Photos of headstones in Garvagh Graveyard

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat, ECDW, but you seem to have deleted what you originally posted 

[John Dempsey]

My dad was William Henry dempsey.
Married to Mary Emma taggart my dad moved to Birmingham and was knocked down by a lorry on a zebra crossing will going to the post office .date of death 28th march1960 aged 74
Date of burial April 5th 1960
Lived in pershore road Birmingham 
Was buried at lodge hill cemetery
Sellyoak b295aa
My day was prev married to a Simpson
Was down on my birth cert as retired shoe maker was from balinameen garvagh .had sons 1 was bill who died last year and was the last of his siblings

[ECDW]

My grandad was William Henry Dempsey and grandmother was Rose Mcatamany.
William was gased in the war and died in England after being run over I was told by a tram!
Rose Mcatamany moved to England in about 1956 with her daughter Elizabeth Canning Dempsey born 1940, Rose died of cancer in about 1957.

[ECDW]

My grandad was William Henry Dempsey and grandmother was Rose Mcatamany.
William was gased in the war and died in England after being run over I was told by a tram!
Rose Mcatamany moved to England in about 1956 with her daughter Elizabeth Canning Dempsey born 1940 brother William married to Mary lived in garvagh. Rose died of cancer in about 1957.

[TABRE]

Hi 
Apologies if this isn’t the correct way to address a previous post  but I’m very new to this and trying to navigate through it. 

I have been trying to gather any information with regards to the previously mentioned William Henry Dempsey (1886-1960) who died in a traffic accident in Birmingham UK … he’s my maternal great grandfather and I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to find his birth parents -

I know he was raised by his uncle and aunt (William Dempsey b1864 d8/11/1933/ Mary Jane Dempsey(nee Canning b1865 d24/10/1945) Both buried in Bovedy Presbyterian Church, where according to the 1911 census, was the area they lived.

 I know that William Dempsey’s father was called James Dempsey and was a labourer - again, have come to a dead end trying to find any information about him also.

Would really appreciate any help pointing me in the right direction. 


 

Do you have William's marriage certificate? that would give status (single, widowed or divorced) and hopefully father's name and occupation.

I have lots of records pertaining to families in Balnameen but can't pinpoint William Dempsey there. Am wondering if he could have been known as William _ (another surname).

[confusion]

Welcome Tabre,

Is this the elusive William Henry Dempsey?

Birth: Magherafelt
Henry Dempsey 27 Jun 1885 at Upperland
Father: James Dempsey occ:labourer
Mo:Elizabeth Dempsey formerly Canning

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1885/02639/1973209.pdf

Marriage: 8 Aug 1881 by licence at the Presbyterian Church, Swatera, Magherafelt
James C Dempsey age 20 bachelor occ:labourer of Gortade Fa: James Dempsey occ:labourer
Lizzie Canning age 18 spinster of Gortade Fa: Robert Canning occ:labourer

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1881/11008/8024978.pdf


Marriage: 21 March 1882 by licence at Presbyterian Church Finvoy, Ballymoney
William Dempsey age minor bachelor occ:labourer of Dirraw Parish of Finvoy Fa:James Dempsey occ:labourer
Mary Jane Canning age minor spinster of Kilrea Parish of Kilrea Fa:Robert Canning occ:shopkeeper 

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1882/10980/8014038.pdf

I'm not sure if Willie Dempsey and Mary Taggart got married, so I can't locate a marriage record.

[Kiltaglassan]

Welcome to RootsChat, Tabre 

Marriage: 8 Aug 1881 by licence at the Presbyterian Church, Swatera, Magherafelt
James C Dempsey age 20 bachelor occ:labourer of Gortade Fa: James Dempsey occ:labourer
Lizzie Canning age 18 spinster of Gortade Fa: Robert Canning occ:labourer

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1881/11008/8024978.pdf

Gorteade townland in the civil parish of Maghera.
https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/loughinsholin/maghera/swatragh/gorteade/

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4828878#map=13/54.8936/-6.6460

[aghadowey]

A few things that I don't think have been mentioned yet-

1911 census shows William Dempsey, age 25, single, born Ireland, bootmaker in the Army-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7V7-3Z8

His birth registration shows father James Dempsey was living in Scotland so that might be the place to search further for his parents.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1885/02639/1973209.pdf

[aghadowey]

Marriage of James C.Dempsey to Elizabeth Canning gives his full name as James Carson Dempsey in his signature-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1881/11008/8024978.pdf

James Carson Dempsey of Rasharkin was the informant for the death of James Dempsey also of Rasharkin on 21 June 1880, a married labourer. This is likely to be James C. Dempsey's father.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1880/06480/4864371.pdf