A TRAGEDY FOR WIDOW VENABLES OF DUNGANNON, CO. TYRONE, 1855 Extracted from the Tyrone Constitution Sept. 7, 1855 Page 2 (Best available image) Contributed by Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia For the interest of researchers brought to you by CoTyroneIreland.com www.cotyroneireland.com<http://www.cotyroneireland.com/> [cid:9dc2bd9e-b68e-484e-83fb-5e25148ef0cc] [cid:a33b1dc8-ac13-4bec-986d-c9cbb85d4d01] [cid:c82ad0e4-5515-4c9f-8e64-bcd50b88d446]

Thank you Len for all that you do for us and our research. A tragedy for this poor widow to lose her two daughters this way. It certainly makes you aware of how deaths with children can happen in those days. Discovering also one of my ancestors drowning at just aged 2. The poor families suffering such loss. Tracey On Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 9:21 pm Len Swindley via CoTyroneList, < cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > *A TRAGEDY FOR WIDOW VENABLES OF DUNGANNON, CO. TYRONE, 1855* > *Extracted from the* *Tyrone Constitution Sept. 7, 1855* > *Page 2 (Best available image)* > *Contributed by Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia* > *For the interest of researchers brought to you by CoTyroneIreland.com* > www.cotyroneireland.com > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================

Hi Len, What a tragedy, and for a widow who needed all the hands she could muster to manage the farm. That brings home just how fragile life is, and was in those days. My own grandfather was the only surviving offspring who lost his 7 siblings at various ages, through disease. In one case losing 2 young children just a fortnight before Xmas day. What a tragedy. I suspect that's why, eventually, the family moved to the outskirts of Belfast where grandfather's 10yo brother died soon after. They must have thought that they had done something wrong to offend their God, as grandfather was one of the founders of the local church a few years after they arrived in Belfast. Thank goodness for vaccines for children, and improved health care diagnoses these days. Gordon On 11/03/2026 9:50 pm, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList wrote: > *A TRAGEDY FOR WIDOW VENABLES OF DUNGANNON, CO. TYRONE, 1855* > *Extracted from the* */Tyrone Constitution/ Sept. 7, 1855* > *Page 2 (Best available image)* > *Contributed by Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia* > *For the interest of researchers brought to you by > CoTyroneIreland.com* www.cotyroneireland.com > <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/> > > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List -cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive -https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to -cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to -jamckane@gmail.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to -cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================

Gordon, how very true -- lovely post and sorry to hear of your grand-dad's losses which were so heavy. And Len, thank you -- I believe this is one of the "items to submit for your enjoyment" that you mentioned, as this is quite likely one of my forebearers, or their close relation... I've got a spreadsheet of Venables info that I've captured from here and other sources however have unfortunately still have not been able to put the pieces together! Whilst I do work full time (and then some, I'm in Tech!), tonight I pulled up the master Venables spreadsheet, and sadly could not put names to these two young lasses nor their mum who had to experience such a hard loss. There's one "possibility" however Jane Venables who is the right age and who had married at the right time to have two young children - in the right place even! would not have been "Widow Venables" as she had married and so wouldn't have had the Venables name. Mentions in the news article of Dungannon and (St. Michael's I presume) Castlecaufield both figure somewhat prominently in the data I've gathered, and it is somewhat close to the townland of Cormore (18 miles by Google map, though don't have the exact coordinates), which is where my Father's Grandfather was originally born... he and Annabella Foster Venables (where my middle name originates!) are my connection to County Tyrone. Perhaps when I no longer work to pay the bills, which comes closer all the time, I'll have time to truly dig in to the Venables side :-) Best, Dave ------ Original Message ------ From "Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList" <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> To "Len Swindley via CoTyroneList" <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> Cc "Gordon Wilkinson" <neredon@gmail.com> Date 3/11/2026 7:24:52 PM Subject [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: A Tragedy for Widow Venables of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone 1855 >Hi Len, >What a tragedy, and for a widow who needed all the hands she could >muster to manage the farm. That brings home just how fragile life is, >and was in those days. My own grandfather was the only surviving >offspring who lost his 7 siblings at various ages, through disease. In >one case losing 2 young children just a fortnight before Xmas day. What >a tragedy. I suspect that's why, eventually, the family moved to the >outskirts of Belfast where grandfather's 10yo brother died soon after. >They must have thought that they had done something wrong to offend >their God, as grandfather was one of the founders of the local church a >few years after they arrived in Belfast. Thank goodness for vaccines >for children, and improved health care diagnoses these days. >Gordon > >On 11/03/2026 9:50 pm, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList wrote: >>A TRAGEDY FOR WIDOW VENABLES OF DUNGANNON, CO. TYRONE, 1855 >>Extracted from theTyrone Constitution Sept. 7, 1855 >>Page 2 (Best available image) >>Contributed by Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia >>For the interest of researchers brought to you by CoTyroneIreland.com >>www.cotyroneireland.com <http://www.cotyroneireland.com/> >> >> >>================================= >>Send a Message to the List - >>cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com >>List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >>Join the list by sending an email to - cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com >>To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com >>Unsubscribe by sending an email to - cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com >>================================= >