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Title: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Monday 02 November 09 17:47 GMT (UK)
I hope someone can help me here!
I have paid copious amounts of money for searches and still havent managed to find who I am looking for!
any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have two birth certificates which mention dates of marraige ;
Alexander Lewis to Margaret Orr 1.5.1856 in Carncastle
Robert McCrorie to Margaret Adair 26.6.1874 in Carrickfergus
thank you in advance
regards
Elinga
Title: Re: looking for ancesters from different sides of the family from Northern Ireland
Post by: shanew147 on Monday 02 November 09 17:55 GMT (UK)
welcome to rootschat..

here's a possible match for one the marriages from the civil index on familysearch :

 Name: Maggie Adair
 Registration district: Larne
 Record type: marriage
 year: 1874
 Volume: 6 / Page: 686

 Name: Robert M'Crory
 (same index details)

see note at this link re ordering certs for NI counties : http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,383526.0.html


Shane
Title: Re: looking for ancesters from different sides of the family from Northern Ireland
Post by: jwaugh on Monday 02 November 09 19:08 GMT (UK)
Hi

Do you know what religion these people would be? Also do you know where abouts they lived in their areas.

Also can i ask how a birth certificate would have the dates of Marriage.

John
Title: Re: looking for ancesters from different sides of the family from Northern Ireland
Post by: shanew147 on Monday 02 November 09 19:13 GMT (UK)
Scottish birth certs include year and place of parents marriage .. so I suppose that may be where the info can from.


Shane
Title: Re: looking for ancesters from different sides of the family from Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Monday 02 November 09 19:42 GMT (UK)
sorry if I misled  :-\
it was the marraige certificates of their respective children that I got the information on!
I presume they were all protestant, however  I am not sure!
the certificates only mention the place name!
thank you again!
Title: can someone lookup somewhere for me?
Post by: elinga on Monday 02 November 09 20:24 GMT (UK)
I have marraige details of two sets of ancesters from their respective childrens marraige certificates , but dont know anything else about them!
Robert McCrorie married Margaret Adair in  Carrickfergus on 26.6.1874.
Alexander Lewis married Margaret Orr in Carncastle on 1.5.1856.
I do not know but think they were all protestants but not sure!
thank you in advance!
 :D
Title: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Monday 09 November 09 20:20 GMT (UK)
I am trying to find info on my g/g-parents Robert McCrorie and Margaret Adair
according to my g/fathers marraige certificate they were married in Carrickfergus oin 26.6.1874, that is all I know about them!
I am also trying to trace my g/g/g-parents  .
Again information from a marraige certificate Alexander Lewis and Margaret Orr
were married in Carncastle on  1.5.1856
any information would be greatly appreciated!
regards
Elinga
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 10 November 09 09:42 GMT (UK)
Elinga- as per PM I've merged your two threads to avoid needless confusion and duplication.
Irish marriage certificates list exact place (church or Registry Office) and date of marriage, names of bride and groom as well as their residences at time of marriage, occupations, marital status, fathers' names and occupations as well as names of two witnesses.
Last week Shane found the details of one marriage you are looking for and details on how to order the certificate if you want to trace your family further back.
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: shanew147 on Tuesday 10 November 09 11:16 GMT (UK)
I have not been able to find anything promising on the civil index for the Lewis / Orr marriage - there are a few Margaret Orr marriages around the right time, but I dont see any Alexander Lewis marriages listed.

if it's possible that they were Catholic, then their marriage would not be included in the civil index.




Shane
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Tuesday 10 November 09 11:35 GMT (UK)
hi Shane
thank you for your help
I am trying to order the one for Margaret and Robert that seems to be the right one.
but Margaret Orr and Alexander Lewis I am not sure , I dont think they were Catholic but anything is possible!
regards
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: ashtom on Friday 08 October 10 17:13 BST (UK)
Hi  Alexander Lewis and Margaret Orr are my 3rd GG parents, I have lots of details on their descendents from Scotland but I am trying to find a bit about both of their parents and wonder if you can help me, I am happy to help with any info you may need about their descendents
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Thursday 14 October 10 14:38 BST (UK)
hi Ashtom
seems that because you are a newbie you cannot send or recieve private messages until you have posted 3 times!
have tried to email you today but problems with hotmail.
will get to you soon!
Elinga
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Saturday 16 October 10 22:11 BST (UK)
Ashton my email address has been compromised please dont reply to (*) respond here and I will open a new email account and let you know what it is!
regards
Elinga

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Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Thursday 28 October 10 20:41 BST (UK)
update.............
I wrote to groni regarding  Alexander Lewis and Margaret Orr ,my 3rd GG parents, with the information regardings dates and place of marraige but sad to say they didnt come up trumps!
they said no marraige traced!
so I am back to square one!
however I have found out much more regarding Robert and Margaret (Adair) McCrory!
so this story is on going!
regards
Elinga
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Monday 29 November 10 20:00 GMT (UK)
still looking ....................
any information really appreciated!
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: jimscs on Wednesday 25 February 15 21:17 GMT (UK)
Hello.

Robert McCrorie married Margaret Adair in Carrickfergus 26 June1874. They are my Great Great Grandparents.
They moved to Irvine, Ayrshire and resided at 86 Fullarton Street, Irvine.
They had two children, Mary Ann and Samuel (my Great Grandfather).
Samuel Married Helen Findlay and had two Children, Jean and Maggie.
Jean (my grandmother) married James Cunningham in 1922 in East Benhar, West Lothian (now completely gone). Moved to Whitburn, West Lothian.
They had five children,
Ellen (my Mother)
Jean
Robert
Agnes
Jamesina (Jem).
Ellen married John Paton Scott Saunders in 1949.

Hope this is useful.
Best Regards,
 Jim

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Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: gerrycan on Friday 07 July 17 02:12 BST (UK)

Jean (my grandmother) married James Cunningham in 1922 in East Benhar, West Lothian (now completely gone). Moved to Whitburn, West Lothian.
They had five children,
Ellen (my Mother)
Jean
Robert
Agnes
Jamesina (Jem).
Ellen married John Paton Scott Saunders in 1949.

Hope this is useful.
Best Regards,
 Jim

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Fairly sure that they also had a child called Mary around 1927. James and Jean(nee McCrorie) are named on her death certificate by Mary's uncle, David R Hardie, who married Agnes P McCrorie in 1914. Mary died in January 1945 in Stirling Royal Infirmary. Interested to know if she had a child in 1942 who she gave up for adoption.
Title: Re: tracing my family tree in Northern Ireland
Post by: elinga on Monday 17 July 17 10:14 BST (UK)
Hello.

Robert McCrorie married Margaret Adair in Carrickfergus 26 June1874. They are my Great Great Grandparents.
They moved to Irvine, Ayrshire and resided at 86 Fullarton Street, Irvine.
They had two children, Mary Ann and Samuel (my Great Grandfather).
Samuel Married Helen Findlay and had two Children, Jean and Maggie.


hi Jim sorry for the late reply , Samuel was my grandfather and I have no knowledge of a daughter called Jean , they did however have many children including my father Samuel !
can you tell me more about her please .
regards
Elaine