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Title: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Sunday 11 October 09 23:19 BST (UK)
I am trying to trace the Crowe family of Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine.  William John Crowe and Elizabeth King had 12 children, one of whom was Hugh King.  Hugh then had a son named Hugh King who married Mary Pollock and they had 10 children, one of whom was my mother.  On checking the 1911 census I have found 6 of the 12 children born to William James and Elizabeth and am looking for any others.  The ones I have found to date are Hugh King, William James, John, George, Bessie and Saddie.  The other address they lived at was Kilmaconnel, Macosquin, Coleraine.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Sunday 11 October 09 23:41 BST (UK)
Twelve children of William John (not James) Crowe, farmer, and Betty King were baptised at Killaig Presbyterian Church (all listed as Leck except Catharine 1887).
1. Hugh King bapt. 12 July 1876 [born 15 Mar.1876- IGI]
2. Mary Eliza bapt. 15 Aug.1878
3. Margaret bapt. 8 Jan.1880 [born 4 Nov.1879 Leck- IGI]
4. William James bapt. 20 Mar.1882
5. Thomas bapt. 6 Mar.1884
6. Helen Jane bapt. 12 Jan.1886
7. Catharine bapt. 30 Mar.1887
8. John bapt. 15 Mar.1889
9. George bapt. 26 Feb.1891
10. Bessie bapt. 1 Jan.1895? (date hard to read)
11. Sarah bapt. 1 Jan.1895?      "
12. Annie Woodburn born 11 May 1895 bapt. 26 Dec.1898

Hugh King Crowe's wife was Mary P. Dixon according to records Macosquin Presbyterian Church.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: maryderry on Sunday 11 October 09 23:59 BST (UK)
these two marriages might help.

Record Type Civil Marriage
Date of Marriage 19 Feb 1874
Groom Name william john CROWE
Bride Name elisabeth KING
Church Terrace Row Third Presbyterian Church
Parish Coleraine
Civil District Coleraine
County Londonderry

                                                      regards mary.

Record Type Civil Marriage
Date of Marriage 10 Oct 1928
Groom Name hugh king CROWE
Bride Name mary pollock DICKSON
Church Dunboe First Presbyterian Church
Parish Dunboe
Civil District Coleraine
County Londonderry
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 12 October 09 00:10 BST (UK)
A few more dates-
William John Crowe m.1874 Elizabeth King.
Hugh King Crowe m.1928 Mary Pollock Dickson
Annie Woodburn Crowe m.1920 John Gray McReynolds
James Gage McNeill m.(23 Feb.1916 Macosuin Presbyterian Church) Catherine "Cassie" Crowe (c1887 Leck-12 Feb.1931) and had family.
Margaret Morrison “Maggie” McNeill (2 Feb.1892 Glenleary-25 Feb.1953 Kilmaconnell) m.(1921 Co.Derry) John “Johnny” Crowe (c1889 Leck-3 Mar.1958 Kilmaconnell?), son of William & Elizabeth (King) Crowe. Family.

Might be same family?-
James Campbell McCormick m.2 (1928) Bessie King Crowe, Kilmaconnel
Sadie Crowe m.1919 Samuel Tosh
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Monday 12 October 09 11:04 BST (UK)
Thank you soo very very much - you don't know how much this helps to get things going now!  Will be in touch once I get my head around all the details!
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Monday 12 October 09 11:33 BST (UK)
Thank you once again - I had been looking Ringsend Presbyterian Church graveyard so now need to go to Killaig churchyard to find the relatives!

Now to confuse you a little!  William John Crowe and Betty King had a child called Hugh King and he married a Mary Jane - I am looking for her maiden surname.  I know according to the 1911 census that they had a boy called Hugh King born 1905.  There were 2 other children to this union but it appears they died either as babies or later in infancy.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 12 October 09 11:40 BST (UK)
Mary Jane Tannahill (1 Sept.1871 Ballywilliam-23 Feb.1939), daughter of John Tannahill & Mary Smyth, m.(28 Jan.1903 Macosquin Presbyterian Church) Hugh King Crowe.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 12 October 09 11:52 BST (UK)
In case you are interested in Tannahill side of the house (and there are LOTS of them):
Alexander Tannahill.
Son, Alexander Tannahill (c1724-1796) m. Mary Douglas (c1738-1819), buried Agivey Burying-ground.
Their son, Frederick Tannahill (c1800-1879) m. Mary.
And their son John Tannahill (c1836-1895) m.(1869) Mary Smyth (c1849-1903)- parents of Mary Jane Tannahill m.Hugh King Crowe.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Monday 12 October 09 12:16 BST (UK)
That is so brilliant - thank you ever so much!!
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Monday 12 October 09 12:29 BST (UK)
Now could I ask another favour? 

I know William John Crowe and Elisabeth King were married in 1874 and it would be highly unlikely I could get a birth certificate for either - is it possible to find out at least both their fathers?
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 12 October 09 12:46 BST (UK)
Elisabeth King was daughter of Hugh King, Craigmore and William John Crowe was son of James Crowe, Leck (one of the witnesses was Catherine King- bride's sister).
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Tuesday 13 October 09 14:32 BST (UK)
Thank you so much for all your help.  I really am grateful.  One question - if I was to look for the headstone of say William John Crowe and his father James would it be possibly in Killaig Presbyterian Church?  Both Hugh King's are buried in Ringsend.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 13 October 09 16:22 BST (UK)
Can't remember if there's a Crowe headstone in Killaig but if not then Macosquin Church of Ireland might be the logical place to check next (many of the Presbyterian stones there seem to be at back and back right corner of church).
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: turmeel on Monday 09 November 09 00:20 GMT (UK)
Hi
I am a dscendant of Sarah Pollock who married John Barber in 1876. Sarah was related in some way to Crowes of Kilmaconnell, as my G Grandmother often visted.  I recall my great uncle visting with the Crowe family that live there now.
I was never sure where the link was, but I see in the 1911 census that there is a Samuel Pollock married to a Maggie who is considerably younger than him. A number of Crowes are also visting , although a certain Annie W is listed as a relative.
My hypotheses is that his wife Maggie is Margaret Crowe, b. 1979 of William John Crowe and Elizabeth King

Any comments?

Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 09 November 09 09:47 GMT (UK)
Welcome to Rootschat.

Margaret Hunter Crowe (c1879-28 Oct.1923) m.(1899 Co.Derry) Samuel Pollock.
She was bapt. 8 Jan.1880 Killaig Presbyterian Church- named after father's sister Margaret Crowe who married James Hunter. Margaret buried Killaig Presbyterian Church (Crowe plot).
Parents- William John Crowe (c1840-13 Mar.1917), farmer, Leck, m.(1874 Co.Derry) Elizabeth “Betty” King (c1856-6 Jan.1929).
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Monday 09 November 09 09:57 GMT (UK)
Aghadowey - just want to say thank you for all this information - you are brilliant!
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 09 November 09 10:45 GMT (UK)
IGI lists 1 child for John Barber and Sarah Pollock-
Eliza Ann Barbara? born 24 May 1877 Macosquin
(no Barber children listed in baptisms of Killaig, Crossgar, Macosquin Presbyterian)
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: turmeel on Monday 09 November 09 20:00 GMT (UK)
John and Mary had two children. Elizabeth Anne Barber and Mary Barber.
I have Eliz' dob as 25/5/1876 but have not found record of Mary's birth yet.
Sarah died 7/7/1917 and is buried in Dungiven CoI graveyard but I have not been able to find her husband John's grave - his brother's will in 1922 mentions that he was last believed to be in Gular south australia, so he may have died there.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Sunday 18 July 10 23:08 BST (UK)
Can't remember if there's a Crowe headstone in Killaig but if not then Macosquin Church of Ireland might be the logical place to check next (many of the Presbyterian stones there seem to be at back and back right corner of church).

Have checked the Macosquin Church of Ireland within the Macosquin village but there is only 1 crowe headstone there who is definately not related to my family tree.  Any other ideas of where I might get a family headstone?
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Sunday 18 July 10 23:12 BST (UK)
Did you check Killaig churchyard?
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Monday 26 July 10 10:08 BST (UK)
OK so have checked Killeague Presbyterian Church.  There are 2 Crowe Headstones and I am not sure if they are what I am looking for.

One is to a Thomas Crowe of Letterloan and the other to George.  There is a James mentioned on this headstone but no wife or family after him and I am not sure if this is William John Crowe's father or not.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 26 July 10 15:30 BST (UK)
Did you get any dates off the headstone- if so I could check my files and maybe give you more details.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: terrydoo73 on Monday 26 July 10 21:43 BST (UK)
Headstone 1

In Memory of George Crowe  Who died 6 February 18????  Aged 88 years

Also Margaret his wife  Who died ???? December ????  Aged 89 years

Also their son James died  18 August 1875 aged 56 years





Headstone 2

In Memory of Thomas Crowe Letterloan  Born 20 May 1838  Died 12 April 1888

Also his brother George  Died 17 August 1891  Aged 58 years

And also Mary Eliza  Wife of John Crowe  Letterloan  Who died  4 February 1918  Aged 59 years

Also his brother John  Letterloan  Who died 21 April 1919  Aged 75 years
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: ve7ju on Thursday 28 June 12 23:44 BST (UK)
My Grandmother is listed as number 6 of William John Morrison and Betty King.  We have her name as Ellen Jane  Crowe Long.  She married Robert John Long in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada (1911?) They had 3 children.  Ellen Jane died July 18, 1917 and is buried in Winnipeg.  I have visited the Crowe's in Kilmaconnell.
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: RichardinMichigan on Monday 25 April 22 22:44 BST (UK)
Mention has been made of William John Crowe and his wife Elizabeth King who were married in 1874.  An interesting sidelight on the King family was that Elizabeth's brother, James King died childless in Marion County, Ohio in 1895 and a listing of his many heirs was published -- including "Bettie Crowe" of Leck.  I have attached the legal notice to James King's findagrave entry:

http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15828571/james-king 
Hugh King had quite a big family!

Richard Cochran
Big Rapids, Michigan
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: DFerguson1 on Sunday 31 July 22 22:53 BST (UK)
Welcome to Rootschat.

Margaret Hunter Crowe (c1879-28 Oct.1923) m.(1899 Co.Derry) Samuel Pollock.
She was bapt. 8 Jan.1880 Killaig Presbyterian Church- named after father's sister Margaret Crowe who married James Hunter. Margaret buried Killaig Presbyterian Church (Crowe plot).
Parents- William John Crowe (c1840-13 Mar.1917), farmer, Leck, m.(1874 Co.Derry) Elizabeth “Betty” King (c1856-6 Jan.1929).

Hello, i am trying to research the Margaret Crowe and James hunter that married each other that are mentioned in this post and wondering can anybody give me information on the children that they may of had?  Thank you
Title: Re: Crowe - Leck, Macosquin, Coleraine
Post by: shanreagh on Wednesday 03 August 22 00:24 BST (UK)
Here is a link to the thread from DFerguson1 and the Crow(e)/Hunter marriage.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=864522.0