Death Announcements, Culdaff Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1839-71

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Date	Death
Jun 8 1839	YOUNG. At Culdaff House, on the 28th ult., Mrs Young, Sen., relict of the late Robert Young, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel)
Dec 7 1839	YOUNG. At Moville, on Saturday the 30th ult., after a lingering illness, James W. Young, Esq., third son of the late Robert Young, Esq., of Culdaff House, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
Apr 17 1841	REID. On Sunday, the 4th inst., in the 58th year of his age, Mr John Reid, of Clagan, near Culdaff (Londonderry Sentinel)
Dec 18 1841	YOUNG. Of fever, at Sandwich, Upper Canada, on the 25th October, at the residence of her brother, Lieutenant Colonel Brooke Young, Anne Eliza Young, sincerely and deservedly regretted by all who knew her, formerly of Culdaff, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
Dec 12 1846	McHENRY. On Wednesday, the 2nd inst., in the Parish of Culdaff, county Donegal, the Rev James Lawrence McHenry, aged 67 years. He had been for nearly 44 years, until his death, a Curate of the Established Church, in the Diocese of Derry (Londonderry Sentinel)
Mar 20 1847	THOMPSON. At Culdaff, on the 10th inst., at the residence of her husband's father, Caroline Mary, wife of Mr Alexander Thompson, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (Londonderry Sentinel)
Aug 21 1847	HAMILTON. August 17th, suddenly, at Redford Glebe, the Rev Richard Hamilton, for 24 years Rector of the parishes of Culdaff and Cloncha (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 22 1848	KNOX. Died on the 14th inst., at Carthage House, Culdaff, county Donegal, the Rev James Knox, at the advanced age of ninety-two years and nine months. For forty years he filled the situation of Headmaster of Derry School, having been appointed by the Lord Lieutenant in January 1794, to succeed the late Rev. George Vaughan Sampson, from which situation he retired in August 1834. Mr. Knox was of Scotch descent, and, we believe, of a collateral branch of the Northland family, who took their name from the estate of Knox, in the Barony of Renfrew, where they had been anciently located. In the early stage of the Ulster plantation, an ancestor of Mr. Knox settled in Donegal, having become the proprietor of an extensive property (Londonderry Sentinel)
Apr 7 1849	KIRKPATRICK. At Claggin, near Culdaff, county Donegal, on the 29th ult., Mrs Kirkpatrick, aged 105 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Oct 19 1849	SHEAL. At Hastings [Sussex, England], on the 14th inst., Elizabeth Mary, the beloved wife of the Rev John Sheal, B.D., Rector of Culdaff, Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
Oct 19 1849	YOUNG. At Culdaff House, Ralph Young, Esq., aged 75 years after a long and severe illness (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 17 1851	HENDERSON. At Culdaff, on the 11th inst., Mr William Henderson, postmaster, aged 75 years. He had been permanent sergeant of the Culdaff Yeomanry from its formation in 1796 (Londonderry Sentinel)
Sep 5 1851	HARVEY. August 31st, at the Lodge, Culdaff, George Morewood, aged 10 years, second son of Edward Harvey, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel)
Feb 2 1855	EVANS (NESBITT). At Culdaff House, on the 27th ult., aged 76 years, Mrs Evans, relict of the late Captain Robert Evans, R.N., brother of the late Sir John Evans, of Erbistock Hall, North Wales. Deceased was the youngest daughter of the late George Nesbitt, Esq., of Woodhill in the county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
Nov 28 1856	McCAUSLAND. At Culdaff, on the 5th inst., aged 70 years, Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr Parland McCausland (Londonderry Sentinel)
Dec 5 1856	MITCHELL. At Kindroghead, Parish of Culdaff, on Thursday, the 27th ult., in her eighth year, Margaret Maria, the only daughter of Mr George K. Mitchell (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 28 1858	MITCHELL. On the 15th inst., at her residence, Limefield House, Moville, Miss Anne Mitchell, sister of the late George Mitchell, Esq., of Kindroghead, Culdaff, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jun 25 1858	MACNAMARA. On the 16th inst., at the residence of E. Harvey, Esq., Culdaff, in the 87th year of her age, Margaret Macnamara. She spent nearly 60 years in the family and service of the late Rev J. Morewood, a valued and attached friend, and closed her life amidst the fourth generation (Londonderry Sentinel)
Aug 6 1858	HENDERSON. On the 1st inst., at Kindroghead, near Culdaff, of effusion of the brain, George Gill, eldest son of Mr Robert Henderson, aged 22 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
Aug 27 1858	KIRKPATRICK. On the 18th inst., after a protracted and painful illness, Mrs Kirkpatrick, Claggin, Culdaff (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 10 1861	YOUNG. May 4, at Culdaff House, of bronchitis, Robert Stavely, the infant son of Robert George Young, Esq. (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 27 1865	CARGILL (PENFOLD). On the 28th January, at Culdaff, county Donegal, in her 68th year, Mrs Catherine Ann Cargill, daughter of the late Charles Penfold, Esq., Royal Navy, of Arundel, Sussex (Londonderry Sentinel)
Apr 5 1867	LONG. On the 26th March, at his residence, Culdaff, Mr John Long, aged 84 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
Aug 29 1865	CURRY. August 18, at the residence of her sister-in-law, Mrs Stuart, Deerpark, Newtownstewart [Co Tyrone], Mary, relict of the late Mr Samuel Curry, Culdaff, aged 82 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
Sep 5 1865	DAVENPORT. August 24, at her father's residence, Claggan, Culdaff, Rebecca, second daughter of Mr Andrew Davenport (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jun 18 1867	FLEMING. June 12, at Carthage House, Culdaff, Mr George H. Fleming, aged 25 years
Oct 29 1869	HARVEY. Sept. 12, at Massimpore, Cachar, India, of fever, John, aged 25 years, third son of Commander Edward Harvey, R.N., Culdaff (Londonderry Sentinel)
Jan 14 1871	HENDERSON. January 11, at the residence of her son, David Henderson, Nancy, relict of the late William Henderson, Culdaff, aged 89 years (Londonderry Journal)
May 5 1871	McCOLGAN. May 4, at Culdaff, Fanny Ann McColgan, daughter of Mr. John McColgan. [Her remains will be removed for interment tomorrow (Saturday), 6th inst., at 12 o’clock, noon] (Londonderry Sentinel)
Aug 26 1871	FAULKNER. August 24, at Dunross, Culdaff, Isabella, the wife of Mr. Ralph Faulkner (Londonderry Journal)

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