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Down / Re: McCance family - County Down
« on: Monday 25 October 10 13:04 BST (UK)  »
Paddy,
It's me John McAvoy (alias dunlin1).  Have you done much by way of looking back beyond John and Ellen McIlboy?  I have only recently started to look at our ancestors and John Caughey has supplied me with A lot of interesting leads which I will be happy to share with you.  Our Gt grandfather John McIlboy married Ellen McCance on 26 July 1883.  This was his second marriage.  He married married Agnes Close on 3 February 1876.  I am assuming she died.  They had one child Lizzie who married David Greer on 14 November 1899 at St Marks COI Newtownards.  They moved to America around the early 1900s as I have some postcards which they sent home to the Islands.  As you probably know the marriage to Ellen McCance produced 4 offspring - our grandfathers William and Patrick and Hugh and Alberta.  Hope this is of interest.

John

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Down / McCance family - County Down
« on: Tuesday 03 August 10 20:27 BST (UK)  »
kingskerswell,
Thanks for the info.  and very quick response.  Have you an interest in the McCance's or McAvoy's (McIlboy's).  I have a photo of my G.G. father and G.G. mother which I will hunt out and post on this sight.  I will have loads of questions in the future.

Thanks again
John

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Down / Re: McCance family - County Down
« on: Tuesday 03 August 10 19:02 BST (UK)  »
I have just made a start at tracing the McAvoy (formally McIlboy) of Greyabbey Co Down N Ireland.  I have a McCance family New Testament which has the following entries which may be of some help to those trying to trace Greyabbey McCances. 

Charles McCance was born January 9th 1844

John McCance was born July 29th 1843

Samuel Harris McCance was born October 9th 1847

Elenor McCance was born 29th October 1850 (This is my Great Grandmother who married John McIlboy (date unkown)

Mary Ann Mccance was born September 9th 1853

Hugh McCance was born May 9th 1856

William McCance was born February 26th 1858

I hope this is of some help and if anyone can help with the Greyabbey McAvoys it would be much appreciated as I am new to this game.

Regards
John

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