Carell wrote: > Makenny/Makeny is a townland on the Tyrone/Fermanagh border, > situated in the south/ west of the Parish of Kilskeery. > No records have been found for my Moffat/Moffet/Moffit family > in Makenny prior to the 1825 Tithe or for the Makenny Townland > prior to this date. > In 1879,an 80 year old John Moffit,was the last of eight family > members to leave > Makenny to immigrate to Australia. Two Moffit daughters and one > Moffit son > (of John and Mary (Irvine) Moffit) remained in Ireland or immigrated > elsewhere. > I would love to hear from descendants of other Makenny > ancestors,especially from > those whose families immigrated to Australia,to compare and share > information > about this townland. > Thank you, > Carole (Elliott.) > Researching Moffit, Elliott and Nelson families and looking for > information about > this townland, from Lindsay, Somerville, Hetherington, Irvine/Irwin, > Stewart and > Walker families etc.from Makenny. > > To post a message to the AUS-NSW-SE mailing list, send an email to AUS-NSW-SE@rootsweb.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-SE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Hi Carole (Elliott), I'm related to Mary Hetherington, of Magheraculmoney, Fermanagh N.I. She married John gray of shanmullagh, Fermanagh. Mary anne Gray, 1814-1865, married Thomas Wilson of Lurgan, Co. Armagh N.I.. Margaret Wilson married Joseph Henry wilson Turner, my granfather. My mother was Eunice (Doon/Doonie) Margaret Turner who married Herbert Stanley Spicer. Does any of this information fit in with your research. Regards Dimity