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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Antrim => Topic started by: blackcat153 on Monday 29 February 16 21:05 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone help me find who was living at 3 Maryville Street, Belfast c. 1906, please? - or could it have been a hospital/nursing home?
I found a child being born there, plus that also given as mother's address. Mother was married (marriage entry found) and had several other children with her husband, who is also named as the father of the 1906 child - but whose address was elsewhere in Belfast.
They could have been separated, of course, but would be good to find out the background.
Any suggestions gratefully received!
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J. McWilliams in 1907:
http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/mcomplete1907.htm
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Ah, thanks for that! No occupation or further detail in this entry, but I'll look for J. McWilliams in the 1901/1911 censuses tomorrow, when my brain is functioning a bit better, and that might give me some clues.
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You've posted under Completed Antrim lookups so this thread might get overlooked. Just click on 'report to moderator' and ask for it to be moved to the main ANTRIM board.
If you want to post the details of the child and parents that you already have found we might be able to help further.
Occupants of 3 Maryville St. in 1911-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Windsor_Ward/Maryville_Street/169833
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Thanks for that, aghadowey - I hadn't noticed that I was in the wrong section! Topic moved.
The child involved was Kathleen Semple, born 24 April 1906 at 3 Maryville Street, Belfast (I have entry) Her father was John Semple of 9 Auburn Street, Belfast, her mother was Eliza Semple, formerly Morrow, who signed the register, and gave her address as 3 Maryville Street.
John Semple and Lizzie (sic) Morrow had married at St Anne's, Belfast on 6 February 1900. John's address was 9 Auburn Street as above (the Semple family home) Lizzie's address was her parents' home at 39 Roden Street.
In the 1901 census, the young couple were living at 11, Conduit Street, with their 7 month old son John.
By the time of the 1911 census, John Semple was back at 9 Auburn Street, with his widowed mother, several siblings, his son John + two other children who may or may not have been his - Florence May (7) and Norman Richard (5) So far, no sign has been found of either Eliza/Lizzie under Semple or Morrow, nor of Kathleen who would have been aged 5. No obvious sign in Scotland, either, although Kathleen ended up there in later life. No death found for Eliza at relevant period.
Possibilities including death of Eliza, and Kathleen living with other family members but why were parents' addresses different on her birth entry? - possible separation, or what ???
Any help gratefully received!
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I should have emphasised the surnames SEMPLE and MORROW
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A few bits to add-
John & Eliza Semple with infant son John in 1901-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Cromac/Conduit_Street/968641
John Semple with relatives in 1911- remember that the census only list people in a particular household on that one night:
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Cromac/Auburn_Street/158303
Possible death for Eliza Semple 10 Feb.1905 Belfast (age 29). oops :-[
Children with father Semple/mother Morrow (Belfast district)- searched up to 1915:
John (30 Aug.1900)- with father in 1911
William (22 Feb.1902)- 2 possible deaths 1902 Belfast
Florence (2 May 1903)- with father in 1911
Norman Richard (22 Feb.1904)- with father in 1911
merchant seaman https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCW9-X5Z
Kathleen (24 Apr.1906)
Think this might be Eliza's Morrow family in 1911- Henry Morrow's wife Maria had 10 children but only 9 living-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/St__Anne_s_Ward/Roden_Street/183015
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Yes, I'm fairly sure that that's Eliza's family in 1911, and I have them in 1901, further along, at 39 Roden Street, but Eliza isn't with them on either occasion (we have her in 1901, of course, married and with John + son in Conduit Street)
I wasn't sure if Florence May and Norman Richard (who are just listed as grandchildren of householder Elizabeth Semple) were the children of John, or of his brother William, who was also at 9 Auburn Street on the night of the census, and also said to be married.
I suppose that it's perfectly possible that both brothers, with attendant children, just happened to be visiting their widowed mother on the night of the census - but this doesn't explain the different addresses for John and Eliza at the time of Kathleen's birth (24 April 1906) ??
Got excited about that death for Eliza, until I realised that it was 14 months before Kathleen was born!
Even after she ended up in Scotland, Kathleen was creating various little mysteries of her own.....
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http://www.irishmariners.ie/searchdatabase.php?srch_surname=semple&srch_forename=norman&srch_identityno=&srch_yob=&submit=Search
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Thank you for that link.