Catherine - Not sure this will help but there was a Keys family at Lifford Parish, Donegal, in mid-17th century. They were connected by marriage with my Polk/Pollock family - you can read about them in "Polk Family and Kinsmen," accessible on-line at https://archive.org/details/polkfamilykinsme00polk See pp.9-13. See also the 1654 Civil survey http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-CivilSurvey1654.html which mentions John and Richard Keyes in Parish of Lifford. >From Burke's Peerage, under Peerage and Baronetage for the Keyes Family, we have the following: "Thomas Keyes, served in the war in Ireland from 1578, first as Assist. To the "Trenchmaster," Sir Richard Hansard. Hansard was sent back to England to raise a Company, which he took to Ireland in 1601, and was joined by Thomas Keyes and his son John. Hansard was eventually appointed Gov. of Lifford, and consolidated his hold on the fords across the Foyle River by building a fort at Lifford. Thomas Keyes, who was by then Hansard's Capt., was granted a plot of land ("one sesiagh") in the vicinity on which to build a house. His son, John, and Roger Tasker, who were Hansard's Lieuts., were given similar plots to build fortified houses to guard another ford at Ballindrait. Hansard's officers did not participate in the distribution of escheated lands on the "Plantation" of Ulster; but Thomas Keyes and Roger Tasker took up and developed land included in Clonleigh, originally granted to the Bishop of Derry. Thomas Keyes's property was Clonfade (afterwards Glenfade) and Roger Tasker's was Cavanacor. " Cavanacor still stands at Ballendrait. The tradition there is that the house was spared by King James II on his retreat from Derry because he had dined at it on his way to the Siege. John Polk Maryland USA -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Catherine Bird via Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:48 PM To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Subject: [CoTyIre] Josiah Keys Biography on Co Tyrone site. 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-mail > com-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 > ************************************************ ------------- 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