From memory, Munterevlin was the general name of quite a large area of north east County Tyrone, Arboe (Ardboe) would be a parish within it. Lots of Quinns in that area.
Evelyn Cardwell Get BlueMail for Android On 7 May 2020, 12:37, at 12:37, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: >Hello again Francesca, >Jim McKane has suggested taking a look at >https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/1185/a-brief-history-of-ardboe > for a reference to Munterevlin. > >Place Names of Northern Ireland is essential for locating obsolete sub >denominations and long-forgotten placenames >http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=20934 and >Munterevlin is mentioned in Arboe parish in 1609 at the time of the >Plantation. Apparently mentioned in Ordnance Survey Memoirs c1835, but >not in either the Arboe tithe applotment Book (1826) or Griffiths >Valuation (c1860), so obviously declared obsolete and had fallen out of >use by that time. There are many Quinns recorded in the tithe book, >including several with the given name of Felix. > >So then went to the online Arboe RC registers of baptisms >https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/arboe-rc3.html There are >three Felix Quinns recorded and their townland of residence, but none >born in 1850. Perhaps your forebear took the knowledge of an old native >place of birth, known only locally with him when he emigrated? > >Hope this helps………..second time lucky, >Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > > >Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for >Windows 10 > >From: Len Swindley<mailto:len_swind...@hotmail.com> >Sent: Thursday, 7 May 2020 8:29 PM >To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing >List<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> >Cc: Francesca Piantadosi<mailto:francescawri...@icloud.com> >Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] I'm trying to find my great >grandfather Felix John Quinn > >Hello Francesca, > >There is no location or townland within Co Tyrone known as Munterevlin. >Referring to the Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, >Parishes and Baronies of Ireland (compiled in 1851 and still current), >it is not recorded in any of the twenty-six counties, North or South. >How accurate do you believe your record to be? > >Regards, >Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > >Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for >Windows 10 > >From: Francesca Piantadosi via >CoTyroneList<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> >Sent: Thursday, 7 May 2020 6:44 PM >To: >cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> >Cc: Francesca Piantadosi<mailto:francescawri...@icloud.com> >Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] I'm trying to find my great grandfather >Felix John Quinn > >I’m trying to find my grandfather Felix John Quinn born in Munterevlin, >Ireland. I have his birthdate as April 7, 1850. He died in New York in >1896. > >I’ve probably spent over 60 hours pouring through documents or old >microfiche but to no avail. > >He was Roman Catholic. I do know that but I still can’t find anything. >Any ideas? > >Thanks so much, > >Francesca Piantadosi >_______________________________________________ >CoTyroneList Mailing List >Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com >Change Your Preferences: >http://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://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://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
