Jeanette, Thomas Taggart’s marriage in Glasgow in 1871 records that his parents were William Taggart (farm labourer) and Ann Sharp and both were still alive at that date.
Irish RC parish records on Ancestry have a record of a Letitia Taggart baptised on 21.7.1846 to William Taggart & Ann Shearp in the parish of Drumragh, Co Tyrone (Omagh). Those parish records only start in 1846, and then there’s a gap 1847 to 1853 so if that’s your family and where Thomas was born in 1851 there won't be a record of his baptism. https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633038#page/5/mode/1up Note that Letitia’s baptism record says the father was protestant. So a mixed marriage. I searched to see if I could find a marriage or death in Ireland for Letitia Taggart but without success. She may have died before 1864 in which case there will be no record, or she may have left Ireland. Griffiths Valuation for 1860 only has 1 William Taggart in Drumgath. He had a share in a house in Fountain Lane, Omagh. Given that his occupation in 1871 was stated to be a farm labourer, I’d wonder if that was the right man, living in the middle of a town. I looked for a possible death for William Taggart 1871 onwards and found this one in 1884 in Castle Lane Omagh (aged 84), informant was his son William. Can’t say if it’s your family. Could be, but I'd need more information to know. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1884/06307/4808275.pdf Did your Thomas have a daughter named Letitia by any chance? (Families tended to repeat names so it might be a clue, especially with a lightly unusual name like Letitia). Can’t help you with James Griffen. Caldon might be Caledon but there’s no James Griffen there in the 1860s in Griffiths. Can you give us some dates and other information to put this into context? Elwyn On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 21:09, jeanette molloy via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > James Griffen near Caldon looks like Emmaville > Thomas Taggart 1851-1919 died Glasgow Scotland married to Ann McCulloch > 1852-1901 death Glasgow Scotland. Connections to Pomeroy Co. Tyrone > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > Change Your Preferences: > http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY > _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
