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Title: Help with townland Fanad Peninsula
Post by: Gortinanima on Thursday 11 September 25 21:41 BST (UK)
In the registers of Fanad (Fannett) Presbyterian Church was a Hugh Hunter of Kinavire (& various spellings)

Hugh Hunter (son of James & Fanny Hunter) married 1828 Lily Moore (dau of John & Rebecca Moore) and had issue
Rebecca 1829 Kinnyvire (she died young)
Fanny 1831 Kinnavarie
Matty 1832 Kinevire
Rebecca 1835 Kinavire
Eleanor 1839 (no address)

Any ideas of townland? It seems that Fannett Presbyterian attracted members from all over the Fanad peninsula.

Is the townland Kinnegar in Killygarvan parish? But I can find no Hunters there in the tithes or Griffiths valuation.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Help with townland Fanad Peninsula
Post by: aghadowey on Thursday 11 September 25 23:26 BST (UK)
Rebecca 1835 Kinavire
Possible marriage for Rebecca? (very hard to read)
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1854/09475/5433899.pdf

Matty 1832 Kinevire
This marriage for a Matty Hunter of same townland makes Rebecca's marriage (above) likely-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1857/09535/5456768.pdf

Fanny 1831 Kinnavarie
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1846/09314/5372729.pdf

Eleanor 1839 (no address)
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1902/05679/4600166.pdf
Eleanor's death? also Carmoney.

James Hunter & family in Carmoney in 1901 along with his sister Ellen (see above for link to her 1902 death)-
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Cranford/Carmoney/1194465/
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Donegal/Cranford/Carmoney/504209/

https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/kilmacrenan/kilmacrenan/cranford/carmoney/

This topic in another forum looks interesting-
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/message-board/search-kinnevire-near-cranfordcarmoneymilford
Title: Re: Help with townland Fanad Peninsula
Post by: aghadowey on Thursday 11 September 25 23:43 BST (UK)
Fanat Presbyterian Church looks to only be about 4 miles from Milford.

If the above details are the right family could they have moved from "Kinavire" (after 1846 when Fanny married) to Carmoney (by 1854 when Rebecca got married)?

Marriage of James Hunter gives father as William  :-\
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1890/10691/5896695.pdf
So, that might rule out the death for Ellen/Eleanor in 1902.
Title: Re: Help with townland Fanad Peninsula
Post by: Gortinanima on Friday 12 September 25 07:27 BST (UK)
Thanks Aghadowey,

The link on the Irelandxo forum was very interesting and seems to put the Hunters in Carmoney which is across Mulroy Bay from Carrowkeel (Kerrykeel) where Fannet Presbyterian church is situated.

I assume they travelled across Mulroy Bay on Sundays on small boats otherwise it was a fair spin by land down through Milford.
Title: Re: Help with townland Fanad Peninsula
Post by: rathmore on Friday 12 September 25 12:16 BST (UK)
on the Donegal resource site under Parish of Killygarvan sorry to say this but a

Robert and William Hunter from Ray House jump in the water at Carraleena Point in 20/8/1867

Http://www.donegalgenealogy.com

also mention on this site with a lot of Hunter mentioned

http://www.cotyrone.com
Title: Re: Help with townland Fanad Peninsula
Post by: rathmore on Friday 12 September 25 12:26 BST (UK)
Sorry it was only Robert Hunter that went to the water he was the Brother of William
Title: Re: Help with townland Fanad Peninsula
Post by: rathmore on Friday 12 September 25 12:27 BST (UK)
Sorry it was only Robert that went into the water he was the brother of William