Valerie,
You comment about finding Henry Allen’s baptism in Raphoe parish. Henry senior was a weaver. They did tend to move around to follow the available work. I do note that the baptism was Church of Ireland, rather than Presbyterian, which is mildly unusual, but not impossible. Folk did “change lanes” from time to time. Or it might be another family with the same forenames. But moving around was not unusual and it often makes weavers and labourers generally harder to trace. You mention tracing Catherine Flood’s family. Her townland is given as Carnone (Carnowen) and her father Patrick was a farmer. I searched Griffiths Valuation (1857) for Carnowen and there are no Flood households listed. Suggests the family had died out or left the area by 1857. There was only one Flood in the whole parish in 1857. She was Mary Flood in the townland of Trusk. She lived in a labourer’s cottage on Francis Devaney’s farm. Trusk is some distance from Carnowen. Perhaps 15 miles, so probably no connection. The tithe applotment records for Donaghmore parish don’t appear to have survived so I can’t check to see if there was a Patrick Flood in Carnowen in the 1820s. I searched the local marriage records 1845 – 1865 for other Floods from Carnowen but without success. So not much sign of your Flood family in Irish records. As far as attending Carnone Presbyterian church on 11th September, just turn up. No invitation is required. The Minister should be at the door when you leave and you can have a word with him/her then if you wish. https://www.fahanchurch.org/carnonepresbyterian.htm Elwyn On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 at 19:23, Valerie Stewart via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > Len, > I think you may have found something here. > > Henry Allen* is* the name of my 2nd great grandfather. He would most > likely have immigrated in 1851 (as he and Catherine Flood only married on > 14 Nov. 1850- per the parish records). > From the Allen Nebraska Centennial History book that I have, it says that > the family went to Philadelphia. > So the entry for the "Superior" to Philadelphia might have been him. > Was it common not to mention wife/children if they were part of the > passengers? > Castlefin is very close to Carnone/Carnowen and it's possible, after they > married in November, they may have stayed there before immigrating? > > I have also copied Elwyn Soutter with this email, as you both are far more > knowledgeable about the records that are available. So, if you have any > suggestions for where I might look next, to try and nail down information- > I would be very grateful. > > (I have found no other information about the mother of Henry's children - > Barbara Stevenson, other than their 1836 marriage notice, and *you *had > found the baptism records of three of the children, William, Susan, Sarah. > > *The following entries were extracted from the Carnone Church records:* > > * Carnone Presbyterian Church, Donaghmore Parish, Register of > Baptisms* > > * Jan 8 1837: William son of Henry Allen & Barbara* > > * Feb 14 1844: Susan dau of Henry Allen & Barbara* > > * Sep 4 1846: Sarah dau of Henry Allen & Barbara* > > * No record of a baptism of Henry James* > Henry'Jr.s baptism record is in Raphoe Parish for some reason (attached) > > Maybe I should try looking for records about Catherine Flood Allen's > father? Maybe as a farmer there might be a Townsland record with his > name/location? Might that be useful? > > I did try writing to the current minister at the Carnone Presybterian > Church to say I was wanting to attend the Sunday Service on 11 Sept. but > it may have gone into his spam folder, as I've had no reply. > > Once again, I thank you both for your generous sharing of your expertise > and knowledge. > Valerie > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 4:11 AM Len Swindley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Valerie, >> >> Apologies for commencing a new thread but I have not been receiving posts >> via my Hotmail account and unable to respond to your post. >> >> I have referred to “Irish Passenger Lists 1847-1871” edited by Brian >> Mitchell which contains the names and addresses of in excess of 27,000 >> emigrants to the U.S. and Canada carried by the two Derry shipping >> companies J & J Cooke Line and McCorkell Line to Philadelphia, Quebec, St >> John & New Orleans. >> >> There are three records for Allens from Castlefin (Donaghmore parish) and >> Convoy which may be connected to your family: >> >> “Alleghaney” to Philadelphia 1847 >> >> UNITY ALLEN of Castlefin >> >> “Lumley” to Philadelphia 1850 >> >> ANDREW ALLEN of Convoy >> >> “Superior” to Philadelphia 1851 >> >> HENRY ALLEN of Castlefin >> >> Sadly, there appears to be no record of your forebears and it is possible >> they made their way to Glasgow (Greenock) and sailed from there. >> >> There was no systematic record of emigrants from Ireland until the 1890s. >> >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia >> >> ================================= > 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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