Boyd Gray, YOU ARE A WONDER! Just amazing you are! best, Valerie in California
On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 2:50 PM Boyd Gray via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Julia, > > An easy one! The "ancestral sites" which you are looking for are called > Gortnagarn and Cavanakeeran. Gabriel Cathcart lived on Plot 35 Gornagarn > and had a large farm in Cavanakeeran. > > Griffith's Valuation Record Information > Tenant > Family Name 1 CATHCART > Forename 1 GABRIEL > Landlord > Family Name 2 LOWRY > Forename 2 ROBERT W. > Location > County TYRONE > Barony DUNGANNON, MIDDLE & UPPER > Union COOKSTOWN > Parish POMEROY > Townland GORTNAGARN > Place Name GORTNAGARN > Place Type TOWNLAND > Publication Details > Position on Page 7 > Printing Date 1859 > Act 15&16 > Sheet Number 37 > Map Reference 35 > > Griffith's Valuation Record Information > Tenant > Family Name 1 CATHCART > Forename 1 GABRIEL > Landlord > Family Name 2 LOWRY > Forename 2 ROBERT W. > Location > County TYRONE > Barony DUNGANNON, MIDDLE & UPPER > Union COOKSTOWN > Parish POMEROY > Townland CAVANAKEERAN > Place Name CAVANAKEERAN > Place Type TOWNLAND > Publication Details > Position on Page 3 > Printing Date 1859 > Act 15&16 > Sheet Number 37 > Map Reference 40;41;42 > > As you can see, this information comes from the 1859 land survey known as > the Griffiths Valuation and one of the great assets of this record is that > it pinpoints the exact location of almost every household in Ireland. It > is online here and comes with both original maps and modern overlays so you > can easily find the location for yourself: > https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ > > These records were updated regularly up until circa 1930 so you can see > what happened to every plot of land and every house. Sadly, your Cathcarts > ceased to hold this land when Gabriel died. He is scored out in 1870 so > presumably died some time before that and is replaced by Patrick McAnally. > Patrick might have married into the Cathcarts, though I doubt it, he > probably bought the farm. > > Email me if you need any further help. ([email protected]) > > Regards, > > Boyd > > https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ > > > > > On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 at 19:59, JH Todd via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am looking for someone who can help me pinpoint ancestral sites in >> County Tyrone and County Derry for an upcoming trip in Fall 2022. >> >> Surnames are Cathcart, Marshall, Alexander, Cousley, Steele >> >> My Great, great grandfather John Marshall Cathcart was born in either >> Cookstown or Pomeroy March 11, 1842. He came to United States about 1860. >> His parents are Gabriel Cathcart (born 1817) and Hester Marshall Cathcart >> (born 1818). Hester’s widowed mother, Letitia Marshall, was an innkeeper in >> Pomeroy in 1839. Gabriel Cathcart was living near Magherafelt in 1839 when >> he and Hester Marshall married. The Cathcart, Cousley, and Steele families >> are also associated with Springlane Farm, Ballymuckleheany, County Derry. >> >> Sarah Alexander, my great great grandmother, born in either Pomeroy or >> Belfast, joined a brother or uncle in the United States. There she married >> John Marshall Cathcart. >> >> Is there a local person who can help me with local sites? Connections >> with cousins would be a bonus. >> >> Thank you >> >> Julia Holton Todd, >> Kirkland, Washington, USA >> ================================= >> Send a Message to the List - [email protected] >> List Archive - >> https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >> Join the list by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> ================================= > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - > [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > =================================
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