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NAMES: COUSER, STOOPS, CARROLL, FINEGAN, CAROLAN, BROWN, MONTGOMERY, SMYTH, MACKLE, FEGAN.
Sharon Oddie Brown. February 10, 2010.

Killynure and 1911 Census

See also: Killynure

 

The house where Margaret COUSER lived was probably the one in the southwest corner at what is currently known as “Cousers Corner” (according to the local bus driver).  The CARROLL house was probably where the large house to the south of the road between Monaghan and Armagh is shown on the Griffiths valuation. The Thompson BROWN House was the house shown with an orchard attached. I can’t say where the other houses were. There is currently some rubble indicating the possibility of a previous cottier style house near the road, south west of the Thompson BROWN property.  The FEGAN family are the descendants of the O’NEILs who are recorded in Griffiths as tenants. Their ancestors still live nearby. I know nothing about the others.

One curious fact is the recorded religious allegiances of the COUSERs. In this census, one COUSER household is Roman Catholic and another is Presbyterian. Yet, in the Church of Ireland records at St. Marks, there are COUSERs of Killynure whose given ages indicate that they would have been living in this time frame. Even though they don’t show up in this census and may have been visiting outside the country on census day, the question is: which house would they have been attached to? At the time of the census, Mary COUSER would have been age 30; William Benjamin, age 35; Margaret age 33. The only one of them showing up in Ireland in 1911 who would be close in age is a Mary COUSER who was age 33 and was a servant in the BREW household at Tullyard

 

 

There were seven houses occupied as follows:

Name

Relationship

Age

Notes

Couser, Margaret

Widow

67

Head/occupier/owner/farmer; 2nd class house with 4 people in family occupying 3 rooms; a substantial roof. 7 outbuildings. Church of Ireland.

Couser, Margaret

Daughter

26

Church of Ireland.

Stoops, Eliza

Granddaughter

10

Church of Ireland.

Couser, Robert John

Grandson

5

Church of Ireland.

Carroll, Patrick

Head of family

66

Occupier/owner/farmer; 1st class house with 11 rooms occupied by 5 people; a substantial roof. 12 outbuildings. Roman Catholic

Carroll, Anne Jane

Wife

61

Roman Catholic; 30 years married; 3 children (2 living)

Carroll, Matthew Agusta

Son

24

Farmer son/single. Roman Catholic

Finegan, Roseanna

Cousin

32

Dressmaker/single. Roman Catholic

Carolan, Mary

Servant

20

Domestic servant/single. Roman Catholic

Couser, Sarah

Head of family

72

Occupier/owner; 2nd class house with 6 rooms occupied by 2 people; a substantial roof. 6 outbuildings. Presbyterian

Brown, George

Farm Servant

30

Presbyterian

Brown, Thompson

Head of family

74

Occupier/owner/farmer; 1st class house with 12 rooms occupied by 7 people; a substantial roof. 19 outbuildings including: 2 stables, 1 coach house, 1 harness room, 1 Cow house, 3 calf house, 1 dairy, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 boiling house, 1 barn, 1 potato house, 1 workshop, 3 sheds, 1 store.

Brown, Elizabeth

Wife

68

Presbyterian

Brown, Mary

Daughter

36

Single/farmers daughter. Presbyterian

Brown, George

Son

33

Farmer. Presbyterian

Brown, Herbert Evelyn

Son

21

Linen factory Manager. Presbyterian

Lyons, Mackey

Servant

16

Farm Servant. Presbyterian

Kelly, Patrick

Servant

16

Farm Servant. Roman Catholic

Montgomery, Robert

Head of family

73

Occupier/owner/farmer; 3rd class house with 3 rooms occupied by 3 people; a thatched roof. 7 outbuildings. Roman Catholic

Smyth, Kate

Daughter

49

Roman Catholic

Smyth, Hugh

Son-in-law

25

Farmer. Roman Catholic

Mackle, Joseph

Head of family

51

Occupier/owner/labourer; 3rd class house with 6 rooms occupied by 2 people; a substantial roof. 2 outbuildings

Mackle, Mary Anne

Wife

44

Roman Catholic

Mackle, Patrick Joseph

Son

16

Linen weaver. Roman Catholic

Mackle, Mary Jane

Daughter

14

Linen weaver. Roman Catholic

Mackle, Hugh

Son

12

Scholar. Roman Catholic

Fegan, Owen

Head of family

58

Occupier/owner/famer; 3rd class house with 6 rooms occupied by 2 people; a thatched roof. 5 outbuildings. Roman Catholic

Fegan, Martha

Wife

49

Married 17 years. Roman Catholic

Fegan, Mary Anne

Daughter

16

Farmers daughter. Roman Catholic

Fegan, Catherine

Daughter

14

Scholar. Roman Catholic

Fegan, James

Son

14

Scholar. Roman Catholic

Fegan, Felix

Son

12

Scholar. Roman Catholic

 

 

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