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PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland) retains Church of Ireland parish records, including records for the parishes of Carnteel, Errigal Keerogue, Cappagh, and for both Church of Ireland and Presbyterian Church. In 2008, COI Carnteel baptism, marriage, and burial records, and Errigal Keerogue baptism records were searched from earliest (1805) to 1860 for persons named "McFarland" linked to the townland Armaloughy. Searching after 1860, and searches of Presbyterian records was not requested, but many people in this Wright family were Presbyterian, so these records now assume greater weight. PRONI in Belfast has suggested what records they have, for future searching.

• Catherine McFarland, born 21 March 1822 (baptism record below). Married 26 March 1847 to John Wright at the Ballygawley COI, County Tyrone; Catherine's civil marriage record (also below) lists her age as 21 (implying a birth year of 1826?). From John's will, we know that John Wright and Catherine McFarland had at least 3 children: Andrew, Matilda Jane, and Emily, probably in that order based on the sequence of dated images in the Kelly Album. If there were more than these 3 children, the others likely died before John created his Will about 1885. The civil marriage record names Catherine's father "Andrew McFarland" and Andrew's townland "Ardmaloughy". The father must then be Andrew McFarland (born 1790), since only one McFarland family lived in this Carnteel townland. Late in life, Catherine lived with her daughter, Emily Mary Brown in Caledon (see * Irish censuses with daughter Emily below). Catherine died 4 April 1917 in the district of Dungannon, age 95 (* Emerald Ancestors) and is buried with her husband at St. John's COI, Caledon Village. Headstone inscription available (reproduced below)

  John WRIGHT of Tullyrimond d 3 Sep 1885, age 80 wife Catherine WRIGHT d 4 April 1917, age 96 and William C. BROWN, son-in-law d 10 Aug 1937, age 81 and his wife Mary Emily BROWN d 21 Oct 1940, age 84

  From Church of Ireland Errigal Keerogue parish baptism records (PRONI microfilms MIC/1/2)

  (The year 1822)        Page 20

  Catherine daughter of Andrew & Martha McFarland of Armalughey (See map)

  was Born 21st (March) and Christened 28th (March)

  Registered 28th by me W. Falls Curate

  The above registration is the 2nd item in the image below; in the original record, the McFarland baptism was the 5th item.

  Civil registration of Marriage, Mormon Church microfilm #101284, vol.3, page 567 (The only registration on Page 567)
  1847 marriage solemnized at the   Parish Church   in the   Parish   of   Ballygawley   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
  2	26th of March 1847	John Wright Catherine McFarland	35 21	Bachelor Spinster*	Farmer blank	Tullyrimon Ardmaloughy See maps	Francis Wright Andrew McFarland	Farmer Farmer
  Married in the   Parish Church of Ballygawley  according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland,   by license   , by me ,  John L. Montray, curate   .
  This marriage solemnized between us, {   John Wright     Catherine McFarland   } in the presence of us, {   Andrew Wright      Andrew McFarland

  A photocopy of the above registration is below, made at the Mormon Library in Salt Lake City

  ( * ) The term "Spinster" is used to describe a woman who had not previously been married.
  The term "Ardmaloughy" also appears on the headstone of Andrew McFarland (born 1790)
  "Tullyrimon" or "Tullyremon" is probably in Aghaloo Parish

• John Wright; born about 1812, son of Francis Wright (from FHL civil marriage record) married Catherine McFarland on 26 March 1847 at the Ballygawley Church of Ireland. From John's Will, we know that John Wright and Catherine McFarland had at least 3 children: Andrew, Matilda Jane, and Emily, probably in that order based on the sequence of dated images in the Kelly Album If there were more than these 3 children, the others likely died before John created his Will about 1885.. John Wright died 3 Sept 1885, buried at St. John's COI, Caledon Village. (See headstone inscription above)
• Andrew Wright (a brother of John Wright ??); married on 26 June 1842 to Sarah Wright (PRONI MIC 583/26). This couple had children Sarah Anne, David, and James. From Andrew's will, Sarah Anne married a Mr. Grey and bore at least one daughter, also Sarah Anne. There is a problem with the 1842 marriage date, because the census data (below) for the son James suggests he was born 1839.

  There is a civil record of the marriage of Mary Jane Wright (possibly a daughter of Andrew) to George Hoey:

  Civil registration of Marriage, Mormon Church microfilm #101446
  No.	When married	name and surname	Age	Condition	Marriage place	Father's name and surname
  	05th of March 1863	George Hoey Mary Jane Wright	19	Single Single	Minterburn Presbyterian Church Aughaloo, Tyrone	William Hoey Andrew Wright

  Evelynn Cartwright writes: "I was looking at my Eliza Oliver that married John Fleming whose son married one of my Downs. I noticed an Annie Oliver married James Robertson Wright. One son was Samuel David Wilson Wright born in Tullyrimond. Several children are mentioned. I remember seeing a lot of Reids buried at the Eglish Cemetery"

• James Wright (son of Andrew Wright, this "Andrew" being the brother of John Wright). The Eglish church has a record of the marriage on 24 March 1891 of a James Wright to Mary Anne Kelly ( = Minnie , daughter of Joseph Kelly), this couple having 3 children: Sarah Olivia, Andrew John, and Ernest Joseph (see census below). Ernest is probably the "Ernie" mentioned in a 1956 letter from his aunt Emily Kelly: Sarah Olivia is named in the 1907 Will of Charlotte McFarland) Kelly; at this moment, it is not absolutely certain how John, Andrew, and James Wright are related, but the dates provided are consistent with James being the son of Andrew, who (in turn) is the brother of John. Mary Anne Kelly is probably a daughter of John Wright's sister-in-law, Charlotte (McFarland) Kelly.

  1911 Ireland census, house 6 in Kilmore (Minterburn, Tyrone)

  Surname	Forename	1901 age	Sex	Relation to Head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation	Marital status
  Wright	James	62	Male	Head of family	Presbyterian	Tyrone	Farmer	married
  Wright	Minnie	42	Female	wife	Presbyterian	Tyrone		married
  Wright	Sara Olivia	17	Female	daughter	Presbyterian	Tyrone	Scholar	not married
  Wright	Andrew John	15	Male	Son	Presbyterian	Tyrone	Scholar	not married
  Wright	Ernest Joseph	14	Male	Son	Presbyterian	Tyrone	Scholar	not married

• Andrew Wright (son of John Wright), named in his father's 1885 Will, inheriting John's farm. There are several photos of Andrew Wright in the Kelly album.

  The frollowing are English census records listing Andrew Wright in Epsom, Surrey, as a single argicultural laborer, born 1851 in Caledon, Ireland. The McCormick family states that Andrew is buried there, and a photo of the headstone is below.

  1881 English census, Epsom, Surrey

  1891 English census, Epsom, Surrey

  Headstone of Andrew Wright, Epsom, Surrey

  [ ? ] ` In Loving Remembrance of ANDREW WRIGHT of Dyan Caledon, County Tyrone, Ireland who died at Epsom on the 17th February 1900 aged 45 years [ biblical quote ? ]   View full gravesite

  1901 and 1911 Ireland census, house on Main Street, Caledon

  Surname	Forename	1901 age	1911 age	Sex	Relation to Head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation	Marital status
  Brown	William Canovan	48	58	Male	Head of family	Presbyterian	Banbridge, Co. Down	Petty Sessions Clerk	married
  Brown	Emily Mary	41	53	Female	wife	Presbyterian	Tyrone		married
  Wright	Catherine	78	89	Female	wife's mother	Presbyterian	Tyrone		widow
  Donaghy	Ellen	25	36	Female	servant	Roman Catholic

• Matilda Jane Wright, born about 1851, married on 21 August 1877 to Robert Kelly at the Minterburn Presbyterian Church in Aghaloo Parish, Northern Ireland (record from Roots Ireland, below; FHL has index only). Matilda died 19 December 1927 at age 78, Matilda's date and age from the Eglish church. The children of this couple are listed in the census records below. The Eglish Church records provide the following birth and death dates for the children of this couple:

  Mary Anne Kelly, born 1 February 1880 Emily Kelly and Matilda Kelly (twins), born 20 November 1882. Emily Kelly died 11 May 1915 age 32 Matilda Kelly is thought to have married a Roman Catholic Robert Kelly, born 17 November 1885, died 4 October 1912 at age 27 James Kelly, born 24 March 1888, died 20 December 1963 at age 75

  Marriage record below was obtained from Roots Ireland website
  Note: ages on original certificate were "full" (not 22). See bottom of transcription.

• Robert Kelly. The Eglish church records (and civil record in FHL) state Robert's death in 1914 at age 92, but PRONI records it (below) on 4 October 1912 , hence born about 1820. Robert is almost certainly the younger brother of Joseph Kelly, who married Charlotte McFarland. Charlotte is the youngest sister of Catherine (McFarland) Wright. Robert Kelly is mentioned in the 1883 Will of Joseph Kelly, but since Joseph mentions no other siblings, we might conclude there were no other siblings, at least none that survived until 1883. Robert was married to Matilda Jane Wright on 21 August 1877 at the Minterburn Presbyterian Church in Aghaloo Parish, Northern Ireland (record from Roots Ireland, above).

  1901 and 1911 Ireland census, house 1 in Knocknacloy , Brantry, County Tyrone

  Surname	Forename	1901 age	1911 age	Sex	Relation to Head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation	Marital status
  Kelly	Robert	79	89	Male	Head of family	Presbyterian	Tyrone	farmer	married
  Kelly	Matilda	50	62	Female	wife	Presbyterian	Tyrone	farmer's wife	married
  Kelly	Maria	22	died	Female	daughter	Presbyterian	Tyrone	farmer's daughter	not married
  Kelly	Emily	18	28	Female	daughter	Presbyterian	Tyrone	farmer's daughter	not married
  Kelly	Matilda	18	28	Female	daughter	Presbyterian	Tyrone	farmer's daughter	not married
  Kelly	Robert	15	26	Male	son	Presbyterian	Tyrone	scholar	not married
  Kelly	James	13	23	Male	son	Presbyterian	Tyrone	scholar	not married
  Mulligan	Peter	24		Male	Servant	Roman Catholic	Co. Armagh	farmer servant	not married

  The abstract below is from PRONI Will Calendars

• Emily Mary Wright, born 19 November 1857 (baptism record below; 1901 census imlies birth about 1860): see her mother Catherine above), married 9 April 1888 to William Canovan Brown (son of John Brown) at the Caledon Presbyterian Church, County Tyrone. A civil marriage record exists.This couple had no children of record. Emily died 21 October 1940, aged 84 (headstone inscription at St. John's COI, Caledon Village). An abstract of the Will of William Canavan Brown is available on PRONI's website, listing only Emily and a man named John Wilkin as heirs to an estate of £108 10s. 6d. Renee McCormick states that John Wilkin was a cousin of William C. Brown, and a photo showing both exists.

  Emily Mary Wright birth and baptism

• William Canavan Brown, born about 1853 (from 1901 Irish census) married on 9 April 1888 to Emily Mary Wright (certificate below). This couple had no children of record. An abstract of William's WILL from PRONI reads "Brown, William Canavan of Main Street Caledon county Tyrone retired clerk of petty sessions died 10 August 1933 Probate Belfast 1 March to John Wilkin farmer and Emily Mary Brown the widow. Effects £108 10s. 6d." A similar abstract from Ancestry.Com reads "Brown, William Canavan of Main-street Caledon, County Tyrone, died 10 August 1933. Probate Belfast to John Wilkin, farmer, and Emily Mary Brown, widow. Effects £1126 14s. 10d in England. Sealed London 14 March". A photo of William exists

  Emily Mary Wright marriage to William C. Brown

• James Kelly (Sr.), born 24 March 1888, married Ethel Caddoo. This couple had at least 6 children (from Ethel's obituary), namely Doris, Ivy, Jim, Renee, Hazel, and Heather. James died 20 March 1963 at age 75, this date supplied by the Eglish Presbyterian Church. Ethel Kelly, died 27 January 1990.

  Grave of James Kelly (above) at Eglish Prebyterian Church

• Doris Kelly, age 84 in 2013, hence born about 1929, married a Mr. Lawson, with at least one daughter, Patricia, with whom Doris lives in Armagh (County Tyrone). Doris also has two sons, Robert and Richard, both married with two children each.
• Ivy Kelly, lives on Vancouver Island, Canada
• James Kelly, Jr., unmarried, lives on the family farm near Knocknacloy
• Renee Kelly, born 24 December 1935, married David McCormick in April 1964. This couple has 2 children: Penelope Jane (born Frebruary 1965) and Alistair David (born 1969), both unmarried in 2012. Renee and David live in Hillsborough (County Down). Renee trained as a nurse, and David retired about 2000 from the Health Service. The Kelly family retains a Victorian Era photo album which was passed down from Emily (Wright) Brown; the contents of this album were probably strongly influenced by Catherine (McFarland) Wright, who lived with the Brown family in Catherine's later years (1901 and 1911 censuses above), and may soon be available on this website.
• Hazel Kelly, married, with two sons, Johnny and Philip
• Heather Kelly, married to a Mr. Burns, with two sons: Angus Burns (born about 1978) and Timothy (born about 1981).

The earlier above information contributed through the efforts and skill of Evelynn Cartwright, Canada. The latest data from the kind attention of Rev. David Brown at the Presbyterian Church at Eglish, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and by email from Renee McCormick and Heather Burns in Northern Ireland.