DerryGenWeb
This composition of a charming troupe of Irish dancers is set against a background of the Walls of Derry.
The objective of this site is to share information on the County Derry and learn from each other. As one looks back over the long and turbulent history of Derry, it is apparent that there were many events that contributed to the strong fabric of the people that have lived there and do today. Hopefully this site will advance our understanding of the many aspects of this area and its great people. No one person has all the answers and we all can contribute to a better understanding of the history of Derry County, its people of native Irish or Ulster Scots ancestry and major events in its history that have had an effect on the world. Most visitors of this site will be interested in geneology and emigration to other parts of the world.
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celticknot226
April 8, 2012 at 2:00 am
Hi Dr MacFarlane:
I am curious how the Kanes/ O’Kanes/ O’Cahans have survived from the 1800s. I was curious what happened to them after the O’Cahan fell from power and some of the Kanes in my family stayed in Co. Derry during the famine; some have moved to Glasgow after the famine. Can you suggest any books on the subject? Thank You!:)
DEIRDRE BRENNAN
January 29, 2012 at 5:39 pm
PETER KERR AGHADOWEY CO DERRY, HIS SON, THOMAS KERR, MARRIED IN 1879; JANE BELL DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BELL OF MULLAMORE CO DERRY, their son is my granda JAMES KERR…ANY FAMILY OUT THERE?
Don MacFarlane
January 30, 2012 at 4:17 pm
There is only one Kerr family from Mullamore in Agivey Parish in County Derry listed in the 1901 census; none listed for Aghadowey. Likewise, no Bells are listed for Mullamore or Aghadowey.
DEIRDRE BRENNAN
January 30, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Yes, this James would be a son of Peter and uncle to my Granda James.
Dee Knight
November 9, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Wylie F. Derry of Troy, New York, born about the late 1850″s. Grandparents from Ireland.
Don MacFarlane
January 30, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Unless the name was changed from Deery which is relatively common in County Derry, the surname Derry itself is curiously quite rare with only two instances of it in the 1901 census, locating one family in Kilrea and another in Bishop Street in the city of Derry.
Nadine Taylor Digby
October 1, 2011 at 11:46 am
I am trying to trace family past and present. My father was Edmund Taylor from Fountain Hill, Waterside, Londonderry. He said he was from a large family, I know his father was called John and his mother was Mary. He had a sister Mary who moved to Leigh, Wigan. and a brother they called Sonny. I don’t have much information to go on, his parents worked for Colonel Beresford-Ash as a Chauffeur and Cook. Any help at all would be amazing.
Nadine
donfad
October 1, 2011 at 12:56 pm
The Taylors have been in Fountain Hill in Derry since at least the 1800s according to Griffiths Evaluation.
The thing to do is to try to join the ends up between the recent family tree (note that the on-line Irish Family Records have become available on Ancestry.co.uk since two weeks ago so that should make things easy) and the mid 1800s and see where that takes you from there.
Jennifer Liggett Simmons
May 5, 2011 at 6:35 pm
I am searching for my ancestors from Londonderry. James Alexander Liggett, born around 1722, and his son Alexander Liggett, born around 1760. I believe that Alexander is the one who immigrated to the USA and settled in Ohio, but the date is unknown. I would be forever grateful for any help!
donfad
May 5, 2011 at 8:32 pm
The only Liggetts in Ulster that were recorded in Griffiths Evaluation, a full hundred years later than 1760, were from the border counties of Armagh and Monaghan (still part of Ulster province). Your best bet for your search is to engage a professional genealogist such as Dr Robert Whan or Dr William Roulston.
Caroline Mary Gribbin nee Lavin
February 13, 2011 at 11:18 am
I am searching for my ancestors who left Derry for Durham in the early 1800s. Sarah Jane Campbell b abt 1811 states she is from Maghera, Derry on England censuses. Her brother was Patrick Campbell b abt 1816, a bricklayer/builder. Their mother was Letitia b abt 1795 and there may be a brother, Thomas Campbell b abt 1806. Letitia’s husband may have been an Andrew Campbell. All RCs. This family married into the Mackain/Mackins and the Cushley/Caslin/Cashlan families – also from Derry. I’d appreciate any help to find my Derry family.
Cameron Aldridge
March 5, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Would be thankful for information on My Derry Family: Jane STUART GRAY, b. 5 March 1836 in/near town of Coleraine to John GRAY and Margaret STUART/STEWART. Brothers, Andrew STUART GRAY and James STUART GRAY. Also, John Gilmore/Gilmour and wife, Letitia UMN, of Glendeen, members and buried at Aghadowey Presbyterian Church, Aghadowey Parrish, Derry. Possible oldest son, Archibald Gilmore born 28 Nov 1832; died Florida USA
Don MacFarlane
March 5, 2010 at 6:12 pm
According to Griffiths Evaluation, that would be Glenkeen in Aghadowey, not Glendeen. There were three Gilmores (not Gilmours) mentioned from Glenkeen- Jane, John and William. There were also Stewarts (not Stuarts) from Aghadowey (from all over Aghadowey but pockets in Ballynacally Beg – now Ringsend parish and not Aghadowey- and Gortincoolhill – now Bovedy and not Aghadowey) and Grays (mostly from Cullycapple) but neither of these families were from Glenkeen. All of these places are within a ten mile radius of Aghadowey – see map at http://ireland.kiwicelts.com/irishMap/ireMap.html (use map view on menu, not the terrain or hybrid).
Cameron Aldridge
March 5, 2010 at 6:45 pm
The village was Glenkeen located between the Aghadowey Presbyterian Church and the Bann River. John Gilmore was a linen bleacher. Lovely stone marker in churchyard is the only place where it is spelled Gilmour. All other records show Gilmore. Another daughter, Letitia Gilmore Dallas, was wife of Samuel Dallas; she of Glenkeen; he of Creveola; married and buried at Aghadowey Presbyterian Church. Letitia Gilmore Dallas was teacher of Glenkeen and Creveola and she died at Quilly House in Coleraine; Quilly House Farm is now an inn.
Courtenay Gilmore Lopez
April 5, 2011 at 12:40 am
Hi, I am a relative of John and Letitia Gilmore, John was the brother of my great great grandfather. Archibald’s great grandson still lives in FL (as do I) and has all of Archibald’s family history
M. Cameron Aldridge
May 17, 2012 at 9:23 pm
My great great grandfather was Archibald S. Gilmore/Gilmour who died in 1910 in Florida. I am the great grand daughter of his daughter, Letitia Gilmore Cameron. His father was John Gilmour of Glenkeen, Derry, Ireland. John Gilmour was buried in the Aghadowey Presbyterian Church Cemetery; Wife, Letitia Unknown, perhaps Thompson. Archibald’s wife, Jane Stuart Gray came to New York from Ireland in 1853.
Courtenay Gilmore Lopez
April 5, 2011 at 1:05 am
Archibald GILMORE 1 was born on 28 Nov 1832 in Coleraine, Derry, Ulster Ireland, Europe. He died on 15 Oct 1910 in Gilmore, Duval, Florida. He was buried Gilmore-Cameron Cemetery in Gilmore, Duval, Florida.
Archibald Gilmore was born Nov 28, 1832 in Coleraine, Derry Ulster, Ireland. At the age 16(about 1847)
he arrived in New York City, New York. He is reported to having been a” Cabin Boy” on a ship (unknown
name). His future wife, Jane Stuart Gray, born Mar 27, 1836 in Coleraine, Derry, Ulster, Ireland preceded
him from Ireland to America and worked in a millner’s shop.
They were married Jan 22, 1857 at the Charles Street Presbyterian Church in New York City, New York.
They had children, Jane(1857-1862), Margaret (1859-1915) and Letitia (1861-1939), Archibald (1862-
1939), all born in New York, New York.
The 1860 USFC listed his occupation in New York as a painter at age 27.
donfad
October 4, 2008 at 9:19 am
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