This file of the NAMES OF ELECTED GUARDIANS OF STRABANE POOR LAW UNION, COUNTIES TYRONE & DONEGAL 1845-6 forms part of the vast archive of 4,000+ pages of genealogical records relating to COUNTIES TYRONE, DONEGAL, LONDONDERRY & FERMANAGH provided without charge or subscription by CoTyroneIreland Welcome to the Premier Website & Research Tool for Cos. Tyrone, Donegal, Londonderry & Fermanagh Genealogy (cotyroneireland.com) A complete list of records pertaining to FAMINE RECORDS FOR COUNTIES TYRONE & DONEGAL on this website can be found at the foot of this file.
THE WORKHOUSE WAS SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF STRABANE
Strabane Poor Law Union covered the following parishes in -
CO. TYRONE: Ardstraw (part) Camus (all), Donagheady (part), Leckpatrick (all) Urney (part)
CO. DONEGAL: Clonleigh (all) Donaghmore (part) Raphoe (part) Raymoghy (part) Taughboyne (part) Urney (part)
STRABANE UNION – ELECTION OF BOARD OF GUARDIANS:
The following is a list of the Electoral Divisions in the Union, and of the Guardians who have been elected and returned for the same, for the present year:
Guardians returned for the year ending March 1846
Strabane Union (Cos. Tyrone and Donegal)
Ex-officio Guardians -
Chairman: Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P.
Vice-chairman: Benjamin G. Humphrey, Esq
Deputy Vice-chairman: John Humphreys, Esq.
ELECTED GUARDIANS
CO TYRONE
DIVISION GUARDIAN Strabane Mr. Robert Sproule … Mr. Andrew Blair Camus Mr. Robert Smyly Glenmornan Mr. John Dunn Ballymagorry Mr. John Porter Dunalong Mr. Robert Alexander Mountcastle Mr. Francis O’Neill Ballyneanor Mr. James Craig Donemana Mr. Wm. McCrea Douglasburn Mr. James Quin Newtownstewart Mr. Samuel Hood Baronscourt Mr. Joseph Maxwell Churchlands Vacant Altaclady Captain Auchinleck East Urney Mr. Andrew Stewart West Urney Mr. James Cunningham
ELECTED GUARDIANS
CO DONEGAL
DIVISION GUARDIAN Cloghard Mr. William Baird Castlefinn Mr. John Taylor Figgart Mr. William Witherow Raphoe Mr. William Hamilton Feddyglass Mr. George Lowry Trentaghmucklagh Mr. James Rodgers St. Johnstown Mr. James Browne Clonleigh North Mr. James McBeth Clonleigh South Mr. George Knox
Further records of the GREAT FAMINE 1845-50 can be found at:
Famine and Famine Relief Records for County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Famine Relief Records, County Donegal
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