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Title: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: smmontgomery on Friday 19 August 11 15:32 BST (UK)

Hi

I am looking to find out more about David Blair, teacher at Tannybrake NS c.1900.

Specifically is there any way I can find out where he was from - I am trying to trace my wife's ancestry past him.  He married after he started there so his marriage record doesn't have his place of birth.  Where would he have trained and would they have records?  Any ideas gratefully received!

I understand that his family was from Ahoghill direction but I don't know exactly whereabouts in terms of townland/DED...  His dad's name was James and I estimate that David was born c.1875 from census records.

All the best,

Stephen

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: shanew147 on Friday 19 August 11 16:06 BST (UK)

a possible birth for David from the extracted births on FamilySearch :

  Name: David Blair
  Birth date: 19 Oct 1874
  Birthplace: Ahoghill, Co. Antrim   (district)
  Parents : James Blair  & Martha Dickey


Shane

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: smmontgomery on Friday 19 August 11 16:14 BST (UK)

Thanks for that possible match Shane!

Stephen

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: shanew147 on Friday 19 August 11 16:19 BST (UK)

here's the corresponding BMD Index reference :

  Name: David Blair
  registration district: Ballymena
  Event type: Birth
  Year: 1874
  Volume : 16 / Page :   87

only problem is - there's a death of a David Blair of about the right age in the same area... not sure if this is the same person or not.

  Name: David Blair
  Registration district:   Ballymena
  Event type: Death
  Quarter and year: Jan - Mar 1887
  Age: 13    (est. year of birth 1874)
  Volume : 1 / Page : 85

Given that the father's name matches the marriage details it might be worth checking the birth anyway...


Shane

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: kingskerswell on Friday 19 August 11 16:25 BST (UK)

Hi,
    James and Martha married on 27 Jan 1872 in Ahoghill 1st Presbyterian Church. Thier Fathers' names were William Blair and Joseph Dickey.
 They had at least three other childten.
7 Nov 1872 William
23 Dec 1876 Joseph
27 Oct 1879 James.

Regards

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: aghadowey on Friday 19 August 11 16:31 BST (UK)

Is this the correct David Blair? 1901 age given as 30.
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Kells/Town_of_Kells/931533
1911 age given as 36.
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Kells/Kells_Town/122206

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: smmontgomery on Friday 19 August 11 17:08 BST (UK)

Everyone - thanks for the possible matches!

Aghadowey yes those are the census records so I guess the first one might put DOB to 1871 and the second one to 1874 - don't you love it that even a schoolmaster didn't bother about accurate DOB 100 years ago :-)

Once again thanks to all who are contributing leads,

Stephen

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: aghadowey on Friday 19 August 11 17:48 BST (UK)

It was the head of household who would have given the details- in both cases David was a boarder.

Title: Re: Lower Tannybrake National School - any information about teachers
Post by: smmontgomery on Friday 19 August 11 23:48 BST (UK)

Aghadowy - I suppose that's a fair point I hadn't considered!