This section contains a list of people and families who seem likely to be members of the various family trees included in this study. However, there is no conclusive proof that they are actually related at this stage.

Many of the names are only known from the Pre-1858 Wills and Admons Index held by PRONI. The documents listed in this index no longer exist. Thet were destroyed in the fire at the National Archives in Dublin in 1922.

If anyone can provide any further information on any of the individuals listed below, I would very much appreciate it if they would contact me with details, citing the source reference where possible. The eMail address is listed in the Contacts section.

CURRANs in Parish of Loughgall in the early 19th Century

• Eliza CURRAN (ca.1817-1872) - #187
  

  At the time of Eliza's marriage in 1838, Eliza was living in Fernagreevagh, as was George CURRAN (who had married Mary Jones the year before). One of the witnesses to her marriage was George Curran.

  • Are Eliza and George sister and brother?
  • Was their father George CURRAN, who died in ca. 1834 or 1835 in Ternagreevy (Ternagreevagh, a.k.a Fernagreevagh)?
  
  
• George CURRAN (d.ca.1834/5) - #2047

  George CURRAN is listed twice in the Pre-1858 Wills and Admons Index held by PRONI. Both entries (in 1835 and 1836) describe Geoge as a Farmer resident in Ternagreevy. There was not a townland in Armagh called Ternagreevy. The name is therefore most likely to be a corruption of Ternagreevagh (also known as Fernagreevagh), where George CURRAN (1811-1886) was living when he married Mary JONES in 1837 and where they both died (1886 and 1864 respectively). As Ternagreevagh is a relatively small townland, it seems unlikely that there would be more than a single family with the same names.

  • Do these two index entries refer to the same individual, or two different individuals? It seems relatively unlikely that there were two people with the same name died in the same townland wihin a year or two of each other.
  • Could this George CURRAN be the father of George CURRAN (1811-1886)? They were both described as farmers, living in the same townland.
  
  
• Bartholomew CURRAN (d.bef.1823) - #2185
  Edward CURRAN (d.ca.1824/6) - #2186
  

  Bartholmew CURRAN is listed twice in the Pre-1858 Wills and Admons Index held by PRONI. The entry dated 4th March 1823 and 1827) describe Edward as resident in Ballygausey. It does not state an occupation. The entry dated 1827 describe him as a farmer resident in Ballygansey.

  Edward CURRAN is also listed in the same Index. The entry is dated 1826 and describes Edward as resident in Ballygawsey. He is described as a farmer. The entry dated 1827 describe him as a farmer resident in Ballygansey.

  There are no townlands called Ballygausey or Ballygansey in Co. Armagh. It therefore seems likely that they all refer to Ballygassey, in Loughgall Parish.

  • Do the two entries for Bartholomew refer to the same person, or are they two seperate individuals?
  • George Curran (1811-1887) is said to have "bought " Gregg's Mill in Ballygassey and given it to his eldest son John Jones Curran as a wedding present ca.1860. Did he in fact inherit it from family living in Ballygassey, and if so, are Bartholomew and/or Edward possibly related him?
  
  
• Mary Albina CURRAN (ca.1874-1920) - #2127
  (Unknown Male Child) CURRAN (b.1874) - #2128
  

  Mary Albina Curran is thought to have been born in 1874, the daughter of George and Sarah (nee. NEWPORT) CURRAN. It appears that her birth was never registered - The Registry Office in Belfast (GRO) have no record of it.

  There is also an entry in the Births Register for an unnamed male child born to George and Sarah, born 10th March 1874.

  George and Sarah's previous child (William Henry CURRAN) was born in very late 1872 or 1873. (He was 49 when he died on 22nd December 1922 according to his gravestone inscription The GRO have a record of an unnamed male child born to George and Sarah on 10th March 1874.

  Their next child (Robert Jones CURRAN) was born on 14th December 1875.

  • When was Mary Albina born? There may be a baptismal record (Loughgall Parish Church, Cranagill Methodist Church or Cloveneden Presbyterian Church).
  • If Mary Albina was in fact born in 1874, then these two children were almost certainly twins. If so, then why was her birth not registered at the same time as that of the unnamed male twin? It seems likely that the male child died at or shortly after birth. Is there any record of the death - Death Certificate or burial record?