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I'm looking for traces of:

John Dilworth born about 1818 presumeably in this area, emigrated to Canada before 1839.  Married Mary Ann McAuley in Canada in 1839.

Christopher Dilworth, birthdate unknown, also presumeably from Killyman.  Wife possibly Ann.

Richard Dilworth, 1836-1879, John, James, Sarah (or Sally), David, and one more daughter, children of Christopher.  Richard, John and Sarah emigrated to Canada around the famine era, not necessarily together.

I'm trying to establish a connection between John and Christopher.  John being one of my great greats, and Christopher being a great great of David Dilworth, with whom I have a dna match.

Cheers

Carl Maguire

Saturday 8th Oct 2016, 07:30PM

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  • Dear Carl

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the long delay in getting back to you.

    If you go to rootsireland.ie (you can take out a 24 hour subscription) you will be able to search for your Dilworths and this will be useful given that you are not sure, what year of birth refers to Christopher, for example. It is useful to know too, that records begin in different parishes at different times and your ancestors may have been living in a parish and at a time that predates parish records. You can see the list of parish records available for the Roman Catholic parish HERE

    I don't see any Dilworth entry in the Tithes, which is one of the earliest, online records here but try PRONI (I can't access the site at the minute). 

    I wanted to invite you to add your ancestor's details to our XO Chronicles. You can learn more about it HERE and it might be another avenue to consider so that your ancestor's details can be seen by others. 

    ​​It might be a good idea too, to keep an eye on the Early Birth and Marriage Index. It is updated regularly and if your ancestor doesn't appear now, they may in the future.

    Best wishes

    Clare Doyle

    Genealogy Support 

    Thursday 20th Oct 2016, 11:29AM
  • Carl
    The 1825 Tithes of Killyman parish show 19 Dilworths.
    I would focus on the townland of Cohannan in Killyman as it contained both a John and a Christopher. 
    http://cotyroneireland.com/tithe/killyman.html
    If you return to the home page, they have a website search. I highly recommend it to anyone searching County Tyrone.
    Additionally, Wilfred Dilworth is a historian residing in Killyman. He was the major contributor to the “Round and About Killyman Ward 2000”. The email I have for him does not work anymore. Try this:
    http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/
    I believe he is the one on Corr Rd, Dungannon

    Happy Hunting
    Bill Hazelton

     

    William Hazelton

    Saturday 26th Nov 2016, 06:52PM

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