Hello Jack. Sorry I have taken so long to get back to you and thank you for your response to my posting. I have had some success from the posting and now have contact with some new Barlow cousins, which is all very exciting to say the least. I do hope that my luck holds up and I find some more cousins of a different stamp. I see that the author of the book "Aghadowey" is a Mullin. I wonder if this could be a connection to my Mullan line. In New Zealand there is a family of Mullins who are said to be related to our Barlows. Some of the records for this family show a marked variation in the spelling of the name and because the name seems to be not common could there be a connection. Oh well here we go down another lane or is that up another tree? Thanks again and best regards Greg.

1825 Visitation list of The Rev. Brown of Garvaugh http://www.4qd.org/bann/Visits/1825.html David Nicholson

Hello from Australia . Is there anyone researching the Gass Family in Co. Monaghan . Their church was the Ballyalbany Presbyterian church. Laurie

An Historical Account of the MACDONNELS Of Antrim: Including Notices of some other Septs, Irish and Scottish, Rev George Hill, 1873, pp 389- 393, it outlines the Will of a William Boyd of the "towne of Dunluce" It says that his wife is "Catharine Mcgdmartine? What might the "Mcgdmartine" be. MY GUESS is McMartin, but not being very skilled in the cuurent English lauguage, I am not sure what the 1614 version might be. The other intersting thng is the use of the Term "towne of Dunluce". On the maps that I have there is no such thing. Iam aware from my visit in 2004, that there is a Dunluce parish, as the church of that name is on the western side of Bushmills. In 1624, could there have been a "town" around or opposite where Dunluce Castle . While across the A2 on its south side is a sign for "antiquity" and a few hundred yards further is written "Church" This I assume is in ruin. Thank you for your assistance Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust

Thank to those that replied. It was the differnt spelling that caused me not to find it. The moden map has it spelt as Kilraghts whihc is on the B 16 road from Ballymoney to Armoy. Thank you Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:37 PM Subject: [Derry] Parish of Kilraughts > Could a member of this group let me where the Parsih of Kilraughts is > please. > >>From the reference I am looking at it would appear to be between the Bush >>River and the Bann River. > > I have the Coleraine 1: 50,000 series map, so if you are able to give me > some town or roads to guide me, that would be much appreciated. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Could a member of this group let me where the Parsih of Kilraughts is please. From the reference I am looking at it would appear to be between the Bush River and the Bann River. I have the Coleraine 1: 50,000 series map, so if you are able to give me some town or roads to guide me, that would be much appreciated. Mike Boyd Brisbane

It is thought this Josoeph Boyd came from Dervock but his wife came from Co. Derry:- 1. JOSEPH BOYD (Source: (1) Michael Anderson & Larry Boyd, Anderson/Boyd Research., (2) Glin Bennet, Bristol England, Glin Bennet Files.) was born Bet. 1730 - 1745 in Dervock, Co. Antrim? Poyntzpass, Co. Armagh? Co. Monaghan?. He married ELIZABETH MCCLELLAND (Source: (1) Michael Anderson & Larry Boyd, Anderson/Boyd Research., (2) Glin Bennet, Bristol England, Glin Bennet Files.), daughter of FATHER OF ELIZABETH MCCLELLAND. She was born Bet. 1735 - 1750 in County Derry. From the date of the children, I would estimate they were married about 1760. Which would mean that they were most likely born about 1730-1740. Does anyone recognise the McClelland family that Elizabeth came from. As there were Boyds in the Dervock area as early as 1611, it is know know if Joseph Boyd is part of that family or from a second Boyd family. Mike Boyd Brisbane

In the book Three Hundred Years in Innishowen, by Amy Isabell Young, 1924, page 292 where she is outlining the Boyds of Ballycastle Amy wrote:- Thomas Boyd of Carncogie was a Scotsman, and was made a denisen of Ireland 29 Jan. 1611. He also held lands of Ballyhibistocke in 1631 and brought Lisconane in 1620. He died 15 Aug. 1634, having married circa 1611 Elizabeth Seton or Smeeton. Are these list available today - if so where? And does it give any details about Thomas Boyd? Thank you Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee House of Boyd Society Brisbane

Jack In the early 1990's I was cummuicating with a Jim Devitt of FL.over a Boyd family from Loughros Point - some of whom, I know think came to the Killybegs/Bruckless area. He was in his late 70's in that period. I know he wrote at least two books on the Boyds - whose names I do not know - but he was going to make copies for his family and the Library of Congress and LDS Library at Salt Lake City. I could not say if he wrote anything on the Devitts, but it may be worth checking with either Library. If you nneeed any other details, I will have to search through my letters of the early 1990's for you to get his address etc. These Boyd were Church of Ireland, as when I was there last year, I went to Church at Ardara and got passed along to 6 different families during the rest of the day. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Devitt" <7kk9800231@kknet.co.th> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: [Derry] Devitt, Bear--Loughinsholin Barony > Hello Listers, > My DEVITT family I have traced to William DEVITT (1815-1864) who was a > fisherman living on Croaghlin Road in Killybegs, Donegal. His mother > Margaret died in 1871 and is noted as being "fifty years sextoness of this > parish church" (Church of Ireland, Killybegs), placing them in Killybegs > at least as far back as 1821. I know little of William's father, not even > his name, except that he was a teacher and had died prior to 1847, when > Margaret was known to be a widow. > I have a letter written by William's son in 1898, after emigrating to > Philadelphia in 1871, that relates "Grandfather's mother was Lord BEAR's > daughter of Londonderry. Grandfather's father was coachman to Lord BEAR > and fell in love with his daughter. Her father told her that if she > married DEVITT he would disown her. She did marry DEVITT and her father > turned her out of home. She died in giving birth to her first child which > was grandfather. Died of a broken heart. The DEVITTS took the child and > raised it. He was a schoolteacher". > The child mentioned would be Margaret's husband and William's father. > In the seventies, I had the Ulster Historical Foundation do an > extensive search to locate a Lord BEAR of Londonderry, to no avail. > However, there were BEARs found in the Maghera/Castledawson area, > including one Peeter BEAR, who is listed as having rented the manor of > Castledawson around 1720-1740. As well, there is a William DEVITT, on a > 1622 muster list, listed, oddly enough, among the British inhabitants of > the Vintner's Proportion (Bellaghy, just 5 km. NE of Castledawson), the > earliest record of a DEVITT which I have found. > I have always assumed that the DEVITTs came from the McDEVITTs of > Inishowen, and this early DEVITT might have been a survivor of Sir Cahir > O'Doherty's ill-fated rebellion of 1608, after which the McDEVITTs were > disparagingly referred to as "burnderries" due to their role in firing the > town. Wanting to blend in with the winning side, he would have opted to > drop the "Mc" prefix, but this is only my conjecture. > Are there any 17-18 century historians on the list who might give me > some further leads to tracking down this story, which is, so far, the only > clue to my early family origins? > Jack in Thailand > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Mike, Many thanks. I likewise was in correspondence with Jim Devitt in the early nineties, and in 1994 obtained a copy of his "Devitt and Haslam Families" regarding the families and descendants of John Devitt and Ann Haslam of Loughros Point, which is quite extensive at about 650 pages. Just looked, and see three full pages of Boyds in his alphabetical index. John Devitt spent 20 years in the US (1847-67) and returned and bought what came to be known as "Devitt's Cottage" from Robert Boyd, "the Methodist" at Loughros Point. Jim's John Devitt had a cousin, also John Devitt, who emigrated to Berry, Kiama in 1858, followed by his cousin William Cooke about five years later. Many Boyds, McKees, etc. intermarried with them both before and after emigrating, and most seemed to be Methodists. It seems likely that Jim's Devitts and mine must be connected, but were never able to establish that for a fact, as his history disappears in the early 1800's, as does mine. My ggg grandmother Margaret was said to be "a broad-minded woman for her day" and liked to attend the Methodist Church, in spite of her being sextoness of the local C of I. Jim was born in 1914, and my recent attempts to reestablish correspondence with him has not produced any response. Anyhow, thanks. It is indeed a small world, after all! Jack from Thailand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [Derry] Devitt, Bear--Loughinsholin Barony > Jack > In the early 1990's I was cummuicating with a Jim Devitt of FL.over a Boyd > family from Loughros Point - some of whom, I know think came to the > Killybegs/Bruckless area. He was in his late 70's in that period. > > I know he wrote at least two books on the Boyds - whose names I do not > know - but he was going to make copies for his family and the Library of > Congress and LDS Library at Salt Lake City. I could not say if he wrote > anything on the Devitts, but it may be worth checking with either Library. > If you nneeed any other details, I will have to search through my letters > of the early 1990's for you to get his address etc. > > These Boyd were Church of Ireland, as when I was there last year, I went > to Church at Ardara and got passed along to 6 different families during > the rest of the day. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Devitt" <7kk9800231@kknet.co.th> > To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:28 PM > Subject: [Derry] Devitt, Bear--Loughinsholin Barony > > >> Hello Listers, >> My DEVITT family I have traced to William DEVITT (1815-1864) who was a >> fisherman living on Croaghlin Road in Killybegs, Donegal. His mother >> Margaret died in 1871 and is noted as being "fifty years sextoness of >> this parish church" (Church of Ireland, Killybegs), placing them in >> Killybegs at least as far back as 1821. I know little of William's >> father, not even his name, except that he was a teacher and had died >> prior to 1847, when Margaret was known to be a widow. >> I have a letter written by William's son in 1898, after emigrating to >> Philadelphia in 1871, that relates "Grandfather's mother was Lord BEAR's >> daughter of Londonderry. Grandfather's father was coachman to Lord BEAR >> and fell in love with his daughter. Her father told her that if she >> married DEVITT he would disown her. She did marry DEVITT and her father >> turned her out of home. She died in giving birth to her first child >> which was grandfather. Died of a broken heart. The DEVITTS took the >> child and raised it. He was a schoolteacher". >> The child mentioned would be Margaret's husband and William's father. >> In the seventies, I had the Ulster Historical Foundation do an >> extensive search to locate a Lord BEAR of Londonderry, to no avail. >> However, there were BEARs found in the Maghera/Castledawson area, >> including one Peeter BEAR, who is listed as having rented the manor of >> Castledawson around 1720-1740. As well, there is a William DEVITT, on a >> 1622 muster list, listed, oddly enough, among the British inhabitants of >> the Vintner's Proportion (Bellaghy, just 5 km. NE of Castledawson), the >> earliest record of a DEVITT which I have found. >> I have always assumed that the DEVITTs came from the McDEVITTs of >> Inishowen, and this early DEVITT might have been a survivor of Sir Cahir >> O'Doherty's ill-fated rebellion of 1608, after which the McDEVITTs were >> disparagingly referred to as "burnderries" due to their role in firing >> the town. Wanting to blend in with the winning side, he would have opted >> to drop the "Mc" prefix, but this is only my conjecture. >> Are there any 17-18 century historians on the list who might give me >> some further leads to tracking down this story, which is, so far, the >> only clue to my early family origins? >> Jack in Thailand >> >> >>

Hello Anne and thanks for the response. I must say that I don't know. I suspect it was Aghadowey. There is a George O'Kane who was witness at the marriage of Michael Reid and Agnes Barlow. He could be the same person who married Rose Barlow. It is my guess at this stage that Rose and George married in Aghadowey. Regards Greg. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Thompson" <anne@listercentral.com> To: "Kay and Greg Blackburn" <kayandgregb@paradise.net.nz> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 2:58 AM Subject: O'KANE FAMILY > Hi > > I noticed that one of the names you are researching is O'KANE. > > My O'KaANES come from Maghera Co Derry. Any connection? > > Anne

Hello Listers, My DEVITT family I have traced to William DEVITT (1815-1864) who was a fisherman living on Croaghlin Road in Killybegs, Donegal. His mother Margaret died in 1871 and is noted as being "fifty years sextoness of this parish church" (Church of Ireland, Killybegs), placing them in Killybegs at least as far back as 1821. I know little of William's father, not even his name, except that he was a teacher and had died prior to 1847, when Margaret was known to be a widow. I have a letter written by William's son in 1898, after emigrating to Philadelphia in 1871, that relates "Grandfather's mother was Lord BEAR's daughter of Londonderry. Grandfather's father was coachman to Lord BEAR and fell in love with his daughter. Her father told her that if she married DEVITT he would disown her. She did marry DEVITT and her father turned her out of home. She died in giving birth to her first child which was grandfather. Died of a broken heart. The DEVITTS took the child and raised it. He was a schoolteacher". The child mentioned would be Margaret's husband and William's father. In the seventies, I had the Ulster Historical Foundation do an extensive search to locate a Lord BEAR of Londonderry, to no avail. However, there were BEARs found in the Maghera/Castledawson area, including one Peeter BEAR, who is listed as having rented the manor of Castledawson around 1720-1740. As well, there is a William DEVITT, on a 1622 muster list, listed, oddly enough, among the British inhabitants of the Vintner's Proportion (Bellaghy, just 5 km. NE of Castledawson), the earliest record of a DEVITT which I have found. I have always assumed that the DEVITTs came from the McDEVITTs of Inishowen, and this early DEVITT might have been a survivor of Sir Cahir O'Doherty's ill-fated rebellion of 1608, after which the McDEVITTs were disparagingly referred to as "burnderries" due to their role in firing the town. Wanting to blend in with the winning side, he would have opted to drop the "Mc" prefix, but this is only my conjecture. Are there any 17-18 century historians on the list who might give me some further leads to tracking down this story, which is, so far, the only clue to my early family origins? Jack in Thailand

Wed, Don't recall your two small towns, although it was 1987 when I visited there, and probably would have driven through them on the way west. You probably already have seen the Presbyterian church registry in which your g-grandparents marriage is listed, but if not, here's the link http://www.4qd.org/bann/church/AghadoweyPresby/MarriagesBook1.html Good luck, Jack in Thailand ----- Original Message ----- From: "wed wilson" <wedwilli@atlantic.net> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 10:53 PM Subject: [Derry] Aghadowey > Hi Listers > I too envy Jack and Mike for having visited Aghadowey. I > wonder if either remember 2 small towns to the west of Aghadowey: > BALLYNACALLY and CROCKINDOLLAH. My g-grandfather William McAllister was > born in Ballynacally.in 1822. My g-grandmother, Margaret Knox was born in > Crockindollah in 1825. They were married in the Aghadowey Presbyterian > Church in 1852. They had nine children and all came to the US in 1871 to > settle in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Any information on these families > would be greatly appreciated. Wed Wilson, Lake City, Florida > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >

Hello Mike and thanks for the response. It is certainly nice to hear from someone who has been to the valley and seen the land. I envy you and your visit to Aghadowey, even if it was in the wet. The wet of course should not have been too much of a problem for a Queenslander. I have a sister in Brisbane and I was able to experience the 'wet' in Brisbane when I visited her. Jokes aside thanks. I will get the team onto the task of drafting a letter ASAP. This does look like the way to go. Regards Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: "Kay and Greg Blackburn" <kayandgregb@paradise.net.nz>; <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Derry] New Listers Interests - Reid, Barlow, (O')Reilly, Hogan, Kelaghan, M(i?)leary, MacDonald, O'Kane, O'Hara, Caldwell, Mullan, Taylor, McGinness, McIlroy. > Greg > There are two Churches in Aghadowey "village" One is Catholic and the other > is Presbyterian The Presbyterian is a Mother Church and was founded in the > mid 1600's > > I would write to the Priest, Catholic Church, B 66 Road, Aghadowey, Northern > Ireland. There is only a main street, so the post man should not have any > difficulty find it. You would need to inclose a SAE and stamp coupons > > (In 2004, when I was staying in a hotel in Ballycastle. In the man in the > Hotel actually rang the Priest of the Catholic Church to find out for me, so > I could go to the Church where a Boyd had a Minister in the late 1600's). > > Or you may be able to go to the website of the Catholic Church at > Londonderry City to find out if each Church has a Email address. > > Aghadowey, the day I was there was raining, so I could not get a very good > look but it was farming country. However in the early 1800's, it may have > been a coach stop between Ballymoney and Londonderry. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane

Greg, Some years back I was in Aghadowey looking for Devitt ancestors in Ballydevitt townland (didn't find any) but met up with Rev. T.H. Mullin, author of "Aghadowey, a Parish and its Linen Industry", and obtained a copy of his book. In the book are some most useful appendices, which I have noticed are now online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirldy/aghadowey/ag_index.htm You might have a look at these to see if any of yours are listed. Jack in Thailand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay and Greg Blackburn" <kayandgregb@paradise.net.nz> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:48 AM Subject: [Derry] New Listers Interests - Reid, Barlow, (O')Reilly, Hogan, Kelaghan, M(i?)leary, MacDonald, O'Kane, O'Hara, Caldwell, Mullan, Taylor, McGinness, McIlroy. > Hello all on the list. Greetings from New Zealand's deep south where the > winter frosts > are > upon the ground. > > My Reid and Barlow families were Catholic to the best of my knowledge. > Over the last 20 > years or so these families have been researched by a number of my cousins > (some of whom > are now deceased) and now we see that this is the time to clarify the > research to date > and see if we can make contact with the descendants of those who stayed at > home on the > old sod. > > To start we have MICHAEL REID m MARGARET BARLOW before 1819. Both would > have been born > before 1800. They and their family appear to have lived in Desertlyn, > Aghadowey and > Glendermot. There is no known occupation for Michael. > > Their son BERNARD REID m MARY (O')REILLY before 1846. Bernard was born > 1819 in Derry. > Mary was born in Mullinger, West Meath in 1822. Her parents were MICHAEL > (O')REILLY and > CATHERINE HOGAN. We have no other information on either the male or female > side of this > family. We do not know how these southern families came to be in Derry. > > The occupation of Bernard Reid was Grocer/Publican. He is known to have > lived in > Glendermot and probably in Aghadowey. > > The children of Bernard Reid and Mary (O')Reilly are. > > 1 MICHAEL REID b 1847 a baker, m AGNES LOUISE BARLOW 20 Oct 1866 in the > Catholic Chapel > of Mullahinch, Aghadowey, Coleraine. > 2 PATRICK ROBERT REID born 1848 (occupation unknown) m ELLEN MILLEARY ( > this surname is > misspelt or corrupted) 19 Apr 1871 in Carrick-on-Shannon. > 3 MARY-JANE REID born 1850. m. in New Zealand. > 4 MARGARET REID born 1852 m. in New Zealand > 5 JOHN BERNARD REID born 1852 m. ELIZABETH KELAGHAN 1872 in Ireland > (Derry) > 6 ELLEN ALICE REID born 1854. m. in New Zealand. > 7 HUGH REID born 1856. m. in New Zealand. > > All of Bernard and Mary's family migrated to New Zealand in either 1874 or > 1875. (They > were on 3 ships) A total of 12 adults and 8 children. > > Patrick and John worked in the New Zealand Post Office. Hugh for the New > Zealand > Railways. > > AGNES LOUISE BARLOW is the daughter of RICHARD BARLOW a miller and MARY > (FLORA) MACDONALD > born 1846 Ballydevitt, Aghadowey. > > The known children of Richard Barlow and Mary MacDonald are. > > 1ELIZABETH BARLOW born 1829. May have married GEORGE CALDWELL. (There is a > data conflict > here). > 2 SARAH BARLOW born 1830 m. PATRICK O'HARA in Cincinnati Ohio 1853/1854. > 3 ANN BARLOW born 1839 m JAMES TAYLOR a horse trainer and Jockey, 1860. To > Glasgow, > Scotland. > 4 MARY BARLOW born 184? m JEREMIAH MULLAN 1864 > 5 ROSE BARLOW born ???? m 1, GEORGE O'KANE 2, CLAKE McILROY > 6 JANE BARLOW born 1844 m. 1. JOHN MCGINNESS 1863 in Ireland. 2. ARTHUR > MacDONALD in > Montreal Canada. > 7 AGNES LOUISE born 1846. m. MICHAEL REID 1866. > > I do not know if there is any relationship between Margaret Barlow the > wife of Michael > Reid the oldest of my Reid family and Richard Barlow the father of Agnes > Barlow who > married Margaret's grandson Michael Reid in 1866. > > I can not speak for all of the above family details. There is some > confusion and there > are some conflicts. Many of these details were given to me and in this way > the task has > fallen to me to see which way fact can be sifted from fiction. Thanks in > advance for any > and all help which may be given. > > Regards Greg in New Zealand. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Max. What do you mean by Church of Templemore ?? Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max" <dormax@netspace.net.au> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 1:17 PM Subject: [Derry] New to List > Hello.. > > I am new to the Derry List, > > and would like to ask if anyone can assist me please.. > > I live in Australia (Queensland) > > and have just this day found out that my > GG Grandmother was married in Derry > Via a certificate from the GRO.. > her name was Mary Layfield nee Anderson (widow) > marrying a Henry Hume in 1846 in the church of Templemore. > > My question is where can I find if her previous husband > Robert Marquis Layfield, my G G Grandfather died and in Londonderry > > as he was born in Sligo and I have not found anything about him in that > district.. > > can anyone advise me where and what records are available either online > or via LDS films > > hoping someone can help me > > Regards > > Max Layfield > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Hello all on the list. Greetings from New Zealand's deep south where the winter frosts are upon the ground. My Reid and Barlow families were Catholic to the best of my knowledge. Over the last 20 years or so these families have been researched by a number of my cousins (some of whom are now deceased) and now we see that this is the time to clarify the research to date and see if we can make contact with the descendants of those who stayed at home on the old sod. To start we have MICHAEL REID m MARGARET BARLOW before 1819. Both would have been born before 1800. They and their family appear to have lived in Desertlyn, Aghadowey and Glendermot. There is no known occupation for Michael. Their son BERNARD REID m MARY (O')REILLY before 1846. Bernard was born 1819 in Derry. Mary was born in Mullinger, West Meath in 1822. Her parents were MICHAEL (O')REILLY and CATHERINE HOGAN. We have no other information on either the male or female side of this family. We do not know how these southern families came to be in Derry. The occupation of Bernard Reid was Grocer/Publican. He is known to have lived in Glendermot and probably in Aghadowey. The children of Bernard Reid and Mary (O')Reilly are. 1 MICHAEL REID b 1847 a baker, m AGNES LOUISE BARLOW 20 Oct 1866 in the Catholic Chapel of Mullahinch, Aghadowey, Coleraine. 2 PATRICK ROBERT REID born 1848 (occupation unknown) m ELLEN MILLEARY ( this surname is misspelt or corrupted) 19 Apr 1871 in Carrick-on-Shannon. 3 MARY-JANE REID born 1850. m. in New Zealand. 4 MARGARET REID born 1852 m. in New Zealand 5 JOHN BERNARD REID born 1852 m. ELIZABETH KELAGHAN 1872 in Ireland (Derry) 6 ELLEN ALICE REID born 1854. m. in New Zealand. 7 HUGH REID born 1856. m. in New Zealand. All of Bernard and Mary's family migrated to New Zealand in either 1874 or 1875. (They were on 3 ships) A total of 12 adults and 8 children. Patrick and John worked in the New Zealand Post Office. Hugh for the New Zealand Railways. AGNES LOUISE BARLOW is the daughter of RICHARD BARLOW a miller and MARY (FLORA) MACDONALD born 1846 Ballydevitt, Aghadowey. The known children of Richard Barlow and Mary MacDonald are. 1ELIZABETH BARLOW born 1829. May have married GEORGE CALDWELL. (There is a data conflict here). 2 SARAH BARLOW born 1830 m. PATRICK O'HARA in Cincinnati Ohio 1853/1854. 3 ANN BARLOW born 1839 m JAMES TAYLOR a horse trainer and Jockey, 1860. To Glasgow, Scotland. 4 MARY BARLOW born 184? m JEREMIAH MULLAN 1864 5 ROSE BARLOW born ???? m 1, GEORGE O'KANE 2, CLAKE McILROY 6 JANE BARLOW born 1844 m. 1. JOHN MCGINNESS 1863 in Ireland. 2. ARTHUR MacDONALD in Montreal Canada. 7 AGNES LOUISE born 1846. m. MICHAEL REID 1866. I do not know if there is any relationship between Margaret Barlow the wife of Michael Reid the oldest of my Reid family and Richard Barlow the father of Agnes Barlow who married Margaret's grandson Michael Reid in 1866. I can not speak for all of the above family details. There is some confusion and there are some conflicts. Many of these details were given to me and in this way the task has fallen to me to see which way fact can be sifted from fiction. Thanks in advance for any and all help which may be given. Regards Greg in New Zealand.

Hi Listers I too envy Jack and Mike for having visited Aghadowey. I wonder if either remember 2 small towns to the west of Aghadowey: BALLYNACALLY and CROCKINDOLLAH. My g-grandfather William McAllister was born in Ballynacally.in 1822. My g-grandmother, Margaret Knox was born in Crockindollah in 1825. They were married in the Aghadowey Presbyterian Church in 1852. They had nine children and all came to the US in 1871 to settle in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Any information on these families would be greatly appreciated. Wed Wilson, Lake City, Florida

Greg There are two Churches in Aghadowey "village" One is Catholic and the other is Presbyterian The Presbyterian is a Mother Church and was founded in the mid 1600's I would write to the Priest, Catholic Church, B 66 Road, Aghadowey, Northern Ireland. There is only a main street, so the post man should not have any difficulty find it. You would need to inclose a SAE and stamp coupons (In 2004, when I was staying in a hotel in Ballycastle. In the man in the Hotel actually rang the Priest of the Catholic Church to find out for me, so I could go to the Church where a Boyd had a Minister in the late 1600's). Or you may be able to go to the website of the Catholic Church at Londonderry City to find out if each Church has a Email address. Aghadowey, the day I was there was raining, so I could not get a very good look but it was farming country. However in the early 1800's, it may have been a coach stop between Ballymoney and Londonderry. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay and Greg Blackburn" <kayandgregb@paradise.net.nz> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 10:48 AM Subject: [Derry] New Listers Interests - Reid, Barlow, (O')Reilly, Hogan, Kelaghan, M(i?)leary, MacDonald, O'Kane, O'Hara, Caldwell, Mullan, Taylor, McGinness, McIlroy. > Hello all on the list. Greetings from New Zealand's deep south where the > winter frosts > are > upon the ground. > > My Reid and Barlow families were Catholic to the best of my knowledge. > Over the last 20 > years or so these families have been researched by a number of my cousins > (some of whom > are now deceased) and now we see that this is the time to clarify the > research to date > and see if we can make contact with the descendants of those who stayed at > home on the > old sod. > > To start we have MICHAEL REID m MARGARET BARLOW before 1819. Both would > have been born > before 1800. They and their family appear to have lived in Desertlyn, > Aghadowey and > Glendermot. There is no known occupation for Michael. > > Their son BERNARD REID m MARY (O')REILLY before 1846. Bernard was born > 1819 in Derry. > Mary was born in Mullinger, West Meath in 1822. Her parents were MICHAEL > (O')REILLY and > CATHERINE HOGAN. We have no other information on either the male or female > side of this > family. We do not know how these southern families came to be in Derry. > > The occupation of Bernard Reid was Grocer/Publican. He is known to have > lived in > Glendermot and probably in Aghadowey. > > The children of Bernard Reid and Mary (O')Reilly are. > > 1 MICHAEL REID b 1847 a baker, m AGNES LOUISE BARLOW 20 Oct 1866 in the > Catholic Chapel > of Mullahinch, Aghadowey, Coleraine. > 2 PATRICK ROBERT REID born 1848 (occupation unknown) m ELLEN MILLEARY ( > this surname is > misspelt or corrupted) 19 Apr 1871 in Carrick-on-Shannon. > 3 MARY-JANE REID born 1850. m. in New Zealand. > 4 MARGARET REID born 1852 m. in New Zealand > 5 JOHN BERNARD REID born 1852 m. ELIZABETH KELAGHAN 1872 in Ireland > (Derry) > 6 ELLEN ALICE REID born 1854. m. in New Zealand. > 7 HUGH REID born 1856. m. in New Zealand. > > All of Bernard and Mary's family migrated to New Zealand in either 1874 or > 1875. (They > were on 3 ships) A total of 12 adults and 8 children. > > Patrick and John worked in the New Zealand Post Office. Hugh for the New > Zealand > Railways. > > AGNES LOUISE BARLOW is the daughter of RICHARD BARLOW a miller and MARY > (FLORA) MACDONALD > born 1846 Ballydevitt, Aghadowey. > > The known children of Richard Barlow and Mary MacDonald are. > > 1ELIZABETH BARLOW born 1829. May have married GEORGE CALDWELL. (There is a > data conflict > here). > 2 SARAH BARLOW born 1830 m. PATRICK O'HARA in Cincinnati Ohio 1853/1854. > 3 ANN BARLOW born 1839 m JAMES TAYLOR a horse trainer and Jockey, 1860. To > Glasgow, > Scotland. > 4 MARY BARLOW born 184? m JEREMIAH MULLAN 1864 > 5 ROSE BARLOW born ???? m 1, GEORGE O'KANE 2, CLAKE McILROY > 6 JANE BARLOW born 1844 m. 1. JOHN MCGINNESS 1863 in Ireland. 2. ARTHUR > MacDONALD in > Montreal Canada. > 7 AGNES LOUISE born 1846. m. MICHAEL REID 1866. > > I do not know if there is any relationship between Margaret Barlow the > wife of Michael > Reid the oldest of my Reid family and Richard Barlow the father of Agnes > Barlow who > married Margaret's grandson Michael Reid in 1866. > > I can not speak for all of the above family details. There is some > confusion and there > are some conflicts. Many of these details were given to me and in this way > the task has > fallen to me to see which way fact can be sifted from fiction. Thanks in > advance for any > and all help which may be given. > > Regards Greg in New Zealand. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Thanks Susan, I've had a look and found out the date of their marriage. So, the first step! Best wishes, Meg > > > ______________________________ > > > From: Margaret Stokes <meg@stokes.demon.co.uk> > Date: 2 June 2006 07:32:29 BDT > To: NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: McDaid - Creggan Road > > > Dear All, > > My grandfather was William McDaid of Derry and in 1908 he lived on > Creggan Road. On my father's birth certificate it says he was a > shoemaker. His wife was Rose McDaid, nee Kelly. My father, > Quentin McDaid, was one of his sons. This is all I know. I would > be grateful if somebody could advise me on what my next step could > be in finding out any more, preferably on the internet, or by > post, as it would be difficult for me to travel to Ireland. Thank > you. > ______________________________ > > > From: "Susan Marshall" <susan_e_marshall@hotmail.com> > Date: 2 June 2006 10:50:05 BDT > To: NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [Derry] McDaid - Creggan Road > > > Hi Margaret, > > I had a quick look and there is a record for William and Rose's > marriage on the following website. > > www.irishgenealogy.ie > > You can order records from them. I've used them a lot - they seem > to have very good coverage for Londonderry. > > Regards, > > Susan > >