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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Down => Topic started by: me2012 on Thursday 17 October 19 02:45 BST (UK)
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I wondering if anyone can help - re: Alexander Donning (born about 1764 - died 1819) who married Jane Bailie (born about 1763 died 1831) - who married about 1789. Nothing is known about the couple, only what is written here. They were believed to have been from Drumardin , Co. Down. We are not sure if they were original from Co. Down, or born and married elsewhere in Ireland. (they were Presbyterians)
They had two known children: Alexander (1795) and Elizabeth (1798) and possibly Samuel and Jane.
We have information on their two children Alexander and Elizabeth no need for information there ( which saves a lot of time looking, as I appreciated that time is valuable ) - it is only their parents and possible other children the parents may have had - that I am finding hard to locate. Maybe - no records go back that far, for Co. Down.
Thank you.
Pat. NZ
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Drumardan is in Castleboy Parish. Nearest Presbyterian church looks to be Cloughey. Their records only go back to 1841 so you are probably correct that there are no records for the period you need.
I note an Alexander Donnan farming Drumardan in Griffiths Valuation in 1864. A relation perhaps? (It's a small townland with only 7 or 8 households in 1863). No Donnan (and variants) living there by the 1901 census.
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Some relatives of this chap, who served with NZ forces in WW1, seem to have been born in Drumardan https://barryniblock.co.uk/world-war-one-list-of-dead/names-listed-alphabetically-by-surname/dobson-to-dooley/donnan-thomas-no-14080/
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Old Age Pension search shows Donnings at Drumardan in 1851
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/northernireland/2587/
So Donnan/Donning seem to have been interchangeable, depending on record. It even notes that the Griffiths Valuation showed "Donnan".
See various at http://www.rosdavies.com/SURNAMES/D/DonDoo.htm, including some with links to Castleboy parish.
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Do you have this?
Surname(s) Graveyard Civil Parish Graveyard Location County
DONNING, BAILIE Slanes Slanes Slanes Down
Gravestone Inscription Erected by Alexander Donning of Drumardin in memory of his father Alexander Donning who departed this life 4th June 1819 aged 55 years And also of his mother Jane Donning alias BAILIE who departed this life the 4th January 1831 aged 68 years Also Margaret Donning alias BAILIE, wife of John Donning of Drumardin, who departed this life the 24th August 1837 aged 42 years.
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Here's a Marriage I found, is this a relative ?
Surname First Name Year Father's First Name County
LYONS DAVID 1854 GEORGE Down
Type Civil Marriages
Date of Marriage 13/04/1854
Husband's Name DAVID LYONS
Husband's Address 71 DURHAM STREET BELFAST
Husband's Occupation NIGHT CONSTABLE
Husband's Age 25
Husband's Denomination Presbyterian
Husband's Marital Status Bachelor (Previously unmarried)
Husband's Father's Name GEORGE LYONS
Husband's Father's Occupation FARMER
Husband's Witness RICHARD CHRISTIAN
Wife's Name MARGARET JANE DONNING
Wife's Address DRUMADON
Wife's Age 26
Wife's Denomination Presbyterian
Wife's Marital Status Spinster (Previously unmarried)
Wife's Father's Name ALEXANDER DONNING
Wife's Father's Occupation FARMER
Wife's Witness FRANCIS MCKEE
Comment BY LICENCE J ORR.
Address 1 PORTAFERRY Presbyterian
Address 2 ARDS
Address 3 BALLYPHILIP
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PRONI (public record office) in Belfast has a rent roll for Drumardan in January 1849, with the names of the tenants. T1009/400.
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Hi Elwyn - thank you for the information will look into it.
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Hi Sam - Margaret Jane, is a relative - I don't have much on this family . . I do have the cemetery details at Slanes.
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Hi Scotmum, I have come across the 'Old Age Pension' earlier this year - However I have looked at the WWI NZ families will look into this further - thank you.
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Yeah - I thought researching back prior to 1800s in regards to Alexander Donning and his wife Jane. although grateful for the info that we can gather. Thank you P.