Hello All Have been looking at Len’s notes on the Boak family. Was interested because the Boak farm at PeacockBank passed to my family at the end of nineteenth century. The tenancy passed from William Boak to my great, great uncle William McCay about 1896, who then purchased it about 1907. ( Valuation Revision Notes). He was the tenant of neigbouring farms in Rabstown. The 1901 census shows William Boak as a retired farmer, living in Ballyfatten, Urney with his wife Margaret and one domestic servant. The 1911 census shows he is still there with his wife of 52 years and that they had no living children. It is interesting to me that their domestic servant in 1911 is the 15 year old great niece of William McCay. In 2009 I visited Tyrone and had a wander round various cemeteries, including Urney, where I saw the family plot of the Boak family. Margaret died on 20th Nov 2012, aged 82, soon followed by William on 1st Dec 2012, aged 89. I have sent a photo to the Gravestone project but it is not a very clear image. The farm at Peacockbank passed to my grandfather John McCay about 1917 and my father was born and spent the first 18 years of his life there. The last of the farm was sold in 1947, although the house had already gone. I have visited Peacockbank and many of the old buildings are still there although the house my family lived in has been replaced by a modern one. Hope this is of interest to Len or anyone else. Regards Marion Sent from Windows Mail

Just read my post and noticed my mistake. Of course the Boaks died in 1912 not 2012!!!! Sorry Marion Sent from Windows Mail From: [email protected] Sent: ‎Saturday‎, ‎23‎ ‎November‎ ‎2013 ‎15‎:‎45 To: [email protected] Hello All Have been looking at Len’s notes on the Boak family. Was interested because the Boak farm at PeacockBank passed to my family at the end of nineteenth century. The tenancy passed from William Boak to my great, great uncle William McCay about 1896, who then purchased it about 1907. ( Valuation Revision Notes). He was the tenant of neigbouring farms in Rabstown. The 1901 census shows William Boak as a retired farmer, living in Ballyfatten, Urney with his wife Margaret and one domestic servant. The 1911 census shows he is still there with his wife of 52 years and that they had no living children. It is interesting to me that their domestic servant in 1911 is the 15 year old great niece of William McCay. In 2009 I visited Tyrone and had a wander round various cemeteries, including Urney, where I saw the family plot of the Boak family. Margaret died on 20th Nov 2012, aged 82, soon followed by William on 1st Dec 2012, aged 89. I have sent a photo to the Gravestone project but it is not a very clear image. The farm at Peacockbank passed to my grandfather John McCay about 1917 and my father was born and spent the first 18 years of his life there. The last of the farm was sold in 1947, although the house had already gone. I have visited Peacockbank and many of the old buildings are still there although the house my family lived in has been replaced by a modern one. Hope this is of interest to Len or anyone else. Regards Marion Sent from Windows Mail ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message