Seasonal Emigration from Lissan Parish, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland to Glasgow & England 1830s
Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs compiled in the 1830s
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com
*Lissan Parish straddles the Tyrone/Londonderry county boundary*
Labourers would travel to Scotland and England obtaining work at harvest time, returning to their homes in winter to live off what they had earned.
SURNAME GIVEN NAME AGE TOWNLAND DESTINATION RELIGION MCCANN William 25 Coltrim Glasgow Presb. DEVLIN Patrick 33 Coltrim Glasgow RC DUNSHEATH James 30 Coltrim Glasgow Presb. CRAWFORD Robert 25 Coltrim Glasgow Presb. MCANNA Patrick 25 Coltrim Glasgow RC WARD Daniel 30 Coltrim Glasgow RC COWAN Thomas 48 Coltrim Glasgow RC DEVLIN Jane 45 Coltrim Glasgow RC DONNELLY Bernard 45 Muff Glasgow RC GREENAN John 60 Moneyhaw Glasgow RC GREENAN Jeremiah 35 Moneyhaw Glasgow RC GREENAN William 20 Moneyhaw Glasgow RC MCMASTER John 30 Moneyhaw Glasgow Presb. DONNELLY Hugh 35 Moneyhaw Glasgow RC QUINN Charles 48 Moneyhaw Glasgow RC BELL Robert 45 Ballybaskey Merryport Presb. TONER John 50 Drumeen Glasgow RC WRIGHT Joseph 16 Claggan Glasgow Presb. MITCHELL John 20 Claggan Glasgow Presb. SHERRY Edward 20 Knockadoo Glasgow RC SHERRY Bernard 32 Knockadoo Glasgow RC MCKERNAN John 20 Knockadoo Glasgow RC MCCULLAGH Christopher 40 Knockadoo Glasgow RC MCCULLAGH Mary 40 Knockadoo Glasgow RC HAGAN Eliza 21 Knockadoo Glasgow RC MCCULLAGH Nancy 18 Knockadoo Glasgow RC HAGAN Peter 25 Tintagh Glasgow RC HAGAN Nancy 25 Tintagh Glasgow RC DOYLE John 35 Tintagh Glasgow RC DOYLE Philip 20 Tintagh Glasgow RC DOYLE Mary 32 Tintagh Glasgow RC DOYLE Margaret 17 Tintagh Glasgow RC HOGAN John 15 Letteran Glasgow RC HOGAN Mary 26 Letteran Glasgow RC HOGAN Martha 32 Letteran Glasgow RC DEVLIN Jane 26 Letteran Glasgow RC MULLAN Patrick 40 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN Nancy 40 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN Patrick 20 Dernan Glasgow RC FRIEL John 44 Dernan Glasgow RC FRIEL John, Jun. 24 Dernan Glasgow RC FARRELL James 45 Dernan Glasgow RC DUGAN John 30 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN Michael 28 Dernan Glasgow RC CAMPBELL Patrick 30 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN John 34 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN Martha 40 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN Peter 26 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN Michael 25 Dernan Glasgow RC MULLAN Michael 32 Derryganard Glasgow RC MCCONVEY John 30 Derryganard Glasgow RC MCCONVEY Charles 32 Derryganard Glasgow RC MULLAN Bernard 25 Derryganard Glasgow RC MULLAN Charles 30 Derryganard Glasgow RC MULLAN Margaret 50 Derryganard Glasgow RC O’NEIL Felix 28 Derryganard Glasgow RC O’NEIL Bridget 28 Derryganard Glasgow RC O’NEIL James 26 Derryganard Glasgow RC O’NEIL Bridget 30 Derryganard Glasgow RC MCGLADE Robert 40 Rossmore Liverpool RC
Further Lissan Parish records can be viewed here:
Emigration from Lissan Parish, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland 1834-5
Spinning Wheel Bounty List (Flax Seed Premiums), Lissan Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1796
Index to the Lissan Tithe Applotment Book, Lissan Parish, Cos. Tyrone & Londonderry 1827
Index to Griffiths Valuation, Lissan Parish, Cos. Tyrone & Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Applications to Register Freeholds: Barony of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1829-31
Unagh National School, Lissan Parish, Cookstown & the Lane Family
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