Petitions of Insolvent Debtors, Insolvent Debtors' Court, Lifford, Co. Donegal, November 1836
Extracted from Perry’s Bankrupt Gazette, December 3, 1836
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 November 25, 1836
[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 |
CALLING |
|
BRADSHAW |
Hugh Alexander |
Donegal [Town] |
merchant and farmer |
|
EBRUM |
William |
Drumgunn |
farmer |
|
GREGG |
John |
Kiltoy |
labourer |
|
GREGG |
William |
Kiltoy |
weaver |
|
KELLY |
Thomas |
Cunahamone [Curraghmore?] |
pensioner |
|
KERR |
Miles |
Millford |
spirit dealer |
|
McGLINCHEY |
John |
Ballyheron |
miller |
|
MEKHAM |
Robert |
Raphoe |
pensioner |
|
MOOHAN |
Andrew |
Labbinlee |
farmer and carter |
|
SHEERIN |
James |
Donegal |
hatter |