William Lindsay (1812 - 1900)
William Lindsay was born ca 1812. He married Mary Whiteside (b ca 1814) and they had at least three children. They lived at Alla, near Claudy and
worshipped at Cumber Upper Church.
Catherine Lindsay
b 28 Jun 1846
d 21 Mar 1902
Jane Lindsay
1851
d 1 Oct 1890
Married William Temple (21 Oct 1880) and had at least 4 children
Isabella Lindsay
1 Aug 1855
d 1921
Married John Rosborough (10 Jun 1873)
The name Cumber comes from the Irish, com, together, and boir, water, so the name suggests the meeting place of
two waters, the Rivers Glenradle and Faughan, in the vicinity of the village of Claudy, some thirteen kilometres east of
Londonderry, just to the south of the main Belfast road. According to tradition, St. Patrick founded a church in the
area. In 1622, the church was ruinous. It was in reasonable condition by 1693, and was rebuilt in 1757. The parish was
divided into Cumber Upper and Lower in 1798.
Cumber Upper Church at Alla, about two kilometres south of Claudy, was built in 1860. It is a three bay hall with a
north aisle. The lean-to and gabled porch is in the south wall, and the tower is in the corner of the south and west
walls. The copper spire was erected in 1960. Inside the porch there are stairs into the gallery, below which are the
vestry rooms. These rooms, as well as the public address system and the rose window in the west wall, were donated
by the Robinson family in memory of John and Annabella Robinson, 1995. There is another vestry room at the east end
of the aisle. In the porch, the window commemorates Robert McFaul, a constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary who
died in 1984, and there is a plaque in memory of George and Jane McFaul.
Lisbunny (from Irish: Lios Buinighe, meaning "fort of the flood") is a townland of 849 acres in County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland, about 3 miles south-west of Claudy, near the County Tyrone/Londonderry border. It is situated within
Derry and Strabane district as well as the civil parish of Cumber Upper and the historic barony of Tirkeeran. It is a
rural farming area with few amenities, although it does contain a stone quarry.
William Lindsay died on 22 Jan 1900 and was buried in Cumber Old Cemetery, Claudy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in a grave he shared wife
his wife who had died 34 years previously.