Dungiven Parish, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland Death Announcements 1829-69
Dungiven Village & Parish
Items from the Press
Extracted from Personal Notices Inserted in the Londonderry Sentinel
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
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***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
| Date | Notice |
| Nov 21 1829 | Little – At Dungiven, on Wednesday, the 18th inst., Mr. Patrick Little, Excise Officer, aged 50 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 24 1830 | Love – On the 13th instant, after a severe illness of 14 days, Sarah Maria, eldest daughter of Dr. Love, of Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 11 1830 | Love – On Tuesday, the 29th ult., Doctor George Love, of Dungiven, aged 35 years. He, for 10 months suffered from acute rheumatism, he is survived by his little family, who are left to mourn an irreparable loss (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 10 1831 | McCullough (Scanlan) – On Sunday night, the 13th ult., Eliza McCullough, aged 33 years, wife of Doctor David Graham McCullough, of Dungiven, late Assistant Surgeon of His Majesty's 84th York and Lancaster Regiment of Foot. Mrs. McCullough, was the only daughter to Matthew Scanlan, of Ballycahane Castle, county Limerick. She leaves a sickly husband and seven young children to deplore their irreparable loss (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 10 1832 | Davies – On the 25th ult., near Dungiven, the Rev. John Davies, Presbyterian Minister of Killeter, aged 36 years. He was a young man of exemplary piety and warm affection, his death will be long lamented, by his congregation, relations and friends, by whom he was much beloved (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 11 1832 | Burleigh – On Saturday, the 28th ult., Francis, eldest son of Doctor Burleigh, of Dungiven, aged three and a half years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 12 1834 | Boyle – At Dungiven, on the 5th inst., Hugh Boyle, Esq. (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Sep 13 1834 | Kyle – On the 30th ult., at his residence at Dungiven, Mr. Cornelius McDougal Kyle, aged 26 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 18 1835 | Harrison – At Garvagh, on the 6th inst., Surgeon Henry Cary Harrison, aged 77 years, eldest son of the Rev. Henry Harrison, Curate of Dungiven, and later Rector of Upper and Lower Teyore, in the Diocese of Derry. Roger Harrison, formerly collector of customs and excise, was uncle to Surgeon Harrison, whose sister, Jane, died unmarried, in Londonderry. His remains were interred within the walls of the Cathedral (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 1 1835 | Kyle – At Dungiven, on Wednesday, the 29th inst., Mr. Arthur Kyle, aged 63 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Oct 10 1835 | Laughlin – On Friday, the 2nd inst., at his residence, Owenbeg, near Dungiven, Mr. John Laughlin, aged 79 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 13 1836 | Guilar – On the 26th ult., in the 56th year of her age, Charlotte, wife of the Rev. William Guilar, near Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Sep 10 1836 | Laughlin – At the residence of his brother, in this City, on the 9th inst., Mr. James Laughlin, of Owenbeg, near Dungiven, aged 28 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 17 1836 | Boyle – On the 12th December, at her residence in Dungiven, in this county, Martha, relict of the late Hugh Boyle, Esq. (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 13 1838 | Christy – Of congestive fever, at Benton, Yazoo county, Mississippi, on the 3rd September, 1837, Joseph Christy, Esq., barrister at law, formerly of Fredericksburgh, aged 43 years. The deceased was the only son of Mr. William Christy, of Dungiven, county Londonderry, and had resided in America for 26 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 27 1838 | McCurdy – On Friday the 19th inst., in the 69th year of his age, John McCurdy, Esq., of Ballymaclara, Magilligan. He was descended from Lachlane McCurdy, who served as an officer in the army of William III, from the relief of Londonderry, 1689, to the end of the war of the Revolution 1691, and was rewarded for his service with a grant of land near Dungiven, which continues in the family. Exemplary in his relations of husband and father, he was interred in the burying place in Tamlaghtard (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 27 1838 | Ross- On the 19th inst., at the house of her son Mr. Thomas Ross, Magilligan, aged 92, Mrs. Ross, grandmother of Mr. Thomas Ross, of Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 1 1838 | Mitchell – On the 26th November, at his residence, Dungiven, Mr. William Mitchell (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 30 1839 | Boyle – At Newtownlimavady, on the 26th inst., Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Boyle, Esq., of Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| May 18 1839 | Christy – At Dungiven, on the 13th ult., Mr. William Christy, in the 86th year of his age (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Oct 5 1839 | Lafferty – On the 10th ult., after a painful illness, Mr. Bernard Lafferty, senior, of Dungiven, aged 82 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 28 1840 | Witherow – Of asthma, on the 11th March, at his residence, near Dungiven, Mr. James Witherow, aged 40 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 19 1840 | Boyle – On the 27th ult., at his residence, Ballymacallen, near Dungiven, Mr. James Boyle, in the 48th year of his age (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| May 8 1841 | Laughlin – On the 3rd inst., aged 64 years, at the residence of her son, Bishop Street, Jane, relict of the late Mr. John Laughlin, of Owenbeg, near Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 7 1841 | Witherow – At Chillowitchi, North America, on the 29th May, Mr. Thomas Witherow, in the 22nd year of his age. The deceased had been in America only six months, and was from the neighbourhood of Dungiven, county Londonderry (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 29 1843 | Little – On the 16th inst., at Newtownlimavady, Anne, second daughter of the late Patrick Little, Esq., of Dungiven, aged 22 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 26 1843 | Dean (Price) On the 11th inst., at the house of her father, Charles Price, Esq., county Antrim, Ann, the beloved wife of Mr. William Dean, of Dungiven, aged 29 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 16 1843 | Carey – On the 3rd inst., in Hollywood, Sarah, aged 94, relict of the late Arthur Carey, Esq., Derryard, Dungiven, county Derry, latterly of Bangor, county Down (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 13 1844 | Fisher – On Tuesday, the 9th inst, at Tergoland, near Dungiven, Mr. John Fisher, aged 65 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 2 1844 | Dean – On the 11th ult., Lillianne, wife of Mr. John Dean, Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| May 11 1844 | Knox – At Dungiven, on the 4th inst., Mr. John Knox, aged 96 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 29 1845 | McCulley – On the 16th inst., at Dernaflaw, near Dungiven, aged 72 years, after a painful and lingering illness, Mary, the wife of Mr. William McCulley (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 26 1845 | Ogilby – On the night of Monday, the 21st inst., Leslie Ogilby, of Dungiven, Esq., in the 82nd year of his age (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 26 1845 | Little – On the 16th inst., at Dungiven, Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Patrick Little, Esq., of Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Nov 8 1845 | Little – At Dungiven, on the 29th ult., Mary Anne Boyle, relict of the late Patrick Little, Esq., aged 63 years |
| Aug 28 1847 | Sharpe – On Monday, the 16th inst., at Dungiven, Esther Sharpe, at the advanced age of 80 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 22 1848 | Murray – At Dungiven, on Saturday morning, the 15th inst., in the 17th year of his age, Mr. Thomas Murray (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 3 1849 | Kyd – On the 27th ult., at his residence in Dungiven, Mr. William Kyd (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| May 19 1849 | Hinchey – May 7, at his residence, Sandymount, William Hinchey, Esq., in the 61st year of his age, and on the 8th inst., Rebecca Kyle, his wife, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Kyle, Esq., of Dungiven, and niece to the late Right Rev. Dr. Samuel Kyle, Lord Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Londonderry Sentinel |
| Jun 2 1849 | O’Kane – On the 15th ult., at Craigmore Cottage, Maghera, Mary, third daughter of the late Francis O’Kane, Esq., of Dungiven, aged 36 (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Sep 14 1849 | McCloskey – At Dungiven, on Friday, the 7th inst., Margaret, daughter of Mr. Denis McCloskey, aged 21 years. Her remains were conveyed to the place of interment by young women, 174 of whom attended and marched in procession on the occasion (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Nov 9 1849 | Little – On the 3rd inst., aged 20 years, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph Little, Tergoland, Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 4 1850 | Osborne – On the 13th ult., at his residence, Altmover, Dungiven, the Rev. Joseph Osborne, senior minister of the Unitarian Church of Newtownards, at the advanced age of 88 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 5 1850 | Kyle – At Camnish, Dungiven, on the 31st ult., Mr. Cornelius McD. Kyle (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 26 1850 | Stirling – On the 18th inst., at Gorticlare, near Dungiven, Mr. Joseph Stirling, at the advanced age of 91 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 21 1851 | McLaughlin – On the 15th inst., at his residence, Fountain Place, Londonderry, aged 21 years, Robert, youngest son of Eakin McLaughlin, Killybleught, near Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Sep 19 1851 | McLuskey – At his residence, Dungiven, on the 16th inst., aged 31 years, Mr. John McLuskey, teacher (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 19 1852 | Christie – On Wednesday, the 17th inst., at Dungiven, Ann, relict of the late Mr. William Christie, at the advanced age of 80 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 2 1852 | Henderson – At Clooney Cottage, on Wednesday, the 31st ult., in the 85th year of her age, Sarah, relict of the late Hugh Henderson, Esq., of Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 27 1852 | Limrick – August 18th, at Dungiven, county Londonderry, Mary, relict of the late George Limrick, Esq., aged 82 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Nov 5 1852 | Wray – On Tuesday, 2nd November, in Dungiven, Mr. E. Wray, of Philadelphia, U.S. (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 8 1853 | Sproule – On Saturday, the 26th ult., Sarah, youngest daughter of Wallace Sproule, Esq., M. D., Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 22 1853 | Kyle – On the 4th inst., Mrs. Kyle, relict of the late Mr. John Kyle, Camnish, Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 26 1853 | McCay – On the 12th inst., at his residence, Drum, near Dungiven, county Londonderry, Mr. John McCay, aged 85 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 2 1853 | Kyle – At Dungiven, on the 24th November, Jane, relict of the late Thomas Kyle, Esq., aged 81 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jun 2 1854 | Miller – At New Orleans, on the 21st of March last, Mr. Henry Miller, son of Mr. William Miller, Ballyness, near Dungiven, aged 19 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 28 1854 | Knox – On the 25th inst., of pulmonary consumption, Marian, fourth daughter of the late John Knox, Esq., Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Nov 16 1855 | Hunter – At Flanders, near Dungiven, on the 10th inst., the Rev. Archibald Hunter, Presbyterian Minister, aged 39 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 11 1856 | Gray – On the 21st March, at Baltimore, United States, Edward Gray, Esq., eldest son of the late Rev. Francis Gray, Camus, Dungiven, county Londonderry (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 15 1856 | Knox – At Dungiven, on the 5th inst., Anna, youngest daughter of the late John Knox, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Oct 17 1856 | McClosky – At her father's residence, Dungiven, Miss Sarah McClosky, daughter of Mr. Denis McClosky (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 12 1856 | McLoskey – On the 3rd inst., at her residence, Dungiven, Mrs. McLoskey, relict of the late Mr. John McLoskey (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 2 1857 | Stewart – On Sunday night last, in the townland of Galvin, near Dungiven, the house of a man named Stewart, accidentally caught fire, his nephew and two sons aged from seventeen to nineteen, who lay on a sort of loft above the kitchen were burned to death (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 9 1857 | McCutcheon – At Gortnacross, near Dungiven, on the 2nd inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Robert McCutcheon, aged 72 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 13 1857 | Candon –On Friday, the 6th inst., an inquest was held in Coruddie, in the parish of Dungiven, before William Lane, Esq., M. D., coroner, on the body of John Candon, who died on the 4th inst. It appeared from the evidence given that four men and one woman by the name of Cromie, a man named Patrick McCloskey, and two others, had, on the evening of the 13th ult., been drinking in Candon's, on their return from Maghera. A dispute having arisen, owing to Candon's spilling some whiskey, they commenced fighting, when Candon received injuries from which he did not recover and died on the 4th inst. A very respectable jury, mostly from Dungiven, by their verdict found James, Edward and John Cromie, with Patrick McCloskey, guilty of manslaughter (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Sep 25 1857 | Crawford – On the 9th inst., at Dungiven, aged 66 years, John Crawford, Esq., formerly of Cheapside, London, and many years a member of the Court of Common Council, for the ward of Farrington, within (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 9 1858 | King – On the 3rd inst., in the 81st year of her age, Matilda, wife of Michael King, senior, Esq., Dungiven, county Derry (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 25 1859 | Boyd – February 15, at Gorticlave, near Dungiven, in the 24th year of her age, Anne, the beloved daughter of Mr. John Boyd (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 25 1859 | Buchanan – Buchanan- March 11, at Magheramore, near Dungiven, in the 17th year of his age, William, eldest son of the late Mr. Robert Buchanan (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Sep 23 1859 | Lytle – At Garvagh, on the 14th inst., Mr. Joseph Lytle, aged 60 years, late of Tergoland, near Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Dec 16 1859 | Haslett – December 8, at his residence, Ballyclare, Mr. Alexander Haslett, formerly of Dungiven, county Derry (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 13 1860 | Irwin – December 30, at Dungiven, Mr. James Irwin (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 2 1860 | Kyle – February 24, at her residence, Dungiven, Mary, third daughter of the late Thomas Kyle, Esq. (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 4 1861 | Kyle – December 30, at her residence, Dungiven, Mrs. Kyle, relict of the late Mr. Arthur Kyle, aged 88 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 11 1861 | King – January 8, at Dungiven, county Londonderry, Michael King, Esq., aged 90 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 15 1861 | Sherrard – December 16, at New York, Robert son of Mr. John Sherrard, Dungiven, aged 28 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 17 1862 | Mitchell – January 14, at Eglinton Terrace, Portrush, Catharine, relict of the late Mr. William Mitchell, Dungiven, aged 64 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 25 1862 | Stitt – On Wednesday, the 23rd inst., at her residence, Derryduff, near Dungiven, Isabella, the beloved wife of Mr. John Stitt, and the mother of the late Rev. G. A. Stitt, T. C. D., at the advanced age of 76 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| May 2 1862 | Moore – April 28, Jane, wife of Dr. William Moore, Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 11 1862 | King – July 9, at Strangemore, Dungiven, Elizabeth Matilda, only child of Michael King, Esq., aged eight years and eight months (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 8 1862 | Scott – July 30, at Crebarkey, Dungiven, Mr. Henry Scott, formerly of this City (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 15 1862 | Boyle – August 7, at her residence, Portstewart, aged 85 years, Elizabeth, youngest and last remaining daughter of the late James Boyle, Esq., of Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Aug 29 1862 | Canning – August 20, at Dungiven, Isabella, daughter of Mr. John Canning, aged 19 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 27 1863 | Buchanan- February 18, at Monksgrove, Dungiven, William Buchanan, Esq. (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 17 1863 | O’Kane – On the 11th April, at Dungiven, Rose, wife of Mr. James O'Kane, aged 63 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jun 19 1863 | Morrison – June 15, at Dungiven, after a long illness, Mrs. Isabella Morrison, wife of Mr. Henry Morrison, merchant (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 26 1864 | Ewing – February 22, at an inquest held on Wednesday last at Muldoney, near Dungiven, on Sarah Ewing, aged about 4 years, as a result of accidental burning in her house on the previous Monday (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 8 1864 | Ross – On the 1st March, at his father's residence, after a lingering illness, Alexander, the youngest son of Mr. James Ross, Ballyhargan, Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 15 1864 | Morrison – March 2, at Dungiven, Mr. Henry Morrison, aged 50 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 5 1864 | Kyle – April 1, at her residence, Dungiven, Jane Boyle, eldest surviving daughter of the late Thomas Kyle, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 22 1864 | Stitt – April 15, at her father's residence, Dungiven, Isabella Dean, the child of Mr. Samuel Stitt (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jun 21 1864 | Ellis – June 14, at Derrylane, near Dungiven, Mr. William Ellis, formerly of Ballyhargan, aged 65 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jan 13 1865 | Canning – On the 6th January at the residence of his father, Tamniaran, near Dungiven, Robert Canning, aged 25 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 27 1866 | Thompson – January 5, on board the "Great Victoria" in Moreton Bay [Queensland, Australia], of rapid congestion of the lungs, Mr. Hugh Thompson, aged 29 years, of Dungiven, county Londonderry, and on the 6th January, of diarrhoea, his son, Mark Bloxham, aged 17 months (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Mar 27 1866 | Thompson – January 6, on board the "Great Victoria" in Moreton Bay, of diarrhoea, Mark Bloxham, aged 17 months, son of Mr. Hugh Thompson, of Dungiven, county Londonderry (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 22 1867 | O’Kane – February 16, at his residence, Commercial Hotel, Dungiven, Mr. James O'Kane (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 26 1867 | Davison – February 21, at Dungiven, Helen, relict of the late Henry Davison, Esq., aged 91 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 26 1867 | Kyle – On the 19th February, at Dungiven, Ann, eldest daughter of the late Arthur Kyle (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| May 12 1868 | Knox – May 6, at Holly Hill, Dungiven, Matilda Jane Knox, eldest daughter of the late John Knox, of Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jun 23 1868 | McCloskey – June 18, at Castledawson, Mr. Andrew McCloskey, formerly of Dungiven, aged 73 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Jul 28 1868 | Davison – July 24, at Dungiven, Jessie, the beloved daughter of the Rev. Thomas Davison, aged 14 months (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Nov 20 1868 | Kyle – At her residence, on the 16th inst., Dungiven, Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Kyle, Esq., aged 58 yrs (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Feb 16 1869 | Deane – Feb 11, at Dungiven, William, eldest son of Mr. William Deane, aged 22 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Apr 30 1869 | Haslett – April 25, at Balmoral, Belfast, Mary, relict of the late Samuel Haslett, Esq., Foyle View, Londonderry, aged 84 years. Her remains will be removed from the terminus, Londonderry, for interment in the Churchyard of Dungiven, this Friday at half past ten o'clock (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Oct 26 1869 | Poston – Oct. 20, at Mr. Cooper's, 18 Howie Street, Edinburgh, Margaret, daughter of the late Mr. Robert Poston, Derrychrier, Dungiven (Londonderry Sentinel) |
| Nov 23 1869 | Ross – Nov. 19, at Spring Hill, near Dungiven, Mr. James Ross, aged 80 years (Londonderry Sentinel) |