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Conway and Harris from Clogher

TyroneClogher (Tyrone)

It's a bit o a long shot, but I'm looking for info on Conway / Harris families from Clogher.

The only information I have is from a William Conway who died in Rutherglen, Scotland in 1855. He was 20 years old and in Scotland for 3 years. His parents were John Conway and Esther Harris. He is listed as being born in Clogher. I presume he was Church of Ireland.

He also had a brother in Scotland, John Conway, who has only given Ireland as birth on documents. In his marriage in 1864, he lists both his parents as dead. His father was a farmer.

Any info you could find would be great,

Thanks,

John

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Death registration only started in Ireland in 1864 so if John & Esther were both dead by that year, you won’t get statutory death certificates for them. Marriage registration started in 1845 but that’s obviously too late for them too.

I searched Griffiths Valuation for 1860 which lists most farmers. There was no John Conway there then, so he had probably died before that year. There were no Conways farming in the parish in the tithes in 1829:

http://cotyroneireland.com/tithe/clogher.html

Looking at the 1901 census for Co. Tyrone, there were 800 people named Conway. All but 2 were Roman Catholic. How sure are you that your family were Church of Ireland?

The surviving church records for Clogher parish are Church of Ireland Clogher which start in 1763, Church of Ireland Fivemiletown 1804; Aughentaine Presbyterian 1836, Carnteel Presbyterian 1819 & Clogher RC which start in 1856.

For the Church of Ireland & Presbyterian records, you would need to go to PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast and look them up there. The RC records are on-line on the nli site but clearly don’t start early enough for your research.

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

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