The O'Donoghue Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the O'Donoghue family.

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The O'Donoghue Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname O'Donoghue
1841 Census 4
1851 Census 4
1861 Census 9
1871 Census 25
1891 Census 32

Most Frequent Forenames for the O'Donoghue Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
ALICE O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
AMELIA O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
ARTHUR O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
ARTHUR R O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
BERNARD G O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
BRIDGET O'Donoghue 0 0 0 1 1
CHARLES O'Donoghue 1 0 0 1 1
CHARLEY O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
CORDELIA O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 2
DANIEL O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
FRANK O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
GEORGE O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
HARRIETT O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
HELEN O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
JEREMIAH O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
JOHANNAH O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 2
JOHN O'Donoghue 0 0 0 5 2
JOHN JO O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
JOSEPH O'Donoghue 0 0 0 0 1
MARGARET O'Donoghue 0 0 1 2 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: O'Donoghue

Search for the etymology and history of the surname O'Donoghue (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the O'Donoghue family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901


 


Case Study: Lawrence Oates
Lawrence Edward Grace Oates saw military service during the Second Boer War, as an officer in the dragoons. He can be found the the 1900 Army List.

 

Encouraging the Wool Trade
In 1678 an act was passed making it compulsory for all corpses to be buried in a shroud made of wool only. This was to encourage the wool trade.

 

Possible Pitfalls in Using the Census
Many people don't realise that the census page images we see are actually transcripts of the household census forms, the details were copied into the books by the enumerators.

 

Viewing Parish Records in your own home
With the use of personal computers becoming more widespread, the best way to make the parish records easily accessible to the general public is to transfer those records from micro-fiche and film to CD-ROM.