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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Donegal => Topic started by: Sheephill on Sunday 02 August 15 22:21 BST (UK)
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I'm looking for the Death dates and were Thomas and Jane McKinley (nee Ferguson) are buried. The 1901 Census shows' that Jane McKinley and three of her children were living at Legnatraw. Her status is married, so I take it her husband is still alive on the day of the census. They are Presbyterians. Her father is living with her, a Matthew Ferguson who was born abt 1816 in Limavady. His wife Mary Fergusion (nee Irwin) was born abt 1814 in Drummond near Limavady and died on the 28 October 1897, aged 83 years. She is interred in St Johnson Presbyterian Church Graveyard. This is also the resting place for Matthew who died 10 October 1907, aged 91 years.
Thomas and Jane were married at Ballykelly Presbyterian Church, Co. Londonderry on the 17th October 1878, about a mile from the family farm in Ballykelly were Jane was born.
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Have you Jane on the 1911 Census ?
Tara
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Can you post the link to the family in 1901 please !
Tara
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I eventually found the 1901 Census give under a different spelling.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/St__Johnston/Legnatraw/1196923/
Tara
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Yes had to look it up Tara, much easier if links were posted....
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/St__Johnston/Legnatraw/1196923/
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http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Three_Trees/Ture/1190434/
Matthew son of Matthew???
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Sorry, the spelling of Legnatraw was wrong. The Census of Matthew you have is the wrong family. Jane's father is Matthew Ferguson 1816-1907 from Lisnakelly, Limavady. Matthews' father is William Ferguson 1780-1852 from Keenaught, Newtownlimavady.
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I have spoke to some of the church members last week at St Johnstons and they think the McKinley family moved to Strabane. Have not had time to confirm this yet.
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Hi There
Again though,
Do you have Sarah in 1911 ?
To look for records for Thomas we need a timeline.
Tara
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The surname is spent different too, just to bear in mind while searching.
Tara
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Sorry, the spelling of Legnatraw was wrong. The Census of Matthew you have is the wrong family. Jane's father is Matthew Ferguson 1816-1907 from Lisnakelly, Limavady. Matthews' father is William Ferguson 1780-1852 from Keenaught, Newtownlimavady.
Well if you had posted the link others wouldn't have to go looking for it.... sorry if it's wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When you post information you need to be accurate .
"The 1901 Census shows' that Jane McKinley and three of her children were living at Legnatraw. Her status is married, so I take it her husband is still alive on the day of the census. They are Presbyterians. Her father is living with her, a Matthew Ferguson who was born abt 1816 in Limavady."
The 1901 census actually shows Jane McKinlay & 2 children, father Matthew shown as visitor-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/St__Johnston/Legnatraw/1196923/
The house and building form shows Thomas McKinley as head of household-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000689751/
An obvious place to look- have you checked for a death registration? Won't give you a place of burial but will give you details needed to order the certificates.
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347
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Possibly son Archibald boarding at Royal School, Dungannon in 1911-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Dungannon/Northland_Row/868750
Added- birth registration? Archibald Robert McKinley. Strabane is the registration district.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBFC-PT1
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A Thomas McKinley pew holder in 1882-
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/stjohnstonpreschstipends.htm
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I have also been looking at the McKinleys, as part of my Fergusons of Limavady research.
Thomas McKinley and Jane Ferguson's daughter Alice McRae McKinley married Robert Edward Alexander (family from Imlick, County Londonderry) on 20 September 1906 at the Presbyterian church in St Johnston. They emigrated to New Zealand in 1909 and her husband was Director of Canterbury Agricultural College from 1909-1936, and Professor when that office was created. In his NZ Who's Who entry, it states that his wife was a daughter of Thomas McKinley of Bulawayo, Rhodesia, so it looks like the parents went to Africa. Unfortunately,I can't find any other evidence to corroborate this.
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Donegal resources Legnatraw comes under TAUGHBOYNE
http://www.donegalgenealogy.com
marriage on church records
http://www.irishgenelogy.ie
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sorry misses a A out
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie
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marriage on church records
http://www.irishgenelogy.ie
The correct website to search is
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp
KG
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Thank you for your replies, Kiltaglassan and Rathmore.
I was at St Johnston Presbyterian church on Saturday and took photos of Matthew and Mary Ferguson's headstone. There are no McKinley headstones in that graveyard, or the older, mixed denomination, graveyard behind it.
I use the irishgenealogy.ie site on a daily basis and already have the certificate for the marriage of Alice McKinley & Robert Alexander, which is where I got the date. What I'm really looking for is more evidence of Thomas and Jane McKinley in Rhodesia, or wherever they may have ended up, if they left there. Did they ever return home, or did they move on somewhere else? I'm also looking for any further trace of their children, other than Alice McKinley, whose (O'Donnell and McLeod) descendants I've traced in New Zealand. I'll keep looking in the Taughboyne and Strabane areas though. It's just frustrating that a lot of the records may not yet be available.