Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch  
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20/11/2018
19/01/2017 At the time of his death, his wife was living at Meeting Street, Magherafelt.
19/01/2017 Private Teaney, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed, was a married man, and his wife resides in Meeting Street, Magherafelt.
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19/01/2017 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 5th March 1917:
28/03/2016 Private William Teaney was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Tuesday 6th February 1917 in the Somme region.
28/03/2016 William was born on 25th April 1880 in Magherafelt.
28/03/2016 The 1901 census lists William as a shoemaker, age 20, at house 14 in Queen Street, Magherafelt.
28/03/2016 The 1911 census lists William as a shoemaker, age 34, at house 45 in Queen Street, Magherafelt. His mother was a widow.
28/03/2016 Last Will and Testament of Private William Teaney dated 8th September 1916:
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28/03/2016 In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife, Mrs Teaney of Meeting Street, Magherafelt, County Derry.
28/03/2016 William Teaney was the son of Joseph and Sarah Teaney.
28/03/2016 William Teaney enlisted in Cookstown.
28/03/2016 In his will, William left all to his wife.
28/03/2016 Private William Teaney has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
28/03/2016 William Teaney married Rosanne Nelson on 6th January 1915 in the district of Magherafelt.
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