I am looking for any information regarding my family in Tyrone in the castlederg, Killeter areas. The spelling of the last name has changed many times as it was typically spelled phonetically. We are now spelling it Kneeland. My Great grandfatehr John spelled it Neilins on his marriage license. It has also been spelled Nylan and Kneighlan or neighlan. john's father was William Nylan who married Mary Dolan. William was born in Castlederg in 1802 and died in 1907. He was featured in an Irish paper shortly before his death due to his living more than 100 years. He married mary Dolan , his second wife in 1852. I do not have much more information on them than this. I know they had a son John, my great Grandfather born between 1865 and 1871, and a daughter Margaret born around 1867. John and Margaret emigrated to the US around 1889. There was at least one additional son who emigrated to America, but I do not have his name.
If anyone has any information on this family I would love to hear it. I would be very interested in reconnecting with any living relation. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Mary B. coates
Wednesday 29th Apr 2015, 03:31AM
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Mary:
Here is the 1901 census record for the family living in Creeduff townland in Termonamongan civil parish. Surname was Knilands.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Killen/Creeduff…
William was living with two unmarried daughters: Alice and Annie.
Alice and Annie were living in the same townland in 1911. Surname was Knielands.
Roger McDonnell
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Killen/Creeduff…
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 29th Apr 2015, 03:31PM -
Here?s a couple of probate abstracts taken from the PRONI website:
Knilands Alice of Creeduff county Tyrone spinster died 21 April 1940 Administration W/A Londonderry 29 July to Daniel Macauley solicitor. Effects ?34 17s. 6d. Limited Grant
Administration of the Estate of the late John James Knilans, Creeduff, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, Farmer, who died 16 February 1915, granted at Londonderry 16 December 1920 to George Gregory Knilans, Farmer, the brother. Effects: ?36.
Neither probate file is on-line but the papers should be held in PRONI in Belfast. Both seem to have died intestate.
http://applications.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_WillsCalendar/willsSearchResultsDetails.aspx
Griffiths Valuation for 1859 records William Nelans farming on plot 4 which was a house, outbuildings and just over 20 acres. That farm to day is on the Woodside Rd, at the junction with the Riverview Road. Nearby on plots 9 & 10, in 1859, was a Gregory Neelans, who given that the name features in your family too, is likely to be a relation.
Ahoghill Antrim
Sunday 3rd May 2015, 07:49AM