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Elizabeth McAskie & her son David McCaskey Smith
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Scarvagherin Line has 2 references |
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| Elizabeth McAskie was born 1862, the daughter of David McAskie and Isabella Boggs, from Scarvagherin Flax Mill. She was known as Lizzie. She married a Mr Smith and before/after she emigrated to USA, supposedly Philadelphia . They had a son David McAskie Smith. Mr Smith was killed in an accident and Eliza and her son returned to Tyrone. | |||
| David inherited Scarvagherin
farm from his uncle William McAskie who died unmarried. However David also died young and
his mother Eliza then inherited. Ulster Covenant Signatures 1912 A David E Smith Scarvagherin signed |
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| Eliza decided to sell the
farm and move first to Spamount village nearby, then eventually moved to live at the
seaside at Portstewart, Co Derry where she died. In 1901 census she was living with her aunt Sara (Stewart) McAskie's mother Mary Stewart Bills for the sale of the farm are dated 1928 |
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The Scarvagherin property was a flax mill for several years. These are examples of flax
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