Elwyn, YOU are AMAZING!!!! Your fan, Valerie Stewart California
On Sun, Apr 9, 2023, 11:43 AM Elwyn Soutter via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > Maureen, > > > > Griffiths Valuation 1859 lists Thomas Donaldson in Tullynure. He had plot > 55 which was a 15 acre farm which he shared with James Donaldson. > > > > https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml > > > > This looks to be Thomas’s death in 1891, aged 84. His wife had died before > that. > > > > > https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1891/06084/4735831.pdf > > > > Possible deaths for Thomas’s wife are Nancy 1866 aged 64, Catherine 1864 > aged 54, Ally 1865 aged 46. Those deaths are not viewable free and if you > want to see the details you need to pay £2.50 a time on the GRONI site. > > > > James Donaldson died in 1886 aged 78. He was a bachelor. He was Thomas’s > brother. Interestingly the informant for the death was a Charles McCann of > Caneese. Perhaps a relation of Thomas McCann who married Hannah? > > > > > https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1886/06236/4785205.pdf > > > > From PRONI wills site: > > > > Probate abstract. Letters of Administration of the personal estate of > James Donaldson late of Tullynure County Londonderry Farmer who died 10 > November 1886 at same place were granted at Londonderry to Thomas Donaldson > of Tullynure Farmer the Brother. > > > > 1831 census of Tullynure lists a Robert Donaldson whose family consisted > of 3 males and 7 females. All Church of Ireland. At a guess, Robert may be > Thomas & James father. > > > > > http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1831/Londonderry/Loughinsholin/Lissane/Tullynine/61/ > > > > No Donaldsons in Tullynure by the 1901 census. > > > > 1901 census of Caneese lists a Charles McCann, aged 70, farming. Family > was Roman Catholic. So that’s probably the Charles who was the informant > for James’ death. > > > > > http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Lisson_Upper/Canuse/1533836/ > > > > In 1831 there was a John McCann in Caneese. A total of 4 males, 4 females, > all RC. 2 families living under the one roof: > > > > > http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1831/Londonderry/Loughinsholin/Lissane/Caneese/12/ > > > > 1827 Tithe applotment records list 2 Donaldson and 1 McCanny family > farming in Caneese: > > > > Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1838: Lissan Parish, county Tyrone > <http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/tyrone/tithe-applotment-books/parish-of-lissan.php> > > Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1838: Lissan Parish, county Tyrone > > Tithe Applotment Books in county Tyrone. Lissan Parish records online. > County Tyrone genealogy and Tyrone Ancestry > > <http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/tyrone/tithe-applotment-books/parish-of-lissan.php> > > > > > Caneese and Tullynure share a common boundary so the McCann and Donaldson > families lived very close to each other. Just a few hundred yards between > the two properties. > > > > Lissan RC baptism & marriage records are complete from 1839 onwards. > Between 1822 and 1838, some fragments have survived. > > > > So the Donaldsons from Tullynure appear to have been Church of Ireland, > not Presbyterian and the McCanns/McCarrons appear to have been Roman > Catholic. Yet you say the family was Presbyterian in the US. Either they > switched lanes somewhere or perhaps it’s not the right family. > > > > Hope the above helps a little. > > > > > Elwyn > > > > > > On Sunday, 9 April 2023, 04:37:59 BST, Maureen Kearnan via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello! > > I am so happy to have found this site! > > I am trying to push back on my husband's 2 x great-grandfather. > > Thomas Kearnan (1840 - 1884) is buried in Port Byron, NY USA. According > to US Census records, Thomas was born in Ireland > > He was married to Hannah Donaldson (1840 - 1912) who was born in Ireland. > The family in NY were Presbyterian so we suspect they were from the North. > > I have a marriage record of a Hannah Donaldson and a Thomas McCann (?) on > February 23, 1860 from Tullynane at the Parish Church at the Parish of > Lissan. > > Thomas's father was listed as William McCann. Hannah's father was listed > as Thomas Donaldson. > > A Thomas and Hannah McCarron (McCannon?) traveled to NY via Liverpool on > the Nottebahm arriving in 1863. It looks like they had a daughter, Sarah, > born on the ship who died before they docked. > > I can find no records connecting Thomas and Hannah on the ship to the > Thomas and Hannah who ended up in Port Byron, NY. > > I do have a Civil War Pension card in which Hannah Kearnan is claiming the > pension of "Thomas McCarl alias Thomas Kearnan" which makes me think that > somewhere along the way Thomas changed his last name. > > Any leads or insights would be appreciated. Thank you! > > Maureen Kearnan > ================================= > 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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