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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: gavster1982 on Saturday 09 March 13 17:06 GMT (UK)
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born in 1875 in co tyrone. in 1901 he is in maynooth. by 1911 he is dead.
father bernard mccann, mother bridget hughes.
story ive heard is he drowned swimming belfast lough. was a chaplain in british army for a while and was curate of ballygawley firstly...
trying to find out where he is buried...
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1901 census-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kildare/Maynooth/Collegeland/1437817
How do you know he was death by 1911?
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the 1911 census shows his parents and siblings and mentions 1 child being dead....can only be him...
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Is this the parents in 1911? 9 children 8 living but only 7 in household-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Aughnacloy_Rural/Ravellea__Part_of/853955
Have you searched online civil registration index for James' death? should be listed if he died in Ireland.
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These are the deaths showing up on the BMD Index for a James McCann born c1876 that died between 1901 and 1911... none in Belfast or Newtownards district
James McCann death 1901-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Ajames~%20%2Bsurname%3Amccann~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1872-1880~%20%2Bdeath_year%3A1901-1911~&collection_id=1408347&death_place0=8)
as few more come up under M'Cann, including a few in Belfast district :
James M'Cann death - 1901 to 1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Ajames~%20%2Bsurname%3Am%27cann~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1872-1880~%20%2Bdeath_year%3A1901-1911~&collection_id=1408347&death_place0=8)
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Also posted on another forum in 2012-
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.britisles.ireland.tyr.general/7337/mb.ashx
Did you ever get more information from this contact?
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NIR-TYRONE/2012-07/1341249590
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p.s. FamilySearch has done some recent changes, so sometimes links dont work. If not just go to the BMD Index on FamilySearch and enter the following fields and select search :
First Name / Last Name : James / McCann or M'Cann
Dont enter a birth place, but put year of birth between 1872 and 1880
Dont enter a place of death, just enter the years 1901 and 1911
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Did James McCann have red hair by any chance?
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http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZT19071205.2.46.2
This says he drowned on 14 Oct 1907. It would be worth looking at other newspapers. Normally, you get reports of funerals for priests.
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looks like it may have been this one in Ballycastle district then
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FRFF-D31
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red hair...well my great gran, his sister had red hair im told....
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A more local account-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/antrim/A789285_replies.shtml