Glad to help.
Elwyn
On Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 01:33:48 BST, Annie Kurtz
<[email protected]> wrote:
I don’t think I replied back to you directly about how helpful the information
you shared down below was. Thank you for taking the time to look for and send
information my way.
Annie
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 4:18 AM Elwyn Soutter via CoTyroneList
<[email protected]> wrote:
Annie,
Here’s Rose Ann’s birth in Kilnaheery. Note that her mother’s maiden name was
recorded as Donnelly rather than O’Donnelly. (O’Donnelly wouldn’t be all that
common, in Tyrone anyway. None in the 1901 census).
Anne McKenna married John Conroy at Eskra chapel in 1907 (not 1905).
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1907/10100/5674591.pdf
So you are probably looking for emigration records in 1907 not 1905. Have you
tried Ancestry and Findmypast?
Annie and family in 1901 census:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cecil/Kilnakeery/1725832/
Family in 1911:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Cecil/Kilnaheery/855665/
You mention Joannis Conroy. Many early RC records were kept in Latin. Joannis
or Ioannis is the Latin for John. So he was just John Conroy and would have
been known as that to family and in most other records.
John Conroy’s birth in 1876:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1876/03067/2124319.pdf
John Conroy senior in 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Seskinore/Freughmore/1743719/
Same household in 1911:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Seskinore/Freughmore/872372/
John Controy married Matilda Donaghey in 18770 in Donacavey chapel. He was a
widower:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1870/11369/8174640.pdf
I don’t see a marriage for Arthur McKenna and Bridget Donnelly.
Eskra(gh) Chapel Facebook page. Looks like they have a nice new church:
https://m.facebook.com/people/Eskra-Parish/100067578095264/
Address: Eskra Rd, Omagh BT78 2RJ
As far as finding graves is concerned, I’d start with St Patrick’s (Eskra) in
Clogher. There are 4 or 5 other graveyards in the parish used for RC burials
but I’d start there. Ask at the parish office what records they have. (Probably
none but you never know).
Statutory registration of births, deaths and RC marriages started in 1864.
Prior to that you need to search parish records. They are on-lien free on the
national library site, and also on Ancestry and Findmypast. Some records are
lost, some are incomplete and in some cases they don’t go back too far either.
For example Clogher RC has baptisms from 1856 onwards, marriages from 1825 but
with gaps. Note that there is also a church at Aughintaine which is in the same
parish. They have separate records but they only start in 1870.
In the 1901 census of Tyrone there were 1201 people named McKenna. 1723 named
Donnelly. 65 named Conroy.
Elwyn
On Monday, 10 April 2023, 10:00:14 BST, Annie Kurtz via CoTyroneList
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I’d like to inquire if there are records associated with my family who resided
in the Omagh and Altamuskin area. If there is a different way to go about this,
please let me know.
Rose Ann (Annie) McKenna was born in Omagh on September 1, 1886, in County
Tyrone. Her parents were Bridget (Biddy) ODonnelly, and Arthur McKenna.
She is reported to have married John Joseph Conroy in Eskragh, Tyrone on August
25, 1907, or possibly 1905. She immigrated to the US in 1905 or 1907 according
to census records in the US.
Arthur McKenna was born in 1846.
Bridget was born in 1851. She may have been born in Kilnageer.
They both remained in Ireland until their deaths.
John Joseph Conroy was born in 1876, to Joannis and Matilda Donaghy on January
11, 1876 in Tyrone.
Joannis and Matilda Donaghy appear to have remained in Ireland until their
deaths. Joann is may have resided in Seskinore according to the 1901 census.
Joannis may have passed away in July of 1902. Matilda may have passed away in
Magherafelt, Londonderry on March 18, 1891.
I’d like to know if there are birth, baptism, marriage, or death records for
any of the people outlined above that I might be able to access or see. I am
also interested in any records about their travel to America. John is reported
to have come to New York when he was 14, made his way to Oakland, CA and
started a business. He returned to Ireland and met and married Annie. I have
not been able to locate these records, though the dates I have were provided by
older family.
In addition, I would like to visit the cemeteries where those that remained in
Ireland are buried if possible this July when we visit Ireland if anyone can
point me in the right direction for the correct cemetery. I also wondered if
the church that they would have attended is still in existence today to
possibly see and visit it while we are there. I see some businesses near the
area that are run by McKenna’s and I do wonder if they are distant relatives.
Does anyone know of a group like this for County Longford or County Cork?
Please let me know if you have any questions or need any further information.
Thank you for any help you might be able to offer.
Annie Kurtz=================================
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