The Caldwell Family, Maghernageeragh Co. Tyrone

Patti,

You haven’t said what information you are looking for so I’ll just through the information that is easily available on these families.

Don’t know whether you have John & Eliza’s marriage certificate but if not here’s a copy. They married in 1849 in Killeter Presbyterian church:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1849/09365/5391449.pdf

Killeter Presbyterian has baptism & marriage records from 1839 onwards. There’s a copy in PRONI in Belfast.

One of the William Caldwells died 7.2.1884 aged 75. His wife was still alive. Informant was son Robert.  There are some other possible deaths eg one in 1874 aged 84 and another in 1869 aged 82. Neither is on-line free yet so you would need to look them up on the GRONI website if you want the details.

There was a Margaret Caldwell who died 1870 aged 70. Again that’s not on-line free yet.

5 Caldwell families in Maghernageeragh in the 1901 census:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Maghernageeragh/Magheranageeragh/1723919/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Maghernageeragh/Magheranageeragh/1723920/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Maghernageeragh/Magheranageeragh/1723925/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Maghernageeragh/Magheranageeragh/1723927/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Maghernageeragh/Magheranageeragh/1723930/

Note: JP means Justice of the Peace (ie in some jurisdictions a magistrate)

Probate abstracts from the PRONI wills site:

Probate of the Will (with one Codicil) of Charles Caldwell late of Maghernageeragh County Tyrone J.P. who died 17 February 1914 granted at Londonderry to William Caldwell Farmer

Probate of the Will of Eliza Caldwell late of Maghernageeragh County Tyrone Widow who died 14 April 1911 granted at Londonderry to Samuel Caldwell Farmer.

Letters of Administration (with the Will annexed) of the personal estate of Henry Caldwell late of Maghernageeragh County Tyrone Farmer deceased who died 11 June 1865 at same place were granted at Londonderry to William Hamilton Caldwell of Ballylawn County Donegal Gentleman the Son and a Legatee.

The above will is on-line on the PRONI wills site.

Caldwell John James of Maghernageeragh county Tyrone farmer died 11 December 1927 Administration Londonderry 16 April to Rebecca Caldwell the widow. Effects £143.

Caldwell Rebecca Jane of Maghernageeragh Mournebeg Strabane county Tyrone widow died 30 January 1951 Administration Londonderry 10 April to Annie Elizabeth Hamilton married woman. Effects £312 4s. 8d.

Caldwell Robert of Maghernageeragh Castlederg county Tyrone farmer died 11 November 1948 Probate Londonderry 23 June to David A. Hamilton justice of the peace and Gerald Ferdinand Victor Leary medical doctor. Effects £1378 9s. 2d.

Caldwell William of Maghernageeragh Castlederg county Tyrone retired farmer died 31 January 1948 Probate Londonderry 18 June to James Hemphill and William Henry McCormick farmers. Effects £3599.

Apart from the 1 will which is on-line, for the others you need to go to PRONI to look them up (or pay PRONI to copy them for you).

5 Caldwells from Maghernageeragh signed the Ulster Covenant in 1912 (so that tells you what their views were on Irish Home Rule). Isabella, John, Kate, Mary J & William. John was living in Thornbank, Dumbarton at the time (Scotland) so you may find he settled there. Worth checking the 1911 Scottish census.

https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ulstercovenant/search.aspx

Elwin:

Thank you for all of the information. I appreciate your search.  I never searched outside my immediate family to find everything you've published today.  My cousins in Castlederg have been a wealth of information and I am thrilled I was able to visit them last August.