Hi, my GGgrandparents John Cleary & Hannah (Lynch) Cleary, had 10 children & resided in the house behind the Culmore Artillery Fort. They were the keepers of the Beacon, & the men transported folks across the Foyle River, before the bridge was built. 3 sons, James, John, & Patrick, went to Escanaba, Michigan around the 1870's. I have found all of these descendents. Now I am looking for the women & their families that stayed behind. My Ancestry.com site has lots of photos, documents, & stories: Cleary-O'Hara's 2008. Interesting is that they traveled to the Catholic Parish in Iskaheen for marriages & baptisms, which are recorded there. Other family names are Dougherty, Lynch, Mossen, Gillespie, etc.. I also understand there is a small cemetery near the home where some Cleary's are buried. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks.
Pamela Cleary-Wilson
Tuesday 19th Jan 2016, 09:09PMMessage Board Replies
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Culmore is actually in the civil parish of Templemore (RC parish of Derry St. Columb’s).
This looks to be John & Hannah in 1901, with one unmarried daughter still at home:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Lower_Liberties/Culmore/1538442/
By 1911, John is dead, leaving Hannah and a different unmarried daughter:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Liberties__Lower/Culmore/604674/
There’s a marriage between Julia Cleary and John Devlin on 5th Set 1905 in Derry. That might be John & Hannah’s daughter. You can view the original certificate on-line on the GRONI website, using the “search registrations” option:
You will need to open an account and buy some credits. It costs £2 (sterling) to a view a certificate.
This looks to be Julia & John in 1911, living in Culmore:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Liberties__Lower/Culmore/604612/
Probate abstract:
Devlin John of Back Strand Culmore county Londonderry farmer died 23 November 1926 Probate Londonderry 24 December to Thomas Devlin labourer and Mary Agnes Devlin spinster. Effects £37.
John Devlin’s will should be in PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast in paper format.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Tuesday 19th Jan 2016, 10:08PM