and a visitor, John Donnelly, an Irish born coal miner of sixty years of age. Patrick Donnelly was aged 50 years and had been born in Ireland. He worked as a coal miner.

Patrick Donnelly, who had been present where his wife died, gave notice of his wife, Catherine's death before the registrar, William Spence, at Cleland on 30 June 1884 and made his X mark. His occupation was noted as coalminer.

In 1891 the census for Shotts parish western district recorded Patrick Donnelly, a widower, as head of a household of five people living at McAuley's property in the village of Cleland. The other four people were Patrick's children. Patrick whose age was recorded as 63 years had been born in Ireland and was an unemployed coal miner.

In 1893 when Patrick's daughter, Bridget, married in Cleland, her parents were both deceased. Patrick Donnelly was recorded in the marriage certificate as a coal miner.

No record of Patrick's death has been found in Scotland's People, website of the General Register Office of Scotland, despite Patrick's death having taken place in Scotland. An enquiry resulted in this reply from one of the Family History Officers:
"I've had a look at our records and I regret there is no trace of a death for Patrick Donnelly. There is not an index for Records of Corrected Entries as these are attached to the main death certificate. Unfortunately, it just looks like the death has never been officially registered." ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

Patrick married Catherine DONLY on 10 January 1848 in Clonoe, County Tyrone, Ireland.¹ (Catherine DONLY was baptised on 15 February 1826 in Clonoe, County Tyrone, Ireland ¹⁰ and died 29 June 1884 at 12 noon in Spoutscroft, Greenhill, Shotts Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland ^{5 6 11}.). The cause of her death was tumour of the bowels.²

  Marriage Notes:

"Patt Donly
Principal

Marriage 10 January 1848
Clonoe, County Tyrone, Ireland
Spouses Cath Donly"

from Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900

Note:

This record of marriage does appear in the Irish Catholic Parish Registers at the National Library of Ireland, but it is out of sequence. It is to be found after the entry for the 24th October 1848 in "Clonoe | Microfilm 05579 / 02 Marriages 06 Jan. 1823 to 11 Jan. 1850". ^{1 12}