
Samuel Walker and Hadessa Lavina Caldwell are my Great-great-grandparents. They are buried in the graveyard of St. Canice’s Church, Eglinton, County Londonderry.
Segorry, Aghadowey is where my grandmother, Lily McGilligan was born on 30 Jan 1919. The home is located on the left about two thirds down the Ardreagh Road driving towards St. Guaire’s Parish Church from the Drumcroon Road (A29).
Photograph courtesy of the University of Ulster Archives published in the ‘On the Banks of the Foyle’ book.
The photograph of the shop front of Robert Elder’s grocery business at 21 Duke Street on the Waterside was taken in 1906. Items for sale included hardware, artificial manures and agricultural seeds. The owner Robert Elder is pictured outside with his employees.
Robert Elder and Helen Grainger Emberson are the parents of Robert Craig Elder who is buried at Altnagelvin Cemetery.
Thomas Stewart Elder was married to Mary Lavina Walker on 24 Jul 1941 at Faughanvale Presbyterian Church in Eglinton, Co. Londonderry. This portrait was taken in 1935 at Thomas’ graduation from Stranmillis University College.
Mary Lavina Walker was married to Thomas Stewart Elder on 24 July 1941 at Faughanvale Presbyterian Church in Eglinton, County Londonderry. This engagement portrait was taken in 1937.