I notice the below mentions a 1835 Church census for Dromore Presbyterian Church. Was there a census in 1835 for all Presbyterian churches in Ireland? Darrel Hockley From: Larry and Debbie MacDonald via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> To: COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 9:57 AM Subject: [CoTyIre] Thomas Cosgrove (McCusker) Ggrandfather William Cosgrove’s birth entry in a family bible in Scotland showed 25 Sep 1849 Drumardnagross.  The writing apparently is hard to decipher (I have not seen the entry).  His Scottish marriage and death give his parents as Thomas Cosgrove, labourer and Dorothy Gilmore.  No one was ever aware if William had siblings.  I requested PRONI search baptismal records from Kilskeery parish around 1849 for William’s baptism but it was not found. The above information ties in with the marriage that took place at Dromore Presbyterian church 24 April 1846 between Thomas McCusker, 26, farmer, resident of Drumardnagross, s/o Henry McCusker, farmer and Dorothea Gilmour, 24, resident of Knockaraven, d/o William Gilmour, farmer.  The 1835 Church census for Dromore Presbyterian showed William Gilmour, his wife Mary and children Jane, Dolly (Dorothy), Margaret, Eliza, and Helen.  Eliza married in 1849 in the Dromore church to John Crozier and Thomas McCusker was a witness. The next evidence I have of Thomas and Dorothy is the baptism of a daughter Margaret.  Derryvullan church records show Irvinestown Methodist Baptism of Margaret b. 28 Feb 1853 and bap. 21 Mar 1853.  Parents Thomas and Doroatha Cosgrove.  I haven’t been able to trace Margaret. I suspect that Thomas and Dorothy also had a son Thomas born around 1855.  Thomas Cosgrove, 22, shoemaker, s/o Thomas Cosgrove, labourer married 26 Jan 1880 at Dromore Presbyterian to Isabella Gilmour, 22, d/o James Gilmour, carpenter.  Witnesses were John M. Price and King William Price III.  King William plays a part further on in this family story.  I suspect he was a cousin of Thomas’.  I followed this family as they had a daughter Dorothy.  She died as a child in Scotland and I have been able to find out so much information about this family but never the death of Thomas.  Sometime after 1900 he vanishes.  I had wanted to see his parentage from a death registration to see if he actually tied in with William. Griffiths Valuation and PRONI Valuation Revision Books show Thomas Cosgrove resident of Drumardnagross from 1860 until 1867 when his name is crossed out of the books.  There are a number of newspaper articles with the notice of an insolvency hearing heard in Omagh in January 1869.  At that time it was cleared.  Irish Law Times show the petition was filed 09 Dec 1868.  It further states Thomas Cosgrove of Grennan, Tyrone, herd and caretaker previously of Knockaraven, car driver, formerly of Drumardnagross, farmer. That is when I lose track of Thomas entirely.  Death of Dorothy Cosgrove 03 Feb 1890 at Garvagh.  She is a widow of a labourer, and the informant is her nephew, King W. Price.  With his name as informant and also as witness to the young Thomas Cosgrove’s marriage there would seem to be a definite family connection.  He was born around 1840 in Clanobogan (sp) Derry.  Perhaps a sister of Dorothy’s became the second wife of King William’s father.  There is a marriage between a SAmuel Price to Marianne Price in Errigal Derry in 1847 which might tie in as Marianne’s father was a William Gilmour, farmer. I have searched through the GRONI site trying to find a possible death for Thomas and nothing seems to fit.  Can anyone suggest logical search parameters to enter into this site for Thomas’ death. Debbie ------------- 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