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Ulster: 1889, McAninch graves in County Antrim |
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In the graveyard adjacent to the Church of Ireland church (erected in 1831) for the Parish of Dunseverick (part of the Diocese of Connor), in Lisnagunogue, County Antrim, stood this stone: |
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“In memory of Archibald McAninch, who died 17 June 1889, aged 70 years, and his wife Jane, |
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who died 3 May 1920, aged 92 years. Also his son Alexander, who died 21 July 1894, aged 29 years. |
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Elizabeth McNeill, grand-daughter, died 28 July 1928, aged 16 years, And his son Samuel, died 23 |
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October 1950, aged 82 years. Asleep in Jesus. Also his daughter Margaret McNeill, died 7 October |
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1952, aged 82 years. Erected by his family.” There were masonic markings on the stone. |
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Nearby, in the same graveyard, there is another stone: |
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“Erected by Jane McAninch. In memory of her father, James McConaghy, who died 19 March 1853, |
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aged 51 years.” |
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Found in July 1999 by Patrick Shea, of Manhattan, New York, while tracing his Robert and Elizabeth |
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(Colgan) McIninch ancestors, from the north of Antrim near the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills, went |
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to Canada in the early 1850s, settled near Stirling, Rawdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XI.n.4 October 2003 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2003-32 |
McAninch Family History Newsletter
Volume XI, Number 4, October 2003
This Newsletter Published by: - - - - -
Frank McAninch, 17531 Montbury Circle, | stamp |
Huntington Beach, California 92649-4823 | |
Telephone: 714-846-5134 - - - - -
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