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Title: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: Haircut1200 on Wednesday 26 September 12 20:42 BST (UK)
Hello again, I'm now switching to my paternal side of the family.searching for info on Arthur and Catherine( Kate) McKenna, my great grandparents from Drumhirk or old ballygawley rd, outside dungannon and in the parish of Donaghmore.my grandfather was Patrick McKenna who married Margaret McCaughey from killymoyle. All in co Tyrone . It's really Arthur I'm after...thank you
Title: Re: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: kingskerswell on Thursday 27 September 12 08:11 BST (UK)
Hi,
   Not sure if this helps but I can find the marriage of Arthur McKenna and Catherine McKenna (maiden name) in 1886 in Dungannon Roman Catholic Church.

Regards
Title: Re: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: Haircut1200 on Thursday 27 September 12 10:21 BST (UK)
That's great.. Was Catherine McKenna to her maiden name too... I wonder why they married in Dungannon , unless Catherine was from the town..thanks so much
Title: Re: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: kingskerswell on Thursday 27 September 12 10:27 BST (UK)
Hi,
   Yes McKenna was her maiden name. This may be them in the 1911 census. See http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Castlecaulfield/Killyliss/867228/

Regards
Title: Re: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: Haircut1200 on Thursday 27 September 12 10:51 BST (UK)
yes that's definitely them , my grandfather was Patrick.. thank you
Title: Re: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: gaffy on Thursday 27 September 12 18:21 BST (UK)
At the time of marriage in 1886, Arthur McKenna lived in the townland of Killyliss in the parish of Donaghmore.  His father Charles was a farmer.  His wife Catherine from the townland of Killymoyle in the same parish had a father Patrick who was also a farmer.

There are a Charles McKenna and Sara Hamill who had a son Arthur in 1858 in the parish of Aghaloo. They also had a son John in 1850. Other possible children are two daughters called Alice in 1846 and 1854.

Griffiths Valuation has a bucketload of hits for a Charles McKenna at that time in that part of Tyrone I'm afraid...


Title: Re: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: Haircut1200 on Friday 28 September 12 00:19 BST (UK)
WOW that's great..there are quite a few Charles or Charlie in our wider family circle. 
Does that mean Arthur's mother was also Catherine McKenna the very same as his wife.. Killyliss ties in perfectly as well. That's where my grandfather came from before he married and bought the farm and house at Drumhirk, in the same area
Title: Re: McKenna family from Reaskmore,cloneese, outside Dungannon
Post by: gaffy on Friday 28 September 12 04:25 BST (UK)
No, if the 1858 birth is the right Arthur, the mother is Sara Hamill.

Added: My reference to Catherine being from Killymoyle is to Arthur's wife at the time of the marriage.