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« on: Thursday 17 July 08 11:30 BST (UK) »
Recently I was checking a gravestone inscription in Bovevagh Presbyterian churchyard and came across the name of a young man who died aged 19. After his name were the initials SQUI. Does anyone know what these mean?
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday 17 July 08 11:37 BST (UK) »
Student Queens University Ireland?
What was his name and the date he died? The local newspaper might have mentioned this in his death notice. Have index to Londonderry Sentinel (1829-1869), Coleraine Chronicle (1844-1869) and can also check Belfast Newsletter (pre 1900).
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday 17 July 08 11:45 BST (UK) »
Aghadowey,
                  Many thanks. You are a mine of information. I was checking for a lady in Canada. The man's name was John Moore Craig and he died on 13 May 1871. I should think that he came from the parish of Bovevagh and possibly the townland of Ballymoney. Again, many thanks.
Stewart, Irwin, Morrison, Haslett, Murrell - Dungiven area Co. Londonderry
Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
Neil, Smyth _Co. Antrim

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« Reply #3 on: Thursday 17 July 08 13:15 BST (UK) »
Unfortunately indexes to Sentinel and Chronicle both only go up to 1869 and have just lost my link to Belfast Newsletter.

Probably just a coincidence but a John Moore Craig died 1845 in South Africa:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2007-08/1186270672
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday 17 July 08 13:44 BST (UK) »
Thanks Aghadowey, I will give it a try

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Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
Neil, Smyth _Co. Antrim

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 17 July 08 19:29 BST (UK) »
But surely the Queens Colleges (Belfast, Galway & Cork) were so named until 1908 ?

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hamilton_(university_administrator)

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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 17 July 08 19:35 BST (UK) »
And is it significant that a John Moore Craig was murdered by Thomas Trainor, who was tried in July 1871 ?

See page 19 of:
http://www.glenravel.com/downloads/pdfs/Belfast%20Timeline/Belfast%20Timeline%201870s.pdf

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 17 July 08 19:49 BST (UK) »
"Queen's University in Ireland" founded 1845:
www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/AboutQueens/HistoryofQueens

The date for the murder trial combined with the name of the victim seems a strong possibilty.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 17 July 08 20:09 BST (UK) »
I should like to thank the both of you for all your help. I have passed your information to the researcher in Canada and I am sure that it will be appreciated.

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Morrison Stewart
Stewart, Irwin, Morrison, Haslett, Murrell - Dungiven area Co. Londonderry
Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
Neil, Smyth _Co. Antrim
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