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Wilson - McKinney - Derrytrasna
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1) from Etta
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3) 13th July 1933
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1) 16th August 1949
2) Betty - Martha - Margaret
3) This my Mother & sister & Martha & me (x is over head of lady on the
right)
4) To Cis with Love. This is my Mother and two other girls and myself
5) Bannfoot, January 1947
Lily Turkington, 102 George Street, Whiteinch, Glasgow
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1) Portadown Photographer
2) Retta(?) Rothesay August 1944
3) Portadown Photographer
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1) This was taken on the Clyde on the way home
2) Bobby - Russell - Harvey
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1) Don't I look a frights Ciss
2) also at Millisle July 1928
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1) Bob
2) Ciss, this is awful looking, getting our photo taken dressed in our Party
things so will send them on, with best love from Lily. Burn this is as soon
as you get a good laugh
3) yours Bubbles 22/8/29
4) These two dark ones were taking at night, we our all by ourselves in the
moonlight. Louie or Louis
5) Do you like the other two girls. The girl in the centre is May and the
other Mary. We look as though we were having a great time.
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1) taken at Millisle July 1928
2) Taken on Xmas Day 1950
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1) I don't know what happened here but my face looks like a melodeon.
2) This is just about as bad
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1) Bob & I taken in the yard
2) George, Margaret, Isabel, Chrissie 1934 Ireland
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4) Top of Brownlow House. The guy with the boys is the guide
5) Rothesay August 1944 Dad - Muriel and Retta
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1) August 1936 To Grandpa & Cissie. The children & me in our back yard. Lily
- Russell, Harvey, Margaret, Betty, Bobby, Martha
2) Our Arch 1935
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1) 4 months
2) This is the family Lily, May 1929
3) Larne
4) McKinney Family, August 1928
5) From Evelyn To Cis
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1) Jack & Jill went up the hill. Where's Gill?
2) October 1924 Laurelvale
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1) Portadown Photographer
2) Newcastle 1950
3) 25th October 1944
 
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1) Mr. R. A. McKinney, 10 Orchard Street, So Manchester Conn America (only 2
words are clear, McKinney and America)
2) Bob's grave (This is a Kodacolor Print made by Eastman Kodak Company T.M.
Regis. U.S. Pat. Off. Week of February 8, 1954
3) 25th October 1944
the following photos have little or no info.
Brownlow House, Lurgan - W. & G. Baird, Limited, Belfast
Lurgan New Orange Hall, Purchased June 1903, Opened 4th July 1903
DRD Senior Smart Pass, William Wilson, Wm. E.. Wilson April 2018
Address on something else I won't post here:- W. E. Wilson, 40 Derrynow(?)
Road, Lurgan (1990s)
2 paintings, of Derrytrasna maybe?
 
 
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1)
Magburnageeragh, Killeter, Strabane, Co. Tyrone 14th December 1953
- Dear Miss McKinney, Just a line to say wee wee are going too Bannfoot on
Monday next - 21st. I can't say exactly what time wee will arrive, but
should get there about Midday perhaps earlier, your Brother said he would
leave the key with his Aunt the opposite side of the road, so that wee could
get it when wee arrive. I hope it will be a fine day, hoping yous are well.
Yours faithfully Robt. Mac Sorley
2) Proposal Villa, Leap Year Avenue, No Mans Land, Co. Down - My Dear Little
Darling, Seeing this Leap Year and knowing you are the dearest little
rooster on earth. I want to ask you a question, will you marry me, and by my
dear little hen pocket husband, for ever and ever. O my Darling love, O my
precious one, how I love you, if only I could hold you in my arms, how happy
I should be, O my Duckie, I am very handsome, my face is so beautiful, I won
first prize at a monkey show, my hair is of the most beautiful gold, and
curled like a bundle of sticks, my eyes are like the Dove bird, they would
stock to your heart like glue. Now my Duckie, I can mend mens
trousers, and make new things out of old, I have all the furniture we need,
a table with three legs, a chair without a seat, a cradle without rockers, a
kettle without a spout, a mirrow without a glass, and also my honey boy a
Bank Book with eleven pence three-farthings. O my hero, my King, my long
glittering diamond, do you remember the time we used to stroll up Lovers
Lane together, and the smacks you gave were a treat. O my darling, do
not keep me suspense, or I will drown myself in an egg-cup. P.S. If to
me you will always cling, send me back a a a a a a a a Diamond ring.
 
Going to the Creamery
June 1949 Postmark Enniskillen, Fermanagh to The Island, Derry(trasna?),
Lurgan, Co. Armagh - To E???k with best best wishes from Nellie
 
 
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1) Diocese: Dromore; Parish: Ardmore; Name: Theresa Anne McKinney; Presented
by: Jas. Smyth, M.A.; Confirmed by: Charles(?) ? ? Devon(?); at: Ardmore
Parish Church; on: May 28th 1931; Attended First Communion: Trinity Sunday
May 31st 1931; Signed: Jas. Smyth, M.A., Rector
2) In Remembrance - In Memory of Robert H. McKinney, Born May 21st, 1897.
Died December 30th, 1953. Keep this in Memory of my Dear Brother
3) Don't put the town or I will get shot. Cheerio & all the best love
Dennis? - Take me back to dear old "Bannfoot", Bannfoot is the place for me,
Take me anywhere, drop me anywhere, I know where it is so I don't care.
I've got friends in dear old Bannfoot, They are very good to me, So take me
back to dear old Bannfoot, Bannfoot by the sea.
4) Memories - Oft I dream of dear old Ireland, Where the whin and heather
bloom, Where the sloe and hawthorn mingle, With the graceful, golden broom.
Where the 'crake in moonlit meadows, Plies with zeal his vibrant cry, While
the cuckoo in the treetops, 'Coos a soothing lullaby. Where the
nightingale from even' 'Til the rosy blush of dawn, Serenades with mellow
music, From the garden and the lawn. Where the lark is soaring
skyward, Ere the morn has seen its sun, Wafting forth a fervent matin, In a
sphere that's his alone. Where the emblematic trefoil, Threads its way
along the lane, (Would that I could bask beside it, Tread those rugged paths
again.) Where no frigid, wintry blizzard, Chills the soul, nor terrors
bring, But the verdure in its freshness, Ever beckons to the spring.
Yet these songsters, scenes and blossoms, Ever pleasing though they be, Or
the hills in verdant grandeur, Spreading mantles to the sea, Cannot thrill
the stranger's bosom, Who may tread this friendly strand, As the simple,
honest welcome, In the hearts of this dear land. And I would, when God
has called me, And this hand shall write no more, That the form which
couched my spirit, Rest upon that emerald shore, 'Neath the hawthorn, whin
and heather, With the lark's song high above, While these kindly folk tread
lightly, O'er me, in the land I love. George Castles, Hatfield, Pa. U.S.A.
   
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I tried to figure out what order this was suppose to be in or even if it is
all one poem or two or three, I give up, I'll transcribe each page and you
can decide for yourselves, either way its a lovely poignant poem or poems :-
1)
The green lanes of old England, And the blossoms on the trees, The sweet and
charming valleys and the dells,
How sweet it is at twilight, When the birds have ceased their song, To
listen to the dear old village bells.
The hills and dells of Scotland, Where the heather is in bloom, Those
Scottish hearts sweet memory they recall,
You may roam the whole world over, And I'm sure you will agree, That old
Ireland is the fairest of them all.
It's only a step from Killarney to Lea???, That beautiful isle of the sky,
Through its valleys and fells and its deep winding glens to the pathway to
Paradise.
My heart it goes back to the dear little shamrock Killarney for you.
2) (1) They were
seated side by side, A soldier and his bride, A soldier that had just
returned from home.
He had been away for years, From his native land so dear, Fighting for his
king and countries cause.
Chorus. Oh Darling live till morn, Till I see the daybreak dawn, Till
I gaze unto your beauty once again.
I wish I had been slain, When to England first I came, For to meet with you
and part with you again.
(2) So when he does return, How his loving heart will burn, To see
his wife lying dying on a bed,
He'll press her to his heart, Each moment to depart, And these were the
loving words he said.
3) (3) Then his
hands they are entwined, And he's thinking of the time, That he brought her
to the church to be his bride.
? ? there stands a tear No sorrow no fear, As his loving wife died in his
arms that night.
4) How I sigh. It was
there I was born in that sweet harvest time, And it's there that I long for
to die.
(1) It was at a camp fire concert, In a lonely western trail, The
singers hailed from lands across the sea,
One sang a song for Scotland, Of Loch Lomonds bonnie banks, Another sang a
English melody.
Twas then a Irish lad stood up, I like your song says he, Your countries too
are beautiful and fair,
I'll sing a song for Ireland, Where the little shamrock grows, There's no
place like old Ireland anywhere.
 
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1) Times are getting slack for many of Ulster's tiny river ferries. This
one, though, at Bannfoot, has at least one daily commuter - William Wilson's
horse. The Bann runs through Mr. Wilson's land and he has been operating the
huge float for years. His horse, which makes the crossing for grazing, seems
to have adopted the principle of far off fields being greener very readily
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2) Another Dairy Princess - Mary Isobel Turkington, a 23-year-old
shorthand-typist in a linen firm, chosen in Lurgan last night as Ulster's
second Dairy Princess. With Iris Hamill, of Coleraine, and five girls to be
selected at Omagh, Lisburn, Londonderry, Enniskillen and Belfast, she will
compete on June 20 for the title of "Ulster Dairy Queen" and the £50 first
prize in the competition. Mary is 5ft. 4ins. tall, and weighs 9 st. She has
brown hair, blue eyes and a clear complexion ... glass of milk before
leaving for work in the morning ...
3) 1957 =
Births, Marriages, Deaths - BIRTH ~ Rainey, May 1, ? ? ? House to
Muriel and George or Gordon(?) Rainey, 63 Ravenhill Park, Belfast - a
daughter. MARRIAGE ~ Lossing-Thompson, April 27, 1957, at the
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., by the Very Rev.
Osborne R. Littleford, Larry D., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lossing, sen.,
Winter Park, Florida, to Eileen J., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Thompson, 18
Grovefield Street, Belfast. DEATHS ~ Allen, May 3, 1957, at her
residence, Cloughfin, Islandmagee, Jenny (in her 90th year), dearly-loved
wife of John Joseph Allen. Funeral to-morrow (Sunday), at 3 p.m. to Old
Churchyard. House private. Deeply regretted by her sorrowing Husband, Sons
and Daughters, Son-in-law and Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren and
Great-grandchildren. Bailie, May 4, 1957, at the Northern
Ireland Fever Hospital, William, beloved husband of Minnie Bailie, 64
Ravensdale Street. Funeral on Monday, at 2.30 p.m., to Dundonald Cemetery.
Deeply regretted by his sorrowing Wife, Daughters, Sons-in-law,
Grandchildren and Family Circle. Thy will be done. Buchanan,
The Officers and Members of the Dock Unionist Association deeply regret the
death of the mother of their esteemed Member, R. Buchanan, and tender their
deepest sympathy. S. McMaster, Sec. Collins, May 4, 1957, at
her residence, Hillcrest, Church Road, Castlereagh, Mary, wife of the late
Daniel Collins and beloved mother of Florence, Ina and Olive. Funeral on
Monday, 6th inst., at 2.30 p.m., to Dundonald Cemetery. Very deeply
regretted by her sorrowing Daughters and Sons-in-law at Hillcrest. + Deeply
regretted by her sorrowing Son Tom and Grandchildren, 1 Shaftesbury Avenue.
+ Deeply regretted by her sorrowing Daughter and Son-in-law, Mary and Robert
Spence; also Grandchildren, Lynwood, Milfort Avenue, Dunmurry. + Deeply
regretted by her sorrowing Daughter(s) Margaret Dunlop(?), also Yvonne and
Patricia(?), 13 Wingrove Gardens. + The Officers and Members of the British
Red Cross Detachment B/60 and Cadet Unit 407 regret the death of the mother
of their esteemed Commandant and Leader, Mrs. Olive Liddell, and tender
their deepest sympathy. + The Ambulance Personnel Ardoyne(?) Fire Station
regret the death of ? Mary Collins, mother of their highly ? colleague and
Friend, Mrs. Olive ?, and tender sincerest sympathy to ..... Hastings,
Senior Attendant. (part entry, no name but possibly McComb see next
entry) Deeply regretted by his sorrowing Son and Daughter-in-law,
William and Beatrice McComb, and Granddaughter. Rest after suffering.
McComb, May 3, 1957, at his residence 164 North Queen Street, Thomas, dearly
loved husband of Margaret McComb - Deeply regretted by his sorrowing Son and
Daughter-in-law, Thomas and Lily McComb, and Grandchildren. Peace, perfect
peace. + beloved father of Christina Boyles. I was not there to say good-bye
as the shadow of death drew near, and took from this world, but not from my
heart, the father I loved so dear. - Very deeply regretted by his loving
Daughter and Son-in-law Christina and Hugh Boyles, 17 Dagmar Street; also
Grandsons and Wives, Grand-daughter and Husband and Great-grand-children. +
The Officials and Members of the M. and W. Social Club deeply regret the
death of Mr. Thomas McComb, father of Mrs. Christina Boyles, and grandfather
of Mr. T. Boyles, and tender to his Wife and Family their deepest sympathy -
S. Cameron, Secretary. + The Officers and Members of the Duncairn Flying
Tippler Club deeply regret the death of the father of their esteemed Member,
Thomas McComb, and tender their deepest sympathy. - C. Craig, Sec.
Orr, May 3, 1957, at Hospital, Martha Jane, widow of Robert Orr. Funeral
to-morrow (Sunday), at 3 p.m. from her sons residence, ?? Stangmore
Corner(?), Dungannon, to Benburb Meeting-house Green. - Deeply regretted by
the Family Circle. O'Sullivan, May 2, 1957, at Mid-Ulster
Hospital, Magherafelt, Jeremiah (Jerry) O'Sullivan. Funeral to-morrow
(Sunday), at 2.30 p.m., from his sister's residence, Fair Hill, Magherafelt,
to Ballywillan Cemetery, Portrush. House strictly private - Deeply
regretted. Palmer, May 3, 1957 (suddenly), at her residence,
Tamnadace, Annie, widow of John Palmer. Funeral to-morrow (Sunday), at 3.30
p.m., to Castledawson Presbyterian Churchyard - Deeply regretted.
Patterson, May 3, 1957, at South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon, Rubina
Elizabeth (Ruby), dearly-loved wife of Herbert Patterson, Violet Hill, C(?)
Dungannon. Funeral from her late residence, to-morrow (Sunday), at 3.30
p.m., to family burying-ground, Moy. - Very deeply regretted by her
sorrowing Husband, Mother, Sister and the Family Circle. + Deeply regretted
by Dickson and Muriel. + Deeply regretted by Willie and Florrie.
Pegler, May 3, 1957, at her daughter's residence, 54 Station Road,
Jordanstown, Caroline Jeanette, dearly-loved ? ? ? and Anne. Funeral in ....
4) 16th September
1952 Imperial Grand Chapter of Black Knights, Eric Wilson, No. 353 Derryadd,
County Armagh
5) a Bible in bad
condition, name inside ? J. Turkington, Bannfoot
 
  
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1) Government of Northern Ireland, Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries Acts (Northern Ireland) 1966-1968. 1. The Ministry of
Agriculture for Northern Ireland (hereinafter called "the Ministry")
pursuant to Section 14 of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 by this
permit authorises Mr. Eric Wilson of Derryinver, Bannfoot, Lurgan, Co.
Armagh, an officer of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland
to do at any season of the year for the purposes of artificial propagation
of fish, transplantation, the stocking, restocking or improvement of any
fishery or for any scientific purpose all or any of the following things,
that is to say (i) catch all kinds of fish; (ii) have all kinds of fish or
their own in his possession for any of the purposes aforesaid; (iii) for any
of the purposes aforesaid erect and use any kind of fishing engine and use
any kind of substance. 2. The authority hereby granted shall continue until
revoked by the Ministry or until the above-named person ceases to be an
Officer of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, whichever
event first happens. Dated the 10th day of October 1969. Signed on behalf of
the Ministry Assistant Secretary ? Parkinson(?) or Atkinson(?)
2) Postmark
Belfast to Mrs. Molly Wilson, 40 Derrycrow Road, Derrytrasna, Lurgan, Co.
Armagh - Church of Ireland Parishes of Ardmore & Craigavon, Rector: Rev. D.
Collins, Ardmore Rectory, Derryadd, Lurgan, Craigavon. 17th March 1995 -
Dear Molly & Eric; A little while ago you wrote to ask for a Family grave in
Ardmore. There would be no hesitation in granting this. If you contact me
and some morning we could meet at the Churchyard to identify where the
chosen grave may be. Yours sincerely, D?d Collins
3) Dear Molly &
Eric, Thank you for your expression of sympathy at the time of Frank's
death. We all had a big shock on the 26th December then we heard Frank had
passed away early that morning. He drove the car to Murray's home at the Moy
and then on to Dungannon on Christmas morning. A next door neighbour spoke
to him when he got home around 11 p.m. that evening. He was to go to Hayes
in Glenavy for lunch on Boxing Day and when he didn't turn up and they
couldn't raise him on the phone Mr. Hayes came to Woodford Park to see if he
was in trouble. He eventually forced the front door and found Frank dead on
the bedroom floor. We miss him very much and it will take time to get over
his passing. I'm very sorry we didn't hear of Helen's husband death. We send
Helen our deepest sympathy, she must miss him very much. We hope you and
Eric are keeping well. Clare has been in Hospital three times during the
past few years. She feels fairly well and carries on best as possible. We
haven't been in the Bannfoot for a very long time, perhaps later in the year
when the weather improves we will have a run in your direction. We hope
Marie and Ernie and their family are keeping well. Thank you once again.
Love & best wishes Hector(?)
there are a number of letters from Ghana and other
places to Molly and Eric in the 90s, mostly re donations they have made to
support individuals through school or to acknowledge and give thanks for
medical visits to Ireland, people who wrote: Amponsaa Bannerman, Ghana;
Yambusa Family, Sierra Leone, re Sahr's operation with Mr. Miller,
paediatric plastic surgeon;
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