Elwyn, Francis and his wife Mary and daughters emigrated to US in 1880. Mary died 6 months later and Francis died 28 September 1883. Margaret b 1854 died in NYC 10 November 1906. Jane died 8 October 1881 in NYC. They were both seamstress. I will be in Ireland up that way on 22/23 September. I’ve been to the PRONI in 2014 but didn’t find anything except that Francis parents could be William and Anne Irwin. Can’t find anything about when where they were married. I think Williams parents were Francis and Dorothy Taggart but no proof. Thanks for the help. Pay
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 18, 2019, at 17:34, elwyn soutter via CoTyroneList > <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > > Looking at the PRONI catalogue of church records, there are 3 > Presbyterian churches in Donagheady that the Taggart family might have > attended. Donagheady 1st seems to have lost its early records and has > nothing before 1875; Donagheady 2nd has records from 1838 and Donemana > from 1856. If John was baptised around 1851 the only one with any > records is obviously the 2nd. There’s a copy of those records in PRONI > (the public record office) in Belfast. They are not on-line there, so > a personal visit is required to view them. > > Having said that, my hunch is that the family church was Donemana. > That’s because Sarah Taggart from Liscloon (presumably a sister to > John) married there on 25.11.1854. Her husband was William McEgan from > Kildoge. Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church, so > probably/possibly it’s the Taggart family church. If so, it seems > unlikely there’s any record of John’s baptism. However you may get > some of his siblings if they were born after 1855. > > I note from the Valuation revision records that Francis Taggart’s name > remains against plot 8a (an agricultural labourer’s cottage) in > Liscloon Lower until 1877. He presumably either moved or died around > that year. > > There were no Taggarts in Liscloon Lower in the 1901 census. > > > > Elwyn > > > On 18/08/2019, Pat O’Fallon via CoTyroneList > <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: >> I am looking for my great grandparents births. John Taggart lived in >> Liscloon, Donaghedy Parish in June 1851. His parents were Francis Taggart >> and Mary Breesen?Brisland married 2December1833 COI, Cumberland Upper, Co >> Derry. In Griffiths Valuation Francis was a tenant of William Oligby. John >> immigrated to NYC in 1868. I have the US side but have only the GV on the >> Irish side. Are there any Taggart’s still living there? John’s wife was >> Margaret McKeever from Moneycannon. They were married in NYC in 1872 at a >> Presbyterian Church so have to assume they were Presbyterian. She immigrated >> in 1870 with her mom Mary McLaughin. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Pat >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
