My Wife's Grandmother and Grandfather were from Kilskerry in Tyrone. Thomas Fyffe DOB 1878 and Mary Jane Kelly DOB 1884 They immigrated to the USA in Thomas 1909 and Mary 1910. Any Information would be greatly appricated.
Stephen Adams
From rootsireland.ie, here is a transcription of the couple's marriage record. They married in Co. Fermanagh.
Marriage:17-Oct-1907
Parish / District:ENNISKILLEN
County:FERMANAGH
Husband Wife
Name:ThomasFyffe Mary JaneKelly
Address:Derryallen Trillick Laughterush Trillick
Occupation: SHOPKEEPER
Age: Full Age
Status:Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried)
Husband's Father Wife's Father
Name:JamesFyffe
Occupation: SHOPKEEPER (DECD)
Witness 1 Witness 2
Name:JohnMcanespy AliceMcanespy
Address:
Notes:
MAGHERALOUGH R.C.CHAPEL, PARISH OF TRILLICK.
HUSBANDS AGE GIVEN AS FULL OVER 21, WIFES AGE NOT GIVEN.
The couple had a child before emigrating:
Name:Sarah Anne Fyffe
Birth:01-Aug-1908
Registration Date:22-Aug-1908
Address:Derryallen Tyrone
Parish/District:TRILLICK
Gender:Female
CountyFERMANAGH
Father:Thomas Fyffe
Mother:Mary Jane Kelly
Occupation:Shopkeeper
Informant 1:Catherine
Derryallen
Informant 2:
I believe this is your Mary Jane's birth record (from rootsireland.ie). You can see the actual register page for free at irishgenealogy.ie.
Mary Jane's father was unknown; recall that above no father was listed on the marriage record.
Name:Mary Jane Kelly
Birth:20-May-1883
Registration Date:06-Jun-1883
Address:Derrygallen [likely Derryallen]
Parish/District:TEMPO
Gender:Female
CountyFERMANAGH
Father:Unknown Unknown
Mother:Jane Kelly
Occupation:Unknown
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Mary
Derrygallen
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:
Notes:
The townland of Derryallen is in Co. Tyrone:
https://www.townlands.ie/tyrone/east-omagh/kilskeery/kilskeery/derryall…
This looks to be Mary Jane Kelly in the 1901 census:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Kilskeery/Derryallen/1740609/
This looks to be Thomas Fyffe in the 1901 census with his father:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Kilskeery/Scree…
This looks to be Thomas Fyffe’s father James, who died 5 months before Thomas & Mary Jane married in 1907:
James was an RIC pensioner. RIC records on Ancestry indicate he joined the police in 1859 and was pensioned in 1877 when serving in Sligo. He was receiving a pension of £28 a year. He also left a will which should be in PRONI in Belfast. Can be viewed free if you go in person, or you can pay PRONI to copy it. Abstract here:
Probate of the Will of James Fyffe late of Derryallen County Tyrone Retired Policeman who died 15 May 1907 granted at Londonderry to Thomas Fyffe Grocer.
Thomas Fiffe/Fyffe was born in Omagh in 1877. His mother was Sara O’Loughlin:
Sarah died in 1878:
James and Sarah married in Omagh in 1875:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…
Thank you all, so much, for all this information on our Family.
This wealth of Information will take a while to digest and investigate. I will be sure to be back to this site at a later date.
Once Again, Thank you so much
Stephen Adams