Hi Alex, Well, to start with, Matilda cannot be born in 1859 and get married in 1867. Aged 8? First we need to sort out who is who.
Okay, so let's assume that you have the right marriage and the birth is spurious, this is her: Civil Marriage Record Date of Marriage: 09-May-1867 Parish / District: STRABANE County: TYRONE Husband Wife Name: David Dumbar Matilda Smyth Address: Letterbrat Ballynamallaght Occupation: FARMER Age: 22 22 Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried) Husband's Father Wife's Father Name: John Dumbar James Smyth Address: Occupation: FARMER FARMER Husband's Mother Wife's Mother Name: Address: Occupation: Witness 1 Witness 2 Name: James Robert Tynan William Smyth Address: Notes: DUNAMANA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PARISH OF DONAGHADY.BOTH AGES GIVEN AS FULL OVER 21. If this is accurate, she was born before 1845, so there will be no civil birth record (they began in 1864). This is her father, he held Plot 13, a 1 acre farm in Ballynamallght in the Parish of Donaghedy in 1859: Griffith's Valuation Record Information Tenant Family Name 1 SMYTH Forename 1 JAMES Landlord Family Name 2 OGILBY Forename 2 JAMES Location County TYRONE Barony STRABANE, LOWER Union GORTIN Parish DONAGHEDY Townland BALLYNAMALLAGHT Place Name BALLYNAMALLAGHT Place Type TOWNLAND Publication Details Position on Page 40 Printing Date 1859 Act 15&16 Sheet Number 6 Map Reference 13 A,B This is his death: Name JAMES SMYTH Year of Death 1904 Group Registration ID 3452678 SR District/Reg Area Strabane Deceased Age at Death 96 Image Son, Jacob, also of Ballynamallaght, was present at death This is her in 1901: 1901 Census: Residents of a house 18 in Letterbrat (Plumbridge, Tyrone) Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Dunbar David 59 Male Head of Family Presbyterian Co Tyrone Farmer Read and write - Married - Dunbar Matilda Jane 52 Female Wife Presbyterian Co Tyrone - Read and write - Married - Dunbar Sarah Ann 20 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Tyrone General Read and write - Not Married - Dunbar Maggie 18 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Tyrone General Read and write - Not Married - Dunbar David 16 Male Son Presbyterian Co Tyrone General Read and write - Not Married - That gives a YoB of 1849.... but this census is often wrong. And here she is in 1911: 1911 Census: Residents of a house 7 in Letterbrat (Plumb Bridge, Tyrone) Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living Dunbar Matilda Jane 65 Female Head of Family Presbyterian Co Tyrone - Read and write - Widow - 44 8 7 Dunbar James 32 Male Son Presbyterian Co Tyrone Farmer Read and write - Single - This gives her age as 1846, which is more or less what I guessed from her marriage, so forget 1959. And probably Upper Badoney..... unless you know different. This is the death of David which you already have, it seems: Name DAVID DUNBAR Year of Death 1907 Group Registration ID 3561946 SR District/Reg Area Strabane Deceased Age at Death 68 Image He was a farmer from Letterbrat and his daughter, Sarah, was present at his death. This is very probably her death but YOU need to buy the death cert from GRONI to be sure. It costs only £2.50: D/1923/220/1027/12/173 Jane Dunbar 25th December 1922 77 Female Strabane(pre-1973 Q4) Where did you get the 1851 census?! And her mother's name? They will be buried in the nearest Presbyterian church. Hope this helps, Regards, Boyd https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ https://boydgray26.wixsite.com/westulstergenealogy On 29 April 2018 at 20:37, alex carlisle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi my name is Alex Carlisle I live in England and I'd be really grateful > if someone would be able to help me please, i'm trying to trace my family > ancestors in Co Tyrone, in particular my Grt Grt Gran Matilda Jane Dunbar > Nee Smyth, born 1859 Glencoppogagh townland upper Badney Parish, I do not > know when she died or where she is buried. Matilda married David Dunbar in > Donemana Presbyterian Church in 1867, David died in Letterbrat in Upper > Badney in 1907. Also her father, James Smyth, her mother Matilda nee > McCrossan this is all I found on the 1851 census. i'd be most grateful > for any help if finding where /when they died or where they are buried. > > kind regards & many thanks > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ > cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > >
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