VALLELLY, Francis ²

   Cause of his death was British cholera over 4 days.⁵

   Other names for Francis were VALLANY, Francis,⁴ VALLELY, Francis,^{2 5} VALLEY, Francis,¹ VALLEY, Franciscum ¹ and VALLOLY, Francisco.²

  General Notes:

The 1855 birth of "Agnes Vallany" was registered by Francis Vallany her father, who made his X mark. he had been present where the birth occurred at Gordon Street, Newton, in the burgh of Ayr. In the certificate he was recorded as a "Hawker formerly Land Labourer", aged 37 years, and had been born in the "parish of Kilanney County Lowth". He and his wife, "Catherine Vallany maiden name Hardy" were married in 1843 in Newton Stewart Galloway. They had "4 boys deceased, 1 girl & 1 boy living". So Agnes, the daughter whose birth Francis was registering, was his wife's seventh child.

Francis was recorded as 54 years old in his death certifiecate of 1887. He was a hawker married to Catherine Hardy. No parents' name were recorded. ^{5 6}

  Research Notes:

KILLANY

The townland where Francis was born, referred to in the birth certificate of his daughter Agnes, is likely to be Killanny. It bestrides the County Louth and County Monaghan border, to the east of the N2, south east of Carrickmacross. ⁷

Francis married Catherine HARDY on 30 July 1843 in Our Lady and St Ninian RC Church, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland.¹ (Catherine HARDY was born about 1823 in New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland ^{6 8} and died after 12 July 1887 ⁵.)