Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families
The Genealogy of the Following Families:
The Simon Family of Willebadessen, Germany, and its Descendants in America
The Barcant, Krogh, d'Abadie, and Related Families of Trinidad and Tobago
The Hurd and Clark Families of Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland
The Dolan and Carr Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; and America
The McGillin Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Simon Carr
1867 - 1931 (64 years)
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Name Simon Carr Born 4 May 1867 Drumgorman Townland, Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland 
Christened 5 May 1867 Inver, County Donegal, Ireland Gender Male Died 16 Sep 1931 Dunkineely, County Donegal, Ireland Buried Abt 18 Sep 1931 Frosses, County Donegal, Ireland 
Siblings5 siblings Person ID I2074 Simon and Related Families | Descendants of Simon Carr (1812-1888) Last Modified 22 Jan 2019
Father John Carr, b. Abt 1817, Ireland , d. 26 Sep 1882, Drumgorman Townland, Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland (Age ~ 65 years) Mother Bridget "Biddy" McHarr, b. Abt 1826, County Donegal, Ireland , d. 16 Apr 1911, Drumgorman Townland, Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland (Age ~ 85 years) Family ID F652 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Dunion, b. Abt 1868, County Donegal, Ireland , d. Yes, date unknown Married 9 Feb 1909 Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland Last Modified 26 Jan 2015 Family ID F651 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 4 May 1867 - Drumgorman Townland, Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland 
Christened - 5 May 1867 - Inver, County Donegal, Ireland 
Married - 9 Feb 1909 - Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland 
Died - 16 Sep 1931 - Dunkineely, County Donegal, Ireland 
Buried - Abt 18 Sep 1931 - Frosses, County Donegal, Ireland = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
Carr, Simon (1867-1931) - Birth
1867 Irish Civil Registration birth record for Simon Carr, son of John and Bridget Carr.
Carr, Simon (1867-1931) - Baptism
1867 baptismal register entry for Simon Carr in the church records of the Inver RC parish, County Donegal. Notation in record also records his marriage.
Carr, Simon (1867-1931) - Marriage - 1909
Abstract of 1909 marriage record for Simon Carr and Sarah Dunion.
Carr, Simon (1867-1931) - Death
1931 Irish Civil Registration death record for Simon Carr. Assignment based on identification of his nephew, John James Conaghan, in his 1900 birth record as the son of John Conaghan and Bridget Dunnion. Since Simon Carr married Sarah Dunion, this establishes his uncle-nephew relationship to John James Conaghan.
Headstones Carr, Simon (1867-1931) - Tombstone
Tombstone of Simon Carr (1867-1931) in Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church graveyard, Frosses, County Donegal, photographed in September 2018 by Charlie Carr.
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Notes - BIRTH:
Full date of birth given as 10 May 1867 in Irish Civil Registration record for Simon Carre, available through irishgenealogy.ie. Location of birth given as Drumgorman Townland, Mountcharles Registration District, Donegal Union, County Donegal. Parents named as John and Biddy Carre.
Full date of birth given as 4 May 1867 in Church Baptism Record from Parish of Inver, County Donegal, available for purchase from ifhf.rootsireland.ie and a copy of which as in the possession of Robert M. Simon. Parents named as John Carr and Bridget Carr. This record is deemed to be more reliable than the Birth Register, since it predates it by a few days.
Roughly consistent with age (40 years) given in 1909 Civil Marriage Record (see below).
Roughly consistent with age (65 years) given in 1931 Irish Civil Registration death record (see below).
CHRISTENING:
Full date of baptism given as 5 May 1867 in Church Baptism Record from Parish of Inver, County Donegal, available for purchase from ifhf.rootsireland.ie and a copy of which as in the possession of Robert M. Simon. Parents named as John Carr and Bridget Carr. Witnesses named as John and Jane Murray.
MARRIAGE:
Full date of marriage given as 9 February 1909 in Irish Civil Registration Marriage Record for Simon Carr and Sarah Dunion. Location given as Mountcharles District, County Donegal. Father of Simon Carr given as John Carr. Witnesses were Joseph Conaghan and Maggie Boyle.
ADDRESS:
Drumgorman, Mountcharles District, County Donegal (1901 Census of Ireland, 1909 marriage record, 1911 Census of Ireland)
OCCUPATION:
Farmer (1909 marriage record; 1931 death record)
MENTION IN IRISH FOLKLORE COLLECTION:
From 1937 to 1939, the Irish Folklore Commission undertook an innovative project, in conjunction with the Department of Education and the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, in which senior Primary School children recorded in excess of 750,000 pages of local history and oral tradition from across the 26 counties of the Irish Free State. This collection is housed at the University College in Dublin and includes some 18,000 of the children's original school exercise books. This collection has been digitized and the following extract may be found at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428268/4390073. The Simon Carr mentioned in this story is almost certainly this Simon Carr (1867-1931), as Drumgorman is on the Doorin peninsula and thus would match the location mentioned, because Fr. Michael Kelly (mentioned in the story) was the pastor at Killymard from 1877-1894, and because a story about a person who died in 1931 would likely still be fresh in local memory 6 to 8 years later.
"A Holy Well
"In the parish of Killymard (a little distance outside of Donegal) there is a well called 'Fathers Mick's Well,' so named because it was Father Michael Kelly who blessed it. Many people come to visit this well, especially in the summer, and it is said that a lot of people have been cured of serious diseases. The prayers to be said are 'The Lords Prayer and the Hail Mary five times,' and it is the custom to leave a rag or some other article behind on the little wall which is built round the well. The following is one of the cures. 'A man named Simon Carr from the townland of Dooran was suffering from a sore leg. A neighbouring gave Simon particulars about the well, so he resolved to visit it the following day. As soon as he reached the well he did said the usual prayers for the Popes intention, and took a drink of the water. On his way home he had a funny feeling he was going to be cured. When he arrived home the pain gradually lessened until it was completely gone. From that day on the leg never troubled him again.'"
DEATH:
Full date of 16 September 1931 and location given in 1931 Irish Civil Registration death record for Simon Carr, available from irishgenealogy.ie. Group Registration ID . Cause of death was "probably cardiac syncope." Died on the platform of Dunkineely Railway Station. Informant for this record was John James Conaghan of Dromore, identified as his nephew. According to John James Conaghan's 1900 birth record (also available from irishgenealogy.ie - Group Registration ID 27290), his mother was Bridget Dunnion (thus, the sister of Simon Carr's wife, Sarah Dunion).
Full date of 16 September 1931 also given on tombstone in graveyard of Blessed Mary Virgin RC Church, Frosses, County Donegal Ireland, as photographed by Charlie Carr in September 2018.
BURIAL:
Blessed Mary Virgin RC Church, Frosses, County Donegal Ireland. Estimated date of 2 days after his death.
Another photograph of the tombstone is at http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/plot.php?plotno=338&yardid=428§ion=.
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