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• Andrew McFarland (the elder, father of Andrew the younger): Robert J. McFarland (in 1899) claimed that Andrew (the elder) died at age 98, and his wife died at age 89. This claim is probably incorrect, since there is an Andrew McFarland of "Ardmaloughy" buried 1857 in the churchyard of the Ballygawley Church of Ireland (died at age 67, hence born 1790); this Andrew is therefore is very likely the father of Andrew (the younger, born about 1830). Andrew (the elder) is buried with his daughter Eliza (1814-1837). Andrew (the elder) is identified as the father of the groom on the marriage registration of Andrew (the younger) in 1862, reproduced below, though at the time of the marriage, Andrew (the elder) had probably died since [1] he is not a witness to the marriage and [2] he is likely the person buried in the churchyard in 1857. He is listed in the Tithe Applotment for 1827 in Armaloughy. He is listed in Griffith's Valuation as "McFarlane", resident on a large farm in Armaloughy. He is identified as "of Ardmaloughy" on his headstone, an Irish-influenced spelling of the townland Armaloughy which is the place of residence of Andrew (the younger) given on birth registrations for all his children, such as for Matilda, reproduced below.

• John (Johne) Sadleir , born about 1807 in Kilglass, Ahascragh, County Galway, Ireland. John's family may have later moved to near Ballygawley, since his sister (Anastasia) was buried at Killeshil in 1828. However, Ahascragh (Galway Co) church records state that he was a school master in Kilglass School in 1837. Mormon website records his 1833 marriage in Ahascragh to "Jane", though another Mormon record places this marriage "about 1820" while simultaneously placing the birth of the bride at "about 1808", probably a stretch. Mormon records for the death of Jane's son John in 1837 gives her maiden name as "Jane Maria Ridley". Griffiths Primary Valuation of 1848-1864 shows a John Sadleir living in (Town land) Inishmagh, Carnteel Parish, 2 miles north of Armaloughy (map), the same town land named on the marriage registration of his daughter Anastasia (below), where John is identified as a "writing clerk". Apparently "writing clerks" were employed by courts of law and perhaps businesses to make copies of documents for clients (a photocopy machine of that day), paid by the page. "Sadleir" is the most common way this surname is written, mostly on birth and marriage civil registration, and this is the spelling used by a famous and royally connected family centered in Tipperary 50 miles to the south of Ahascragh. However, in 1800s Ireland, surnames were not always so faithfully spelled as they are 150 years later, with spelling often chosen to suggest the way the name was pronounced (which varied). That said, perhaps a bit more weight should be given to this "Sadleir" spelling because John Sadleir was a schoolmaster, but unless a specific link is discovered between the two families, we should not assume a close common ancestor. The name "Sadleir" appears to have originated in England, with German roots. The only Sadleir in County Galway linked to the Tipperary Sadleirs is Ralph Sadleir, son of Thomas Sadleir.

  Civil registration lists John's death in 1865 in Dungannon district, at age 65, estimated birth year 1801 (*)

  Graveyard entry for St. Paul's COI Killeeshil survey taken 1995; grave A15 writing no longer visible in 2012 ERECTED BY JANE SADLEIR IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND JOHN SADLEIR WHO DIED OCTOBER 19th 1865 AGED 65 YEARS ALSO ANASTASIA SADLEIR WHO DIED APRIL 3rd 1828 AGED 21 YEARS Grave photo and location shown below, courtesy of Evelynn Cartwright in 2012

  A15 (nearest above) inscription no longer visible; Nearby Graves A10 = Patterson A11 = A. Johnson A12 = Wm. Johnson A13 = R. Dunbar A14 = Colbert A15 = Sadleir A16 = J. Johnson A17 = Clarke A18 = Lamont A19 = Lamont A20 = unmarked A21 = Coote

  Commentary on the Killeshil Church: Killeshil Church of Ireland St Pauls with the Rev Gordon Whitehead is an extremely old church still in use with a mixed graveyard. (by mixed I mean all denominations some of which would probably be RC today) There a lots of PAISLEYS and HODGES. ........Sure enough I found some KERR graves and some McFARLAND. However not enough information to link them with our families but at least a possibility for future research. Information was HUGH KERR d 22/7/1922, wife ANNABELLA d 16/2/1933, son ALEXANDER d 31/7/1947, daughter ELIZABETH d 20/3/1966 and her husband HUGH McFARLAND d 2/9/1973. (Note this was the only graveyard I found McFARLAND some of the others had McFARLANE) Evelynn Cartwright notes St. Paul's Church is on Killeeshil Road. See road map

• Anastasia Sadleir (elder); from the grave marker for John Sadleir , above, it would appear that John had a younger sister, Anastasia, born about 1807, who died before John became married, and after whom he named his daughter. Given that John's sister was buried at Killeeshil in 1828, the Sadleir family may had lived here before John moved to Kilglass near Galway, where he was married.

  Links (below) to certain pages on the Mormon FHC website have become temporarily broken. The FHL promises that the old data in these links will eventually become available again. This data includes pedigrees leading backwards from the Sadleirs of Castletown (near Galway) to English royalty prior to 1200 AD

• Jane Sadleir. The Mormon website records her 1812 birth and 1833 marriage in Ahascragh to "John Sadler". Her maiden name was probably not "Jane Maria Ridley", in spite of a Mormon record of the birth of her son John, which is likely blending the identities of two different Jane Sadlers (see "Jane Maria Ridley" below). Grandson Robert claims (in 1899) that his maternal grandmother died at age 99, which implies she was born before 1800. Her civil death registration (through Emerald Ancestors, transcribed as "Saddler") reveals her death between April and June of 1893 at the age of 89, hence born about 1804; her actual death record may reveal an interesting "informant". Ahascragh parish records (Galway County, Mormon Film #0962187) list a Jane Connors born in Galway County in July 1803, probably not the same person.

  Civil registration lists Jane's death during the 2nd quarter of 1893 in Clogher district at age 89, estimated birth year 1804 (*)

  Death registration, via Evelynn Cartwright

  Registration number: D/1893/102/1026/7/27 Forename of deceased: Jane Surname of deceased: Saddler Date of death: 9th April 1893 age at death: 89 Sex of deceased: Female Registration district: Clogher (pre-1973 Q4)

• Jane Maria Ridley (wife of John Sadler); the source of this name is a Mormon record of the birth of a son John. A Mormon record gives her birth year 1808, and marriage "about 1820", probably a stretch. There appear to have been two Irish couples named "John Sadler and Jane Sadler". One couple emigrated to Canada and is listed in the 1861 census for Durham County, Ontario, Canada. The other (ours) remained in Ireland and is linked to Kilglass and Ahascragh through Ahascragh parish records of John's 1833 marriage and the birth of his children, John (1835) and Anastasia (1837). Researchers have apparently assumed these were the same couple, because of similar names, so the records have been partly merged. A death record for the Canadian John in 1886 names his wife as "Jane Ridley". The 1881 Canadian census lists a John and Jane "Saddler" (ages 80 and 72, probably the same people as listed in the 1861 Canadian census) born in Ireland, living in Cavan, Ontario, about 40 miles NE of Toronto
  Also see 2009 email from descendent Warren Sadler of Canada.

  1861 Canadian Census Film C-1015 Page 95 in Cavan twnsp, Ontario (seen via Ancestry.com) This family is not the same as the family of Anastasia Sadleir. See comments in red above

  line number name age birthplace 31 John Sadler 60 Ireland 32 Jane Sadler 53 Ireland 33 Margery Sadler 17 Canada 34 Sarah Sadler 15 Canada 35 Sharlot Sadler 12   36 John Sadler 9 Canada

• John Sadleir, brother of Anastasia (the younger), born 1 June 1835, died April 1837, at the Kilglass School where his father was Schoolmaster (Mormon website)
• Anastasia Sadleir (alternately "Anastatia");

  Ahascragh Parish Records, Ireland, via Mormon Film #0962187

  Name: Anastatia Sadler Sex: Female Birth: 23 Sep 1837 Birthplace: Kilglass, County Galway, Ireland Baptism: 10 Oct 1837 Baptism Place: Ahascragh, County Galway, Ireland Father: John Sadler Mother: Jane Miscellaneous: Schoolmaster Source: Parish Registers of Ahascragh, Galway, Ireland.

  Ahascragh and Kilglass are both 30 miles east of Galway, Ireland. Anastasia herself used the spelling Sadleir in an art work dedicated: "A. Sadleir. aged 10 years. This. 22d. day of September. 1847". Anastasia also used the spelling Sadleir when she was attending the "Servants School" in Casterton, near Liverpool, England (1851 British census) as a "scholar", age 13, born in Ireland. The website "Ancestry.com" gives her father as Johne (or John) Sadler, a school master in Ireland, and mother Jane. The Sadleir family is listed in Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, based in Castletown (50 miles south of Galway), and has a history going back through European royalty to biblical times starting with Abigail Sadleir. Perhaps also see Wade's Index, Pg. 65 #576. However, Anastasia's immediate family appears to be of more humble means, and her connection to a royal line should not be assumed from the family name "Sadleir" alone, since 19th century surnames were often spelled as pronounced. The royal line to Abigail Sadleir diverges from the royal line to Hannah Robinson (which is firm) at the family of Ealdgyth, Princess of Northumberland in the 11th century. Robert (the youngest child of Anastasia McFarland) claimed that Anastasia died at age 54 in the year 1891 . The bible owned by Charlotte McFarland records her mother (Anastasia) dying 18 June 1891. She is named both "Anastatia Sadleir" and "Anastasia Sadleir" in the civil registration of her marriage on 24 September 1862 to Andrew McFarland at the Aughnacloy Church of Ireland, Carnteel Parish (see below). A visit to the Ballygawley COI on 14 August 2017 revealed a death and burial record (below) for Anastasia, who is buried at this church, with her husband (Andrew McFarland), and probably Andrew's parents.

• Andrew M^cFarland (the younger), born 1829-31. Married Anastasia Sadleir on Sept. 24, 1862 at the Aughnacloy Church of Ireland, Carnteel Parish. When his children were born between 1863 and 1879 (see Matilda below), he was living in (Town land) Armaloughy, Carnteel Parish, County Tyrone, half mile east of Ballygawley. His son Robert claimed that Andrew died at age 64 in the year 1893 (alt 12 July 1893).The bible owned by Charlotte McFarland records her father (Andrew) dying 12 July 1893. An index of Irish deaths (Mormon microfilm #101597, vol. 3, page 63) records Andrew dying in 1893 at age 62; PRONI probably could supply a copy of the death record; Roots Ireland transcription is reproduced below, but does not list a burial location. A visit to the Ballygawley COI on 14 August 2017 revealed a death record (below) for Andrew Jr., who is buried at this church, with his wife, and probably with his parents. Apparently many in the town of Ballygawley are familiar with a legend that Andrew McFarland fell off Ruby Rock and broke his head, later dying of "brain fever".

  Civil registration of Marriage, Mormon Church microfilm #101434, vol.3, page 607 (The only registration on Page 607)
  1862 marriage solemnized at the   Parish Church   in the   Parish   of   Carnteel   in the county   Tyrone
  No.	When married	name and surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at time of marriage	Father's name and surname	Rank or profession of father
  67	September 24	Andrew McFarland Anastatia Sadleir	full full	Bachelor Spinster*	Farmer blank	Auchnacloy Innesmagh See maps	Andrew McFarland John Sadleir	Farmer Writing Clerk
  Married in the   Parish Church   according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland,   by license   , by me ,  Thomas S. Stokes, curate   .
  This marriage solemnized between us,   Andrew McFarland   ,   Anastasia Sadleir   in the presence of   John Sadleir   ,    Henry Smith

  A photocopy of the above registration is below, made from microfilm; the similar original church record was seen on 14 August 2017
      *The term "spinster" in the mid-nineteenth century (literally "person who spins or weaves cloth") was used in vital records to describe a female who havd never been married earlier. The "old maid" connotation came later.
  The above record does not list a burial location, but the Ballygawley COI (below) records his burial at this church. His name is not on the headstone.

• Andrew John M^cFarland (#1) born 17 August 1863 (from sister Charlotte's bible), died 19 May 1864
• Matilda Jane M^cFarland ; Charlotte's bible and Irish birth records state that Matilda was born 31 October 1864. Matilda emigrated to America in 1894 and married Thomas Farley in St. Patrick's church in New York City on 25 Sept 1894. The couple lived in Trempealeau County, Wis. Matilda J. Farley (born in Ireland) is listed as living in Trempealeau, Wis for the 1900 US census, and in Buffalo, Wis, for the 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses. Matilda is buried in Fountain City, Wisconsin, where her grave marker states she died in 1944. Matilda's birth registration is below:

  Civil registration of Birth, Mormon Church microfilm #101097, vol.18, page 129; bottom of this census-like page reads "Samuel Phillips, registrar of births and deaths, of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher in the County of Tyrone....."
  No.	Date and place of birth	name (if any)	sex	name and surname and dwelling place of father	name, surname, dwelling place, and maiden surname of mother	Rank or profession of father	Signature of informant	When registered
  120	Thirty-first October 1864 Armaloughy Caranteel: See maps	Matilda Jane	female	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Anastasia McFarland formerly Sadleir	farmer	Andrew McFarland father Armaloughy	First December 1864

  A photocopy of the above registration is below, made from microfilm. Top line reads: Superintendent Registrar's District   Clogher   Registrar's District   Ballygawley   2nd line reads : 1864 Births Registered in the District of   Ballygawley   in the Union of   Clogher   County of   Tyrone   The bottom of this page resembles the bottom shown for Matilda's brother Thomas, below

• Charlotte M^cFarland born 12 May 1867 (see comments below by Alberta Horan), emmigrated to Jersey City, N.J., returned to Ireland where she married on 29 April 1910 to George Frederick Graham at Clogerny COI, Omagh, County Tyrone, not necessarily in that order. Charlotte died 30 April 1948. Marriage details from Emerald Ancestors (*). An obituary is available through Julianne's grandson George Ferris. Charlotte'a birth registration is transcribed below. The original registration looked nearly identical to that for sister Matilda (shown above):

  Civil registration of Birth, Mormon Church microfilm #101147, vol.8, page 147; bottom of this census-like page reads "Samuel Phillips, registrar of births and deaths, of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher in the County of Tyrone....."
  No.	Date and place of birth	name (if any)	sex	name and surname and dwelling place of father	name, surname, dwelling place, and maiden surname of mother	Rank or profession of father	Signature of informant	When registered
  10	Twelfth May 1867 Armaloughy Carnteel: See maps	Charlotta	female	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Anastasia McFarland formerly Sadleir	farmer	Andrew McFarland father Armaloughy	Tenth June 1867

  1901 Ireland census, house 38 in Merrion Sq. east (= South Dock, Dublin)

  Surname	Forename	1901 age	Sex	Relation to Head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation	Marital status
  Beatty	Wallace	47	Male	Head of family	Irish Church	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Physician	married
  McFarland	Charlotte	30	Female	Nurse	Irish Church	Co. Tyrone	Domestic Servant	not married
  Hogan	Henrietta	24	Female	Servant	Irish Church

• Caroline M^cFarland born 28 October 1868 (Charlotte's bible says 26 October 1868), married John J. Reid, having a son John (Jack). In 2006 Jack has died but all 3 children are living, including Norita Carlson of White Plains, NY. Caroline's birth registration is below. The original registration looked nearly identical to that for sister Matilda (shown above): :

  Civil registration of Birth, Mormon Church microfilm #101177, vol.18, page 130; bottom of this census-like page reads "Samuel Phillips, registrar of births and deaths, of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher in the County of Tyrone....."
  No.	Date and place of birth	name (if any)	sex	name and surname and dwelling place of father	name, surname, dwelling place, and maiden surname of mother	Rank or profession of father	Signature of informant	When registered
  198	Twenty-sixth October 1868 Armaloughy : See maps	Caroline	female	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Anastasia McFarland formerly Sadlier or Sadleir	farmer	Andrew McFarland father Armaloughy	Seventeenth November 1868

• Andrew John M^cFarland (#2) born 4 December 1869. died 1 April 1875. Not listed in the Mormon Irish birth index for 1869. Irelands Gravestone Index lists an Andrew John McFarland who died in 1875, buried in Cappagh Parish, (their ID # 1819705)
• Two sisters stillborn
• Frederick William M^cFarland born 3 March 1871 ( according to Charlotte's bible, Frederick was born 30 March 1870. Another account says 30 March 1879), died March 1918, buried in Great Falls, Montana. He was 5'8" tall. No attempt has been made to obtain his birth registration from the Mormon microfilms, but this would probably be possible.

  Civil registration of Birth, Mormon Church microfilm #(0255813), vol.3, page 159 (1871 births); bottom of this census-like page reads "Samuel Phillips, registrar of births and deaths, of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher in the County of Tyrone....."
  No.	Date and place of birth	name (if any)	sex	name and surname and dwelling place of father	name, surname, dwelling place, and maiden surname of mother	Rank or profession of father	Signature of informant	When registered
  54	Third March 1871 Armaloughy Carnteel: See maps	Frederick William	Male	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Anastasia McFarland formerly Sadlier	farmer	Andr McFarland father Armaloughy	Twenty-Second March 1871

  A photocopy of the above registration is below, made from microfilm. Top line reads: Superintendent Registrar's District   Clogher   Registrar's District   Ballygawley   2nd line reads : 1871 Births Registered in the District of   Ballygawley   in the Union of   Clogher   County of   Tyrone   The top of this page looks like the top shown for the registration of sister Matilda, above

• Thomas Alexander M^cFarland (see comments below), born in Ballygawley, Northern Ireland on 29 December 1872, naturalized 29 Nov 1919, married to Sara Burdick on 30 November 1905 in Milwaukee, died 13 June 1956 and buried in Great Falls, Montana. He was 5'11" tall. His birth registry is grouped with 1873 births (below).

  Civil registration of Birth, Mormon Church microfilm #255870, vol.3, page 153 (listed with 1873 births); bottom of this census-like page reads "Samuel Phillips, registrar of births and deaths, of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher in the County of Tyrone....."
  No.	Date and place of birth	name (if any)	sex	name and surname and dwelling place of father	name, surname, dwelling place, and maiden surname of mother	Rank or profession of father	Signature of informant	When registered
  343	Twenty-ninth December 1872 Armaloughy Carnteel: See maps	Thomas Alexander	Male	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Anastasia McFarland formerly Sadlier	farmer	Andw McFarland father Armaloughy	Eighteenth January 1873

  A photocopy of the above registration is below, made from microfilm. Top line reads: Superintendent Registrar's District   Clogher   Registrar's District   Ballygawley   2nd line reads : 1873 Births Registered in the District of   Ballygawley   in the Union of   Clogher   County of   Tyrone   The top of this page looks like the top shown for the registration of sister Matilda, above

• Juliana M^cFarland (one "n" in Juliana) born 28 February 1874, emmigrated to Jersey City, N.J., in 1895 (from 1920 census) married John Knowles and had 6 children: Mary (born 1898), Helen (born 1900), Jack (born 1903), Veronica and William J. born 1912, and Robert J born 1917. Robert J. Knowles lives in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in 2006. Letter from Julia to brother Tom (7 Dec 1945). Juliana's birth registration is below. The original registration looked nearly identical to that for sister Matilda (shown above): :

  Civil registration of Birth, Mormon Church microfilm #255895, vol.3, page 139; bottom of this census-like page reads "Samuel Phillips, registrar of births and deaths, of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher in the County of Tyrone....."
  No.	Date and place of birth	sex	name (if any)	name and surname and dwelling place of father	name, surname, dwelling place, and maiden surname of mother	Rank or profession of father	Signature of informant	When registered
  487	Twenty-eighth February 1874 Armaloughy Carnteel: See maps	female	Juliana	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Anastasia McFarland Sadlier	farmer	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Twenty-first March 1876

• Sophia M^cFarland born 20 May 1875, died 9 September 1875
• Robert James M^cFarland, born in Ireland on 24 Dec 1879 (Charlotte's bible says 24 December 1878; see comments below); worked in a Wisconsin lumber camp. A search of the 1910 census for all persons in the United States named Robert McFarland born in Ireland produced no close matches, and therefore it seems likely that Robert had died between 1900 and 1910. Robert's neice, Alberta (McFarland) Horan, claims (in 2009) to have a postcard mailed between Robert and his brother Fred in Montana; it is not known when Fred came to Montana, but he died there in 1918. No attempt has been made to obtain his Irish birth registration from the Mormon microfilms, but this would probably be possible.

Refer to a list of birth dates written by Katherine (Burdick) Murphy

Alberta Horan (email dated 26 August 2006) writes: I ....found a letter from the Church of Ireland written to my dad's sister Charlotte in 1935 after she had written for information. However, it states only birth record found was for Robert James; in 1878 (no month or day given). On the top of the letter is a notation "correct birthdate for Thomas Alexander Mcfarland is December 29th, 1872". The letter states all birth records before 1877 were sent to Dublin, and destroyed when the court house was blown up in 1916. In a handwritten list written by my mother, giving birthdate info on all our family, she listed dad's birthdate as 12-29-1872. In the insurance policy dad applied for with Modern Woodmen in Feb 17 1908, states he was born in Ireland December 24, 1974, which indicates he did not know the actual date at that time. I believe I would go with the date of December 29, 1872. I knew of [Matilda's] existence from mention of her in the insurance papers and a quit claim deed from Farleys to Thomas A. McFarland . Later Barbara [Johnson] obtained the info that she had settled and married in Wisconson to a man named Thomas Farley.....You should have had copies of letters from dad's cousin Emily, with some addresses, in case anyone went to Ireland.

Alberta Horan's daughter Joyce Keller (in August 2007) relates by phone:
In 1995, Joyce Keller's family stayed at a Bed & Breakfast operated by a Mrs. Lyttle (age about 75) and her son John (age in 30s), located near the southeast edge of Ballygawley, near the local Catholic church. A google search reveals that this Bed & Breakfast was called The Grange, which is the name of a local TownLand, address 15 Grange Rd., which is no longer a Bed & Breakfast since Mrs. Lyttle died. Mrs. Lyttle apparently kept several copies of a genealogical history called Ulster Heart written by the pastor of the C.O.I. in Ballygawley, now out-of-print.

Details of book:
Title: Ulster Heart, An Ancient Irish Habitation
Author: Rev. (Cecil) Brett Ingram
ISBN number: 0962154407
Published 1988 by All-Ireland Heritage, Dunn Loring, Virginia 22027 (Phone 703-560-4496 is a non-working number)

Mrs. Lyttle recognized Joyce's family as one of 2-3 distinct McFarland families who live in the local area, and said that ours contained two Andrew McFarlands, father and son. Mrs. Lyttle knew where the younger Andrew was buried, but did not have time to show Joyce that day. Apparently the graves are nearby, in an old abandoned cemetery. Thomas F. McFarland visited there in the early 1970s and saw the graves, which were still quite legibly marked. Mrs. Lyttle called a Church of Ireland church about 5 miles east of Ballygawley, on a high hill, not in a town, and arranged for Joyce to see the records, which were kept in a safe ; Evelynn Cartwright, a Canadian who has researched in this area, describes the St. Matthews COI at Ballinasaggart as the church Joyce likely visited. Joyce copied the records, of which 2-3 pages related to our family, but Joyce has subsequently lost her notes, alas. Joyce suggested that this Clogher church might not open its records vault to just anyone expressing an interest. Joyce thought she recalled seeing that Anastasia's husband Andrew was born in Aughnacloy, 5 miles south of Ballygawley.

A bible kept by Charlotte (McFarland) Graham, and passed to the George Ferris's family after Charlotte died, lists the following birth dates for Charlotte and her siblings:

• Andrew John born Aug 17 1863, died May 19
• Matilda J, born Oct 31 1864
• Charlotte born May 10, 1867
• Caroline born Oct 26, 1868
• Andrew John born Dec 4 1869 , died Apr 1
• Frederick William, born Mar 30, 1870
• Thomas Alexander, born Dec 29, 1872
• Julianna born Feb 28, 1874
• Sophie Mariae born May 20, 1875, died 9/9
• Robert James born Dec 24, 1878

The 1900 census lists Matilda and her 3 brothers living in the same house in Fountain City:

• Fred Wm. McFarland, born March 1872 in Ireland, emigrated in 1891.
• Thomas A. McFarland, born December 1874 in Ireland, emigrated in 1894
• Robert J. McFarland, born December 1878 in Ireland, emigrated in 1897

Barbara Johnson notes: I downloaded an abstract of Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - there were six McFarlands and two McFarlanes, and one Sadleir all in Carnteel Parish and Tyrone County:

• Henry Jas. McFarland, Derrycush. Town of Aughnacloy
• James McFarland, Belragh
• John McFarland, Tulnavern
• Robert McFarland, Leany
• Robert McFarland, Tulnavern
• William McFarland Ravellea
• Andrew McFarlane, Armalughey (I think this one's ours)
• Robert McFarlane, Mullaghbane
• John Sadleir, Inishmagh (I think this one's ours)

Irish birth registries list two people named Margaret McFarland registered in Clogher Parish, one born 1867 (film # 101142, vol 3 Pg 136), the other born 1869 (film #101197 vol.18, Pg 138)

Charlotte Reinhart, in an exchange with Barbara Johnson on the web, writes of seeing other people with the surname "McFarland" living in Trempealeau for the 1880 US census. The implication is that these people knew our family or are related, and that this relationship might be the reason that Matilda and her 3 brothers moved to Trempealeau, Wisconsin:

Name - Parent or spouse names - Home in 1880 (City,County,State) - Birth Year - BirthPlace - Relation

G. Mcfarland, wife Jennie Hale, living in Trempealeau, WI, born abt 1848 in Maine
Jennie Mcfarland, husband G. Hale, living in Trempealeau, WI, born abt 1850 in England
Charles, father Mcfarland G., mother Jennie Hale, living in Trempealeau, WI , born abt 1868 in Wisconsin Son
Chesley, father Mcfarland G., mother Jennie Hale, living in Trempealeau, WI , born abt 1872 in Wisconsin Son
Harry, Mcfarland G., Jennie Hale, Trempealeau, WI abt 1879 Wisconsin Son

Household Members: Name Age
G. Mcfarland 32
Jennie Mcfarland 30
Charles Mcfarland 12
Chesley Mcfarland 8
Harry Mcfarland 1

In the 1870 United States Federal Census, I found:

Name Home in 1870 (City, County, State) Estimated Birth Year BirthPlace Race Gender

Granville Mc Farland Hale, Trempealeau, WI abt 1845 Maine White Male
Jennie Mc Farland Hale, Trempealeau, WI abt 1846 England White Female
Charles E Mc Farland Hale, Trempealeau, WI abt 1868 Wisconsin White Male

The Mormon website lists several people named Granville McFarland, but one born in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine on 13 July 1846, died in Oregon on 23 April 1916; father Jonathan Fisher McFarland born in same location on 12 October 1803, died in same location on 24 September 1849; Jonathan's father listed as Peter McFarland, born in Schenectady, NY on 4 June 1761, died in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, on 22 April 1846. No connection with Northern Ireland seems apparent in this data

* Starred data was located by Evelynn Cartwright of Canada using Emerald Ancestors, Ancestry.Com, and PRONI website.