Afternoon Angels'
Well I have been busy trying to get "comfortable" with Irish resources online and layout of the County of Londonderry (and how Bovevagh Civil parish fits in). I have also been relooking carefully at all the documents and data I have on the Lynn/Cunningham(/Muldoon) families and collating all the information posted so far.
Found rootsireland and I purchased the marriage info following the info provided - just to see if there was anything else on the record. The purchased record gives witnesses Robert Taylor and Robert Jackson for the Robert Lynn/Mary Anne Cuningham marriage on 27 Nov 1835 (as opposed to 21 Nov 1835 so I suspect there is possibly a transcription error somewhere) at Bovevagh Presbyterian church - so I have now sighted evidence of this Bovevagh marriage which is a thrill.
I have looked up the 1831 census info available and there were certainly Taylors and Jacksons in and around Bovevagh in the timeframe.
Have worked through the info posted regarding the Lynn, Cunningham (I am drawn to the Camnesh Cunningham) and Muldoons in 1831 and have added all info to my spreadsheet.
I can't seem to find any evidence of any other Cunningham or Lynn Presbyterian marriages in and aroundBovevagh between 1825-1845. ie I was looking for sibling marriages in the same area. (Mind you I find the rootsireland difficult to search for marriages with any degree of accuracy without spending too many $$$ - so there must be a way to do this that I have to figure out)
I can't find any Lynns in early Tithe books as yet (is this where I should go next?) but have just started this search. I have found Cunninghams in early Tithe books in the area.
Now ...... Robert & Mary Ann (nee Cunningham) Lynn boarded the vessel "Wilson" at Greenock, Renfreshire, Scotland as bounty immigrants, arriving Sydney 7 Jan 1842. There were a mixture of Irish and Scottish immigrants on board but NO ONE else from County Londonderry at all was on board (I've been through all 195 immigrant records). So that is not much help.
Robert & Mary Ann seem pretty particular about their "native place" as being "Bannahaugh", which, for the moment I am thinking might well be Civil Parish of Banagher, County Londonderry. "Native place", after all could just mean the last place they were living ....... which brings me to another query .....
Queries for this afternoon:
Robert & Mary Ann immigrated with their two children:
William Lynn, age 1 1/2 in January 1842 (so born abt mid 1840). Only info is born "Londonderry". Can't find any baptism record for him either as yet.
Eliza Jane Lynn, age 4 1/2 in January 1842 (so born about mid 1837). Her death certificate states she was born in "Cumberclaude, Londonderry". There is no such place that I can see. Closest I can find is Townland Claudy in the Civil Parish of Cumber Upper. This seems to me to be one of the civil parishes "circling" Bovevagh (and next door to Banagher). I cannot find any baptism record for her as yet. What are you thoughts about my deduction?
Thank you your assistance and comments to date, it has all been very very helpful.
Oh, just thought of something else which has confused me ...... One of the history webpages I was reading indicated that Dungiven was essentially a Catholic area - forgive me if I inadvertently step on any toes here - but, if this information is correct, then should I disregard this area - given the Cunninghams I am looking for are likely to be Presbyterian???
And finally, thank you for getting to the end of this post!
cocksie