Parents of William Teese

[jen2]

Trying to find parents of William Teese born abt 1815 Donegal, Ireland.
Married a Anne Cohan born Donegal Ireland. They had a child James born 1838 Donegal, Ireland

Jenny

 

[Elwyn]

Teese/Teas/Tees is not a common name in Donegal. The only family of that name in the 1901 census and Griffiths Valuation in 1858 lived in Carnatreantagh townland in the parish of Conwal. That’s near Letterkenny. This is them in 1901:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Templedouglas/Carnatreantagh/1187446/

They were Presbyterian. Does that fit with your information? If so, you might want to research the Presbyterian church records for that area. Letterkenny 1st and 2nd Presbyterian churches both have records starting around 1820 so you might locate the family from that. There are other Presbyterian churches in the area but none has surviving records for the period you are interested in. Some Presbyterian records for that area are on the Rootsireland site (pay to view) but they are not all on-line. PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast has copies of all the surviving records for that area but they are not on-line and a personal visit is required to view them.

Can’t see any families of the name Cohan in Donegal in 1901 but possibly the name has changed over the years.

 

[romany rose]

Further to Elwyns post
I can add the following but am not sure if you will find a conection?/but it is worth making a note of!!

Family search
I found the marriage of a:
JAMES J TEESE to MARTHA CHAMBERS,event marriage date 19/2/1861 at Conwall,Donegal,lists father has James Teese
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Irish index registers-1845-1958
WILLIAM TEESE ,born 1813 died 1879,London
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with regards to a WILLIAM TEESE b c 1815 Donegal Ireland,I have possibly found the birth of a child,JAMES FREDERICK TEESE born Donegal 24/12/1838,and a marriage of this James to EMILY A KNIGHT
*******But am not sure if the above is connected to you has the only refrence to E.A.Knight is with regards to a birth/death in Australia??

Romany Rose x

 

[jen2]

Romany,

Yes James is the son of William, he migrated to Australia in the mid/late 1800

Jenny