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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Tyrone => Topic started by: Carol Mack on Wednesday 20 April 05 20:06 BST (UK)
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Can anyone tell me if Arboe Parish is near Omagh? I am particularly interested in a family of Whites from that parish.
George White married Isabella Orr 8/1/1856 and had children George Robert b. 7/10/1862 and Mary Jane b. 19/11/1864. They could be family of my grandmother, Ellen White born c. 1861, married John McVitty of Ballintra Co. Donegal in 1881.
I am also interested in a place called Killindarough (??spelling) possibly near Arboe. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Carol.
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Hello Carol,
This link contains a map of the Parishes of Co. Tyrone. Most of the town of Omagh is located within the Parish of Drumragh.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tyrone/maps/parish.html
Christopher
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Carol my great grandmother was Mary White married to John Donnelly and they had their first child in 1882 which would make her 18 then if she was the same Mary as yours. They lived in Beragh but the parish priest doesn't think she was from there as there were no White families in the parish. She died in 1920 when her youngest was 15 and her eldest was 38. She is buried in Beragh and one of her daughters is buried in Drumragh so maybe there is some connection. Hope to hear from you. Ciara
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Carol,
There is a townland of KILLINDARRAGH in the Glenties district of Co. Donegal but it is not close to Arboe.
Regards
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Thank you both for your replies. Its really heartening to get help after so long!
You will note my post was in 2005 so I have moved on a bit since then and possibly away from Arboe! I found Killindrragh in Donegal but pinpointing it to Glenties is a great help - many thanks.
As for Mary White I now think she was Martha or Mary Martha as she is buried in Carrickmore as Martha Ellison, wife of George Ellison of Carrickmore - of that much I am certain! The problem is that both she, George Ellison and my grandmother Ellen, state that they were born in Co.Donegal on the census returns although no record of their birth can be found. Again the census places their birth at c. 1850 - earlier than I thought. But word of mouth from the older members of the family emphatically states that Ellen came from 'somewhere up near Omagh'!!!!! Which is why I have been looking at White families of Co.Tyrone although it doesn't look as though there is a connection to yours, Ciara.
The Killindarragh connection is that Ellen was given a Bible inscribed 'To Ellen White from Mrs. Stewart of Killindarragh' This family of Stewart was connected to Brownhall, Ballintra where Ellen worked as a maid before marrying my grandfather. Possibly she worked for Mrs. Stewart before moving to Brownhall.
I suppose its looking more and more like I should be looking at the Glenties area although the family history centre in Ramelton did a search for me and failed to find a Ellen White daughter of George White anywhere.
One other thing puzzles me - Ellen had 5 sons and not a George among them. Her second son was William - could her father have been William George knoen as George??
Who knows - but if you are out there berhaps you could get in touch!!!
Once again many thanks.
Regards,
Carol
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Carol,
I did a couple of parent searches on the IGI site of www.familysearcg.org and found
19 Nov 1864 Mary Jane White born to George White and Isabella Orr at STEWARTSTOWN, Co. Tyrone
1 Oct 1879 Catherine Alliston (sic) born to George Alliston and Mary White in Raphoe Co Donegal.
You may already have these or they may not help but it may be worth holding on to them.
Regards
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Thank you, yes I did know about them but you prompted me to have another go at trying to find a marriage record for Georgre and Martha which I did through Donegal Ancestry Online. Its a great site but a bit pricey at 5 Euro to view each record. Anyway I did find their marriage record and interestingly Martha gave her father's name as John, not George as I had previously thought. They were married in the parish of Clonleigh which borders Co.Tyrone (I think) and George's name is spelt properly i.e. Ellison.
I have every reason to believe that this is my grandmother's sister Martha - now to find her sister Ellen!!
Regards,
Carol