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History of the Doherty Name
Spelling variations include: Dockeray, Dockerty, Dockharty, Dogherty, Dougharty and many more. First found in the county of Inishowen and were one of the principal Irish clanns to resist the Norman invasion of 1170. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Bridget Dogherty who settled in Boston Mass. in 1849; Alexander, Charles, Cornelius, Daniel, Edward, Francis, George, James, John, Patrick, Thomas, Doherty, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860, and many many more of various spellings. In Newfoundland, John Dougherty settled in St. John's in 1759; George Doherty from County Wexford, was married in St. John's in 1797; William settled in Barrow Harbour in 1863; Catherine settled in Harbour Grace in 1869; Dennis was a farmer in Burin in 1871. and others.
Explanation: Origin: Irish
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