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LARNE AND INVER OLD GRAVEYARD / ST. CEDMA'S O.S. 40. Grid Re£ D397023 |
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This is in the townland of Town Parks and parish of Larne, and is to be found at the end of Church |
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Road just to the south of the Inver river and modern bypass to Larne Harbour. It is the only medieval |
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burying ground in the combined parishes of Larne and Inver to continue in use to modern times. . . . |
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The oldest stone dates from 1677 and all inscriptions in the graveyard and memorials in the |
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church building have been copied. |
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Boyd [Set against south wall of church, stone almost smooth] |
(page 50) |
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(He)re lyeth (the body of) Mary McNinch who ...d March ye 2 171 (9) wi... to Alexander Boyd. |
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LARNE, McGAREL CEMETERY |
O.S. Antrim 40. Grid Re£ 0402033. |
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This is in the townland of Town Parks and the parish of Larne and lies on the west side of the |
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Old Glenarm Road. It was opened in 1867 because the parish graveyard was inadequate for the |
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increasing population of the town. |
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Hamilton [Polished granite headstone and enclosure] |
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Rosemary Hamilton died 13th March 1893. Also her sister Margaret Canning died 12th Nov. 1924. |
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John Holden, beloved husband of Jane Elizabeth Canning (nee McNinch), died 24th November 1967 |
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aged 83 years. Norman died 20th July 1973 aged 84 years. |
(page 158) |
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McNinch |
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In Memoriam James Watt McNinch, born 9th January 1845, died 30th September 1885. |
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Robert McNinch, born 28th June 1809, died 19th Nov. 1899. ElIen Watt McNinch, born 14th May |
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1808, died 30th Dec. 1900. Nellie Watt McNinch, born 1st March 1893, died 27th Nov. 1912. |
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Margaret Watt McNinch, born 19th August 1841, died 24th July 1917. Martha McNinch, born |
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4th December 1846, died 30th December 1923. Ann Jane McNinch, born 7th December 1848, |
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died 26th May 1929. |
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[Administration of the estate of Robert McNinch, late of 14 Bedeque Street, Belfast, salesman, who |
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died 13 November 1900 [sic], granted at Belfast 15 April 1901 to Thomas Watt McNinch, farmer, |
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and Ann Jane McNinch, spinster] |
(page 176) |
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CONNOR WILLS FOR INVER, KILWAUGHTER AND LARNE |
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McNinch, John, Kilwaughter 1845 |
[one McNinch, no McA/Ininch] (page 218) |
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There are no McA/I/Ninch in two earlier books of the series -- |
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2. Gravestone Inscriptions of County Antrim, Volume 2, Parishes of Glynn, Kilroot, Raloo and |
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Templecorran, compiled by George Rutherford; Ulster Historical Foundation 1981, and |
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3. Gravestone Inscriptions of County Antrim, Volume 3, Old Families of Carrickfergus & Ballynure |
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from Gravestone Inscriptions, Wills and Biographical Notes, compiled by George Rutherford, |
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edited by Richard Clarke, Ulster Historical Foundation 1995 |
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And a big ‘Thank you’ to Muriel Fitzsimmons, leader of the Scotch / Irish SIG at the Orange County, |
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California, Genealogical Society (OCCGS), told me about this new Old Families of Larne & District |
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[Volumes 2, 3, and 4 are in the OCCGS collection at the Huntington Beach Public Library (HBPL)] |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XIII.n.3 / July 2005 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2005-24 |