[4qd-bannvalley] New Listers Interests - Reid, Barlow, (O')Reilly, Hogan, Kelaghan, M(i?)leary, MacDonald, O'Kane, O'Hara, Caldwell, Mullan, Taylor, McGinness, McIlroy.

[4qd-bannvalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kay and Greg Blackburn)]

Hello all on the list. Greeting from New Zealand's deep south where the winter frosts are
upon the ground.

Here is the latest on my Reid and Barlow families who as far as I can tell had their
roots in the Bann Valley. These were Catholic families as far as I know. This is not to
say that every other family they married into was the same. Over the last 20 years or so
these families have been researched by a number of my cousins (some of whom are now
deceased) and now we see that this is the time to clarify the research to date
and see if we can make contact with the descendants of those who stayed at home on the
old sod.

To start we have MICHAEL REID m MARGARET BARLOW before 1819. Both would have been born
before 1800. They and their family appear to have lived in Desertlyn, Aghadowey and
Glendermot. There is no known occupation for Michael.

Their son BERNARD REID m MARY (O')REILLY before 1846. Bernard was born 1819 in Derry.
Mary was born in Mullinger, West Meath in 1822. Her parents were MICHAEL (O')REILLY and
CATHERINE HOGAN. We have no other information on either the male or female side of this
family. We do not know how these southern families came to be in Derry.

The occupation of Bernard Reid was Grocer/Publican. He is known to have lived in
Glendermot and probably in Aghadowey.

The children of Bernard Reid and Mary (O')Reilly are.

1 MICHAEL REID b 1847 a baker, m AGNES LOUISE BARLOW 20 Oct 1866 in the Catholic Chapel
of Mullahinch, Aghadowey, Coleraine.
2 PATRICK ROBERT REID born 1848 (occupation unknown) m ELLEN MILLEARY ( this surname is
misspelt or corrupted) 19 Apr 1871 in Carrick-on-Shannon.
3 MARY-JANE REID born 1850. m. in New Zealand.
4 MARGARET REID born 1852 m. in New Zealand
5 JOHN BERNARD REID born 1852 m. ELIZABETH KELAGHAN 1872 in Ireland (Derry)
6 ELLEN ALICE REID born 1854. m. in New Zealand.
7 HUGH REID born 1856. m. in New Zealand.

All of Bernard and Mary's family migrated to New Zealand in either 1874 or 1875. (They
were on 3 ships) A total of 12 adults and 8 children.

Patrick and John worked in the New Zealand Post Office. Hugh for the New Zealand
Railways.

AGNES LOUISE BARLOW is the daughter of RICHARD BARLOW a miller and MARY (FLORA) MACDONALD
born 1846 Ballydevitt, Aghadowey.

The known children of Richard Barlow and Mary MacDonald are.

1ELIZABETH BARLOW born 1829. May have married GEORGE CALDWELL. (There is a data conflict
here).
2 SARAH BARLOW born 1830 m. PATRICK O'HARA in Cincinnati Ohio 1853/1854.
3 ANN BARLOW born 1839 m JAMES TAYLOR a horse trainer and Jockey, 1860. To Glasgow,
Scotland.
4 MARY BARLOW born 184? m JEREMIAH MULLAN 1864
5 ROSE BARLOW born ???? m 1, GEORGE O'KANE 2, CLAKE McILROY
6 JANE BARLOW born 1844 m. 1. JOHN MCGINNESS 1863 in Ireland. 2. ARTHUR MacDONALD in
Montreal Canada.
7 AGNES LOUISE born 1846. m. MICHAEL REID 1866.

I do not know if there is any relationship between Margaret Barlow the wife of Michael
Reid the oldest of my Reid family and Richard Barlow the father of Agnes Barlow who
married Margaret's grandson Michael Reid in 1866.

I can not speak for all of the above family details. There is some confusion and there
are some conflicts. Many of these details were given to me and in this way the task has
fallen to me to see which way fact can be sifted from fiction. Thanks in advance for any
and all help which may be given.

Regards Greg in New Zealand.