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Robert McConaghy

Robert McConaghy

Born
1829-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1888-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Stayed in Ireland

Robert McConaghy was born about 1829 in Craiganee, Ballintoy, Ballycastle or 89 Ballintoy, parish Croagh, Co.Antrim.

His father was William McConaghy. When he was 26, he married Aug 24, 1855, Anne Jackson from Ballintoy, Ballycastle. The marriage was in a Church of Ireland in Cloghhor, parish Moyle, Co.Antrim. witnesses: Rose McKenny and Samuel Cormick.

They got 4 children, born from 1856 to 1871. They were called John, Anne, Robert, Bella McConaghy. All their children settled in Port Glasgow, Scotland. Later his wife Anne, too. Robert McConaghy died maybe in 1888 in Ballintoy, parish Croagh, Ballycastle on a heart desease.

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Robert McConaghy