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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #63 on: Sunday 09 November 25 23:47 GMT (UK) »
That's all great information to have  :)

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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #64 on: Sunday 09 November 25 23:59 GMT (UK) »
I looked at every headstone in the graveyard while I was there and also noticed another Robinson at the top end of the church graveyard.

It's an interesting lead HOWEVER it still omits the husband name I'm desperately seeking !!

The headstone says:
Elizabeth Robinson died 14th August 1877 aged 70 years, her Son David 19th June 1915 aged 80 years, their Daughter Margaret 2nd Feb 1919 aged 81 years, their daughter Elizabeth 12th August 1923 aged 83 years.
***Very unusually for this time the father is not buried with the rest of the family !!!!

**Now several months ago my dad made a fleeting comment that he had no idea where the family came from prior to Feeny BUT he would not have been surprised if there had been a Tyrone connection. I didn't push him on this and really don't think he has anything to go on, but that now looks like an interesting possibility

There is one other headstone in the graveyard for Robinson's which reads in short:

Parents
William died 23rd sept 1914 aged 77 years
Margaret Ann died 21st may 1931 aged 83 years also their children: William died 1880 aged 7 years, John died 1894 aged 23 years, George died 1906 aged 17 years , Joseph died 20th Jan 1911 aged 37 years William died 31st Jan 1911 aged 30 years, Annie died 22nd April 1911 aged 28 years

***I'm wondering could William be another brother born in 1837 as David was born in 1835, Margaret in 1838, Eliza in 1840 and then Robert not for another 8 years in 1848...there could be potential for another couple of siblings there also.

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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #65 on: Monday 10 November 25 00:14 GMT (UK) »
That's Hilarious,

You actually had your ancestors under your nose all along. . .

How great to have their headstone !

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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #66 on: Monday 10 November 25 00:19 GMT (UK) »
I mentioned earlier that Mr Robinson didn't appear in Rallagh on the GV and that there was a John Robinson in a nearby townland called Gallony . . .

Well, that William that you have mentioned appears to be what I shall refer to as a Gallony Robinson.

I think this is a red herring . . .

Again, Mr Robinson is not buried with the family, again proving that the family moved to the Banagher parish sometime as after his death . . .

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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #67 on: Monday 10 November 25 00:20 GMT (UK) »

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« Reply #68 on: Monday 10 November 25 00:21 GMT (UK) »

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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #69 on: Monday 10 November 25 00:51 GMT (UK) »
Re More Siblings to Robert . . .

I would well imagine that there were, the problem is the time, late 1840's being the run up to the famine meant they possibly died in infancy . . .

Even if they lived and married, without a father's name and location we are back to square one . . .

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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #70 on: Monday 10 November 25 01:04 GMT (UK) »
In my head Donemana Tyrone, where David lived and Feeny, Londonderry where Robert lived were a million miles apart (slight exaggeration  ;D) but Google maps is showing them to be approximately 20 minute drive

Next step is to look for Donemana church records, possibly the church that David worked in !

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Re: ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven
« Reply #71 on: Monday 10 November 25 07:20 GMT (UK) »
That's an excellent point regarding the church that David worked in !! That will be my next port of call