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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Antrim => Topic started by: mandyfahey on Monday 23 February 09 19:42 GMT (UK)
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I hope that someone can help us solve a couple of little conundrums?
Our Alexander (McCaldridge) ancestors moved to Scotland from Ballymoney, Ireland between the years 1892 and 1900.
1. Are there any list which I could access to gain accurate (as accurate as it can be) information on this landing.
2. James McCaldridge (Alexander) and Jane Rainey had a son named Henry born 17 March 1875. We cannot find any other info about Henry- Did he die as a child, did he go on to marry and never left Ireland??
James also married Jane Mulholland in Ballymoney Ireland in 1888 following the death of Jane Rainey in 1887. Their children were William John 1876, Sarah Jane 1879, George McCaldridge 1881, Elizabeth 1884, Thomas 1887, Robert 1887, Charles 1890, Rachel 1892
3. James McCaldridge Alexander's parents were John McCaldridge and Mary Jane Wilkinson (married in Finvoy Presbyterian Church 28 Oct 1851) . We can't find if they had any other children. If they had then it may give us a clue as to who the children ran back to in Ballymoney when they were brought to Scotland (or so the family story tell us).
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thank you in advance
Mandy
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Mandy, have you seen http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#searchType=standard;surname=McCaldridge; for Ireland
I find family legends often with truth underlying it, so I wish you well finding the proof.
I did wonder if you had run into spelling variations eg McAldridge have you located Finvoy church records. Good luck, Jim
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have you seen www.emraldancestors.com website, here are some marriages. Its afee paying site.
1851 john MCCALDRIDGE
mary jane
Antrim
1852 john
anne MCCALDRIDGE
Antrim
1857 david
mary MCCALDRIDGE
Antrim
1876 william john
rebecca MCCALDRIDGE
Antrim
1896 william MCCALDRIDGE
ann eliza
Antrim
Good luck, Jim
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have you signed up to the free http://www.ballymoneyancestry.com/
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Civil Marriage
Date of Marriage 28 Oct 1851
Groom Name john MCCALDRIDGE
Bride Name mary jane WILKINSON
Church Finvoy Church of Ireland
Parish Finvoy
Civil District Ballymoney
County Antrim
Pat
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Duplicate thread here:
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,359087.0.html
Mandy- no need to start a new thread looking for information on the same people as it only causes needless confusion and duplication of efforrt for those trying to help.
Our Alexander (McCaldridge) ancestors moved to Scotland from Ballymoney, Ireland between the years 1892 and 1900.
1. Are there any list which I could access to gain accurate (as accurate as it can be) information on this landing.
No records were kept of people travelling between Ireland and Scotland, England and Wales as all were part of U.K.
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Hi Aghadowey
I am sorry I thought that I would have to post on the areas, countries that the family (?) lived.
Apologies for any confusion.
Regards
M
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Hello, Sorry if I don't quite get the hang of it yet. I'm new at this. Looking for information on REBECCA MCALDRIDGE listed as the mother of ALEXANDER MCALDRIDGE listed in the IGI as Birth:
16 OCT 1876 Antrim, Ballymoney, Cork, Ireland
I cannot find anything on Rebecca McAldridge. I see that a Rebecca Mcaldrige is listed here. I was always told that was the name of my g-grandmother but have contradictory documents which list my g-grandmother as Nancy McEldridge or Anna Mcaldridge. However, was always told the name Rebecca was the ancestor. I am wondering if she is really my g-grandmother or not a relative at all. This is the only place that I've ever seen Rebecca Mcaldrige mentiond.
Any information would be appreciated.
My grandmother was born Elizabeth Pearl Josephine Searle somewhere in the US, either in Florida or Brooklyn, NY.
I am also researching Clarke, Leddy, Searle, and Boyd
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Welcome to Rootschat.
The 1876 marriage of Rebecca McCaldridge to William John ? took place in Ballymoney registration district.
The birth listed in IGI was also registered in Ballymoney district (IGI has mistakenly listed a batch of records as 'Antrim, Ballymoney, Cork, Ireland' instead of Ballymoney, Antrim. Ireland).
You haven't mentioned an age for your grandmother or what records list her mother as Nancy/Anna (variations of the same name) but you'd need to search through all possible U.S. sources to see if you can find when her family left Ireland, etc.
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Hi,
William John's name was LONDIN and they married in Finvoy Presbyterian church on 11 May 1876.
Regards
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Rebecca McCaldridge married William John Londin, on the 11 May 1876 in Finvoy Presbyterian Church, Parish of Finvoy, Civil District Ballymoney, Co Antrim.
A reference for an Alexander McAldridge, 1876, Ballymoney, volume 16, page 160.
Dixie
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Did a search of 1911 census for William John and Rebecca Loudin and couldn't find them but it's possible they either left Ireland or died before the census. Perhaps when 1901 census is released mid-2010 they might be found.
There's no headstone for any variation of Loudin in Finvoy Presbyterian churchyard but perhaps they had no headstone, perhaps it was her church or perhaps neither belonged there but it's just that the marriage took place there. Also checke for Alexander/McCaldridge, etc.
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I have this document in relation to Rebecca McCaldridge and John Loudin. Hopefully you will be able to view it properly.
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Mandy
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Thank you, all. We believe that my grandmother, whose name was Elizabeth Pearl Josephine Searle, was born around 1883. The family can find no birth certificate, and when she applied for a passport in the 1930's, a relative had to go down to the passport office and attest that my grandmother was born in the U.S. I was always told by my mother that her grandmother's name was Rebecca McAldridge, that her mother never knew her mother, and that there were 13 brothers and sisters, possibly some in Ireland, but 5 in the US in Brooklyn, NY. Of my grandmother's siblings, we find one other listing a McAldridge as the name of his mother. This would be James Searle was born in the 1870's (don't have the info hand). Other siblings list other surnames for their mother including Boyd. It's all very confounding, especially since McAldridge records seem scant. I have the impression that my grandmother's father married several times and that there were at least three mothers. Thus, if Rebecca McAldridge's husband had died and she remarried Alfred Searle, she could be the right one.
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From the new details in your lastest post I found more information-
1880 Census- Brooklyn, Kings, N.Y.:
Alfred Searle, 39, carpenter, born England; Ann Searle, 38, Ireland; William Searle, 6, N.Y.; James Searle, 12, N.Y.; Alice Searle, 5, N.Y.; Alfred Searle, 3, N.Y.
IGI has submitted details of the family-
Alfred Searle m.(1867 Kings Co.) Anna. Children- James, Joseph (b.1868 Kings Co.), William (b.1874 Kings Co.), Alice, Alfred (b.1877 Kings Co.).
Most importantly is an extracted record- Elizabeth Searle born 29 Aug.1880 Brooklyn- parents Alfred Searle and Ann Boyd
Italian Gnealogy website lists a death for Alfred Searle 19 Apr.1913 Kings Co. (age 38) which may be the Alfred supposed to have been born 1877. There's also a death for an Alfredo G. Searle 29 June 1885 Kings Co. (age 43) but not sure if this is Alfred Searle who married Ann Boyd.
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I have gone over my family tree and found that Rebecca McCaldridge (b 1854 daughter of John McCaldridge and Mary Jane Wilkinson) married John Loudin, as noted in a previous post by me.
I have another Rebecca McAldrigde (daughter of Thomas McAldridge and Rebecca Graham, they married in 1824, Ballymoney, NI) This Rebecca had a sister Anne McAldridge (b 1831) who married a John Boyd, in 1852, again in NI. These two people (Anne and Rebecca would have been an aunt to Rebecca of 1854)
Rebecca and John Loudin may have had a child Rebecca McCaldridge Loudin and she moved to US- just an idea with no fact to support the last sentence.
We like so many, have lots of unanswered questions and many gaps in our information.
Alexander was a middle name for some of the male children and their children. There are many variations on McCaldridge through the ages with this family, finally adopting the surname Alexander around 1888 when some of the family moved to Lanarkshire, Scotland. Some members had moved to New Zealand and US.
Apologies if this is confusing.
Mandy
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I have hit the proverbial brick wall with this information, can anyone help, please?
10th April 1859, John Doherty (alias Lynch) to Mary McAldridge (Widow alias McLaughlin), Brick Row.
From records held at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland on 16 April 2009.
Reference No. MIC 1D/56
www.emeraldancestors.
From the Marriage Registers of the Limavady Roman Catholic Church, in the Parish of Drumachose, County Londonderry, 1859
Can anyone shed some light as to Mary's parents and the Mclaughlin she married. If I have the correct Mary McAldridge, she had an illegitamate son John McCaldridge in 1843, Portrush, Ballywillin, Co Antrim, aslo the baptism date. I have been researching McCaldridge (and variations of the surname) and the variations for some time. Some great headway has been made, but there are some people that I have hit brick walls with.
Grateful for any help given.
Mad Jock
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opened this post again, hoping someone can help. I gfeel I have exhausted all avenues I am aware of.
Thanks in advance
:)
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Bumping up posts is discouraged so please don't do so if you've no more details to add to the existing thread. It's usually just a matter of waiting for responses from others.
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Apologies.
Didn't mean to cause any problems.
:)
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I have just joined the forum to try to find out my McCaldridge ancestry, see post 7 Feb 2017. Only comment I can make to this thread is that my McCaldridge's changed family name to McFadden late 1800s and there has been an Alexander in every generation of forenames since. Also the name Louden is extremely common in Ballymoney area today and I think it is the modern variant of the one you have been seeking.
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Latest info obtained. You will need to read this more than once!
My grandmother's father was William McCaldridge on his marriage to her mother Eliza Taggart 1896, in Ballymoney Registry Office - William thereafter became known as McFadden, his mother's maiden name, having been born Alexander, 1875.
Grandmother as far as I know died without knowing the family name was Alexander, McCaldridge - or M'Aldridge, or McAldridge, all variants used. She certainly married as McFadden in 1918. Census 1901 and 1911 show the family as McFadden, Drumnafivey, Ballymoney.
Her husband's parents Mary Ann McFadden and William Alexander married 1874 in Bushvale Presbyterian, and he may having been cited as the father of Jane McFadden, born 1869 to Nancy Jane also McFadden of Drumtullagh, near Moss-side. This William lived at Carnkirn and was surnamed McCaldrige.
William married 1874 was son of Thomas Alexander Mullaghduff, Ballymoney (a few hundred yards from Carnkirn) and Mary Ann McFadden of Knockanavery, Ballymoney daughter of John McFadden. You will see that the names Alexander or McCaldridge variants were used indiscriminately as far back as this.
I feel that there was a particular reason for avoiding the name of McCaldridge, after 1870s and in those days when communication was poor, it seems that these name changes spread unusually fast.
To make the name less Irish as another contributor suggests they would just have dropped the Mc part. Any info re this appreciated.
Best wishes to anyone trying to unravel these mysteries!
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My mother-in-law worked in Ballymoney from 1924 and used to talk about McAlshanders/McCaldridges/Alexanders (not the same as yours) so it was probably more local variations of the same name. Changing names wasn't uncommon (sometimes mother's maiden/birth name, then father's or stepfather's name, etc.).