Hi, Some time ago I made contact with Elizabeth Marshall of Dunmullan, on this list, and was delighted to find a distant relative. Since then my e-mail has changed (twice!) and a computer crash wiped her information. If someone knows her, or of her, would you kindly forward this e-mail? Thanks, Judith Judith A. Hayman, UE Hamilton, ON, Canada www.ogs.on.ca/hamilton/ www.hotelhayman.ca www.interfilk.org www.filkontario.ca --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Has anyone, particularly in NZ, researched the Keys' family of the Parish of Donaheady? According to the above Biography Josiah Keys had a son William who may have had a family in NZ. I would like to confirm one way of the other whether his father, Joseph, was related to William of Tykernaghan. Joseph is likely to be related to John Keys, 1775 dissenter. Joseph was the Founder and later Elder of the Presbyterian Church at Donamana. Josiah's claim that one of his ancestors fought in the Siege of Derry is interesting. I believe this is likely to be Thomas Keys. Any information on the Keys of Donaheady would be welcome. Catherine Bird Sent from my iPad > On 23 Jun 2015, at 08:05, cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the CoTyroneIreland-D mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, or wish to search or browse the archives or unsubscribe from digest mode and subscribe in list mode, see http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/CoTyroneIreland.html for links and instructions. See http://cotyroneireland.com/ for our associated web site. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. After 183 years Catherine Burns to be returned to Clonoe for > burial (Ulster Ancestry) > 2. these are the names I am interested in Tyrone (Larry McIntosh) > 3. B Specials (Robert Alexander) > 4. Re: CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content (Craig Buchanan) > 5. Re: these are the names I am interested in Tyrone > (Cora-ann@iinet.net.au) > 6. Fw: Hamilton's (DONALD HAMILTON) > 7. Re: B Specials (Ulster Ancestry) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:04:34 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] After 183 years Catherine Burns to be returned to > Clonoe for burial > To: "cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <DUB114-W75ADE9001EA607DBD594DC3A10@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Just shy of one hundred and eighty three years > after she was murdered at the Duffy?s Cut > work site in Pennsylvania, the remains of Catherine Burns will be > returned to her native Co. Tyrone > for commemoration and burial. > > > In 1832, Catherine Burns, a widow at the age of 29, > immigrated to America with her father-in-law, labourer John Burns, on board the > ship John Stamp. After two trying months at sea, they arrived in Philadelphia > on June 23, 1832. > > > Catherine was one of 70 residents of Tyrone > among the 160 passengers to leave for a new life in the new world. Within eight > weeks of their arrival, Catherine and John disappeared from the historic > record. > > > They were among the 57 Irish labourers > hired by Irish-born railroad contractor Philip Duffy to build mile 59 of the > Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, a work site that would become known as > Duffy's Cut and, over a century later, famous for its tragic and mysterious > past. > > > By the end of August 1832, all 57 workers, > Catherine included, were dead. Some perished due to a cholera outbreak that > swept the work site, but most were murdered by locals presumably afraid they to would succumb to the disease. > > > They were forgotten, buried in a mass grave, for > over 100 years. The site and its story have been brought to light over the past > 12 years by brothers Frank and William Watson, a Lutheran minister and a > historian at Immaculata University. The Watson brothers, along with their > colleague Earl Schandelmeier, founded the Duffy?s Cut Project in 2002. Since > then the Duffy?s Cut Project team has worked to excavate the site, identify any > remains, determine the causes of death, and secure funding for the project?s > continued work. > > > As Frank Watson explained, ?All of those > recovered to this date were murdered by blunt force trauma, and one was both > axed and shot in the head. None of the murdered show defensive wounds, > indicating that they may have been tied up prior to being murdered. > > > ?Among the six recovered at Duffy's Cut was the > first man found, 18-year-old > John Ruddy from Donegal, who was reinterred at Holy Family Cemetery > in Ardara, County Donegal on March 2, 2013. > > > The other five men were buried at West Laurel > Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd on March 9, 2012. > > ?The last person recovered at Duffy's Cut in the > summer of 2010 was a woman aged to around 30 years of age by our physical > anthropologist, Dr. Janet Monge of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. This > woman's remains showed that she was used to heavy labour, similar to the men > buried alongside of her in the 1832 railroad fill. She suffered perimortem (at > the time of death) blunt force trauma to her head, as did the men (they were > beaten to death).? > > > IrishCentral last reported on the intentions to > return Catherine home to Co. Tyrone in March, and just this week > Watson was delighted to confirm that the plans are now in place, thanks to > funds raised by the project coordinators and the Philadelphia Irish > community. > > > Her remains will be buried with a full funeral > mass on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at 12:30 pm, at the Clonoe parish, near > Coalisland, Tyrone, with a burial immediately after in the church cemetery. > Father Benny Fee will preside. > > > ?We feel > that there will be an historic bookend placed onto this part of the project, > with Duffy's Cut graves in both Donegal and Tyrone,? Watson said. ?As part of > the journey to bury Catherine Burns, we plan on returning to Ardara to place a > stone over the grave of John Ruddy, as well as over the grave of Catherine > Burns after she is buried in Clonoe.? > > > And what of the other victims? > > > Watson said that he and the rest of the Duffy?s > Cut Project team hope to continue the dig at Duffy's Cut, pending ongoing > negotiations with Amtrak, who own the land. > > It is their mission, he said, ?to make the > recovery of the rest of the Irish labourers buried there possible, and thus to > tell the full story of those who lost their lives helping to build America.? > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:05:40 -0400 > From: Larry McIntosh <larrymcintosh@hotmail.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] these are the names I am interested in Tyrone > To: "CoTyroneIreland-L@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU174-W19A86629A79B91B40EC1C0B2A10@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Henry Allen born 1810 married Mary Jane Hicks in Ireland & moved to Ontario,Canada > Robert Allen born 1805 married Bridget Broderick & moved to Ontario,Canada > Mary Ann Allen born abt 1805 married Robert Monteith & moved to Ontario, Canada > another sister Matilda Allen born 1808, not sure whether she remained in Ireland or went to Canada > > Came to Canada approx. 1838-1840 > > Parents were possibly John Allen & Anne Marshall > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:08:15 -0400 > From: Robert Alexander <ralexander1930@gmail.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] B Specials > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAF0RCQM6LwcfAWooT-3R6xH1A7cokR0+WigWqNoMV-8=STuDAw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Folks, > Does anyone know if enlistment and service records are available for those > in the B Specials in County Tyrone from the date of their formation. > > Robert Alexander > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:17:12 +0200 > From: "Craig Buchanan" <craig.buchanan@mail.com> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <trinity-969f4002-8985-4f3f-a137-36239ad9ecf2-1435022231601@3capp-mailcom-lxa14> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > Len, > > While taking this opportunity to thank you once again for your dedication, > and the time you spend transcribing records for use by others, can I ask if > you have any more background on the "Practical Farmers" list you posed last > week? It was a fairly short list, and I'm wondering if these practical > farmers were the only ones among a larger number doing something specific to > merit the title, or whether they were perhaps the only landowners (as > opposed to tenant farmers) with an interest in farming their own land? If > you've been able to glean any background, it would be good to know. We had > Buchanans farming in Dernaseer a generation later, which is what sparked my > interest. > > Kind regards, > Craig > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:19 PM > From: "Jim McKane via" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > To: "Co Tyrone Ireland" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > *Mann* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1835-1872 > <[1]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html> > *Adams* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1822-1869 > <[2]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html> > *Practical Farmers* in Dromore Parish c1820 > <[3]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html> > ------------- > Our community web-site: [4]http://cotyroneireland.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > References > > 1. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html > 2. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html > 3. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html > 4. http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:07:13 +0800 > From: "Cora-ann@iinet.net.au" <cora-ann@iinet.net.au> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] these are the names I am interested in Tyrone > To: Larry McIntosh <larrymcintosh@hotmail.com> > Cc: "CoTyroneIreland-L@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <C66E045F-B86A-4C04-92E1-7225736AB9D7@iinet.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Mary Ann Allan (1896-1856) was the wife of my great grand uncle Robert Monteith (1808-1885). As you say they moved to Ontario and died there. Robert is the brother of my 2 x great grandfather, Archibald. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 23 Jun 2015, at 4:05 am, Larry McIntosh via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Henry Allen born 1810 married Mary Jane Hicks in Ireland & moved to Ontario,Canada >> Robert Allen born 1805 married Bridget Broderick & moved to Ontario,Canada >> Mary Ann Allen born abt 1805 married Robert Monteith & moved to Ontario, Canada >> another sister Matilda Allen born 1808, not sure whether she remained in Ireland or went to Canada >> >> Came to Canada approx. 1838-1840 >> >> Parents were possibly John Allen & Anne Marshall >> >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:47:06 -0600 > From: "DONALD HAMILTON" <dth43@msn.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] Fw: Hamilton's > To: <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU171-DS1541EDCA682222059D721BAA00@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DONALD HAMILTON<mailto:dth43@msn.com> > > To: Ireland Web Site<mailto:cotyronireland@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 6:51 PM > > Subject: Hamilton's > > > > > Would love to have help with these people: William & Sarah ( Stewart) Hamilton. William B-1800 --d - August of 1847, Claudy, Urney Parrish, Tyrone County. Sarah, B - 1806 -- D-10/20/1875, 1 st Ward Allegheny City. PA, buried in Union Dale Cemetery. Had 8 Children: Martha (Mary) - 1827, Jane - 1831, Sarah Anne - 1834, Elizabeth - 1838, Henry - 1839, John - 1840, Margaret - 1847, and Stewart - 1847. > > > > Have no proof that William died in August of 1847. Sarah came to the States 26 of June, 1848 from Liverpool > England on ship Ashburton, New York Port. > > > > My brick wall is with William. Wanting information on his parents as well as Sarah's. Even a middle name or initial for William would help in searching. Possibly Sarah may carry the middle name of Jane or Ann. > > > > Anything would be much appreciated. > > > > Teresa > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:25:37 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] B Specials > To: "cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <DUB114-W480459234F25FF74413EB7C3A00@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > These are Police service records and exist, but they are closed to the public until 2022 under the 100 year rule. > If you have a specific full name, and other detail such as age at enlistment, home address , whether the person was in the A, B or C Specials etc, then you could make a freedom of information application directly to PRONI, however if there are several men of the same name, then they might not be able to identify your particular one. > In that case they would not release information , but there is no harm in asking. > Either write to them > Access DepartmentPublic Record Office of Northern Ireland > 2 Titanic Boulevard > Titanic Quarter > Belfast > BT3 9HQ or use the on line form > http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/about_proni/freedom_of_information/proni_enquiry_form.htm > Best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > >> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:08:15 -0400 >> To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [CoTyIre] B Specials >> From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> >> Hi Folks, >> Does anyone know if enlistment and service records are available for those >> in the B Specials in County Tyrone from the date of their formation. >> >> Robert Alexander >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COTYRONEIRELAND list administrator, send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the COTYRONEIRELAND mailing list, send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 10, Issue 132 > ************************************************

Mary Ann Allan (1896-1856) was the wife of my great grand uncle Robert Monteith (1808-1885). As you say they moved to Ontario and died there. Robert is the brother of my 2 x great grandfather, Archibald. Sent from my iPad > On 23 Jun 2015, at 4:05 am, Larry McIntosh via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Henry Allen born 1810 married Mary Jane Hicks in Ireland & moved to Ontario,Canada > Robert Allen born 1805 married Bridget Broderick & moved to Ontario,Canada > Mary Ann Allen born abt 1805 married Robert Monteith & moved to Ontario, Canada > another sister Matilda Allen born 1808, not sure whether she remained in Ireland or went to Canada > > Came to Canada approx. 1838-1840 > > Parents were possibly John Allen & Anne Marshall > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a book of which I have a copy "The Protected Years" 1920-1970 which is a history of Clogher District Ulster Special Constabulary. I have Volume 2. It was written and published by a local man so I don't know how available it is but it makes very interesting reading and has lots of photos and names in it Jo Message: 7 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:25:37 +0000 From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] B Specials To: "cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <DUB114-W480459234F25FF74413EB7C3A00@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" These are Police service records and exist, but they are closed to the public until 2022 under the 100 year rule. If you have a specific full name, and other detail such as age at enlistment, home address , whether the person was in the A, B or C Specials etc, then you could make a freedom of information application directly to PRONI, however if there are several men of the same name, then they might not be able to identify your particular one. In that case they would not release information , but there is no harm in asking. Either write to them Access DepartmentPublic Record Office of Northern Ireland 2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter Belfast BT3 9HQ or use the on line form http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/about_proni/freedom_of_information/proni_enquiry_form.htm Best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:08:15 -0400 > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CoTyIre] B Specials > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hi Folks, > Does anyone know if enlistment and service records are available for > those > in the B Specials in County Tyrone from the date of their formation. > > Robert Alexander

I am researching the Wright Family and found a connection To the MaNeely Family of Parish Ballyclog. Is anyone on this list researching the MaNeely's? I am trying to find out how my 3X Great Grandmother Martha Wright is related to this family. Dennis Wright Las Vegas

These are Police service records and exist, but they are closed to the public until 2022 under the 100 year rule. If you have a specific full name, and other detail such as age at enlistment, home address , whether the person was in the A, B or C Specials etc, then you could make a freedom of information application directly to PRONI, however if there are several men of the same name, then they might not be able to identify your particular one. In that case they would not release information , but there is no harm in asking. Either write to them Access DepartmentPublic Record Office of Northern Ireland 2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter Belfast BT3 9HQ or use the on line form http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/about_proni/freedom_of_information/proni_enquiry_form.htm Best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:08:15 -0400 > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CoTyIre] B Specials > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hi Folks, > Does anyone know if enlistment and service records are available for those > in the B Specials in County Tyrone from the date of their formation. > > Robert Alexander > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Len, While taking this opportunity to thank you once again for your dedication, and the time you spend transcribing records for use by others, can I ask if you have any more background on the "Practical Farmers" list you posed last week? It was a fairly short list, and I'm wondering if these practical farmers were the only ones among a larger number doing something specific to merit the title, or whether they were perhaps the only landowners (as opposed to tenant farmers) with an interest in farming their own land? If you've been able to glean any background, it would be good to know. We had Buchanans farming in Dernaseer a generation later, which is what sparked my interest. Kind regards, Craig Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:19 PM From: "Jim McKane via" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> To: "Co Tyrone Ireland" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content *Mann* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1835-1872 <[1]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html> *Adams* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1822-1869 <[2]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html> *Practical Farmers* in Dromore Parish c1820 <[3]http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html> ------------- Our community web-site: [4]http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/mann.html 2. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/adams.html 3. http://www.cotyroneireland.com/occupations/farmers.html 4. http://cotyroneireland.com/

----- Original Message ----- From: DONALD HAMILTON<mailto:dth43@msn.com> To: Ireland Web Site<mailto:cotyronireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 6:51 PM Subject: Hamilton's Would love to have help with these people: William & Sarah ( Stewart) Hamilton. William B-1800 --d - August of 1847, Claudy, Urney Parrish, Tyrone County. Sarah, B - 1806 -- D-10/20/1875, 1 st Ward Allegheny City. PA, buried in Union Dale Cemetery. Had 8 Children: Martha (Mary) - 1827, Jane - 1831, Sarah Anne - 1834, Elizabeth - 1838, Henry - 1839, John - 1840, Margaret - 1847, and Stewart - 1847. Have no proof that William died in August of 1847. Sarah came to the States 26 of June, 1848 from Liverpool England on ship Ashburton, New York Port. My brick wall is with William. Wanting information on his parents as well as Sarah's. Even a middle name or initial for William would help in searching. Possibly Sarah may carry the middle name of Jane or Ann. Anything would be much appreciated. Teresa

Hi Folks, Does anyone know if enlistment and service records are available for those in the B Specials in County Tyrone from the date of their formation. Robert Alexander

Henry Allen born 1810 married Mary Jane Hicks in Ireland & moved to Ontario,Canada Robert Allen born 1805 married Bridget Broderick & moved to Ontario,Canada Mary Ann Allen born abt 1805 married Robert Monteith & moved to Ontario, Canada another sister Matilda Allen born 1808, not sure whether she remained in Ireland or went to Canada Came to Canada approx. 1838-1840 Parents were possibly John Allen & Anne Marshall

Just shy of one hundred and eighty three years after she was murdered at the Duffy’s Cut work site in Pennsylvania, the remains of Catherine Burns will be returned to her native Co. Tyrone for commemoration and burial. In 1832, Catherine Burns, a widow at the age of 29, immigrated to America with her father-in-law, labourer John Burns, on board the ship John Stamp. After two trying months at sea, they arrived in Philadelphia on June 23, 1832. Catherine was one of 70 residents of Tyrone among the 160 passengers to leave for a new life in the new world. Within eight weeks of their arrival, Catherine and John disappeared from the historic record. They were among the 57 Irish labourers hired by Irish-born railroad contractor Philip Duffy to build mile 59 of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, a work site that would become known as Duffy's Cut and, over a century later, famous for its tragic and mysterious past. By the end of August 1832, all 57 workers, Catherine included, were dead. Some perished due to a cholera outbreak that swept the work site, but most were murdered by locals presumably afraid they to would succumb to the disease. They were forgotten, buried in a mass grave, for over 100 years. The site and its story have been brought to light over the past 12 years by brothers Frank and William Watson, a Lutheran minister and a historian at Immaculata University. The Watson brothers, along with their colleague Earl Schandelmeier, founded the Duffy’s Cut Project in 2002. Since then the Duffy’s Cut Project team has worked to excavate the site, identify any remains, determine the causes of death, and secure funding for the project’s continued work. As Frank Watson explained, “All of those recovered to this date were murdered by blunt force trauma, and one was both axed and shot in the head. None of the murdered show defensive wounds, indicating that they may have been tied up prior to being murdered. “Among the six recovered at Duffy's Cut was the first man found, 18-year-old John Ruddy from Donegal, who was reinterred at Holy Family Cemetery in Ardara, County Donegal on March 2, 2013. The other five men were buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd on March 9, 2012. “The last person recovered at Duffy's Cut in the summer of 2010 was a woman aged to around 30 years of age by our physical anthropologist, Dr. Janet Monge of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. This woman's remains showed that she was used to heavy labour, similar to the men buried alongside of her in the 1832 railroad fill. She suffered perimortem (at the time of death) blunt force trauma to her head, as did the men (they were beaten to death).” IrishCentral last reported on the intentions to return Catherine home to Co. Tyrone in March, and just this week Watson was delighted to confirm that the plans are now in place, thanks to funds raised by the project coordinators and the Philadelphia Irish community. Her remains will be buried with a full funeral mass on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at 12:30 pm, at the Clonoe parish, near Coalisland, Tyrone, with a burial immediately after in the church cemetery. Father Benny Fee will preside. “We feel that there will be an historic bookend placed onto this part of the project, with Duffy's Cut graves in both Donegal and Tyrone,” Watson said. “As part of the journey to bury Catherine Burns, we plan on returning to Ardara to place a stone over the grave of John Ruddy, as well as over the grave of Catherine Burns after she is buried in Clonoe.” And what of the other victims? Watson said that he and the rest of the Duffy’s Cut Project team hope to continue the dig at Duffy's Cut, pending ongoing negotiations with Amtrak, who own the land. It is their mission, he said, “to make the recovery of the rest of the Irish labourers buried there possible, and thus to tell the full story of those who lost their lives helping to build America.” best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com

I found two definite and one probable County Tyrone cousins with this test! Il 20/06/2015 06:03, Janet Flandrensis via ha scritto: > FTDNA are offering the Family Finder test for $89 US dollars over this weekend… and is a great > > test to find out your ethnicity break down and cousin matches from both father and mothers > > side of the tree going back atleast 7gens (sometimes more) Depends who else have tested > > and are in the data base. We have found heaps of cousin matches and some are in my paper > > tree so there is a method in the madness of it all….. > > > If you are a doubting Thomas… you may just find your results very interesting…. even if you > > have no matches (which I doubt) you will find lots of interesting clues about kin connections > > and ancient migration trail. It is indeed interesting to see the surname matches that come > > up for cousins… close, and remote and also to see the ethnicity/ancient origins/migration etc… > > so great value. > > > A simple cheeks swab and they do send kits out to all countries. There are also projects for > > most surnames of interest and many that were in County Tyrone and Northern Ireland - there > > are also geography projects for those who find smaller projects re surname… can join multiple > > projects once you have your dna results for Y or Mt and FFinder. If considering a Y test - go for > > atleast a 67 Y test to make it worthwhile or if you can afford bigger do so. > > > Our Fleming project is growing and the new St Andrews Scotland project for Flemish people > > has many surnames and some of them also ended up in Tyrone… ie Frame, Fleming, Stewart, > > Hamilton to name a few. > > Note, I am not a shareholder nor earn income from FTDNA but am a volunteer co-Admin at FTDNA > > and my major interests are the projects for Fleming and Flemish and St Andrews Flemish project. > > If you miss this weekends special Family FInder Test - check the site regularly as they do offer > > specials from time to time. https://www.familytreedna.com/ > > > Please email me at jflemming@iprimus.com.au or jayjaybird7@hotmail.com if you have > > questions. > > Janet in oz > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

*Restoration Strabane, 1660–1740 Economy and society in provincial Ireland *- During the seventeenth century its larger and more imposing neighbour, Derry, often overshadowed Strabane, in the west of Ulster. Yet the story of Strabane in the later seventeenth century is more typical of the urban experience of plantation Ulster generally. This study follows the history of Strabane over the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, a period of social development which is usually little written about in most histories. It explores the role of the landlord, the earls of Abercorn, and the corporation in the development of the town and traces the history of the settlement and economy that emerged as a result of their efforts. It also charts the evolution of local social structures, forged to meet the needs of the fledging town. This includes the emergence of the various confessional communities in Strabane and the relations between them. A pioneering piece of work on one of the small towns of Ireland. Another by William Roulston Link - http://goo.gl/BGtXie

*Foyle Valley Covenanters: A History of Bready Reformed Presbyterian Church 1765-2015 *- In the middle of the eighteenth century a community of Covenanters in the F oyle Valley emerged from the shadows to form a congregation. The first minister was ordained in 1765 and six years later a site at Bready was secured for a meeting house. Since then the members of this small but significant congregation have been active in preserving a Reformed Presbyterian witness in the district as well as contributing to many other aspects of local life. Through a detailed study of the congregational and denominational records, this book explores the ministers and ministries, the life and work of the congregation, the buildings, the families, and the relationship between the Covenanters of Bready and the state. The appendices to the book include an index to the names in the earliest session book (1791-1800). Link - http://goo.gl/6SXz17

So Sorry - I forgot the link in my first email - http://goo.gl/CvT9AR =================== A superbly written and researched book by the premier historical researcher William J. Roulson. Well worth the cost. Jim *Abercorn: The Hamiltons of Barons Court* is a lavishly illustrated book which tells the absorbing story of one of the most remarkable families in British and Irish history from its rise to prominence in late fifteenth century Scotland through to its role today in Northern Ireland and beyond. The story of The Hamiltons of Barons Court is so much more than simply the study of an individual family, however, for it reflects all of the complexities of the history of these islands and challenges many of the preconceived notions associated with a family of noble birth. In fascinating detail the family's contributions to local and national politics, science, the arts, architecture, education, the armed forces, forestry and estate management are all explored, as are their relationships with each other, their tenants, the Royal Family, and other landed families. After more than ten years of detailed research, the author of this magisterial volume is Dr William Roulston who has also written the Foundation's bestselling, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The essential genealogical guide to early modern Ulster 1600-1800.

A superbly written and researched book by the premier historical researcher William J. Roulson. Well worth the cost. Jim *Abercorn: The Hamiltons of Barons Court* is a lavishly illustrated book which tells the absorbing story of one of the most remarkable families in British and Irish history from its rise to prominence in late fifteenth century Scotland through to its role today in Northern Ireland and beyond. The story of The Hamiltons of Barons Court is so much more than simply the study of an individual family, however, for it reflects all of the complexities of the history of these islands and challenges many of the preconceived notions associated with a family of noble birth. In fascinating detail the family's contributions to local and national politics, science, the arts, architecture, education, the armed forces, forestry and estate management are all explored, as are their relationships with each other, their tenants, the Royal Family, and other landed families. After more than ten years of detailed research, the author of this magisterial volume is Dr William Roulston who has also written the Foundation's bestselling, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The essential genealogical guide to early modern Ulster 1600-1800.

Margaret Marion, could you contact me, elainemarleneforbes@yahoo.ca.  I see you are from Oshawa Ontario and researching armstrongs in Northern Ireland. I work in Oshawa and am descended from two different Armstrong families and since my other Irish families are Northern Irish, perhaps my armstrongs are too. From: "cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com> To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 3:00 AM Subject: COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 10, Issue 127 You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the CoTyroneIreland-D mailing list.  If you no longer wish to receive these messages, or wish to search or browse the archives or unsubscribe from digest mode and subscribe in list mode, see http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/CoTyroneIreland.html for links and instructions.  See http://cotyroneireland.com/ for our associated web site. Today's Topics:   1. CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content (Jim McKane)   2. Re: Armstrong of Bracky (Ulster Ancestry)   3. Re: COTTON of Tyrone (Barbara Holt) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 05:48:46 -0400 From: Jim McKane <jim@mckane.ca> Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content To: Co Tyrone Ireland <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Message-ID:     <CAHO_rcDK9t-D_EM2r=DcqZ3yVAQ+8iqTavK89nCr5eJ0JHKXcw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 *Vance* Family Notes, Co. Tyrone 1843-66 <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/vance.html> *Stack *Family Notes, Co. Tyrone, Co. Fermanagh & Dublin 1829-69 <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/stack.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:12:55 +0000 From: Ulster Ancestry <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Armstrong of Bracky To: "cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <DUB114-W512091ADFCEE3280BFFA56C3A50@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In some cases people co-rented a farm with others because they could not afford the full rent or rates on their own. They shared the cost. I have come across this situation several times in different counties and parishes. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > To: mmarion@rogers.com > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 02:04:28 +0100 > CC: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Armstrong of Bracky > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hi Margaret, > > 1.  The church will not photocopy the records.  You need to find someone who > will visit either the church, or PRONI, which has a microfilm of the > records, and copy and digipic the records you want. > C.I. Cooley or Sixmilecross (Armagh diocese) >  Baptisms, 1836-71; marriages, 1836-46; burials, 1837- > 71; confirmations, 1837, 1840, 1843, 1846, 1866, 1870 > and 1873.  PRONI MIC583/7 >  Baptisms, 1872; marriages, 1847; burials, 1872-; vestry > minutes, 1838-. In local custody > > 2.  First, these are farms rather than fields.  But, yes, it was very common > indeed for people to share farms and yes it usually meant that they were > related and if the surnames are not the same, one possible explanation for > that is that they were married to females with the same name.  Finding the > link is never easy as the marriages usually predate the civil records. > > 3.  Tracking changes between the GV and the censuses is now much easier > since the Griffiths Valuation Revision Books went online.  You will find > them here: > http://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx > > Have fun! > > Boyd > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mmarion via > Sent: 18 June 2015 01:11 > To: COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CoTyIre] Armstrong of Bracky > > I have just returned from an incredible week in Ireland.  In our first night > at a bed and breakfast, I met a man from Florida who was able to translate > the Griffitth's valuation map to today's map and give me a gps coordinate > for my Samuel Armstrong of Bracky.  We drove there and when it said we had > arrived, I pulled over.  As I got out of the car, a man was closing a farm > gate.  I told him I was from Canada and I was looking for the Armstrong > fields.  He told me I was looking at them.  He got his mother who's mother > and father were related to the Armstrongs of Bracky.  She says their are two > Armstrong families of Bracky, not related. > I had to share that story.  This has been my brick wall for 20 years. > I have three questions. > 1. The parish at Sixmilecross, St. Michaels, has some BMD records.  I would > like photocopies of the ones relating to Armstrong's of that parish.  Any > suggestions how I go about doing it.  Other than, looking for cheap flights > in October, which I am already doing.  I have been in contact with the > parish, but I can't ask them to copy every record pertaining to an > Armstrong, which is what I want to do.  Actually I would like a copy of > their records, up to 1910.  Would they photocopy them for me, at a price? > Any suggestions? > 2. And in the Griffith's valuation, the Armstrongs of Bracky all seem to > have fields adjacent to each other.  And they even share a field with Thomas > Fields and Jim Fulton.  Would Thomas Fields and Jim Fulton, be related.  For > example, married to a female Armstrong?  Was this common to share a field? > 3. I have started family files for the Armstrongs of Bracky.  I have tracked > the families in the 1901 census and the 1911.  Now I am trying to bring them > backwards to the 1860 Griffith's.  Any suggestions? > Margaret Marion > Oshawa, Ontario, Canada > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                         ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:56:10 +1200 From: Barbara Holt <BHHolt@xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] COTTON of Tyrone To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <55834C8A.7020804@xtra.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Thank you very much, Len Swindley, for your recent email to this list about escaped convict Patrick Cotton of Tyrone.  I am descended from a James Cotton of Tyrone who joined the British Army in the late 1700's. His physical description there is  very similar to the one of Patrick you found. So I am assuming the latter is a relation of mine. I will enjoy putting him in my family history now and keeping a look-out for any descendants of his in Australia.  I, and members of a Cotton family in New Zealand from Derry,  believe we are descendants of Huguenot soldiers named Cottin who settled in Ireland  in the 1690's. If so,  we seem to have kept up our fighting spirit, don't we? Bartbara Holt (in New Zealand). ------------------------------ To contact the COTYRONEIRELAND list administrator, send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-admin@rootsweb.com. 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FTDNA are offering the Family Finder test for $89 US dollars over this weekend… and is a great test to find out your ethnicity break down and cousin matches from both father and mothers side of the tree going back atleast 7gens (sometimes more) Depends who else have tested and are in the data base. We have found heaps of cousin matches and some are in my paper tree so there is a method in the madness of it all….. If you are a doubting Thomas… you may just find your results very interesting…. even if you have no matches (which I doubt) you will find lots of interesting clues about kin connections and ancient migration trail. It is indeed interesting to see the surname matches that come up for cousins… close, and remote and also to see the ethnicity/ancient origins/migration etc… so great value. A simple cheeks swab and they do send kits out to all countries. There are also projects for most surnames of interest and many that were in County Tyrone and Northern Ireland - there are also geography projects for those who find smaller projects re surname… can join multiple projects once you have your dna results for Y or Mt and FFinder. If considering a Y test - go for atleast a 67 Y test to make it worthwhile or if you can afford bigger do so. Our Fleming project is growing and the new St Andrews Scotland project for Flemish people has many surnames and some of them also ended up in Tyrone… ie Frame, Fleming, Stewart, Hamilton to name a few. Note, I am not a shareholder nor earn income from FTDNA but am a volunteer co-Admin at FTDNA and my major interests are the projects for Fleming and Flemish and St Andrews Flemish project. If you miss this weekends special Family FInder Test - check the site regularly as they do offer specials from time to time. https://www.familytreedna.com/ Please email me at jflemming@iprimus.com.au or jayjaybird7@hotmail.com if you have questions. Janet in oz

These are the new names I am interested in for Co Tyrone They would all be about 1700s Co Tyrone James Phillips b. 1780 Tyrone m. Mary Jane Cotton b.1787 Tyrone d. Ontario Canada (tbc) Joseph R Cotton b. 1760 Omagh NI m Elizabeth Frame b. 1764 Rylands Drumragh Ireland (tbc) My other surnames of interest are Fleming/Flemming, Griffith/Griffen/Griffin, Somerville/Summerfield Wilson, Rutledge, All from around Dromore Tyrone in the 1800s origins some in Co Tyrone may have had Flemish-Flanders or Frenchy Flemish origins jayjaybird7@hotmail.com or jflemming@iprimus.com.au Janet of oz aka Flandrensis

Hello Robert and Listers, Thank you for your posting re. Strabane Workhouse during the Famine. Listers may not be aware that a complete transcription of this tragic incident published in the Londonderry Journal, December 11 1847 is on our CTI website: http://www.cotyroneireland.com/traumatic/gilroy.html The origins of the Gilroy family is actually reported as Manorhamilton in Co. Leitrim (not Manorcunningham, Co. Donegal as quoted by Willie John Carlin) where a Thomas Gilroy (a close relation?) was recorded at Drummans, Manorhamilton in Griffiths Valuation c1860. Yes, the late Willie John Carlin of Strabane had a special interest in the Strabane workhouse and I fondly recall meeting with him; he generously gave me copies of extracts of the Strabane Board of Guardians’ minutes 1850-55. Listers may find the following interesting: Workhouses were indeed grim places, but during the Famine 1845-49, the starving and the desperate were clamouring at the gates seeking admission. Weekly reports were published in the local press, i.e. Londonderry Standard January 9, 1849 Strabane Union - Remaining in the house on Saturday 6th January, 781; admitted during the week 71; born 2; died 3; discharged 14; remaining 837. Number in corresponding week last year, 876 A small section of the workhouse survives as the local Council offices and there is a memorial in the grounds at the rear commemorating the paupers’ graveyard (sadly, no record of burials has survived and all graves are unmarked). My interest in Strabane workhouse is that my 16 years old g-g grandmother and two sisters were sent from there to Melbourne in 1849 as part of a group of girls from Strabane taking part in the Westminster-devised Irish Female Orphan Scheme. Some 5,000 girls from workhouses across Ireland were sent to Australia 1848-50 in an attempt to reduce the number of orphan girls housed in workhouses during the Famine years. They were described as a “Permanent Deadweight” upon the local ratepayers who were taxed to support their union workhouse. Strabane Union covered parishes in both Tyrone and Donegal. The Famine paupers generally, were starving, dressed in rags and had no homes – whole families were reduced to wandering the roads begging and sleeping rough. Certainly they sought shelter against the workhouse walls during harsh weather, but not one of them would have possessed a penny to pay the porter, not even a farthing. It is difficult to relay the desperation of these folks. Girls selected for emigration to Australia were transported to the nearest port where they embarked for Plymouth where they boarded emigrant ships and undertook the three-month journey to Australia, disembarking in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. They were universally maligned by the colonists and the scheme was abandoned in 1850. Trust this contributes to listers knowledge of the Famine times and regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia -----Original Message----- From: fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com mailto:fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ulster Ancestry via Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2015 9:12 PM To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com; cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD The Penny Lean Willie Carlin writing in the book Workhouses of the North West tells of unearthing this sad story from the files of a local newspaper the Tyrone Constitution. The title for the report "A sad Christmas" is I think somewhat understated and in our World of plenty it is hard to imagine or comprehend such hardshipand suffering. Thomas Gilroy, a native of Manorcunningham County Donegal, left his home with his young wife and six children in search of employment in the City of Glasgow. He arrived there early in August 1847 but by the time November came there was little work to be had and no food or shelter. His wife was taken ill with fever,followed by Thomas and three of the children, two of whom died. Weak and straving,unable to care for his wife and four remaining children,Thomas was given the sum of two shillings and sixpence and he and his family were put on a boat to Derry Quay. When they arrived at the Londonderry Workhouse they were refused admission because they had no transfer documentation. They were told to go on to Strabane 14 miles away. After sheltering overnight from the cold and miserable weather, the sad bedragled little group set out the next day to walk the 14 miles to Strabane. The only food to be had was raw turnips which they found growing in fields along the way. They were barely able to stand when they got to Strabane Workhouse on the 10th of December. When they asked to be admitted they were again turned away because they had no official identification. Eventually they found shelter at Melmount with an old woman who had little food to spare herself. Starved and exhausted Thomas Gilroy lay down on the damp earth alongside his family. Early on the morning of the 17th of December Thomas and his youngest child, died. The inquiry that followed found they had died from starvation. The gate keeper at the workhouse was reprimanded for ignoring the plight of the Gilroy family,and Mrs Gilroy and her three surviving children were taken into workhouse care. The old lady whose cabin they had shared at Melmount was given a subscription for laying out the bodies of Thomas and his child,before they were carried to the paupers graveyard for burial