Birth, Marriage & Death Notices, Mevagh, Co Donegal, 1829 to 1856
Transcribed from the Londonderry Standard & Londonderry Sentinel
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July 22 1837
On Sunday, the 16th inst., at Rawross, Parish of Mevagh, the lady of the REV GEORGE H. PRIOR, of a daughter
May 15 1863
May 6, at Carrigart, the wife of MR ROBERT GRAHAM, of a son
September 22 1863
September 15, at Rowross, Carrigart, the wife of CONSTABLE PATRICK SHEA, of a son
October 23 1863
October 14, at Constabulary Barrack, Carrigart, the wife of CONSTABLE PETER McNEILL, of a son
January 5 1869
Dec 29, at Carrigart, county Donegal, the wife of MR JOHN WILLIAMS, Royal Irish Constabulary, of a son
April 22 1832
On the 19th inst., in the Parish Church of Mevagh, county Donegal, JAMES G. MORRISON, ESQ., of St. Pancras, London, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, and Licentiate of the Faculty at Paris, to MISS ROSANNA WILKINSON, daughter of the REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of said Parish
September 15 1832
In the Parish Church of Mevagh, on Thursday, the 13th inst., HUGH LANE, ESQ., of Newtownlimavady [Co Londonderry], solicitor, to ELIZA, fourth daughter of the REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of said Parish
December 27 1834
On the 15th inst., in the Parish Church of Mevagh, LIEUTENANT HARDING, of the Royal Navy, now employed on the Coast Survey if Ireland, to HESSY, third daughter of the REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of said Parish
February 26 1842
On the 28th December last, at St. George's, New Brunswick, by the Rev. Samuel Thompson, JOHN WILKINSON, ESQ., youngest son of the late REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of Mevagh, in the County of Donegal, to LOUISA, youngest daughter of MR JAMES STEPHENS, and sister of LIEUT. W.L. STEPHENS, R.N., of Downings Lodge, in the same County
July 9 1842
In the Parish Church of Mevagh, by the Rev. George Prior, Curate, on the 28th ult., the REV JAMES CRAWFORD, Rector of said Parish, to SUSAN, eldest daughter of the late REV JOHN WILKINSON, formerly Rector of that Parish.
June 29 1844
On the 18th inst., at Vernant Lodge, Belfast, by the Rev. David Hamilton, the REV FRANCIS McCLURE, of Carrigart, county Donegal, to KEZIA, daughter of the late JOB RIDER, of Belfast
August 17 1849
In Carrigart Church, on the 9th inst., by the Rev. G. Prior, SAMUEL JOHNSTON, ESQ., M.D.I.R.D.S.I, only son of THOMAS JOHNSTON, ESQ., Londonderry, and nephew of the late DR JOHNSTON, of Armagh, Surgeon, R.N., to MARGARET, youngest daughter of the late REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of Mevagh
April 2 1858
On the 25th ult., in the First Presbyterian Church, Letterkenny, by the Rev. John Kinnear, MR ROBERT GRAHAM, of Carrigart, to CATHERINE, third daughter of MR JAMES GREGG, Culbuoy, near Letterkenny
April 9 1867
April 2, at Carrigart Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Francis McClure, MR JAMES McNUTT, of Umlagh, to MARGERY, eldest daughter of MR JAMES FISHER, Umlagh
July 21 1868
On the 16th July, at Mevagh Church, Carrigart, county Donegal, by Rev. William Allman, MR JOHN NESBITT, to KATE HESSEY, the third daughter of MR A McELHINNEY, of Springford House, near Carrigart
June 22 1869
June 15, at the Parish Church of Mevagh, by the Rev. William Allman, MR JOSHUA MOFFITT, Ballymore, to ZILDA, third daughter of MR HENRY WILKINSON, Glenree
March 26 1836
At Newtownlimavady [Co Londonderry], on Monday, the 21st inst., aged 21 years, ELIZA, the wife of HUGH LANE, ESQ., solicitor, and daughter of the REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of Mevagh
January 4 1840
On the 29th ult., at the residence of THOMAS HASTINGS, ESQ., of Creeslough, near Dunfanaghy, MISS DENNISTON, aged 99 years. She was sister to CAPTAIN JAMES DENNISTON, and niece to the REV JOHN DENNISTON, who was for many years, Rector of the parish of Mevagh
October 10 1840
On the 1st inst., the REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of the parish of Mevagh, aged 62 years. Mr. Wilkinson held the commission of the peace for the county of Tyrone, at Drumquin, for upwards of 16 years, up to the recent revision of the Magistracy
December 19 1840
On Thursday week, a man named NEAL CALLEN, a whitesmith, was found dead near to Carrigart, in the parish of Mevagh. He had travelled that day from his residence in Kilmacrenan, and had stopped at several public houses. Coroners verdict - found dead
January 31 1846
On the 19th inst., MR HUGH McGETTIGAN, of Creevy, Parish of Mevagh, brother in law of the RIGHT REV MR McGETTIGAN, after a short illness, in the 57th year of his age
April 18 1851
On the 14th inst., at the residence of her brother in law, the REV JAMES CRAWFORD, Rector of Mevagh, county Donegal, aged 26 years, MARGARET, the beloved wife of SAMUEL JOHNSTON, ESQ., and daughter of the late REV JOHN WILKINSON, formerly Rector of Mevagh
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On the 14th inst., at the residence of her brother in law, the REV JAMES CRAWFORD, Rector of Mevagh, county Donegal, aged 26 years, MARGARET, the beloved wife of SAMUEL JOHNSTON, ESQ., M.D., and daughter of the late REV JOHN WILKINSON, formerly Rector of Mevagh
March 26 1852
At Raphoe, on the 19th inst., ESTHER, relict of the late REV JOHN WILKINSON, rector of Mevagh, county Donegal
November 9 1855
On the 4th September, at St. John's, N.B., JOHN, youngest son of the REV JOHN WILKINSON, late Rector of Mevagh, county Donegal
May 9 1856
May 1, at Mevagh, near Ramelton, COMMANDER KYLE, R.N., aged 80 years
September 26 1862
On the 23rd August, at Carrigart, county Donegal, aged 83 years, LETITIA COLL, otherwise DENISTON, widow, for forty years sextoness of the Parish Church of Mevagh. She was the grand-daughter of the 'noted' DR WILDER, who was Oliver Goldsmith's tutor in Trinity College, Dublin
January 2 1863
December 24, at Greenfield, the seat of her son, HENRY WILLIAM WRAY, ESQ., Inspector of county Longford Constabulary, ELIZABETH, aged 98, relict of the late JOHN WRAY, Captain of the 39th Regiment of Foot, and daughter of the late REV ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, Prebendary of the Parish of Clondehorky, and sister of the REV JAMES CRAWFORD, Rector of Mevagh
September 30 1864
On the 23rd September, at his residence, Rossgull Lodge, Carrigart, the REV JAMES CRAWFORD, Rector of the Parish of Mevagh, aged 98 years
February 28 1865
February 12, at the Manse, Carrigart, MR GEORGE McCLURE, aged 17 years, second son of the REV FRANCIS McCLURE
October 30 1866
In July last, at Deepwater, New England, Sydney, New South Wales [Australia], CHARLES KNOX, eldest and only surviving son of the late REV JOHN WILKINSON, Rector of Mevagh, county Donegal
January 15 1867
The driver of a bread cart between Dunfanaghy and Carrigart, named O'DONNELL, perished in the late snow. The horse was capsized in a snow wreath on the road between Carrigart and Lackagh Bridge, and the poor driver perished
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