Through dna results I found apparent siblings of my g-g-grandfather, Thomas Owens, born in NI, in the early 1800's, who married Mary Campbell (aka McCallum/McAllen & possibly Kelly) born abt 1804 in Ireland. They had at least 3 children in Ireland (Anne b.1826, Charles b. 1830, Margaret b. abt 1834).and then migrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, where they had more children. I have no record of the birth/death of Thomas, and only Mary's death in Canada, no record of their marriage in Ireland. I always heard they were from Tyrone. However, through dna results, it appears his siblings, who also migrated to Canada--Anne b. abt 1805, and Edward b. abt 1807. Both Anne & Edward appear on family trees and Canadian church records of their marriages, and their place of birth is given as Cumber in County Derry, and their parents were Patrick Owens and Margaret Murray. One family tree has Patrick buried in Banagher. Anne married Daniel McKeever, who also came from Cumber. I am only assuming they were from Cumber Upper since it seems closest to Tyrone. I have uploaded my dna onto GEDmatch.com but still need to learn how it all works. Would be grateful for any further information and contacts
Wednesday 20th Jun 2018, 07:10PM
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The tithe applotment records for Cumber Lower have Patrick and Thomas Owens farming in Brockagh in 1827. So that looks encouraging:
http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/derry/tithe-applotments/cumber-lower-p…
Patrick Owens does not appear in the 1831 census anywhere in the county. The inference would seem to be that he died between 1827 and 1831.
Griffiths Valuation for 1858 has 2 Owens households. The main one was headed by Patrick Owens. He had plots 10b & 10c which totaled a farm of around 26 acres. He also sublet a labourers cottage and garden to John Owens on plot 10a.
In the 1901 census there was just the one Owens family farming there:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Tamnaherin/Brockagh/1528126/
1911:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Tamnaherin/Brockagh/599054/
The family were still farming there in the 1940s. Here’s a probate abstract from the PRONI wills site (the will itself will be in PRONI in paper format. They’ll copy it for you for a fee):
Owens Ellen of Brockagh Eglinton county Londonderry spinster died 1 April 1942 Probate Londonderry 1 October to Charles Brown and Joseph Brown farmers. Effects £532 19s. 1d.
The records for the RC parish of Cumber only start in 1853 so, if this is the right family, you are unlikely to find any baptism or marriage records for Thomas & Mary or earlier generations.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Thank you so much for this helpful information.
Maggiem