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Petitions of Insolvent Debtors, Insolvent Debtors' Court, Lifford, Co. Donegal, September 1828

Extracted from Perry’s Bankrupt Gazette, September 25, 1828
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 9.00 a.m. on September 30, 1828

[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.

Lifford Old Court House, The Diamond, Lifford

 

INSOLVENT DEBTORS

BELDEN

Nathaniel

Tullyand [Tullyard]

Donegal

lieutenant R. N.

BOYLE

James

Burkestown

Donegal

farmer

HOLMES

William

Carnone

Donegal

pensioner

McDAVITT [McDEVITT]

Philip, jun.

Fennydirk [Finnadork]

Donegal

labourer

TAYLOR

Thomas

Ballyleavin

Donegal

parish clerk

TEASE

Samuel

Portlean

Donegal

farmer