Thanks, Len. The knitting ladies at the Library gave us the name of a guy that had a list of graves at The Church of Ireland. But no Chambers. We will try to get into the Church today to get a map.
Interesting, the Cemetery in Ardstraw has Protestant on one side of the road and Catholic in the other side. We talked to the son of the Ardstraw Presbyterian Manse. Our waitress knows a John Chambers from Newtownstewart who is about 30 years old - we will try to meet him. Have other leads to check out too. More to come. Tom Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 14, 2018, at 11:52 PM, Len Swindley <len_swind...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Tom, > > Welcome to the reality of genealogical research in Ireland. The Chambers > headstone was transcribed in the parish graveyard (St. Eugene’s CHURCH OF > IRELAND), not at the Catholic Chapel (which also has the same dedication). > Sadly, the headstone (if that is what it was) may have toppled, or if a > gravestone, now covered in turf; the grassed areas may contain many buried > memorials. There is an online index which confirms that the headstone was in > the Church of Ireland graveyard: > > Kabristan Archives > http://www.kabristan.org.uk/kabristan-indexes/20-the-kabristan-archives-online > County Tyrone Graveyards - Part III - C > <722D06DA79864AE08F1216A7707BE684.jpg> > > Hope you are enjoying the beautiful north Tyrone countryside > Len Swindley > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: tchamber...@gmail.com <tchamber...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 7:28:03 AM > To: Len Swindley; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] New to CTI, looking for > informationonChambers family > > Len, et al. > We are in Newtownstewart and have not found the Chambers gravestone. > We looked at the Church of Ireland cemetery in Newtownstewart (on Main > Street). > We looked at the St Eugene cemetery (Glenknock on Plumbridge Rd). > And finally we looked at the Old Ardstraw Protestant cemetery. Most of > those gravestones were about the right age for John and Martha. > Ideas? > Tom > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 25, 2018, at 11:08 AM, Len Swindley <len_swind...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello again Tom, >> >> Thanks for your message and update. Your post contains vital information re. >> your connection to the Maclear family. The transcription on the Chambers >> headstone in the graveyard of Ardstraw Parish Church (St. Eugene’s Church of >> Ireland, Newtownstewart) reads: >> >> Sacred to the memory of JOHN CHAMBERS who died 3rd January 1867 aged 71 >> years. Also his wife MARTHA CHAMBERS of Newtownstewart who died June 1866 >> aged 72 years and his sister MARGARET LYNCH, Moyle who died 19th February >> 1879, aged 72 years. >> >> Kabristan published a selection of headstone inscriptions (50), but this is >> a very large graveyard with hundreds of memorials, so only the surface has >> been scratched. It is a similar scenario with the Patrick Street Graveyard >> in Strabane where thare are 451 headstones with legible inscriptions, but >> only 50 have been copied by Kabristan. >> >> Martha’s death was announced in the Londonderry Journal June 13 1866 >> [Died] June 9, at Newtownstewart, county Tyrone, Martha, the beloved wife of >> Mr. John Chambers, in the 73rd year of her age. >> >> Turning to the Maclears, the attached obituary for Sir Thomas Maclear will >> interest you, also the reference to Margaret Lynch of Moyle Cottage: >> >> Londonderry Journal January 14 1840 >> [Died] on Sunday, the 29th ult., aged 77 years, Mr. James McAleer (sic), >> Moyle Cottage, near Nn.-Stewart, county Tyrone. In all the relations of life >> deceased was much respected, and his death is very much lamented by his >> friends and acquaintances >> >> There is also a distinct possibility of a Maclear headstone in St. Eugene’s >> graveyard; it would be searching for during your visit to Newtownstewart. >> >> Hope this is useful and regards, >> Len Swindley >> >> >> >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> From: Tom Chambers >> Sent: Sunday, 25 February 2018 1:41 PM >> To: Len Swindley; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com >> Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] New to CTI, looking for >> informationonChambers family >> >> Len >> >> Some updates on my research regarding the Chambers family in Newtownstewart. >> >> First, I have documented information that John Chambers and Martha McClear >> (McCleir) were the parents of Mary Ann Chambers (Wildey, McGowan). This is >> from her Disinterment Document. At the bottom of this document it lists the >> Occupation of her Father as “Linen Merchant”. >> >> Mary Ann and Thomas Chambers are both buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery in >> NYC. I received information from the cemetery that is consistent with all >> of this. I am trying really hard to find the obituary for Thomas Chambers, >> but to date, no success. >> >> By the way, I found records of John and Martha buried at Ardstraw from the >> Kabristan.org Archives. >> >> I went back to look at the passenger list for the John Stuart 1852 and >> determined that the Thomas Chambers is probably not my relative since it >> shows a family of Chambers with wife and two children. So back to the >> drawing board to find how and when he got to the USA. >> >> At this point it looks like we will visit Newtownstewart around June 14-15. >> >> In the meantime, I’ll keep plugging away. Thanks for your help. >> >> Tom >> >> >> <MACLEAR, MOYLE COTTAGE, NEWTOWNSTEWART CO TYRONE.doc>
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