Good luck, Valerie!

And well done, gentlemen!!

Pat

> On Aug 26, 2022, at 8:40 AM, Valerie Stewart via CoTyroneList 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Do you have any idea how AMAZING you are?
> THANK YOU!🌹
> 
> I have written to the minister at the Carnone church and he expects us at the 
> Service on 1 Sept.
> Rev. McKibbin has authorized one of the members (who holds the key to the 
> church records) to let me see what they have for the time period for my 
> family.  I will take photos of everything I see and of course share them with 
> you all.
> 
> I am taking flowers, just in case Barbara Stevenson Allen is buried there. 
> The only record of her name is in the marriage report from the Londonderry 
> Sentinel, perhaps she had another given name and just prefered to go by 
> Barbara ? Whatever the mystery is, you gentlemen have made it possible to 
> know about her.  on my sister Terri's headstone are engraved these words:  To 
> live in hearts you leave behind, is not to die"  knowing about who made us 
> possible informs our own life.
> 
> You are so kind and generous - thank you Len and Elwyn and James.
> Valerie
> 
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 5:19 AM Len Swindley <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hello All, 
> 
> The search for Valerie’s forebears continues and many thanks to Elwyn for his 
> continued great input and valuable insights. Apologies for the delayed 
> response, but work and life have been a priority. 
> 
> Interestingly, TWO Tithe Applotment Books survive for Donaghmore Parish and 
> the indexes will only be found on CTI  and no other website, but there are no 
> recordings for any Floods perhaps indicating that they had died out or 
> emigrated and Catherine was the last of the line?
> 
> www.cotyroneireland.com <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/> 
> 
> and go to the Donegal menu and Donaghmore Parish 
> 
> www.cotyroneireland.com/menus/donaghmore.html 
> <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/menus/donaghmore.html> 
> 
> DONAGHMORE TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOK (partial) 1815
> 
> www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1815.html 
> <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1815.html> 
> 
> DONAGHMORE TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOK (complete) 1826 
> 
> www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1826.html 
> <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1826.html> 
> 
> DONAGHMORE FLAXGROWERS LIST 1796 contain the names of two Floods – JAMES and 
> JOHN 
> 
> www.cotyroneireland.com/flax/donaghmore.html 
> <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/flax/donaghmore.html> 
> 
> Donaghmore is one of the better-covered parishes on CTI and I have been 
> delighted to submit the following files which contain essential data. 
> 
> Continued success, 
> 
> Len Swindley 
> 
> Donaghmore Parish & Castlefin, Co. Donegal Birth Announcements 1842-70 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/births/donaghmore2.html> 
> 
> Donaghmore Parish & Castlefin, Co. Donegal Death Announcements 1764-1870 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/burial/donaghmore2.html> 
> 
> Donaghmore Parish, Co. Donegal, Marriage Announcements 1808-1870 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/donaghmore3.html> 
> 
> Carnone Presbyterian Church, Donaghmore Parish Marriages 1832-99 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/carnone.html> 
> 
> Carnone Presbyterian Church, Donaghmore Parish: Pewholders & Stipend Payers 
> 1867 <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/carnonepresbyterian.html> 
> 
> Carnone Presbyterian Church, Donaghmore Parish: Pewholders & Stipend Payers 
> 1883 <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/carnone.html> 
> 
> Donoughmore Presbyterian Church, Liscooley, Castlefin, Donaghmore Parish: 
> Pewholders & Stipend Payers 1867 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donoughmorepresby.html> 
> 
> Donoughmore, Co. Donegal, Presbyterian Ruling Elders & Commissioners 
> 1620-1700 <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donoughmore.html> 
> 
> Donoughmore Presbyterian Church, Liscooley, near Castlefin, Donaghmore 
> Parish, Marriages 1820-99 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donoughmore2.html> 
> 
> Donaghmore Parish Church, St. Patrick's Church of Ireland, near Castlefinn, 
> Marriages 1845-66 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/donaghmore2.html> 
> 
> Donaghmore Parish, Co. Donegal, Marriage Announcements 1808-1870 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/donaghmore3.html> 
> 
> Index to the Flaxgrowers Bounty List (Spinning Wheel Premiums), Donaghmore 
> Parish, Co. Donegal 1796 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/flax/donaghmore.html> 
> 
> Applications to Register Freeholds in the Barony of Raphoe 1829-31 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/freeholders/raphoe.html> 
> 
> Index to Tithe Applotment Book,Donaghmore Parish 1815 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1815.html> 
> 
> Index to Tithe Applotment Book, Donaghmore Parish 1826 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/donaghmore1826.html> 
> 
> Public Examination at Castlefin School, Donaghmore Parish 1822 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/schools/castlefin.html> 
> 
> STEVENSON Births & Marriages, Donaghmore Parish 1821-96 
> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/stevenson6.html> 
> 
> 
> From: elwyn soutter <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Sent: Sunday, 7 August 2022 7:53 PM
> To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: Len Swindley <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>; Valerie Stewart <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: Irish Emigration From the Port of Derry
>  
> Valerie,
>  
> You comment about finding Henry Allen’s baptism in Raphoe parish. Henry 
> senior was a weaver. They did tend to move around to follow the available 
> work. I do note that the baptism was Church of Ireland, rather than 
> Presbyterian, which is mildly unusual, but not impossible. Folk did “change 
> lanes” from time to time. Or it might be another family with the same 
> forenames.  But moving around was not unusual and it often makes weavers and 
> labourers generally harder to trace. 
>  
> You mention tracing Catherine Flood’s family. Her townland is given as 
> Carnone (Carnowen) and her father Patrick was a farmer. I searched Griffiths 
> Valuation (1857) for Carnowen and there are no Flood households listed. 
> Suggests the family had died out or left the area by 1857. There was only one 
> Flood in the whole parish in 1857. She was Mary Flood in the townland of 
> Trusk. She lived in a labourer’s cottage on Francis Devaney’s farm. Trusk is 
> some distance from Carnowen. Perhaps 15 miles, so probably no connection.
>  
> The tithe applotment records for Donaghmore parish don’t appear to have 
> survived so I can’t check to see if there was a Patrick Flood in Carnowen in 
> the 1820s.  I searched the local marriage records 1845 – 1865 for other 
> Floods from Carnowen but without success. So not much sign of your Flood 
> family in Irish records.
>  
> As far as attending Carnone Presbyterian church on 11th September, just turn 
> up.  No invitation is required. The Minister should be at the door when you 
> leave and you can have a word with him/her then if you wish.
>  
> https://www.fahanchurch.org/carnonepresbyterian.htm 
> <https://www.fahanchurch.org/carnonepresbyterian.htm>
>  
>  
>  
> Elwyn
> 
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 at 19:23, Valerie Stewart via CoTyroneList 
> <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Len,
> I think you may have found something here.
> 
> Henry Allen is the name of my 2nd great grandfather. He would most likely 
> have immigrated in 1851 (as he and Catherine Flood only married on 14 Nov. 
> 1850- per the parish records).
> From the Allen Nebraska Centennial History book that I have, it says that the 
> family went to Philadelphia.
> So the entry for the "Superior" to Philadelphia might have been him.  
> Was it common not to mention wife/children if they were part of the 
> passengers?
> Castlefin is very close to Carnone/Carnowen and it's possible, after they 
> married in November, they may have stayed there before immigrating?
> 
> I have also copied Elwyn Soutter with this email, as you both are far more 
> knowledgeable about the records that are available.  So, if you have any 
> suggestions for where I might look next, to try and nail down information- I 
> would be very grateful. 
> 
> (I have found no other information about the mother of Henry's children - 
> Barbara Stevenson, other than their 1836 marriage notice, and you had found 
> the baptism records of three of the children, William, Susan, Sarah.
> The following entries were extracted from the Carnone Church records:
>       Carnone Presbyterian Church, Donaghmore Parish, Register of Baptisms
>       Jan 8 1837: William son of Henry Allen & Barbara
>       Feb 14 1844: Susan dau of Henry Allen & Barbara
>      Sep 4 1846: Sarah dau of Henry Allen & Barbara
>      No record of a baptism of Henry James
> Henry'Jr.s baptism record is in Raphoe Parish for some reason (attached)  
> 
> Maybe I should try looking  for records about Catherine Flood Allen's father? 
> Maybe as a farmer there might be a Townsland record with his name/location?  
> Might that be useful?
> 
> I did try writing to the current minister at the Carnone Presybterian Church 
> to say I was wanting to attend  the Sunday Service on 11 Sept. but it may 
> have gone into his spam folder, as I've had no reply.
> 
> Once again, I thank you both for your generous sharing of your expertise and 
> knowledge.
> Valerie
> 
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 4:11 AM Len Swindley <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hello Valerie, 
> 
> Apologies for commencing a new thread but I have not been receiving posts via 
> my Hotmail account and unable to respond to your post. 
> 
> I have referred to “Irish Passenger Lists 1847-1871” edited by Brian Mitchell 
> which contains the names and addresses of in excess of 27,000 emigrants to 
> the U.S. and Canada carried by the two Derry shipping companies J & J Cooke 
> Line and McCorkell Line to Philadelphia, Quebec, St John & New Orleans. 
> 
> There are three records for Allens from Castlefin (Donaghmore parish) and 
> Convoy which may be connected to your family: 
> 
> “Alleghaney” to Philadelphia 1847 
> 
> UNITY ALLEN of Castlefin  
> 
> “Lumley” to Philadelphia 1850 
> 
> ANDREW ALLEN of Convoy 
> 
> “Superior” to Philadelphia 1851 
> 
> HENRY ALLEN of Castlefin 
> 
> Sadly, there appears to be no record of your forebears and it is possible 
> they made their way to Glasgow (Greenock) and sailed from there. 
> 
> There was no systematic record of emigrants from Ireland until the 1890s. 
> 
> Hope this helps, 
> 
> Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia 
> 
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