Notes from Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library (filed under Reference/) Thanks to the work of Kieran McConville.

MARRIAGES (NOTE: Names in red are ones where I switched the column they were in or where I corrected what I assume were other transcription errors. I have also highlighted rows with colours in order to highlight family groupings.

Parish

Date

Husband

Surname

Husband

Forename

Husband

Address

Husbands

Father

Surname

Husbands Father

Forename

Witness

Forename

Witness

Surname

Wife

Surname

Wife

Forename

Wife

Address

Armagh

1911 Jun 13

Oliver

Francis[i]

Ballycrummy

Oliver

John

James

Lynch

Donaldson

Esther

Umgola

Armagh

1926 Sep 21

Oliver

John

Ballycrummy

Oliver

John

Francis

Donnelly

McGlone

Susan

Lurgyvallen

Armagh

1896 Sep 13

Oliver

John

Ballycrummy

Oliver

John

Francis

Oliver

Donnelly

Margt

Ballycrummy

Armagh

1863 May 8

Oliver

John

Oliver

John

Bernard

McCormick

Rox

Margaret

Loughgall

1926 Jun 10

Oliver

John Anthony

Oliver

John Anthony

Malachy

McGlone

McGill

Mary

Armagh

1924 May 26

Oliver

Joseph

Navan St. Armagh

Oliver

Joseph

Ernest

Flood

MacKey

Catherine

Dawson St., Armagh

Armagh

1906 Sep 26

Oliver

Patrick

Ballycrummy

Oliver

John

Jas

Oliver

Donnelly

Sarah

Tullynickle[ii]

Armagh

1926 Aug 18

Oliver

Thomas James

Navan St.

Oliver

Joseph

James

McAnerney

McCormack

Mary

Cathedral Close

Armagh

1858 Jun 18

Oliver

William

Oliver

Peter

McCuskey

Donaghey

Mary

# 1	M Wife’s fathers Name	N Wife’s Fathers Forename	O Witnesss 2 Forename	P Witness 2 Surname	Q NOTES
2	Donaldson	John	Lizzie	McGlone	J W BRADY/DISP BANNS/ PERSON DESCESTED PHILIPSTOWN[iii]/FTHRS & WTNS FROM BALLYCRUMMY/UMGOLA
3	McGlone	Thomas	Margt	McGlone	M MCGLONE/DISP BANNS P FINNEGAN/FTHRS FROM SCOTLAND/LURGYVALLEN/WTNS FROM THE ROCKS/LUR/
4	Donnelly	Henry	Annie	Kiley	P. FAGAN/DISP BANN/FTHRS FROM BALLYCRUMMY/WTNS FROM BALLYCRUMMY/ARMAGH
5	Rox		Margaret	Loughran	J RAFFERTY//.
6	McGill		Irene	McGill	J DUNNE/MARR IN ST. PATRICKS CH LOUGHGALL/
7	MacKey	Joseph	Mary	Flood	E O’CALLAGHAN BANNS J WARD/FTHRS FROM NAVAN ST/DAWSON ST/WTNS FROM BANBROOK/
8	Donnelly	John	Annie	Kane	P SHEERIN/DISP BANNS/ FTHRS FROM BALLYCRUMMY/TULLYNICKLE/WTNS FROM BALLYCRUMMY/MILFORD
9	McCormin	Thomas	Cassie	Donnelly	M MCGUONE/ DISP BANNS P FINNEGAN/SPSE THR FROM NAVAN ST/WTNS1 FROM LEGAR HILL/
10	Donaghy		Anne	McDonnell	J CAMPBELL//

BAPTISMS:

# 1	A Parish	B Baptised	C Surname	D 1^st Name	E Address	F Father Surname	G Father 1^st name	H Mother Maiden	I Mother 1^st name	J SP1 1^st Name	K SP 1 Surname	L SP2 Surname
2	Armagh	1866 Jan4	Oliver	Anne		Oliver	John	Rocks	Margaret	Bernard	Rocks	Sarah
3	Armagh	1910 Nov 6	Oliver	Anne	Ballycrummy	Oliver	John	Donnelly	Margaret	John	Oliver	Mary
4	Armagh	1841 Aug 21	Oliver	Benjamin		Oliver	William	Mallon	Ann	Catherine	McKenna
5	Armagh	1908 Jun 3	Oliver	Henry	Ballycrummy	Oliver	John	Donnelly	Margaret	Patrick	McAneney	Kathleen
6	Armagh	1864 Jan 22	Oliver	James		Oliver	John	Rocks	Margaret	Simon	Rocks	Margaret
7	Armagh	1868 Feb 2	Oliver	John		Oliver	John	Rocks	Margaret	James	McGlone	Catherine
8	Armagh	1898 Jul 13	Oliver	John	Primrose Hill	Oliver	Joseph[iv]	McCoy	Mary	James	Oliver	Anne
9	Armagh	1897 Jul 10	Oliver	John	Ballycrummy	Oliver	John	Donnelly	Margaret	John	Kane	Anne
10	Armagh	1898 Aug 13	Oliver	John	Primrose Hill	Oliver	Joseph	McCoy	Mary	James	Oliver	Anne
11	Armagh	1897 Jul 10	Oliver	John[v]	Ballycrummy	Oliver	John	Donnelly	Margaret	John	Kane	Anne
12	Armagh	1874 Jul 30	Oliver	Joseph		Oliver	John	Rox Aka Rocks	Margaret	Patrick[vi]	Rox Aka Rocks	Sarah
13	Armagh	1899 Mar 19	Oliver	Margaret	The Navan	Oliver	John	Donnelly	Margaret	Thomas	Maglone	Mary
14	Armagh	1899 Mar 19	Oliver	Margaret[vii]	The Navan	Oliver	James	Donnelly	Margaret	Thomas	Maglone	Mary
15	Armagh	1901 Jan 13	Oliver	Mary	Ballycrummy	Oliver	John	Donnelly	Margaret	Peter	Mallon	Bridgid
16	Armagh	1824 Oct 4	Oliver	Mary Anne		Oliver	Bernard	Courtney	Mary	Susan	Quigley
17	Armagh	1870 Jun 5	Oliver	Patrick			John	Rocks	Margaret	Patrick	Rocks	Sarah
18	Armagh	1893 Mar 3	Oliver	Patrick		Oliver	Patrick	McCurdie	Margaret	Anne	Smyth
19	Armagh	1893 Apr 3	Oliver	Patrick	Farmacaffley[viii]	Oliver	Patrick	McCardie	Mary Anne	Anne	Smyth
20	Armagh	1909 Mar 7	Oliver	Patrick	Banbrook Hill	Oliver	Patrick	Donnelly	Sarah	James	Lynch	Annie
21	Armagh	1844 Aug 31	Oliver	Sarah		Oliver	William	Mallon	Anne	Maryanne	Kearny	NR
22	Armagh	1824 Mar 14	Oliver	Saranne		Oliver	James	McGeogh	Isabelle	Elizabeth	Fox[ix]
23	Armagh	1876 Oct 5	Oliver	Simon Francis		Oliver	John	Rocks	Margaret	Bernard	Rocks	Sarah
24	Armagh	1879 Mar 20	Oliver	Thomas		Oliver	John	Rocks	Margaret	Patrick	Rocks	Sarah
25	Armagh	1900 Oct 12	Oliver	Thomas James	Umgola	Oliver	Joseph	McCoy	Mary	James	Oliver	Alice
26	Armagh	1900 Oct 12	Oliver	Thomas James	Umgola	Oliver	Joseph	McCoy	Mary	James	Oliver	Alice
27	Armagh	1846 Jun 14	Oliver	William		Oliver	William	Valentine	Betty	John	McGlone	Mary
28	Armagh	1872 May 31	Oliver	Bernard		Oliver	John	Rock	Margaret	Bernars	Rock	Susan

# 1	M SP2 Surname	N SP2 Address	O Notes
2	Rocks		FR J MCCRYSTAL
3	Kane		FR J BRADY
4	N/R		ILLEGITIMATE/FTHR IS A PROTESTANT
5	Hart		FR J DOWNEY
6	Laughran		FR CHARLES M QUINN
7	O’Neil		FR C. QUINN
8	Kean		REV P FAGAN
9	Kane		FR P FAGAN/MARRIED TO SUSAN MCGLONE ON 21/09/1926 WTNS WERE FRANCIS DONNELLY & MARGARET MCGLONE/BY M MCGUONE
10	Kean		FR P FAGAN/MARRIED ELIZABETH EARLEY AT ST PAULS BELFAST ON THE 03/11/1918
11	Kane		REV P FAGAN
12	Rox
13	Maglone		FR J MCNALLY [E]
14	Maglone		FR J MCNALLY
15	Hagan		FR P SHEERIN
16	NR
17	Rocks		FR J MCCHRYSTAL
18	NR		FR F MCELVOGUE
19	NR		ILLEGITIMATE/FR MCELVOGUE
20	Kane		FR P LOUGHRAN
21	NR		FATHER NON CATHOLIC ILLEGITIMATE
22	NR		ILLEGITIMATE
23	Rocks		FR P MCGEENEY
24	Rocks		FR P MCGEENEY
25	McCoy		REV J BRADY/MARRIED MARY MCCORMACK 18/08/1926 IN ARMAGH CATHEDRAL BY REV M MCGUONE CC WITNESS JAMES MCANERNRY & CARRIS DONNELLY
26	McCoy		REV W BRADY
27	Campbell
28	Rock

At present, as far as I can get with the OLIVER-ROCK branch of the family tree recorded in these records is as pasted beneath. The trick will be to find out the name of the OLIVER who is at the head of this part of the family tree. I suspect it will be a John OLIVER.

If we could prove this, we may be able to click him into the larger OLIVER tree which stretched back to the late 1600s and originated with an early Huguenot settlement. Initially, most of the related OLIVERs in this region were Presbyterian, Quaker, or Church of Ireland. I do not know when or how frequently the switch to Catholic happened.

With respect to other ROCK-OLIVER connections in this time frame, it is also worth noting that William OLIVER (abt 1810-1873) left £50 to Sarah ROCK, his housekeeper, and also his niece described him as having died unchurched – she didn’t use the word: unmarried.

1 Unnamed Oliver

........ 2 John Oliver b: Abt. 1841 d: 17 Dec 1909 in of Tullymore

............ +Margaret Rock b: Abt. 1839 m: 08 May 1863 in Parish of Armagh

................... 3 James Oliver b: 21 Jan 1864

................... 3 Anne Oliver b: 02 Jan 1866 in Tullymore. Parish of Armagh, County Armagh

................... 3 John Oliver b: 20 Jun 1868 in Tullymore, Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh

....................... +Margaret Donnelly b: in of Ballycrummy m: 13 Sep 1896 in Parish of Armagh

............................. 4 John Oliver b: Jul 1897 in Ballycrummy, Co. Armagh

............................. 4 Mary Oliver b: Jan 1901 in Ballycrummy, Co. Armagh

............................. 4 Anne Oliver b: Nov 1910 in Ballycrummy, Co. Armagh

............................. 4 Henry Oliver b: Jun 1908 in Ballycrummy, Co. Armagh

............................. 4 Margaret Oliver b: Mar 1899 in The Navan, Co. Armagh

................... 3 Patrick Oliver b: 04 Mar 1870 in of Ballycrummy, Co. Armagh

....................... +Sarah Donnelly b: in of Tullynickle, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh m: 26 Sep 1906 in Parish of Armagh

............................. 4 Patrick Oliver b: Mar 1909 in Banbrook Hill

................... 3 Bernard Oliver b: 30 May 1872

................... 3 Simon Francis Oliver b: 04 Oct 1876 in of Ballycrummy d: 10 Jun 1952

....................... +Esther Donaldson b: in from Offalay or Umgola m: 13 Jun 1911 in Parish of Armagh

............................. 4 John Oliver b: 1912 d: Abt. 2001

............................. 4 James Oliver b: 22 Sep 1916

................................. +Elizabeth McCrilly b: 13 Jul 1921 m: 1945

........................................ 5 Living Oliver

............................................ +Living wife

............................. 4 Patrick Oliver d: Abt. 2001

................... 3 Thomas Oliver b: 19 Mar 1879 in Navan, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh

................... 3 Joseph Oliver b: Jul 1874

........ 2 James Oliver

................... 3 Martha Oliver b: 28 Aug 1848 in Navan, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh

In trying to go one step further back than where the baptismal records can take us, I have also looked up some of the aforementioned names in the notes I have from the Deeds Registry in Dublin.

There are a few ROCK mentions in some Deeds (although I have yet to get to them). Since it seems that Margaret ROCK had a brother, Patrick, it may be that their father was also named Patrick ROCK (NOTE: The name also shows up as ROX and ROCKS):

DEED: 62-507-43889 Patrick ROCK-DAWSON 1730-1745

2. DEED: 73-468-52031 1730-1745 ROCK, Patrick-HANNING

3. DEED: 258-140-168460 1766 Nov 6 ROCK, Patrick-JACKSON 1730-1745 Vicars Choral of Cathedral Church of St. Patricks, Dublin of 1st part & Revd JACKSON of Forkhill lodge, Co. Armagh Esq. demised to JACKSON land south of Kings Street near St. Stephens Green als Hoggin Green 285’ on North to Kings Pavement 250’ on east & 306’ on south to Rapparce Alley for Rev. Richard JACKSON. Witness Samuel AIKIN, Wm SANDERSON servant, Francis WHYTE of Redhills, Co. Cavan, Esq.

The OLIVER M’GLONE connection is also interesting. In The Belfast Newsletter on Aug 6-9 1782 and also Jan 8 1798 a Thomas M’GLONE shows up as a linen trader. Both Arthur & Benjamin OLIVER are also signatories to the earlier press release. There are four M’GLONE mentions in deeds that connect either to OLIVERs or to townlands where the OLIVERs were known to hold leases (and there may be more – I didn’t search under that surname)

A Bernard M’GLONE was a witness to an 1805 Deed between William & James OLIVER of Co. Tyrone. SEE: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/documents/1805Aug21-JamesOLIVER-WilliamOLIVER.html
Another Deed: 402-499-265492 between James MAXWELL of City of Armagh Gent & & Thomas Maglone of Navan Co. Armagh Farmer - re a farm commonly called Bradfords Bog 33 Acres in Townland of Tamletts, Co. Armagh. NOTE: There is a Tamlaght in both Eglish & Derrynoose Parishes.
DEED: 600-166-408525 on Jan 30, 1808 between Thomas MGLONE of Navan, Co. Armagh, farmer of 1st part & rev. Francis GERVAISE of Ballynahonemore ... Thomas MGLONE ... , Thomas MGLONE ... 334.8.6 ... land formerly called Bradford’s Land containing 33A. WITNESS J[ohn?] NOBLE of Armagh
DEED: 600-167-408526 . on March 21, 1808 between McSHERRY-GERVAISE 1739-1810. Edward McSHERRY of Newry, Co. Down dealer of 1st part & Rev Thomas GERVAISE of Ballynahonemore, Co. Armagh reciting lease 24 Mar 1788 James MAXWELL then of Armagh demised to Thomas MGLONE ... Bradford Land 33 acres.

The only DONNELLY mention that I have found is a deed I have yet to look up:

DEED:535-138-350158 for Tullymore & Mill sometime between 1739-1810 between DAVIS and DONNELY