Death Notices, Culdaff Parish, Co Donegal
Transcribed from the Londonderry Sentinel 1829-69
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June 8 1839
At Culdaff House, on the 28th ult., MRS YOUNG, SEN., relict of the late ROBERT YOUNG, ESQ
December 7 1839
At Moville, on Saturday the 30th ult., after a lingering illness, JAMES W. YOUNG, ESQ., third son of the late ROBERT YOUNG, ESQ., of Culdaff House, county Donegal
April 17 1841
On Sunday, the 4th inst., in the 58th year of his age, MR JOHN REID, of Clagan, near Culdaff
December 18 1841
Of fever, at Sandwich, Upper Canada, on the 25th October, at the residence of her brother, LIEUTENANT COLONEL BROOKE YOUNG, ANNE ELIZA YOUNG, sincerely and deservedly regretted by all who knew her, formerly of Culdaff, county Donegal
December 12 1846
On Wednesday, the 2nd inst., in the Parish of Culdaff, county Donegal, the REV JAMES LAWRENCE McHENRY, aged 67 years. He had been for nearly 44 years, until his death, a Curate of the Established Church, in the Diocese of Derry
March 20 1847
At Culdaff, on the 10th inst., at the residence of her husband's father, CAROLINE MARY, wife of MR ALEXANDER THOMPSON, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
August 21 1847
August 17th, suddenly, at Redford Glebe, the REV RICHARD HAMILTON, for 24 years Rector of the parishes of Culdaff and Cloncha
January 22 1848
Died on the 14th inst., at Carthage House, Culdaff, county Donegal, the REV JAMES KNOX, at the advanced age of ninety two years and nine months. For forty years he filled the situation of Headmaster of Derry School, having been appointed by the Lord Lieutenant in January 1794, to succeed the late Rev. George Vaughan Sampson, from which situation he retired in August 1834. Mr. Knox was of Scotch descent, and, we believe, of a collateral branch of the Northland family, who took their name from the estate of Knox, in the Barony of Renfrew, where they had been anciently located. In the early stage of the Ulster plantation, an ancestor of Mr. Knox settled in Donegal, having become the proprietor of an extensive property
April 7 1849
At Claggin, near Culdaff, county Donegal, on the 29th ult., MRS KIRKPATRICK, aged 105
October 19 1849
At Hastings [Sussex, England], on the 14th inst., ELIZABETH MARY, the beloved wife of the REV JOHN SHEAL, B.D., Rector of Culdaff, Donegal
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At Culdaff House, RALPH YOUNG, ESQ., aged 75 years after a long and severe illness
January 17 1851
At Culdaff, on the 11th inst., MR WILLIAM HENDERSON, postmaster, aged 75 years. He had been permanent sergeant of the Culdaff Yeomanry from its formation in 1796
September 5 1851
August 31st, at the Lodge, Culdaff, GEORGE MOREWOOD, aged 10 years, second son of EDWARD HARVEY, ESQ
February 2 1855
At Culdaff House, on the 27th ult., aged 76 years, MRS EVANS, relict of the late CAPTAIN ROBERT EVANS, R.N., brother of the late SIR JOHN EVANS, of Erbistock Hall, North Wales. Deceased was the youngest daughter of the late GEORGE NESBITT, ESQ., of Woodhill in the county Donegal
November 28 1856
At Culdaff, on the 5th inst., aged 70 years, ELIZABETH, relict of the late MR PARLAND McCAUSLAND
December 5 1856
At Kindroghead, Parish of Culdaff, on Thursday, the 27th ult., in her eighth year, MARGARET MARIA, the only daughter of MR GEORGE K. MITCHELL
May 28 1858
On the 15th inst., at her residence, Limefield House, Moville, MISS ANNE MITCHELL, sister of the late GEORGE MITCHELL, ESQ., of Kindroghead, Culdaff, county Donegal
June 25 1858
On the 16th inst., at the residence of E. HARVEY, ESQ., Culdaff, in the 87th year of her age, MARGARET MACNAMARA. She spent nearly 60 years in the family and service of the late REV J. MOREWOOD, a valued and attached friend, and closed her life amidst the fourth generation
August 6 1858
On the 1st inst., at Kindroghead, near Culdaff, of effusion of the brain, GEORGE GILL, eldest son of MR ROBERT HENDERSON, aged 22 years
August 27 1858
On the 18th inst., after a protracted and painful illness, MRS KIRKPATRICK, Claggin, Culdaff
May 10 1861
May 4, at Culdaff House, of bronchitis, ROBERT STAVELY, the infant son of ROBERT GEORGE YOUNG, ESQ
January 27 1865
On the 28th January, at Culdaff, county Donegal, in her 68th year, MRS CATHERINE ANN CARGILL, daughter of the late CHARLES PENFOLD, ESQ., Royal Navy, of Arundel, Sussex
April 5 1867
On the 26th March, at his residence, Culdaff, MR JOHN LONG, aged 84 years
August 29 1865
August 18, at the residence of her sister-in-law, MRS STUART, Deerpark, Newtownstewart [Co Tyrone], MARY, relict of the late MR SAMUEL CURRY, Culdaff, aged 82 years
September 5 1865
August 24, at her father's residence, Claggan, Culdaff, REBECCA, second daughter of MR ANDREW DAVENPORT
June 18 1867
June 12, at Carthage House, Culdaff, MR GEORGE H. FLEMING, aged 25 years
October 29 1869
Sept. 12, at Massimpore, Cachar, India, of fever, JOHN, aged 25 years, third son of COMMANDER EDWARD HARVEY, R.N., Culdaff