Cummings/Kimmons around Clonoe

[mary tt]

Is anyone researching this family?  We have got back to James Cummings/Kimmons of Ardboe, fisherman. He married Mary Ann Miller in 1824 in Coalisland.   Their son John married Margaret McManus in Ballyclog C of I in 1856 (although why there is a mystery, the rest of the family is Catholic).  A lot of the Cummings later lived in Stewartstown.  Happy to exchange details!

[unilove18]

hi are u still amember

[mary tt]

Yes, are you tracing this family at all?

[unilove18]

Yes i am tracing this family, although my ancestors are from the stewartstown area, but i think they could be related, have u heard of a rose anne cummings, with a daughter called allice devlin, annie who married a forbes and a mary who i think never married.  brachagh area upper back

[unilove18]

there also was a saying that i have been told they said which was devlin forever through stewart in the river, have u ever heard of this??

[mary tt]

Hi, I've never heard that saying though I'll ask my father Dermot Cummings if he has.  His father was Henry Cummings, born 1906 son of James Cummings and Ellen McGrath.  James' parents were John Cummings and Margaret MacManus - they are living in Stewartstown in the 1901 census.  Have you looked at the census at all - it is a great resource that is free; www.census.nationalarchives.ie.  You can look for 1901 and 1911.  There seem to be very few Cummings about that area -even fewer that are Catholic like my family.

I would be interested to hear if you think there is a connection,
best wishes
Mary

[unilove18]

hey i think there is a connection somewhere, yes i have checked the census and in 1901 and 1911 my rose cummings is listed as living with a henry cummings, they are brother and sister, and they are catholics aswell!!! i just cant seem to find roses birth or figure her mother and father out, but as these sets of people living in the area and with the same name i reckon somewhere this a connection

Laura

[unilove18]

have u still got relatives in the stewartstown area

[mary tt]

I do have relatives living there, but they ask me for information about the family tree!  They all know where they come from, they don't seem to feel the need to research any further!  The best thing to do is to look at the church records - the priests I spoke to when I was there a few years ago were very helpful and happy to let me look at the registers.  Where are you based? - I live near Bath in England.  My brother and sister had dna tests done and we posted the results on family tree dna - have you had any done?