Church of Ireland Records in Tyrone

Hi,

My name is Mike - long story short I am related to Rebecca Jane Sproule though her husband William John Gallagher. They moved out to Australia and settled in Kyogle. I have actually met Rebecca's decendants during a recent trip back home where they still live in the Kyogle area. I was given a disc with many photos etc on it which I'd be happy to share. I'm not entirely sure of everyone but there's pictures of Rebecca and William along with their children. Get back in touch if this is of any interest to you.
Best wishes,
Mike

Ps here is the information I have about Rebecca from a document I made for my dad (my grandfather was William John's younger brother) -

William married Rebecca Jane Sproule Born: 3/3/1884 Died 7/10/1961 (her father?s name was Robert) in Glenbush, Armoy which is at the top of Northern Ireland on the 12/5/1905.
William John Gallagher's wife Rebecca arrived with her two daughters aged 3 and 1 from Cape Town to Sydney on board the "Moravian" on 13 Dec 1909.
They had three children;
Jemima Elizabeth Gallagher: Born: 10/6/1908 Kelleter, Co Tyrone Northern Ireland
Died: 20/6/1948 Kyogle, NSW
Isobel Mary Gallagher: Born: 1908 (quite possibly another twin)
Winifred Vera Gallagher Born approx. 1915
Died unknown Kyogle,NSW
William lived his life as a farmer. His daughter Jemima married Arthur James Moore (1900-1961).
Isobella married a man by the name of John Thomas Claydon (1908-1996) and they had a son called Lionel John Claydon.

Hi,

My name is Mike - long story short I am related to Rebecca Jane Sproule though her husband William John Gallagher. They moved out to Australia and settled in Kyogle. I have actually met Rebecca's decendants during a recent trip back home where they still live in the Kyogle area. I was given a disc with many photos etc on it which I'd be happy to share. I'm not entirely sure of everyone but there's pictures of Rebecca and William along with their children. Get back in touch if this is of any interest to you.
Best wishes,
Mike

Ps here is the information I have about Rebecca from a document I made for my dad (my grandfather was William John's younger brother) -

William married Rebecca Jane Sproule Born: 3/3/1884 Died 7/10/1961 (her father?s name was Robert) in Glenbush, Armoy which is at the top of Northern Ireland on the 12/5/1905.
William John Gallagher's wife Rebecca arrived with her two daughters aged 3 and 1 from Cape Town to Sydney on board the "Moravian" on 13 Dec 1909.
They had three children;
Jemima Elizabeth Gallagher: Born: 10/6/1908 Kelleter, Co Tyrone Northern Ireland
Died: 20/6/1948 Kyogle, NSW
Isobel Mary Gallagher: Born: 1908 (quite possibly another twin)
Winifred Vera Gallagher Born approx. 1915
Died unknown Kyogle,NSW
William lived his life as a farmer. His daughter Jemima married Arthur James Moore (1900-1961).
Isobella married a man by the name of John Thomas Claydon (1908-1996) and they had a son called Lionel John Claydon.

Hi Mike - I've been in communication with some of your people in Australia before and the lady sent me two pictures of Rebecca and her daughter and some of the details you have above. I was recently recommended to go on the Castlederg Family history facebook page - and have posted up this query and the pictures of Rebecca and Jemima as I was pretty sure from the communications I'd had with your relative that they are sisters or cousins. One of the potential leads they got me was for a Robert Sproule married to a Bradley. Our next step was to try to find a birth or baptism certificate for either Jemima or Rebecca....which you guys have here. There are a few people on that forum who have searched the Sproule family in a lot of detail going back to 16th century and know all the branches. They also found her Jemima's grave stone for me - pictures of all the graves in the catholic church in Aghyaran are online - which indicates she might have been a bit older than she said when she got married and could have been born in 1872 to 1879. I suspect now that Jemima is her middle name probably too, so I'm looking for a baptism between those two dates. They say their baptism records will probably be in the Church of Ireland Church in Killen and they posted a picture of the police barracks where she worked. One other thing you might not know - when I looked up your Rebecca in the 1901 census she is living with an aunt called Bella Sproule. There is a record in the 1841/1851 summary census which was used to calculate the pensions for Maghernageerah- with a Robert Sproule as a small baby who could be our one. His dad is called William - my granddad's name and his mum is called Bella. With Robert's sister called Bella it is possible these are our people.

Hi Mike - I've been in communication with some of your people in Australia before and the lady sent me two pictures of Rebecca and her daughter and some of the details you have above. I was recently recommended to go on the Castlederg Family history facebook page - and have posted up this query and the pictures of Rebecca and Jemima as I was pretty sure from the communications I'd had with your relative that they are sisters or cousins. One of the potential leads they got me was for a Robert Sproule married to a Bradley. Our next step was to try to find a birth or baptism certificate for either Jemima or Rebecca....which you guys have here. There are a few people on that forum who have searched the Sproule family in a lot of detail going back to 16th century and know all the branches. They also found her Jemima's grave stone for me - pictures of all the graves in the catholic church in Aghyaran are online - which indicates she might have been a bit older than she said when she got married and could have been born in 1872 to 1879. I suspect now that Jemima is her middle name probably too, so I'm looking for a baptism between those two dates. They say their baptism records will probably be in the Church of Ireland Church in Killen and they posted a picture of the police barracks where she worked. One other thing you might not know - when I looked up your Rebecca in the 1901 census she is living with an aunt called Bella Sproule. There is a record in the 1841/1851 summary census which was used to calculate the pensions for Maghernageerah- with a Robert Sproule as a small baby who could be our one. His dad is called William - my granddad's name and his mum is called Bella. With Robert's sister called Bella it is possible these are our people.