Thank you so much Elwyn. I will contact the Minister of Coagh Presbyterian Church.
Take care .... Carmen On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 7:53 PM Ron McCoy via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Hi Carmen > > If the family is Presbyterian I have had success following the minister. > The Presbyterians were closely linked to their pastor and records are > pretty good for who served where. Whole congregations often moved with the > pastor. This may help you narrow your search to a specific area, time and > place and group of people. This has been studied by several Thesis > including Glenn Lucus excellent work on Presbyterians in Carleton County , > Ottawa Canada and Rankin Sherling, Presbyterian Clerical migration, Queens > University Kingston Ontario.. Good speed. > > Cheers > > Ron McCoy > On 2019-04-09 3:44 p.m., W A Carmen Ferguson via CoTyroneList wrote: > > Thank you Elwyn. > > > > Alexander had four children – > > > John 1843-1927 > > James 1850-1901 > > Alexander Duff 1854-1856 > > Jane no idea > > > I have no record of when they were baptized. My Grandfather (John) married > Mary Jane Bell (March 3, 1891 in Moneymore Second Presbyterian Church). She > was born in 1861 in Mullaghtironey, Coagh, Co. Tyrone – I don’t know the > month and day and died April 9, 1945. John and Mary Jane are both buried in > Coagh Presbyterian Burying ground. Interesting April 9 – that’s 74 years > ago today; I actually walked behind her hearse at her funeral. > > > > Thanks again for the information provided. > > > > Carmen > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:37 PM elwyn soutter via CoTyroneList < > cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > >> Carmen, >> >> Statutory birth registration only started in Ireland in 1864, so you >> won’t find a birth certificate for Alexander or Matilda. Prior to that >> year you need to rely on church baptism records, where they exist. >> Likewise for marriages, statutory marriage registration only started >> in 1845 (for non RC marriages) and 1864 for RC. >> >> Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church (after which she’d >> usually attend her husband’s). That they were buried in Coagh >> Presbyterian is a hint that it was possibly Alexander’s family church. >> And it might have been Matilda’s family church too. >> >> If so, the news is not great. That church has no baptism records >> earlier than 1839. It has marriages for 1820-1822 and then none till >> 1845. If that is the church where they were baptised and married then >> there don’t appear to be any surviving records. >> >> Did the couple have any children, and if so do you know where they >> were baptised? >> >> >> Elwyn >> >> >> On 09/04/2019, W A Carmen Ferguson via CoTyroneList >> <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: >> > My Great Grandfather Alexander Ferguson was born 1811 in Ballymoyle, >> Coagh, >> > Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland and died the same place on June 13, 1887. I >> > don’t know his month or day of birth. He married Matilda someone (I >> > believe Duff); she was born about 1808 but I don’t know where and died >> > September 19, 1882. I also don’t know when they were married. They are >> both >> > buried in Coagh Presbyterian Burying ground. >> > >> > >> > >> > Any help much appreciated >> > >> > >> > >> > Carmen Ferguson Ottawa, Canada >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CoTyroneList Mailing List >> Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com >> Change Your Preferences: >> http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com >> Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY >> > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > Change Your Preferences: > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > Change Your Preferences: > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY >
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