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Messages - Jo McKee

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The Common Room / Re: Heresy, Bellaghy or Magilligan?
« on: Monday 07 April 25 10:41 BST (UK)  »
Just a little correction there, whilst there is history in the mid 1700s to the McCurrys of the Scottish Hebrides, their family was Limavady based. The Blackburns and the McCurrys of Myroe are chronicled in 'Never to be Heard from Again-Searching for the McCurrys of Myroe' by Frances McCurry Bach. She is descended from the John McCurry line and I am descended from the Alexander line, these two men being Brothers or cousins, DNA results don't really make that clear as they are so intermarried.

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The Common Room / Re: Heresy, Bellaghy or Magilligan?
« on: Sunday 06 April 25 22:18 BST (UK)  »
It's so lovely to see your message. My Mother left Limavady in 1949, arriving on the Atlantis 1950. Her Grandmother was Sarah Jane McCurry and she was Jimmy's cousin. My Mother died at Xmas and wanted her obit to acknowledge her own family as my Father, her husband, left the family in 1976 and remarried.

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The Common Room / Re: Heresy, Bellaghy or Magilligan?
« on: Saturday 05 April 25 23:59 BST (UK)  »
I still have lots to learn. It's a case of 'whatever happened to' and strong DNA links to other branches of the family have not appeared in this one. Alexander McCurry married four times, beginning his offspring in the 1790s. No idea of the family names of his previous wives. It will unfold over time. Thank you so much for confirming the location

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The Common Room / Heresy, Bellaghy or Magilligan?
« on: Saturday 05 April 25 23:19 BST (UK)  »
The record 'Roots Ireland' says that Elizabeth McCurry married James Ritchie in 1851 at Ballyscullion, Bellaghy and that the people resided there. She is the daughter of Alexander McCurry, a Fisherman, who happens to be my 4x Grandfather. Elizabeth is his daughter from a previous marriage, she would have been the half sister of my three times GFather, William McCurry of Myroe. Everything is screaming at me that Elizabeth and James got married at Ballyscullion in Derry, in Magilligan and that there is a transcript error. Does anyone have access to Tamlaght Finlagan records of 1851 to check this out for me? Standing for them is Robert Martin and the families were well intermarried with the Martins of Magilligan. Any help much appreciated.

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The Common Room / Re: Ireland, Exchequer Court of Equity, What are they?
« on: Monday 21 October 24 01:53 BST (UK)  »
Thanks melba schmelba, I have my sights set on a Find My Past subscription but will wait out my subs on two other sites first,- money, money money. What I have-some distant DNA links to O'Callaghan Hyde Holmes, Born 1805 in Kinsale. He had emigrated to Quebec but needed to return to Ireland 'to settle an estate' and he died en-route from cholera. This family definitely has Quaker connections, so Find my Past is in my future LOL.

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The Common Room / Re: Ireland, Exchequer Court of Equity, What are they?
« on: Sunday 20 October 24 23:41 BST (UK)  »
Aghadowey, Gibson/Smyth history. I was reunited with her Granddaughter about eighteen months ago. She lives in New Zealand. Her Father, my 1st cousin once removed, was also Robert. He was raised on the Gibson farm until he became a solider. My Smyth Uncle saw him on a bus one day and was so struck by the resemblance to he and his Brothers that he tapped him on the shoulder. My Uncle was so completely embarrassed that he didn't know that this man was his first cousin, returned to Ireland as a toddler, his Father dead and then his Mother had died. All relationships with the Smyths had ceased. My Uncle, recently returned from the War didn't think fast enough to reclaim the relationship. Robert went through WWII much like my Uncle did, injured but survived. He decided to emigrate to New Zealand. His sister's family are in Portstewart.

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The Common Room / Re: Ireland, Exchequer Court of Equity, What are they?
« on: Sunday 20 October 24 23:13 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much Aghadowey. James Stewart married Martha Eakin in 1838, Tullintrain. They were Annie's parents. James was the son of John and Mary Stewart and Martha was the daughter of David Eakin and Isabella Robinson. Our Eakin lines go back all the way back to Bothwell Eakin/Poston Eakins and they are probably the Stewarts of Ballintoy originally. On the Holmes line we match to a family of Cork and there could be some Quakers in there. My Great grandparents lived in Josephine Street alongside a family of Askins. They called each other cousins. Jeremiah the elder (about 1830) married Eliza McGowan, the McGowan link.  Eliza died and Jeremiah Snr took his younger children to America where he had a sister. His son Jeremiah the younger remained in Ireland and married Sarah McVicker. In the census of 1901 he has his 'nephew' Thomas Holmes in his care. Other side of family My Great Uncle, Robert Smyth, married Bessie Gibson of Aghadowey. He died in America of TB and Bessie returned to Aghadowey, married again. I was sent a beautiful portrait of Bessie about a year ago by her Granddaughter. Gibsons in your lines?

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The Common Room / Re: Ireland, Exchequer Court of Equity, What are they?
« on: Sunday 20 October 24 22:25 BST (UK)  »
If I had to guess I'd say it was child support or some such, a Thomas Holmes is mentioned. It's very scribbly.

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The Common Room / Ireland, Exchequer Court of Equity, What are they?
« on: Sunday 20 October 24 21:30 BST (UK)  »
I am seventy, my Mother born in the 1920s, raised in Ireland (Limavady) emigrated to NZ 1949. Her Great Grandfather was John Holmes (1834) of Faughanvale/Eglinton, his marriage to Annie Stewart in 1861 7 November(Irish Gen) says labourer from Killylane, gives his Father's name as Patrick, likely born around 1810. I've never known Patrick's wife's name but family history says it's Amelia, so many Amelia's! She may have been from Burt/Inch Fahan. They are definitely related to McGowan. (Can explain why but too convoluted here)  I found someone who might be her, described as Amelia Holmes, in one of these records. 1831-35 but its hard to decipher and there's no general area to go on. Can someone explain what they were, any tips?

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