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Antrim / Re: Help with Hoy/Orr 1882 marriage please
« on: Monday 03 December 12 23:49 GMT (UK) »Could anyone please help me interpret my grandmother's Australian birth certificate. It states that on 26th June 1882 ,her parents, William Joseph Hoy, mariner, from Island Magee, married Maggie Orr from Bellacarry. It also says she was born in Bellacarry. I suspect that the Aussie registrar misunderstood her lovely Irish accent and Maggie was actually from Ballycarry. This is my first post.....but I find I am already addicted to researching. Does it get steadily worse or will I be able to get it under control and leave this computer??? William Hoy's story is an interesting one (to me anyway!)...he survived a shipwreck (SS Atlantic 1873) and went on to name Blackhead NSW after Blackhead in Ireland .
Hi Julie and everyone, I think we are second cousins Julie. My grandfather is Samuel, sister to your grandmother. I'm just starting out with genealogy so I'll probably be back with some questions. I have had an easy start though as the Hoy line seems to be well researched.