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Earliest Records of the Divilly NameSome of earliest official records of the use of the Divilly name are:
I am indebted to Mike O'Brien of Solihull in England for this information. Mike's mother was Ann Divilly originally from Monivea, Co Galway. The Tithe Applotment Book for East Scregg, Kilkerrin dated the 7th March 1833 lists the following payments to Rev John O'Rourke, Moylough and John Dennis, Tuam Pat Devilly 25 acres £ 1.00 per acre Griffith's Valuation of 1856 shows that John Divilly had a farm of 84 acres in Scregg East.. The farm valuation was £32-10-00 and the buildings had a valuation of £3. The Census of 1901 listed the Divilly family in the townland of East Scregg in the parish of Kilkerrin as follows:
The census return also indicated that they had a thatched house, stable, coach house, piggery and cow barn. The Census of 1911 listed the Divilly family in the townland of East Scregg in the parish of Kilkerrin as follows:
The census return also indicated that they had been married for 16 years and that 9 children were born with 7 still living. A copy of the Census return of 1911 is available in the Gallery. I am indebted to Regina Moloney (nee Divilly) of Longford for this information. Ellis Island Emigration RecordsEllis Island (http://www.ellisislandrecords.org) records show that, like most Irish families, Divillys emigrated to the USA from the 1890s to the 1920s. The records show that 3 Divillys and 12 Divellys passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. Those names recorded are:
Each name has an individual passenger record drawn from the original ship's manifest.
By going to the official Ellis Island website http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ each individual passenger record can be viewed in the following format:
The Tithe Applotment BooksTithe was a tax on all agricultural land, exempting only church lands and glebes and urban areas. The tithe was paid by people of all religious denominations towards the upkeep of the Established Church of Ireland (Protestant). The tax was deeply resented by the majority Roman Catholic population. Until 1823, the tithe was paid in kind by the occupier of the land. The replacement of payment in kind by payment in cash resulted from a series of Tithe Composition Acts between 1823 and 1838. Valuations of the land had to be made by local surveyors and assessors and the results, arranged by civil parish and townland, were collected in volumes known as Tithe Applotment Books. The Tithe Applotment Books, compiled between 1823 and 1838, are in the custody of the National Archives, Dublin, and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (FIN/5A). The Books used the Civil Parish as the basis for assessment. The
Books contain the following information: In effect, they may be regarded as equivalent to a census of agricultural holdings in the years 1823 to 1838.
Griffith's ValuationConducted during the 1840s and 1850s the Griffith's Valuation was a nationwide survey undertaken to determine the amount of tax each tenant should pay towards the support of the poor within his poor law Union. The Valuation contains the name of nearly every householder and occupier of land during this period. The Valuation was based on the system of Civil Parishes throughout the country. Each Civil Parish was, in turn, divided into Townlands, the smallest sub-division of a parish.
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