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Ardstraw Death Announcements, 1860-69
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Transcribed & Compiled by Len Swindley



Deaths recorded in Ardstraw parish, Co. Tyrone, extracted from personal notices inserted in the LONDONDERRY SENTINEL, LONDONDERRY STANDARD & DERRY JOURNAL

February 17 1860


February 11, at Carnkenny, CATHERINE, daughter of MR. THOMAS ALLEN, aged 5 years


February 24 1860


February 19, JANE, infant daughter of THOMAS ALLEN, ESQ., Carnkenny, near Ardstraw Bridge


March 16 1860


March 11, at Grove, near Ardstraw Bridge, JAMES, eldest son of MR. ALLEN TYNAN, aged 17 years


March 23 1860


March 12, at her mother's residence, Derrychrear [Co. Londonderry], MARY ANNE, the beloved wife of MR. JOHN HAMILTON, Magheracolton, Newtownstewart


March 30 1860


At Concess, near Strabane, ISABELLA, relict of the late JOHN McFARLAND, ESQ., aged 86 years


May 4 1860


April 30, ELIZA, relict of the late MR. ROBERT DUNN, of Ardstraw, aged 75 years


June 1 1860


May 30, at Crosh House, the residence of her brother in law, MR. C. MATHEWSON, LUCY, relict of the late MR. JAMES ASHTON, formerly of Buncrana [Co. Donegal]


June 8 1860


On the 6th June, at Newtownstewart, MARTHA, relict of the late CAPTAIN SAVILLE SPEER, 1st Royal Regiment of Foot. Her remains will leave at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning for internment at Balnasaggart


June 15 1860


June 4, after a few days illness, at Pubble, near Newtownstewart, MARY, the beloved wife of JOHN ROSS, ESQ., in the 68th year of her Age


July 6 1860


Lately, at Erginagh, Parish of Ardstraw, the residence of his father, MR. JAMES PORTER GREER, formerly of Front Street, Strabane, county Tyrone


August 24 1860


May 23, at Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, aged 27 years, MR. THOMAS WRAY, Hargreaves Street, of the firm of Wray Brothers and Company, Barker Street, formerly of Messrs McArthur and Company, Londonderry, and brother to MR. JOHN WRAY, Ardstraw, county Tyrone, Ireland


August 31 1860


August 29, at 26, Synnot Place, Mountjoy Square, Dublin, THOMAS MACCROSSAN, ESQ., M.D., and L.R.C.S.I., youngest son of HENRY MACCROSSAN, ESQ, of Legland House, county Tyrone


October 19 1860


September 22, at his residence, Gortmellon, ALEXANDER HILL, formerly of Baronscourt, near Newtownstewart, at the advanced age of 85 years. He was a member of the last volunteer corps of Ireland, under the Marquis of Abercorn


December 21 1860


November 14, of sore throat, after two days illness, SAMUEL, only son of MR. JAMES WILSON, of Carnkenny, aged 6 years and 7 months


February 1 1861


January 20, after a few days' illness, at Tyrmegan, near Newtownstewart, MR. WILLIAM ALEXANDER ROSS, aged 37 years


April 5 1861


On the 17th March, at his residence, Goland, MR. WILLIAM ADAMS, aged 85 years


April 12 1861


April 1, at her residence, Grange, Newtownstewart, aged 72, JANE, wife of MR. ALEXANDER MOORE


April 12 1861


At Creevy, in the 88th year of his age, MR. JOSEPH McASKIE, for upwards of forty years, a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church of Ardstraw


May 24 1861


May 20, at Rockmount, near Newtownstewart, THOMAS, eldest surviving son of the REV. THOMAS JOHNSTON, Badoney


June 28 1861


June 16, MARGARET, relict of the late MR. J. YOUNG, of Newtownstewart, aged 78 years


July 19 1861


On the 10th July, at Carncoran, near Castlederg, in the house of her daughter, MRS. SPROULE, MARY, the relict of the late MR. JOHN McCORMICK, of Cooel, near Drumquin, at the advanced age of 105 years


August 30 1861


August 27, at Creevy, near Castlederg, in his ninetieth year, MR. DAVID BROWN, father of the REV. ANDREW BROWN, Turlough, and for more than forty years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church of Drumlegagh


September 20 1861


September 14, at Drumclamph, Castlederg, after a protracted illness, WILLIAM MOORE, youngest son of MR. HUGH MOORE


October 25 1861


October 22, at Newtownstewart, MISS HAWKSHAW


November 22 1861


November 14, at the residence of her son, the Crew, near Castlederg, ISABELLA, widow of the late JOSEPH ALEXANDER, ESQ., aged 87 years


December 13 1861


December 1, at Newtownstewart, ELIZABETH, wife of MR. ANDREW MONTEITH, merchant, aged 35 years


December 20 1861


December 17, at her residence, Carnkenney, MRS. CATHERINE NEILSON [NELSON], aged 75 years


December 27 1861


December 24, MARTHA JANE, youngest daughter of MR. WILLIAM McCLOY, Newtownstewart, aged 7 years and 9 months


January 17 1862


January 10, after a long and lingering illness, MATILDA, the beloved wife of MR. ROBERT RUSSELL, of Ardstraw Bridge


February 21 1862


Feb 18, at Sion, near Strabane, SUSAN, wife of the late MR. JAMES BAIRD, of Crew, Ardstraw, aged 65 years


February 28 1862


February 18, at Sion, near Strabane, SUSAN, wife of the late MR. JAMES BAIRD, of Crew, Ardstraw, aged 65 years


April 4 1862


March 31, at Envaugh, near Newtownstewart, OLIVER STEWART, ESQ., aged 88 years


April 18 1862


April 15, at Newtownstewart, ISABELLA JANE, wife of MR. ROSS CAMPBELL, merchant


May 30 1862


May 24, at Mulvin, Strabane, ROBERT SPROULE, ESQ., late of Jamaica, West Indies


June 13 1862


May 18, at his residence, Priestcess, near Castlederg, MR. WILLIAM WAUGH, aged 72 years


June 20 1862


June 14, at his residence, Drumclamph, MR. JOHN SCOTT, aged 71 years, a former leader of the Wesleyan Society


July 25 1862


July 16, at Clare House, County Tyrone, REBECCA JANE, wife of JOHN MATTHEWSON, ESQ., aged 66 years


November 7 1862


July 29, at Tangchew, China, of Cholera, the REV. SAMUEL R. GAILEY, Presbyterian Missionary, aged 85 years. He was a native of Creevey, near Magheracriggan, county Tyrone


January 2 1863


December 20, at Stonyfalls, of whooping cough, the infant daughter of MR. ROBERT ENTRICAN, aged one month


February 6 1863


January 26, at his residence, Magheracrigan, of consumption, MR. JOHN ALEXANDER KERR, aged 21 years


March 27 1863


March 20, at Drumlegagh, Legland, MARGARET, wife of MR. DAVID KILPATRICK, aged 72 years


April 24 1863


April 21, at Newtownstewart, JANE wife of MR. NATHANIEL PATTON, aged 76 years


April 24 1863


April 17, at Crew, near Castlederg, after a lingering illness, ELIZA, relict of the late JOHN ALLEN, ESQ., aged 44 years


September 8 1863


August 29, at his late residence, Grange, near Newtownstewart, in his 61st year, MR. WILLIAM MOORE, SEN.


September 18 1863


August 12, at Philadelphia, ALEXANDER, son of MR. ANDREW GRAHAM, teacher of Corick National School, Newtownstewart, and brother of MR. HUGH WILLIAM GRAHAM, teacher of Corranary National School, Omagh


September 18 1863


September 5, at Meaghy, THOMAS FORSTER, second son of ARTHUR FORSTER


December 8 1863


On the 22nd November, at the residence of his son in law, WILLIAM AIKIN, Strabane, JOHN ROSS, ESQ., formerly of Pubble, near Newtownstewart, aged 73 years


January 15 1864


January 8, at Whitehouse, MARY JANE, the beloved wife of the REV. JAMES McCASKIE, of Philadelphia


January 29 1864


January 25, at his father's residence, Grouse Park, near Newtownstewart, of consumption, GEORGE, youngest son of MR. THOMAS RIDDELL. He was a student of Trinity College, Dublin


February 23 1864


February 16, at Moyle, Newtownstewart, at the advanced age of 92 years, MRS. MARY MACLEAR, mother of SIR THOMAS MACLEAR, BART., Astronomer Royal at the Cape of Good Hope, and sister of the late SIR GEORGE MAGRATH, BART., M.D., R.N., Plymouth


March 4 1864


At Newtownstewart, county Tyrone, Catherine, relict of the late PETER O'BRIEN


March 11 1864


March 7, at the residence of her son in law, MR. WILLIAM McCLOY, Abercorn Arms Hotel, Newtownstewart, MARY, relict of the late MR. WILLIAM McFEETERS, aged 93 years


April 5 1864


At Scarvaghern, near Castlederg, of apoplexy, MR. JAMES BROOKE, in the 67 year of his age


April 26 1864


April 21, at Moyle, MARGARET, relict of the late MR. JOHN PATTERSON, aged 75 years


May 24 1864


May 16, at her residence in Grange, Newtownstewart, MARGARET ELIZA, the wife of MR. ALEXANDER MOORE, JUN.


March 29 1864


March 26, at Pubble House, Newtownstewart, MARY, wife of MR. WILLIAM PATTERSON


July 12 1864


On the 5th July, at the residence of her son, Lisnatunney, Newtownstewart, MRS. ANNE HOOD, the relict of the late MR. JOHN HOOD, aged 90 years


August 30 1864


August 25, MARY ANN, daughter of MR. WILLIAM McCLOY, Abercorn Arms Hotel, Newtownstewart


September 20 1864


On the 8th September, at her residence, Tyrmegan, near Newtownstewart, aged 54 years, ELIZABETH, wife of MR. JOHN ALLEN, of Tyrmegan


October 4 1864


September 29, at Rathkelly, Newtownstewart, MARGARET, relict of the late MR. JAMES MACLEAR


October 14 1864


October 5, at Newtownstewart, ELIZABETH BLACK, widow of the late WILLIAM DILL, ESQ., writer and banker


December 28 1864


December 22, at Moyle, MR. HENRY THOMSON, aged 44 years


January 6 1865


On the 3rd January, at his residence, Moyle, DAVID STEVENSON, aged 70 years


January 13 1865


On the 9th January at Newtownstewart, MRS. MARY MOORE, aged 73 years


February 3 1865


On the 28th January, at his residence, Ballymullarty, county Tyrone, THOMAS MOORHEAD, ESQ., at the advanced age of 103 years


March 21 1865


March 14, at Castlederg, MRS. ELLEN McHUGH, widow of the late WILLIAM McHUGH, ESQ. Her remains will be removed on Thursday, to the family burying ground at Carncorn


May 2 1865


On the 28th April, at 2 Ferryquay Street, Derry, REBECCA, the daughter of MR. THOMAS RIDDELL, Grouse Park, Newtownstewart, aged 24 years


May 12 1865


May 2, at her residence, Lisnatunny, JANE McDERMOTT, aged 48

years


May 30 1865


May 28, at Ardstraw, LIZZIE, eldest daughter of SAMUEL DUNN, ESQ., aged twelve years


June 30 1865


June 15, at Lennymore, Gortin, in the 74th year of her age, MARTHA, relict of the late JAMES MACIVOR, ESQ., of Coleraine, and mother of the REV. JAMES MACIVOR, D.D., Rector of Ardstraw


August 18 1865


July 20, at Guelph, Canada West, ROBERT, second son of the late CAPTAIN GEORGE D. PORTER, R.N., Trafalgar Lodge, Strabane, and brother of CAPTAIN JOHN PORTER, Crosh House, Newtownstewart


August 29 1865


August 18, at the residence of her sister-in-law, MRS. STUART, Deerpark, Newtownstewart, MARY, relict of the late MR. SAMUEL CURRY, Culdaff, aged 82 years


October 20 1865


October 4, at his residence, Drumnaboy, Castlederg, OLIVER HEALEY, ESQ., aged 28 years


November 10 1865


November 8, at her mother's residence, Deer Park, Newtownstewart, ANNA, youngest daughter of the late MR. JAMES STUART, aged 27 years


December 8 1865


December 1, at Newtownstewart, MR. DAVID DUNCAN, aged 72 Years


December 8 1865


December 4, at Newtownstewart, MISS MARGARET DUNCAN, daughter of the late DAVID DUNCAN, aged 20 years


January 26 1866


January 13, at Ballyfolliard, near Castlederg, SARAH, the beloved wife of MR. JAMES CRAIG, aged 46 years. On the same day, at the same place, their son THOMAS, aged 6 years. And on the 19th inst., at the same place, their son ROBERT, aged 10 years


February 6 1866


On Sunday night, November 26, 1865, by drowning, MR. EDWARD MACSORLEY, R.N., surgeon H.M.S. Rattler, at Nagasaki, Japan. He was the second son of MR. EDWARD MACSORLEY, Newtownstewart, county Tyrone, Ireland, and only brother of the REV. HUGH MACSORLEY, Incumbent of St. Paul's, Tottenham, London, aged 36 years


March 16 1866


On the 5th March, at Drumclamph, MR. HUGH MOORE, in the 81st year of his age


March 16 1866


On the 7th March, at Magheracrigan, SARAH SOPHIA MATILDA, youngest daughter of MR. ANDREW GAILEY, aged one year and eleven months


April 27 1866


April 20, at the residence of his son, the REV. DR. MONAHAN, Hilton, Rathmullan, JOHN MONAHAN, ESQ., late of Newtownstewart, in the 94th year of his age


April 27 1866


April 17, at The Crew, MR. SAMUEL ALEXANDER, aged 69 years


June 12 1866


May 31, at Spamount, Castlederg, of disease of the heart, MR. THOMAS SLOAN, aged 69 years


June 12 1866


June 9, at Newtownstewart, county Tyrone, MARTHA, the beloved wife of MR. JOHN CHAMBERS, in the 73rd year of her age


June 22 1866


June 12, at his residence, Tyrmegan, near Newtownstewart, JOHN ALLEN, ESQ., aged 74 years


June 29 1866


June 24, Elizabeth, wife of MR. NEAL McLAUGHLIN, Churchtown, Ardstraw, aged 73 years


July 20 1866


On the 16th July, at Newtownstewart, MR. WILLIAM BRADLEY, aged 84 Years


November 16 1866


On the 14th November, MRS. McCLOY, Abercorn Arms Hotel, Newtownstewart


December 25 1866


December 20, Jane, relict of the late MR. JOSEPH GAILEY, Magheralough, Castlefin, aged 77 years


January 1 1867


December 30, at Doortans, near Castlederg, ELIZA, daughter of MR. MATTHEW WALLS, Dunrain, Castlederg


January 4 1867


December 30, at Doortans, near Castlederg, ELIZA, eldest daughter of MR. MATTHEW WALLS, Dunrain, Castlederg


January 29 1867


January 19, at his residence, Claudyhood, MR. JOHN MITCHELL, aged 76 years


January 18 1867


On the 3rd January, MR. JOHN CHAMBERS, of Newtownstewart, aged 71 years


January 18 1867


June 11, at her residence, Church Street, Newtownstewart, CATHERINE, wife of MR. JOHN CLARK


August 16 1867


On the 10th August, at the house of her son in law, THOMAS HAMILTON, ESQ., Grange, county Tyrone, ANNE SMILY HAMILTON, widow of the late REV. ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, of Mount Barnard, Castlederg, in the same County


August 20 1867


August 8 at Crew, JOSEPH ALEXANDER, only son of ANDREW ALEXANDER, of Crew, aged 35 years


September 3 1867


August 27, at his residence, Main Street, Newtownstewart, MR. HENRY FISHER, aged 50 years


November 5 1867


October 26, at Cavendish Quay, Bandon, county Cork, REV. JAMES C. ALLEN, eldest son of MR. THOMAS ALLEN, Carnkenny, Ardstraw, county Tyrone, aged 25 years


November 5 1867


November 4, at Creduff House, Castlederg, CLARK MATHEWSON, ESQ., late of Newtownstewart, aged 71 years. His remains will be removed for interment in the family burying ground, at Ardstraw, on Wednesday morning, at half past ten o'clock


November 5 1867


October 26, at Cavendish Quay, Bandon, county Cork, REV. JAMES C. ALLEN, eldest son of MR. THOMAS ALLEN, Carnkenny, Ardstraw, county Tyrone, aged 25 years


November 22 1867


November 17, at the residence of her mother, Main Street, Newtownstewart, MARGARET, eldest daughter of the late MR. HENRY FISHER, aged 25 years


December 6 1867


In last December, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, America, of spotted fever, THOMAS HANDCOCK, aged 18 years, eldest son of MR. ROBERT RUTLEDGE, Garvetagh


December 6 1867


November 28, at her father's residence, after a short illness, ISABELLA, aged three years, youngest daughter of MR. ROBERT RUTLEDGE, Garvetagh


December 24 1867


December 22, MISS ANNE HAMILTON, one of the most respected of the few remaining old natives of Newtownstewart


January 17 1868


January 8, at Whitehouse, near Castlederg, aged 101 years. MR JOHN STEWART, one of the most respected natives of that place. It is somewhat remarkable that notwithstanding his unusually protracted course of existence, he retained, unimpaired, all his faculties to the last moment. Deceased was father of MRS. WILLIAM SPROULE, of Newtownstewart


March 6 1868


On the 15th February, at his residence, 226 North Avenue, Alleghany City, Pa., U.S., America, JOHN B. MILLER, ESQ., in his 83d year, for nearly half a century a resident, and some time Alderman, of that city, and brother to WILLIAM, and THOMAS MILLER, Newtownstewart, county Tyrone



March 17 1868


March 13, at Murlog, SARAH JANE, eldest daughter of MR. JOHN McELREA, Knockrow, Douglasbridge


April 24 1868


April 21, at 17 Badeque Street, Belfast, MR. ALEXANDER BROWN, late of Aldohill, Newtownstewart, county Tyrone, aged 81 yrs


June 26 1868


June 23, at Newtownstewart, in his 84th year, WILLIAM MILLER, father of MR. THOMAS MILLER, Brook House, Newtownstewart


July 10 1868


July 5, at his mother's residence, Deer Park, Newtownstewart, ROBERT, youngest son of the late MR. JAMES STUART


July 10 1868


July 24, believed to be of sunstroke, after attending a picnic a few days previously, MR. GEORGE FULTON, hotel keeper, Newtownstewart, aged 40 years


August 7 1868


July 29, at his residence, Knockanillar, Newtownstewart, MR. WILLIAM DICK


September 15 1868


September 4, at his residence, Lislea, Newtownstewart, of bronchitis, MR. THOMAS FERGUSON, aged 57 years


February 12 1869


February 10, at 57 William Street, Derry, ANGEL KERR, aged 84 years. Her remains will be removed for interment in the burying ground of Ardstraw, on this Friday morning the 12th inst. at 11.45 am


February 19 1869


Feb 17, at Newtownstewart, MARGARET, the beloved wife of MR. WILLIAM SEMPLE


March 16 1869


March 6, at Milltown House, Glassmullagh, Omagh, NANCY, wife of MR. ROBERT ROULSTONE, aged 54 years


March 23 1869


March 18, at her father's residence, ISABELLA, youngest daughter of MR. ROBERT MONCRIEFF, Newtownstewart, aged 4 years


June 8 1869


May 31, at her residence, Tiveny, Ardstraw, ELIZA, wife of JAMES ANDERSON, aged 82 years


July 20 1869


July 15, Elizabeth, wife of MR. ANDREW CUNNINGHAM, Ardstraw Bridge, county Tyrone


August 3 1869


July 27, at Drumlegagh, Newtownstewart, ELIZABETH, second daughter of MR. JOHN GIVEN, aged 15 years and 5 months


August 3 1869


At his residence, Pubble, Newtownstewart, MR. PATRICK McSWIGGAN, aged 75 years


August 6 1869


August 2, at his mother's residence, Main Street, Newtownstewart, JOHN FISHER, aged 18 years


September 17 1869


Sept. 11, at her residence, Magheracolton, ROSANNAH, the beloved wife of MR. JOHN LAIRD, aged 65 years


September 24 1869


Sept. 21, at his residence, Newtownstewart, JOHN SIMPSON, ESQ., aged 80 years


October 1 1869


Sept. 25, at Claudy Johnston, ISABELLA, relict of the late MR. JAMES TYNAN, aged 87 years


October 5 1869


Sept. 30, at his residence, Newtownstewart, DR. HAMILTON, R.N., in his 79th year


November 5 1869


Nov. 2, at Newtownstewart, county Tyrone, MARTHA ELIZABETH, daughter of MR. THOMAS MILLER, aged 2 years and four months


November 30 1869


Nov. 25, at Dublin, CHARLES McCROSSAN, ESQ., solicitor, Leyland House, Newtownstewart, county Tyrone


November 30 1869


Oct. 5, at the house of MR. WILLIAM WILSON, Derry West, Cannace, of bilious fever, MR. JASPER SPROULE, formerly of Ardstraw Bridge, in the 44th year of his age




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