Hello Evelyn. Thank you very much for your suggestions. I was unaware of the local societies, and I feel exasperated with myself for not having thought to look for such groups earlier. I will certainly check with the South Tyrone Family History Society.
Karen Miller Wilmette, Illinois, USA > On Aug 19, 2019, at 8:39 AM, EVELYN CARDWELL <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Karen > > I suggest you contact Killeeshil/Clonaneese Historical Society, they may well > be able to help with the Tullyvannon family links, and maybe others. Many of > their members are also members of the South Tyrone Family History Society. > Here is the link to the historical society -you will find contact details > there - http://www.killeeshilclonaneese.org/ > <http://www.killeeshilclonaneese.org/> > > Happy hunting > > Evelyn Cardwell > > > > > > On Monday, 19 August 2019, 02:50:41 BST, Karen Miller via CoTyroneList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My thanks to Elwyn Soutter and Janet Fairless for their suggestions on how to > proceed in searching for James Ewing (1803-1847) married to Elizabeth Bell > (abt 1808-1842). Since I know so little of their history I’ve been focusing > on William Ewing and his wife, Margery Hopper, two people who were closely > associated with my ancestors in the town of Newton Hamilton, Mifflin, > Pennsylvania, US. Ideally I can find an area in County Tyrone with Ewing, > Bell and Hopper families as a place to begin. Elwyn pointed out that there > is no Tullyvannon in the Parish of Errigal Keerogue, Tyrone. I had copied an > error in another researcher’s post without checking it first. As Elwyn also > points out, James and Elizabeth Bell EWING left Northern Ireland by 1826, and > church and civil records may not exist for the time period. > > The correct locations mentioned for Denny Hopper, father-in-law of William > Ewing in Newton Hamilton, are birth in Armalgughey, Civil Parish of > Carnteel, County Tyrone; marriage in Ballygawley, Civil Parish of Errigal > Keerogue, Tyrone; and then Tullyvannon, Civil Parish of Killeeshil, County > Tyrone, where he resided later on. I don’t have any locations more specific > for his son-in-law, William Ewing, than County Tyrone. > > Thank you, Janet, for starting the idea that family members did not always > follow each other when they immigrated. That was not something I had > considered. > > Karen Miller > Wilmette, Illinois, USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Change Your Preferences: > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > > <http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com> > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY <https://goo.gl/mQCKrY>
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