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    1. [CoTyIre] Catherine Carroll nee McCusker and Jane McCusker
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    3. Regarding a Jane McCusker that we found while searching ancestral backgrounds in County Tyrone, unfortunately the only reference was one that is contained in an Ulster Historical Foundation In Depth Search Report that I had done a number of years back. The report stated: "The one connection we have found is a McGarrity/McCusker one. The Jane McGarrity, aged ten in the 1911 census, living with Andrew Bogan's family was actually the daughter of a McCusker (sometimes reported as McCosker), not a McCarroll. Her parents were Thomas McGarrity and Jane McCusker of Augharon (sic)." I believe that should be Agharonan. And if you will do a little research don't forget to use the McCosker name as that was what it was in Griffith's. At that time there were two citations for McCusker (McCosker) in the townland of Agharonan: households numbered 34 and 35 (a) through (c). [It should be noted that the household numbers in Griffith's were not the addresses but the serially numbered leaseholds that were visited. For example, the Patrick McCosker's lived at location numbered 34 on the Griffith's map. When one looks at later ordnance survey maps they may find that the number changes because the number was only the indication that when he visited it was the 34th call in the townland.] There were no McGarrity's located in Agharonan when Griffith's did his survey, but there were a number that lived in surrounding townlands or areas. This leads to further speculation. The Jane McCusker of Augharon may have been the sister of Catherine. But we do lack proof, other than speculation. During the 1924 funeral of Michael Joseph McCarroll, late of Fintona and a native of Eskra (Corkhill) parish, attendees John McCusker of Legamaghery and Patrick Joseph McGarrity of Augharonon were listed as cousins to the deceased. Another reminder, make sure when you do your search that you use the various spellings of both the name and the location as they change over time, as we found out with Patrick McCosker, father of Catherine McCarroll (nee McCusker). In the Griffiths Valuation there was a paucity of McCuskers. It became very clear that most of the McCusker's of later years "started" out as a McCosker, at least according to Griffith.

    02/08/2009 02:52:12