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ArmaghMullaghbrack (Armagh)

One branch of my Irish roots are from County Armagh.  My great grandfather's James Campbell,  tombstone (Hamilton County Illinois) is marked "Native of Mullabrack Parish". 5 boys,  (John, Patrick, James, Felix, Daniel) and one girl (Catherine), came ot the US, not sure if together or several at a time, in the late 1850s, best I can tell.  The boys settled in Hamilton County Illinois, the daugther in that general area. Family lore has it that the father, John Campbell, was a retired veteran of the British Army.  I have found a veteran of the British Army that fits the lore, John Campbell, b 1789, d 1835.  I have a photograph of a tombstone, from Ireland, however no record from what cemetery. His wife was Bridget, b 1789 d 1854.  This photo was found in the remains of a relative of Catherine. Lore has it that the stone was furnished by the oldest son after he was established in the US.

I have not been able to determine if John was born and died in Mullabrach, and just there when the boys were born and raised.  Friends have searched for the tombstone shown in the picture I have, but have not found it, and the concensus is that it probably has been removed(?)  Several grave yards were searched.

One bit of lore that I have found not a hint of verification, is that John Campbell's father was Charles Campbell, and lived to be 104, and a loom weaver by trade.  No lore at all is he was from or still in Scotland when he died, or was in Ireland etc.

 Hopefull some of this information will strike a memory, and I can piece more of this family together in Old Ireland.

I hope a long lost Campbell relative will see this!

 

 

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Hi there,

You must attach the photo so we can see the tombstone. Do you know what religion he was?

There are Roman Catholic church records available for the diocese of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack (Armagh). These date from 1843 for both baptismal and marriage records. You can find these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 5586, or the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI), MIC.1D/37, or the Church of Latter Day Saints, ref. no. 0926031. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

The best place to check for information about military records is the UK National Archives. You can access them here: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

There are some records for this area you should consider checking:

  • 1740 Protestant householders: includes Mullaghmore. National Archives of Ireland (NAI), or PRONI T808/15258, or LDS Film 258517.
  • 1753 Poll Book. NAI M.4878. PRONI T808/14936. LDS Film 1279237.
  • 1793-1908 Armagh Militia Records. NLI Pos. 1014. Also Armagh County Library.
  • 1796 Spinning Wheel Premium List. 3,100 names for Co. Armagh. www.failteromhat.com
  • 1799-1800 Militia Pay Lists and Muster Rolls. PRONI T.1115/A-C.
  • 1803-1831 Armagh Freeholders and Poll Books PRONI ARM 5/2/1-17, D 1928. Also NLI Ir. 94116 a 1, Ir. 352

Books:

  • Mullaghbrack from the tithepayers list of 1834, NLI, I 920041 p 1
  • McGleenon, C.F., '17th and 18th century patterns of settlement in the Catholic parishes of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack', Seanchas Ardmhacha, 15, No. 2, 1993, 51-83.
  • Moore, Re. H.H., Three hundred years of congregational life: the story of the First Prebyterian Church, Markethill, Co. Armagh. Established A.D. 1609, Armagh R. P. M'Watters, 1909, NLI, Library Office 5327, 65 p.

Pension Records: In Ireland, if a soldier was discharged to pension or discharged as medically unfit before 1823, detailed information will be found in the Registers of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, WO119, containing the Certificates of Service. These are organised by regimental number, which you can trace through WO118, Kilmainham Admission Books. Irish out-pensioners - those receiving a pension but not actually resident - were administered from the Royal Hospital Chelsea after 1822 (WO 116/117). Regimental Registers of Admissions to Pension also exist, indexed from 1806 to 1836; otherwise, each regimental volume includes an index. The National Archives of Ireland also holds microfilm copies of the Kilmainham records. You should be aware that only a minority of those who served are covered. You should consult the National Archives UK discharge papers are summarised in the online catalogue at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)

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Attached is a photo of the stone that is probably my Campbell family. Age of this photo is not known, nor is known what cemetery it is in, or place in at one time.

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