32. Eliza HOLMES
Had 13 children.
80. Sarah Ann HANNAH
Sarah was the eldest daughter of her parents.
Mary was the fourth daughter of her parents.
38. Charles HOLMES V
October 31 1835
On Tuesday, the 20th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Rentoul, of Manorcunningham, CHARLES HOLMES, ESQ., of Rosgere, near Lifford, to JANE, eldest daughter of HUGH MONTGOMERY, ESQ., of Belebigly.
85. Margaret HOLMES
September 21 1860
September 10, at Lifford Church, by the Rev. J.F. Smyly, TASKER KEYS, ESQ., Warranpool, Victoria [Australia], to MARGARET, eldest daughter of CHARLES HOLMES, ESQ., Rosgear
90. Rebecca HOLMES
Had 3 daughters.
92. Elizabeth HOLMES
Died unmarried.
Had 8 children.
He went to Dublin 7 Aug 1819, and was apprenticed to his uncle Dr. Joshua Holmes of 134 Dorest St; licensed to practicve Aug 1826; elected Apothecary to George's Dispensary 16 July 1829 and resigned 11 June 1847. He succeeded to his uncle Joshua's practice in March 1836, and continuing in the same house was elected a Director of Apothecaries Hall in Aug 1838, and was Governor of the same 1843-44. He graduated as M.D. at Glasgow, 1839. He passed away in 1891.
Died unmarried.
The McCurdy family which farmed near Clady, comprised four daughters and three sons. The eldest daughter, Catherine, died as an infant. The second daughter, Martha, married the Rev. W. McKinney who emigrated to New Zea1and, where his descendants still live.
The third daughter, also Catherine, married the Rev. William Wray of Orritor, the son of Alexander Wray, merchant of Carnone. They had three sons and one daughter. The eldest son, William, went to Australia. The second son (Charles?) was a pharmacist at Cookstown, County Tyrone. The third son, Leeper, was resident in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the time of his death, which occurred 7 September 1950.
The fourth McCurdy child, John (1835-1923) emigrated to Canada in 1870 and established a retail business "general merchant and postmaster" at Kirkton, Ontario. He remained there for the balance of his active life. He married Isobel Cooper, resident of that area. They had no children. It is obvious that he encouraged, and probably aided, various members of his younger sister's family to migrate to Canada as they reached the age of discretion. An interesting fact is that a decade before the arrival of McCurdy, Timothy Eaton had established his first Canadian store at Kirkton, which he left to set up business, first in St. Marys, and then in Toronto. John McCurdy was living with his niece, Elizabeth (Wray) Holmes at La Crosse, Wisconsin when he died on the 30th December 1923.
Mary Elizabeth, who married W. J. A. Wray in 1859 was the fifth McCurdy child.
Benjamin McCurdy ( -1877) was a staff surgeon with the Royal Navy. Tradition says that he died on shipboard while on the Red Sea. The saw fish bill which I inherited was a souvenir which he gave his brother-in-law, my grandfather.
George McCurdy (1842-1927) married Jane Simms and had' a family of nine children. He lived near Rockfield, on the family farm which he inherited from his father. He is buried in Donoughniore Churchyard.Wray History, by O.R. Wray, 1980
104. Catherine McCURDY
Died as an infant.
108. Dr. Benjamin Holmes McCURDY
Served with the Royal Navy as a staff surgeon on the HMS 'Excelent'. It was he who obtained the sawfish bill which is now held by Eric Wray (2011). Never married. Author of letters quoted in Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury's book "Family Histories and Genealogies" published in 1892. Died in the Red Sea.
Information from Eric Wray, Nov 2015.
Twin brother of Benjamin Holmes II. He married Jane King of Letterkenny. Ordained Presbyterian Minister of Coagh, Co. Londonderry, 20 November 1839.
Educated at Glasgow College, Ordained Presbyterian Minister at Tempo, near Enniskillen in May 1842. Resigned 1 May 1849, and went to Canada.