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Anthony MCREYNOLDS (1820 - 1886)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
William MCREYNOLDS (1852 - 1893)
Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS (1853 - )
Thomas Gray MCREYNOLDS (1855 - 1930)
James Dunn MCREYNOLDS (1856 - 1923)
John G MCREYNOLDS (1862 - 1879)
Sarah MCREYNOLDS (1865 - )
 Anthony MCREYNOLDS (1820 - 1886)

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Eliza Jane GRAY (1830 - 1878)
 William MCREYNOLDS (1777 - 1845) Thomas MCREYNOLDS (1740 - 1798) James MCREYNOLDS


Elizabeth COURTNEY



Mary DILWORTH











Anthony MCREYNOLDS
Anthony MCREYNOLDS
b. abt 1820
m. 1850 Eliza Jane GRAY (1830 - 1878) at Coagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
d. 24 Mar 1886 at Canada aged 66
Near Relatives of Anthony MCREYNOLDS (1820 - 1886)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas MCREYNOLDS 1740 Cloghog, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1798 58
Grandmother Elizabeth COURTNEY

Father William MCREYNOLDS 1777 1845 68
Mother Mary DILWORTH

Self Anthony MCREYNOLDS abt 1820 24 Mar 1886 Canada 66

Wife Eliza Jane GRAY abt 1830 11 Dec 1878 Canada 48

Son William MCREYNOLDS abt 1852 Northern Ireland 13 May 1893 Canada 41
Daughter Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS 20 Jan 1853 Coagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Son Thomas Gray MCREYNOLDS abt 1855 Northern Ireland 1930 Canada 75
Son James Dunn MCREYNOLDS 01 Mar 1856 Ballynargan, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland abt 1923 Canada 67
Son John G MCREYNOLDS abt 1862 Northern Ireland 23 Apr 1879 Canada 17
Daughter Sarah MCREYNOLDS abt 1865 Northern Ireland

Sister Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS
Brother Thomas MCREYNOLDS abt 1825 1894 69
Brother Oliver MCREYNOLDS bef 14 Jan 1826 Artrea, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Sister Martha MCREYNOLDS bef 16 Aug 1829
Sister Sarah MCREYNOLDS bef 19 Apr 1831
Sister Mary MCREYNOLDS 15 Sep 1837

Nephew William T MCREYNOLDS 21 Oct 1850 Ballymaguire, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1873 23
Niece Mary MCREYNOLDS 1853 Ballymaguire, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1922 69
Niece Eliza Sarah MCREYNOLDS 1855 1932 77
Niece Jane MCREYNOLDS 1857 1936 79
Niece Anna Sophia MCREYNOLDS 1860 1939 79
Nephew Thomas James MCREYNOLDS 1862 abt 1863 1
Niece Charlotte Louisa MCREYNOLDS 03 Jan 1864 Edernagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1906 42
Niece Lucinda MCREYNOLDS 03 Jan 1864 Edernagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Nephew Thomas Alexander MCREYNOLDS 05 Jan 1866 Edernagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 25 Oct 1936 70
Nephew Samuel MCREYNOLDS 15 Jan 1868 Edernagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Nephew James MCREYNOLDS 10 Feb 1871 Edernagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1901 30
Nephew Albert Edward MCREYNOLDS 02 Jan 1873 Edernagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1926 53
Nephew Henry ATKINSON 19 Jan 1855
Niece Mary Eliza ATKINSON 06 Nov 1859
Nephew William ATKINSON 02 Aug 1861
Niece Elizabeth ATKINSON 22 Nov 1864
Niece Emily ATKINSON 22 Nov 1864
Niece Maud Mary ATKINSON 02 Aug 1865
Niece Sarah Jane ATKINSON 1868

Sister in Law Jane MCREYNOLDS abt 1830
Brother in Law Jackson Lloyd ATKINSON 04 Nov 1834
Events in Anthony MCREYNOLDS (1820 - 1886)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1820 Anthony MCREYNOLDS was born 33
1845 25 Death of father William MCREYNOLDS (aged 68) 33
1850 30 Married Eliza Jane GRAY (aged 20) Coagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 33
abt 1852 32 Birth of son William MCREYNOLDS Northern Ireland 33
20 Jan 1853 33 Birth of daughter Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS Coagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 33
abt 1855 35 Birth of son Thomas Gray MCREYNOLDS Northern Ireland 33
01 Mar 1856 36 Birth of son James Dunn MCREYNOLDS Ballynargan, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland 33
abt 1862 42 Birth of son John G MCREYNOLDS Northern Ireland 33
abt 1865 45 Birth of daughter Sarah MCREYNOLDS Northern Ireland 33
11 Dec 1878 58 Death of wife Eliza Jane GRAY (aged 48) Canada 33
23 Apr 1879 59 Death of son John G MCREYNOLDS (aged 17) Canada 33
24 Mar 1886 66 Anthony MCREYNOLDS died Canada 33
Personal Notes:
Anthony McReynolds was born about 1820 and may have been baptized in Kilsally on Sep.11, 1825. He inherited the other part of his father's farm holdings. In 1850, Anthony who is listed as a full-aged bachelor farmer of Kingsmill whose father is farmer William McReynolds was married in the Presbyterian Church of Coagh to Eliza Jane Gray, a minor spinster of Ballynargan, parish of Tamlaght, whose father was farmer Alex Gray. Ballynargan was next door to Kingsmill. Eliza's mother was born Elizabeth Dunn of Dunnesville, the property just across the road from the mill at Kingsmill. It was somewhat unusual that the wedding took place in a Presbyterian Church since the groom was Church of Ireland. There is some family tradition that Anthony and Eliza Jane moved away from the area for some time but that ``it did not work out.'' Whatever happened, Anthony and Eliza were recorded as living in Ballynargan when two of their children were christened at Coagh Presbyterian Church.
Orillia Headstone of
Anthony McReynolds family
In the Griffith Valuation of about 1860, Anthony is listed as holding just over 24 acres in the townland of Lisboy and just over 14 acres in the townland of Liscausy from Rev. James Jones. In Lisboy he sublets a house to Catherine Devlin and in Liscausy he sublets two houses, one to Anne Johnston. Anthony also holds just over 44 acres in the townland of Ballynargan, parish of Arboe, from Rev. W. Chichester O'Neill; he also holds a house worth three pounds and ten shillings on this land and sublets a house to Robert Wyley. It seems possible that these holdings in Ballynargan came from his wifes family. In 1860/61 Anthony gave a shilling toward the new lighting in Artrea Parish Church. However, from his descendants, we know that Anthony blew all his wealth by gambling on the horses. It seems probable that these losses led to the letters [PRONI D664/D/222/A to D] from Armagh dated March 1863 from a land steward give details of an attempt to settle the affairs of a Mr. and Mrs. McReynolds of Ardtrea. ``I received a list of McReynolds debts from Mr. Jones, the curate at Ardtrea, upwards of a month ago. It amounts to 280 pounds and I know that McReynolds owes his sister about 50 pounds in addition. I annex a copy of the list .....''. ``McReynolds wife wishes to emigrate and leave him. He is a sort of imbecile (aged about 45). He might well give her what would take her out of the country (say 10 or 15 pounds)....''. Brother Thomas is said to have bought out the remains of Anthony's share of the estate and that money apparently paid for the emigration (in the period 1865-71) of the entire family to Innisfill Township, Ontario, Canada, about 50km north of Toronto. The 1871 census of Canada lists the family living in Innisfill Township as consisting of Anthony (aged 48), Elizabeth (aged 39) and their children William (19), Elizabeth (17), Thomas (15), James (13), John (9) and Sarah (6). All are listed as being Church of Ireland and born in Ireland. Anthony (and son William) are listed as laborers and family legend tells of them working on the railroad which was under construction north from Toronto. Wife Elizabeth Jane took in pupils to teach in her home in Lefroy, where there was no school at the time. One of her pupils who held her in high regard later became president of the Grand Trunk Railroad. It was a hard life. Property records show that Anthony and Elizabeth Jane later owned a house in Orillia, Ontario, about 100km north of Toronto. Anthony died on Mar.24, 1886, at the age of 66, and his wife Elizabeth on Dec.11, 1878, at the age of 48; they were buried in St. Andrews and St. James Cemetery in Orillia though the graves were subsequently relocated. Grandson William James said he recalled tending their graves in Orillia with his sister Sarah in the early 1890s.
Source References:
33. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Kerr Family Chronicles, Title: Kerr Family Chronicles, Auth: Christopher Earls Brennen, Locn: http://www.dankat.com/kerr/chap6.htm
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