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