Karen, You say Dennis Hopper has been traced to Tullyvannon in the parish of Errigal Keerogue. I cannot find any Tullyvannon in Errigal Keerogue. The only Tullyvannon in Tyrone is in the parish of Killeeshil.
Assuming Killeeshil is the parish the family lived in, the problem you face is the lack of church records for the period you need. I note that the Ewings were Presbyterian. There are 2 Presbyterian churches in the area. Clonaleese Upper has no records before 1860. Clonaleese Lower has baptisms from 1811 but no marriages before 1845. Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church. Hopper in Tyrone is mostly Presbyterian but there are some Church of Ireland families (in the 1901 census). If Marjory was Church of Ireland then the Killeeshil early records were destroyed in the 1922 fire in Dublin and they have nothing earlier than 1881. So if we have the right parish, the reason you are not able to trace the baptism and marriages you are interested in is probably because no records exist for that period. There’s no easy way around that. Elwyn On 18/08/2019, Karen Miller via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > I am trying to determine WHERE in County Tyrone my ancestors, James Ewing > and his wife Elizabeth Bell, came from. James Ewing was born about 1803 in > Northern Ireland, probably in County Tyrone, and died in Newton Hamilton, > Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA in 1847. He immigrated to the US with his > wife, Elizabeth Bell Ewing, and baby son, William R. Ewing, in 1826. I > haven’t been able to trace him. He is closely associated with William Ewing > who came to Newton Hamilton in 1836. Since I know a lot more about William > Ewing’s family than my own ancestor, I’ve been trying to establish a link > between the two men. I’d like advice on how to proceed. > > William Ewing was born 21 Jul 1802 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and > was married to Marjory Hopper about 1829. The Hopper researchers have been > busy. Marjory Hopper’s father, Dennis Hopper, has been found in the Parish > of Errigal Keerogue and the Townland of Tullyvannon. I don’t have a > marriage record for William Ewing and Marjory Hopper, nor do I have one for > my ancestor, James Ewing and Elizabeth Bell who were probably married about > 1824 in County Tyrone. Both men were Presbyterians. > > I’d appreciate suggestions, and especially would like to hear from any other > Ewing researchers. > > Thank you > Karen Miller > Wilmette, Illinois, USA _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
