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Chambers Family Notes, Cos. Tyrone, Donegal & Londonderry 1825-70

Extracted from personal notices inserted in the STRABANE MORNING POST, LONDONDERRY SENTINEL, LONDONDERRY STANDARD & LONDONDERRY JOURNAL
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

 

CO. TYRONE

Date Notice
March 11 1828 [Birth] In Strabane, on Saturday last the Lady of R. C. Chambers Esq. of a son (Strabane Morning Post)
February 19 1831 [Married] On Tuesday, the 8th inst., in Stewartstown, by the Rev. Robert Allen, the Rev. Mr. Henry, of Loughgall [Co. Armagh], to Harriet, only daughter of the late Rev. Moses Chambers, of Stewartstown (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 16 1832 [Birth] On Sunday the 30th ult. in this town, the Lady of Richard Chambers, Esq. of a daughter (Strabane Morning Post)
July 5 1834 [Birth] At Mullaghmore, near Omagh, on Sunday, the 29th June, the lady of Richard Chambers, of a son (Londonderry Sentinel)
July 23 1836 [Birth] On Sunday, the 17th inst., the lady of Richard Chambers, Esq., of Mullaghmore, near Omagh, of a daughter (Londonderry Sentinel)
April 25 1851 [Died] On the 18th inst., William, son of the Rev. M. Chambers, Leckpatrick, aged 18 months (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 22 1858 [Died] On the 14th inst., after an illness of three days, William, third son of the Rev. Robert Chambers, Fintona, aged eight years (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 1 1864 [Died] December 24, at McCrackens, Parish of Leckpatrick, the Rev. Moses Chambers, for 27 years Minister of the Presbyterian Church there, aged 53 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
June 12 1866 [Died] June 9, at Newtownstewart, county Tyrone, Martha, the beloved wife of Mr. John Chambers, in the 73rd year of her age (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 18 1867 [Died] On the 3rd January, Mr. John Chambers, of Newtownstewart, aged 71 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
November 5 1870 [Married] Oct. 27, at the First Presbyterian Church, Glendermott, by the Rev. A. Buchanan, Robert, only son of Mr. Benjamin McLaughlin, Ballycallaghan, county Derry, to Jane, third daughter of Mr. Archibald Chambers, Liscleen, county Tyrone {Londonderry Standard)


 

CO. DONEGAL

Date Notice
August 26 1823 [Married] On Thursday morning the 21st instant, in George’s Church, Dublin, by the Rev. Mr Rodgers, Richard Cowan Chambers, of Lifford, in the county of Donegal, Esq. to Caroline, second daughter of the late Rev. Richard Warren, Rector of Tuam, and niece of Sir Gore Ousley, Bart., late Ambassador for his Britannic Majesty to the Court of Russia (Strabane Morning Post)
November 4 1823 [Married] At Buncrana, on Thursday the 23rd ult. by the Rev. Hamilton Stuart, John Chambers, of Cavendish-row in the city of Dublin, Esq. to Ellen, only daughter of Isaac Todd, late of Bath, Esq. deceased (Strabane Morning Post)
May 11 1824 [Died] On Monday se’nnight, John Chambers, Esq. Lifford, deservedly lamented by a numerous and highly respectable acquaintance (Strabane Morning Post)
March 16 1833 [Died] At Ramelton, Mary Jane, youngest daughter of William Chambers, Esq., late of Letterkenny (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 13 1834 [Married] On the 2nd inst., by the Rev. J. Lecky, of Ballylennon, Mr. John Chambers, of Momeen, to Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Kincaid, of Ballyholly (Strabane Morning Post)
March 26 1836 [Died] With feelings of sincere regret we this day record the death of the much esteemed Rev. John Chambers, in the 82nd year of his age. He was ordained to the curacy of Leck, in the diocese of Raphoe, on the 1st May 1777, and which he held for the period of 58 years. His remains were followed to the burying ground at Leck by a large concourse of people (Londonderry Sentinel)
August 13 1836 [Died] August 3, at Letterkenny, Mrs. Anne Chambers, relict of the late Rev. John Chambers, of Leck, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
July 7 1838 [Birth] At Fox Hall, the lady of John Chambers, Esq., of a daughter (Londonderry Sentinel)
June 15 1839 [Married] On Monday 10th inst., by the Rev. W. McCrea, of the Presbyterian Church, Ballindreat, Mr. Joseph Chambers, of Momeen, to Susan, third daughter of the late Mr. John Crockett, of Edenmore (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 22 1840 [Married] At Ballyscanlan, on Thursday, the 20th inst., by the Rev. John Allen, Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Kilmacrenan, Mr. Isaac Watson, of Drumalough, to Rebecca, daughter of Mr. William Chambers, of Ballyscanlan (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 26 1842 [Died] At Grosvenor College, Bath, in his 16th year, Gardiner, the seventh son of General Boyd, of the Bengal Army, and nephew of Daniel Chambers, of Lough Veagh, county Donegal, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 15 1845 [Birth] On the 7th inst., at Fox Hall, in the county of Donegal, the lady of John Chambers, Esq., of a son (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 12 1848 [Died] Suddenly, at Lifford, county Donegal, on Sunday, the 6th inst., aged 67 years, Frances, eldest daughter of the late John Chambers, of Lifford, Esq. (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 13 1848 [Birth] The lady of John Chambers, of Foxhall, county Donegal, of a son (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 18 1850 [Died] At his town residence, in Dublin on Sunday, the 13th inst., in his 50th year, Mr John Chambers, of Lifford, Esq., barrister at law (Londonderry Sentinel)
September 27 1850 [Married] At Dungloe Church, on Friday 24th inst., by the Rev. Frederick Corfield, Michael Heard, Esq., Inspecting Officer of Coast Guard, Burtonport, son of Edward Heard, Esq., of Kinsale, to Louisa Carolina second daughter of Michael C. Chambers, Esq., of Lifford (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 17 1851 [Died] October 8th, at Foxhall, Letterkenny, Daniel Chambers, Esq., J.P., for the county of Donegal, in the 62nd year of his age (Londonderry Sentinel)
November 28 1851 [Died] November 16th, at Cheltenham, Jane, relict of John Chambers, Esq., barrister at law, and daughter of the late Thomas Young, Esq., of Lough Eske, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 9 1856 [Married] On the 1st inst., in the Presbyterian Church, Monreagh, by the Rev. Andrew Long, Mr. William Chambers, Kildrum, to Jane, daughter of the late Mr. Henry Osborne, Monreagh (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 17 1856 [Married] In Lifford Church, on Saturday, the 11th inst., by the Rev. William Ewing, Vicar of Donegal, brother of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev. E.M. Clarke, Samuel Ewing, Esq., of New Orleans, U.S., to Susan Frances, daughter of Richard Chambers, Esq., of Lifford (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 27 1857 [Died] On the 23rd inst., at Cross, St. Johnston, in the 22nd year of his age, Mr. Samuel Chambers (Londonderry Sentinel)
April 10 1857 [Died] Suddenly, at his residence, Lifford, on the 7th inst., Richard Chambers, Esq., solicitor, aged 70 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
April 30 1858 [Married] On the 20th inst., in St. George's Church, by the Rev. R. Barton, Rector, W.H. Deane, Esq., Civil Engineer, County Surveyor, Tipperary south, to Caroline Julia, daughter of the late R.C. Chambers, Esq., Lifford, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
September 9 1859 [Married] On the 1st September, at Lifford Church, by the Rev. E.M. Clarke, assisted by the Rev. A.F. Smyly, Brooke R. Chambers, Esq., Bengal Army, the eldest son of John Chambers, of Free Hall, Esq., to Catherine, the fifth daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Humfrey, of Cavanacor, in the county of Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 3 1861 [Married] April 25, in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Letterkenny, by the Rev. John Robinson, Mr. David Chambers, to Miss Mary Jane McConaghy (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 24 1861 [Died] April 9, at Calcutta, Kate, wife of Brooke R. Chambers, Esq., Bengal Army, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Humfrey, Cavancor, county Donegal, aged 22 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 11 1861 [Married] October 9, at Ballindrate Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. William McCrea, assisted by the Rev. M. Chambers, uncle of the bride, Alexander Adams, of Milltown, Castlederg, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. John McBeth, Moneen (Londonderry Sentinel)
November 8 1861 [Died] November 4, at 3, Synnott Place, Dublin, Mrs. Caroline Chambers, widow of Richard C. Chambers, Esq., of Lifford (Londonderry Sentinel)
November 29 1861 [Married] November 26, in the First Presbyterian Church, Ballylennon, by the Rev. John Lecky, assisted by the Rev. John McAuley, John Hastings, Esq., Dunwiley, to Rebecca, eldest daughter of Joseph Chambers, Esq., Brockagh (Londonderry Sentinel)
June 27 1862 [Died] June 18, aged 14 years, William Grove Chambers, fifth son of John Chambers, Esq., Fox Hall (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 3 1862 [Died] On the 23rd September, at her residence, Greenville Street, Dublin, Elizabeth Rebecca Chambers, the sister of the late Rev. Charles Boyton, formerly a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and the widow of the late Daniel Chambers, Esq., formerly of Rockhill, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 15 1863 [Died] April 14, of low fever, Henry Ellison Chambers, youngest son of John Chambers, Esq., Foxhall, county Donegal. He had just completed his thirteenth year (Londonderry Sentinel)
July 10 1863 [Married] On the 7th July, at St. Stephen's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. W.B. Chester, Rector of Nenagh, Brook Rynd Chambers, Esq., Bengal Staff Corps, eldest son of John Chambers, Esq., J.P., Fox Hall, county Donegal, to Mary Caroline, eldest daughter of J. Sheridan Macleod, Esq., R.M., Lifford (Londonderry Sentinel)
March 18 1864 [Died] March 7, in his 22nd year, Daniel Chambers, third son of John Chambers, Esq., Fox Hall, county Donegal (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 12 1865 [Died] May 8, at his residence, Fox Hall, county Donegal, John Chambers, Esq., aged 73 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
May 29 1866 [Died] May 24, at 26 Harwicke Street, Dublin, Elizabeth Chambers, daughter of the late John Chambers, Esq., of Lifford, county Donegal, aged 78 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
June 19 1866 [Married] June 14, in the Presbyterian Church of First Ballylennon, by the Rev. J. Lecky, Mr. Moses Houston, Swillymount, Newtowncunningham, to Margaret, daughter of Mr. Joseph Chambers, Brockagh, St. Johnston (Londonderry Sentinel)
December 4 1866 [Died] November 27, at her residence, Brockagh, Elizabeth Chambers, aged 66 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
April 17 1868 [Died] On the 13th April, at his residence, Cross, William Chambers, aged 71 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
April 9 1869 [Died] April 5, at his residence, Trensalaugh, James Chambers, aged 25 Years (Londonderry Sentinel)
July 9 1869 [Married] June 24, in Brooklyn, United States, by the Rev. Francis Mansfield, John A. Chambers, Esq., of Fox Hall, Letterkenny, to Jane Anna, daughter of the Rev. Robert J. Walker (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 5 1870 [Married] February 3, at the Presbyterian Church, Knowhead, by the Rev. John Camac, Mr. Wm. Chambers, house painter, Londonderry, to Miss Rebecca Adams, fourth daughter of Mr. John Adams, of Craig, Knowhead, county Donegal (Londonderry Standard)
April 27 1870 [Birth] April 2, at Christian-street, Philadelphia, the wife of John A. Chambers, Esq., formerly of Fox Hall, county Donegal, of a daughter (Londonderry Journal)


 

CO. LONDONDERRY

Date Notice
October 3 1829 [Died] On the 24th ult., at Bristol, where she had gone for the recovery of her health, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Kennedy, relict of the late William Pitt Kennedy, Esq., barrister at Law, and second daughter of our esteemed fellow citizen, John Chambers, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel)
March 15 1834 [Married] On the 5th inst., at Desertmartin Church, by the Rev. William Dysart, Zachariah Maxwell, of Moneymore, Esq., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of David Chambers, of Magherafelt, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 10 1840 [Died] At Maghera, on the 15th ult., Mr. John Chambers, architect, aged 36 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
August 6 1842 [Birth] August 3rd, at Pump Street, the lady of Thomas Chambers, Esq., of a son (Londonderry Sentinel)
March 7 1846 [Birth] At Pump Street, on the 4th inst., the lady of Thomas Chambers, Esq., of a daughter (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 16 1847 [Married] On Wednesday, the 21st April 1847, in St. James's Church, Sydney, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Australia, Samuel J. Ussher, Esq., fifth son of the late Rev. Dr. Henry Ussher, of Ramelton, county Donegal, Ireland, to Margaret Lillias, daughter of David Chambers, Esq., formerly of Magherafelt, county Londonderry, Ireland, and now of Macquarie Street, in the City of Sydney, New South Wales [Australia] (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 22 1848 [Birth] On the 21st inst., at Pump Street, the lady of Thomas Chambers, Esq., of a daughter (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 7 1848 [Died] April 24, at Sydney, New South Wales, David Chambers, sen., Esq., late of Magherafelt, county Londonderry, a very eminent solicitor, in the 75th year of his age (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 4 1850

[Married] July 19th, by special licence, by the Rev. A. C. Thompson, Baynule, Hugh John Chambers, Esq., solicitor, son of the late David Chambers, Esq., Magherafelt, to Margaret, eldest daughter of John Hawdon, Esq., Kiora county, St. Vincent (Londonderry Sentinel)

July 28 1849

[Married] By special license, on Thursday, the 19th instant, by the Rev. A. C. Thomson, Incumbent of St. James’ s, Melbourne, at Banyule, the seat of Joseph Hawdon, Esq., Hugh John Chambers, Esq., solicitor, to Margaret, eldest daughter of John Hawdon, Esq., of Kiora, county of St. Vincent [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]

January 11 1850 [Died] August 13, at Sydney, New South Wales [Australia], Margaret, relict of David Chambers, sen., Esq., formerly of Magherafelt, in the 75th year of her age (Londonderry Sentinel)
22-March-1850 [Married] On the 21st inst., at Derry Cathedral, by the Rev. George Smith, Major James Stuart, Staff Officer, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late John Chambers, Esq., of Dublin (Londonderry Sentinel)
March 21 1851 [Died] On the 8th inst., at her residence, 26 Hardwick Place, Dublin, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Chambers, Esq., of this City (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 30 1852 [Birth] On Sunday, the 25th inst., the lady of Thomas Chambers, Esq., of this City, of a daughter (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 19 1855 [Married] On Tuesday, the 16th inst., at Kilrea, by the Rev. Mr. Millar, Mr. James Crawford Chambers, to Miss M.A. Fulton, both of Kilrea (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 31 1856 [Died] In Liverpool, on the 23rd inst., of fever, Mr. Adam Chambers, compositor, aged 23 years, formerly of this City (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 9 1857 [Married] At Kilcronaghan Church, on the 21st ult., by the Rev. E. Hamilton, William, son of Mr. Samuel Hughes, Drumballyhagan, Tubbermore, to Nancy, daughter of Mr. James Chambers, of the same Place (Londonderry Sentinel)
January 14 1859 [Birth] January 13, at the Cottage, the wife of Thomas Chambers, Esq., of this City, of a son (Londonderry Sentinel)
December 5 1865 [Birth] December 1, at Aberfoyle, the wife of Thomas Chambers, Esq., of a son (Londonderry Sentinel)
September 18 1866 [Birth] September 13, at Meetinghouse Street, Coleraine, the wife of Mr. Robert Chambers, of a son (Londonderry Sentinel)
October 9 1868 [Married] October 8, at the Cathedral, Londonderry, by the Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, assisted by the Rev. Francis Smith and the Rev. Thomas L. Scott, Waldron Edward Roper Kelly, Lieutenant in the Buffs, eldest son of the late Captain Kelly, of the 17th Regiment, and grandson of the late Major General Kelly, to Hessie, eldest daughter of Thomas Chambers, of Aberfoyle House, Londonderry, Esq (Londonderry Sentinel)
March 26 1869 [Died] March 23, at 44 Nailor's Row, Londonderry, Sarah Chambers, aged 24 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
September 24 1869 [Died] Sept. 20, at Hardwick Street, Dublin, Catherine, daughter of the late Thomas Chambers, Esq., Londonderry (Londonderry Sentinel)
February 5 1870 [Married] February 3, at the Presbyterian Church, Knowhead, by the Rev. John Camac, Mr. Wm. Chambers, house painter, Londonderry, to Miss Rebecca Adams, fourth daughter of Mr. John Adams, of Craig, Knowhead, county Donegal (Londonderry Standard)
February 15 1870 [Died] Feb. 14. At his residence, 44, Nailor’s-row, John Chambers, aged 72 years (Londonderry Sentinel)
November 5 1870 [Married] Oct. 27, at the First Presbyterian Church, Glendermott, by the Rev. A. Buchanan, Robert, only son of Mr. Benjamin McLaughlin, Ballycallaghan, county Derry, to Jane, third daughter of Mr. Archibald Chambers, Liscleen, county Tyrone {Londonderry Standard)
November 16 1870 [Died] Nov. 15, at her residence, 44, Nailor’s-row, Rebecca Chambers, aged 22 years, wife of Mr. William Chambers (Londonderry Standard)