Samuel “Sam” Agnew was born about 1934 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK. He lived his entire life, until recently, at the old Agnew farm at Ballynarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim, where at least 4 generations of his ancestors lived before him.
Sam passed away 2nd January 2023 peacefully at Carrickfergus Manor Care Home, Carrickfergus, County Antrim.
Sam inherited the farm from his father as he was the only son with 5 sisters. He never married and had no children. He was a sheep farmer, and he won many trophies and ribbons for his prize winning sheep.
His parents, Samuel and Janette (Clements) Agnew predeceased him. Sam was a beloved brother to Maimie and the late Nance, Martha, Willa and Anne.
He will be loved and remembered always by his sister Maimie, brother-in-law Peter, nephews, nieces and their families, and also, by his many cousins both in Northern Ireland and in the United States.
“The day Thou gavest Lord is ended.”
A service of thanksgiving for Sam’s life was held in Raloo Presbyterian Church on Friday 6th January 2023 at 12.00 p.m. and afterwards to the adjoining graveyard.
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FAMILY NAMES
If you go back to the mid-1800’s, one set of family names we share are: Loofbourrow-Syfert , when in 1865 James Shanks Loofbourrow married Mary Catherine Syfert. Their children married into yet other families: Conlin, Agnew-Barker, Day, Easling, and Bates. There was a bit of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, and Germany in the family at this point in the mid-1800s and most came from families that came to America in the late 1600’s. James and Mary Catherine’s grand-children then continued to expand the connections to 17 additional families, and from the following generation scores more.
Chances are you might not have the surname of Syfert, or Loofbourrow, but your ancestors did! Maybe your linage came from unions since: From the Day, Jones, Hockaday, Johnson, or from dozens of later unions.