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Toner/McDevitt - Ballygallon
Hello,
I’m looking for some help from Mabs, please.

1. My great great grandparents were Hugh (Hudie) McDevitt and Mary Toner, Ballygallon. I understand that Mary was a sister of Susan (McGinley) and Peter Toner. Was Mary from Kirkstown originally?

2. Could you share the newspaper article of the funeral of Fr. Peter McDevitt, please?

3. We were always told that we were descended from ‘the Solomon’s’. Were the Solomon Toners originally from Kirkstown or from Glenswilly? Being a Solomon was almost like a badge of honour but I’d love to know why.

Many thanks, Mabs.

Sorry I didn't get a notification from Rootschat regarding your post. I only just noticed it on the forum list. It's been awhile since I looked at the Toners.

As far as I can figure out there are two Toner families and I think they must be related. I call them the Kirktown Toners and Crossog Toners. Also in my opinion if you see a Toner family with a Peter in it then there must be a connection.

Apparently Peter Toner of Kirkstown had three wives but I have only heard of one called Nancy McGee. I have no hard evidence of her existence. Just "word of mouth". I have so far found the following children:

Susan Toner who married Michael “Mici Beag” McGinley
Peter Toner who married Bridget Parke (my family)
Mary Toner who married Hugh “Hudie” McDevitt

I have seen on various trees on Ancestry a Peter Solomon Toner but I can’t figure out or discover how that Solomon second name relates to him.  He is a Crossog Toner. I was told by another member on RC that this Peter's 1st wife was a Catherine (pos Reilly) but I have no proof. His second wife was an Ann or Nancy. The only child I have found from a first wife is a Philip Toner (1829-1918). With his second wife Ann/Nancy he had Mary, William, Bridget, Ellen, Catherine and Peter.

I don’t know the relationship between the first Peter (Kirkstown) and the second Peter (Crossogs). I did a few what-ifs but I don't know.

The Kirkstown Peter is my 3rd great grandfather and the Crossog Peter shows up on my tree as the father-in-law of my 1st cousin 3x removed. His daughter Bridget Toner married James McDevitt son of Hugh “Hudie” McDevitt and Mary Toner.

I'll see if I can find the newspaper article of the funeral of Fr. Peter McDevitt.

2) Rev. Peter McDevitt P.P. Carrick d. 25 Oct  1905

Messrs. Jas. and Michael McDevitt, Glenswilly (brothers)
Miss M.E. McDevitt (niece)
Hugh, Peter and Michael McDevitt (nephews)
Rev. Jas. Toner C.C. Drumoghill (cousin) Just as an FYI Rev. James Toner is my great granduncle.

mab

Thank you for responding. I left a message on their FB page.

mab

I did find Patrick Joseph O'Connor born at Kilnaglery, Carrigaline, Cork, Ireland.

Added...the district is Kinsale which is not on Rootsireland.

Personally I think all the McCallions in Inishowen are related to each other. I go round in circles trying to figure out my DNA matches 

So far I have the following for Michael McCallion and Sarah McLaughlin. The birth dates for some of them are approximates as the records don't exist and are based on age at death.

1 Sarah McCallion (abt 1858-1929) who married Michael Grant (abt 1858-1947) in 1889.
2 John McCallion (abt 1861-1941) that I mentioned above that married Mary Ann McDaid (1864-1908)
3 James McCallion (abt 1862-1923) He never married.
4 Philip McCallion (abt 1863-1944) who married Rose McDaid (abt 1884-1985) in 1905. She obviously was a lot younger than him.
5 Mary McCallion (1866-1932) who married Patrick Doherty (abt 1864-1916) in 1901
6 Ann "Annie" McCallion (abt 1868-1945). Never married.
7 Michael McCallion (1868-     ) Have no info on him except a birth record.
8 Fanny McCallion that you already know about.
9 Catherine "Kate" "Kathleen" McCallion (1872-    ) that married Owen "Eugene" McDaid (abt 1876-1907) in 1897.  In 1911 she is still in Derry and living with her is my great aunt Mary Bradley from Meenamullaghan.

You probably have most of this info.

mab

No church given as it a transcription on Rootsireland. 

Which grandparents?

Michael McCallion died 04 Mar 1910 Meendacalliagh. His wife Sarah died 15 Dec 1913 Meendacalliagh. I have never found a burial/gravestone for them. The closest graveyard would be Cockhill, Buncrana.

I haven't done any research on James Harkin and Bridget McConologue....yet