James Stewart and His wife Anne O'Neil lived in the Dungannon region of Tyrone County during the mid 1800s. They had two sons, William and James. Anne and her son William emigrated to Montreal, Canada, in about 1870. They were Presbyterian.
I would like to find the parish that they belonged to. If anyone might help with that I would be most grateful.
I assume from your information that James Stewart didn’t accompany his wife and that was perhaps because he had died. I looked for deaths around Dungannon in the 1870s and found 2 that might fit. Both were married and had wives that survived them. Both were farmers:
I looked for a marriage for James & Ann. Statutory marriage registration started in April 1845. I do not see a marriage in those records so suspect they married before 1845. In which case you need church records, where they still exist. (And they may not be on-line).
Dungannon is in the parish of Drumglass. There are 2 Presbyterian churches in the town. 1st Dungannon has records from 1790 onwards. There’s a copy held in PRONI in Belfast. I don’t think they are on-line anywhere. 2nd Dungannon has baptisms from 1830 and marriages from 1825. The only copy is still held by the church so you would need to contact the Minister to access them.
Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church, so marriage and children's baptisms are not always in the same church. In addition to the 2 Presbyterian churches mentioned above the Church of Ireland has records from 1665 onwards, with a few gaps. Copy held in PRONI.
Presbyterians in Ireland don’t use the parish system so living in Dungannon didn’t necessarily mean you went to church there, though it’s fairly likely, but sometimes folk attended church a bit further away. Something to bear in mind if you don’t find the family in the records mentioned.
Hi,
Per RootsIreland (paid subscription)
There was a James Stuart who married Anna O'Neill 27 August 1840 in Coalisland. Anna's address was Mullaghmoyle. William was baptized in Dungannon on 27 June 1841. James was baptized on 28 Oct. 1845. There is a James Stewart who died in Dungannon on 16 Oct. 1847, no age identified. Maybe James and Anna's son.
The baptismal records can be found on NLI Catholic Parish records, not sure why.
05581/01, Dungannon - Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI
Regards- Mary
Per RootsIreland, there was an Ann O'Neill baptized 2 April 1822 in Coalisland, Tyrone, parents- Francis and Mary O'Neill,
Regards- Mary
Many thanks for this very helpful information. Much of it is completely new for me.