Mevagh Parish, Carrigart, County Donegal, Ireland Death Announcements 1836-70

Items from the Press
Extracted from personal notices inserted in the Londonderry Standard and Londonderry Sentinel & Londonderry Journal

Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

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Date	Death
Mar 26 1836	LANE (WILKINSON). 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 4 1840	DENNISTON. 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Oct 10 1840	WILKINSON. 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Dec 19 1840	CALLEN. 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 31 1846	McGETTIGAN. 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Apr 18 1851	JOHNSTON (WILKINSON).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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Mar 26 1852	WILKINSON. At Raphoe, on the 19th inst., Esther, relict of the late Rev John Wilkinson, rector of Mevagh, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
Nov 9 1855	WILKINSON. On the 4th September, at St. John's, N.B., John, youngest son of the Rev John Wilkinson, late Rector of Mevagh, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 9 1856	KYLE. May 1, at Mevagh, near Ramelton, Commander Kyle, R.N., aged 80 years
Sep 26 1862	COLL (DENISTON). 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 2 1863	WRAY (CRAWFORD). 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Sep 30 1864	CRAWFORD. On the 23rd September, at his residence, Rossgull Lodge, Carrigart, the Rev James Crawford, Rector of the Parish of Mevagh, aged 98 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
Feb 28 1865	McCLURE. February 12, at the Manse, Carrigart, Mr George McClure, aged 17 years, second son of the Rev Francis McClure (Londonderry Sentinel)
Oct 30 1866	WILKINSON. 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 15 1867	O’DONNELL. 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 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Apr 13 1870	GALLAGHER. April 6, at the residence of his brother, parish of Mevagh, the Rev. Peter Gallagher, aged 85 years (Londonderry Journal)

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