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Antrim / Re: Ward: Belfast Lookup Help Needed 1891
« on: Thursday 28 April 05 22:35 BST (UK)  »
hmm i asked my dad today whether there have been any Michael Wards in our family and he said that my granda had mentioned a great uncle 'Mickey'...not sure how that fits in with the time frame of things and he is unsure whether he was a Ward or not......my dad's cousin is compiling a family tree though so he may be helpful.

Again thanks.

Joe

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Antrim / Re: Ward: Belfast Lookup Help Needed 1891
« on: Thursday 28 April 05 00:03 BST (UK)  »
Hey Sheila

Ahh my granda's funeral was quite lovely really. My grandparents lived in a wee seaside village called Waterfoot about 30 miles up the Antrim coast from Belfast...warm and sunny day and the grave is situated looking down towards the beach and sea....

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers they are greatly appreciated.  I don't really know many of my family on my granda's side.....most of the people there i couldn't recognise...i knew my great uncle and  y great aunt not too well but know them well enough....hmm made me realise my family is bigger than i thought it was...ahh at this moment i dont really have much info to share with you, but if anything comes up i will be sure to let you know.

Thanks again
Joe

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Antrim / Re: Ward: Belfast Lookup Help Needed 1891
« on: Sunday 24 April 05 21:40 BST (UK)  »
Northern Ireland is a much more backward quagmire place compared to the south...and you are quite right about it being not so much about Religious doctrine or anything, people are labelled Catholic or Protestant here as a more tribal almost race type thing doesn't matter if you don't follow the faith anymore but if you were born Catholic you are a Catholic likewise with Protestants, its like being black to a racist, nothing can change their hate.

Sorry i wont be able to get much more information until my dad gets back as this would concern his side of the family. My granda died on Friday night and the funeral is tomorrow so i might not be on tomorrow but as soon as i get any info i will be sure to let you know.

Is there any practical way i could help from this end of things i do live in Belfast so i could check records or whatever here though i wouldnt be sure how i would go about it.

Joe


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Antrim / Re: Ward: Belfast Lookup Help Needed 1891
« on: Friday 22 April 05 21:43 BST (UK)  »
Hey Sheila,

You can just call me Joe :)

Im sure you have heard of Belfast's many troubles over the years, it has never been the most peaceful of cities.  Im from West Belfast.  The city is kinda 'ghettoised' as West Belfast is mainly Catholic, North and South mixed (where you may find most trouble happening) and the East is mainly Protestant.  Your grandfather as you have stated was Catholic? That would make it more unusual for him to have come from the mainly Protestant East Belfast, but i myself have an aunt who moved there, and my grandparents on my father's side (That is the Ward family name side) lived fro a short period in East Belfast as in those days it was much more peaceful and less likely to cause tension.  Im not sure what the demographics would have been in those days regarding the proportions of what faith, people followed in those areas but my guess is it would be relatively similar to today as it takes  very long for things to change around here.

My Granda Ward he is called William Ward, i just noticed someone mentioned a William Ward further back, hmm well he was only born in 1934, but im unsure of what his father would have been called, i will check with my dad when he gets back. Hmm your father said something about him being from St Peter's Parish? well there is St Peter's Cathedral in West Belfast.....just wondering could the East Belfast thing be wrong? Just its more likely for a Catholic to be from West Belfast than East....though as i said its far from impossible. Im not as au fait with my family history as i should be, i have trouble enough remembering birthdays ::) All i'm really going on is the area similarity and the coincidence of our families names (which so far has been slightly uncanny i suppose, as familys usually pass down names right?) I hope im being of some help and not just leading you down blind alleys.



Joe

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Antrim / Re: Ward: Belfast Lookup Help Needed 1891
« on: Friday 22 April 05 18:14 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: audrey on Friday 22 April 05 17:33 BST (UK)
Hi Joseph
 I am sure when the person that posted the original message sees your reply they  will be delighted, you may be able to help them and who knows they could be a long lost relative Just wish some of my McKnight's from your neck of the woods would get in touch with me
audrey

Ive always been a bit curious about my family roots and what not, apparently i have a Spanish great great great gran.....i like to think it entitles me to have some of that samba spirit;)...and my family has in recent times had experience with finding lost relatives as a cousin of my mum around 96/7 i think got in contact with us and my mum didnt even know about...just seeing someone mentioned with the exact same name as me from the same place from over a 100 years ago just piqued my interest, i do know my family have a history of emigrating to,i have great uncles and aunts over in the States and Canada, so who knows?

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Antrim / Re: Ward: Belfast Lookup Help Needed 1891
« on: Friday 22 April 05 16:54 BST (UK)  »
hey sorry i just registered with this place because i came across this thread in just one of those random searches sometimes you do of your own name...well my name is Joseph Patrick Ward and im from Belfast only 18 but my family i know have been from Belfast for a very long time now...i know this is a very tenuous reason for replying to your post, just it seemed a very big coincidence that i should have the same name and be from the same area....sorry if this is a complete waste of your time, it was unintentional.

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