After facing many genealogy brick walls I thought I would try a new approach especially since I have now met 2 cousins on 2 different lines all because they were googling their grandparents. So my great great grandfather is Patrick Darby. His parents are James Darby and Mary Carr. I am going to assume he has a at least one or more siblings although it is possible he could be an only child however I somehow doubt that. I should mention also that Patrick married Mary McDonald and they had 5 children Mary Elizabeth, Annie, Elizabeth, Ellen, and Mary. I know that looks confusing since Mary and Elizabeth are repeated but Mary Elizabeth the first born child died when she was 3 years old and the 2nd Elizabeth born in 1874 is my great grandmother.
Patrick Darby was married in Cookstown Tyrone in 1865. He was 22 at the time he married. My strategy is to look for other Darby families in Cookstown during this time. He also moved to Glasgow and is there during the 1871, 1881, and 1891 census. He lived on 54 Canal street so possibly a search in that vicinity and he lived on 28 William street.
Patrick Darby – look for siblings born in Cookstown Tyrone in the 1840’s.
Annie Darby – is one of the five children of Patrick born in Scotland 1872. Find either marriage record or death record. She likely died as she is not in the 1881 census with her family.