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Australia / Re: Ballarat Hotels
« on: Tuesday 19 May 20 05:43 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I've been researching the Bute Hotel because my ancestor, Eliza Williams had the license in 1866. I've found a description that said it had two parlors, four bedrooms, a kitchen and out houses.

Was Elizabeth's first husband William Smith? If so, I think he assaulted Eliza Williams in 1865.

There's a web site about Ballarat pubs: https://ballaratpubs.miraheze.org/wiki/Bute_Hotel_(Peel_Street)

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Craig and Maxwell family from Tulnagee, Quilly
« on: Friday 15 December 17 08:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Julie,

I was able to visit the townlands where the Craig family earlier this year.

Do you know much about David Craig's other wife, Ann Wilson? I think she and Samuel Craig's wife, also a Wilson, might have been related. Do you have her marriage certificate and death certificate?

I've got quite a few certificates relating to Samuel Craig and his children so happy to exchange.

Penny


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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Craig and Maxwell family from Tulnagee, Quilly
« on: Thursday 14 December 17 03:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Julie,

Samuel Craig and Eliza Jane Wilson were my great-grandparents, their daughter Estella May Craig was my grandmother.

How do you connect?

Penny

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Down / Re: George Murphy, distiller
« on: Saturday 12 November 16 02:50 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that. Where did you search?

I have checked this convict George Murphy previously. He can't be the father of Elizabeth Murphy, since he's only two years older, and he can't be her brother as his parents' names are different.
Unfortunately there seem to be a lot of Murphys about!

Would there be local records in Newry that might mention George Murphy?

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Derry (Londonderry) / Craig and Maxwell family from Tulnagee, Quilly
« on: Wednesday 09 November 16 03:55 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm interested in making contact with anyone researching Robert Craig, a farmer from Tulnagee and Quilly and his wife Jane Maxwell. They had the following children in the 1830s and 1840s. Most of them were baptised in the First Moneymore Presbyterian church.
   
Robert Craig
+Jane Maxwell   
.....   John Craig
.....   Jane Craig married Samuel Hutchinson, from Ballygurk Tamlaght
.....   David Craig emigrated to Victoria, Australia and married Anne Wilson, then Agnus Brodie
.....   Elizabeth Craig married James Martin, then emigrated to Victoria, Australia
.....   Thomas Craig married Mary Anne Alexander, from Larrycormick
.....   Sarah Craig married Robert Paul, from Cranny
.....   Samuel Craig emigrated to Victoria, Australia and then married Eliza Jane Wilson
.....   William Craig emigrated to Victoria, Australia

Cheers,

Penny (From Melbourne, Australia)


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Down / George Murphy, distiller
« on: Wednesday 09 November 16 00:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm interested in finding out more about a distiller, probably from Newry, called George Murphy.

George's daughter, Elizabeth Murphy, aged 18, was convicted of larceny in Down in 1840 and transported to Tasmania. On arrival Elizabeth said she was from Newry. Her death certificate says her mother's name was Mary Ann Kavanagh.

I've checked for George Murphy in the following, but he's not mentioned.

The General Directory of Newry, Armagh, and the Towns of Dungannon, Banbridge, Portadown. Warrenpoint, Tandragee, Rosstrevor, Lurgan, Kilkeel, Waringstown, Rathfriland, &c. for 1820

Can anyone suggest other sources for finding out more about George Murphy?

Thanks,

Penny (in Melbourne, Australia)

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Adding more detail to an ancestor's life in Newtown Limavady
« on: Tuesday 04 October 16 13:31 BST (UK)  »
kingskerswell, thanks for you help.

I've had a look at this: https://www.townlands.ie/derry/keenaght/aghanloo/ballycastle/

but I can't picture what this townland would be like, so wondered if, with your local knowledge you could briefly describe it. Is it all farmland? Is there a village? Industries? Is there a large home that might have had a butler?

Cheers,

Penny

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Adding more detail to an ancestor's life in Newtown Limavady
« on: Tuesday 04 October 16 11:58 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Jack,

That's a kind offer. I have the death certificates of both Charles and Margaret, who was a Mrs Linard when she died. What I've never found is a definite record of William Mullin's death. I suspect he died in Violet Town in the early 1860s, but his death does not seem to have been registered.

Cheers,

Penny

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Adding more detail to an ancestor's life in Newtown Limavady
« on: Tuesday 04 October 16 11:34 BST (UK)  »
James Mullin is described as:

1855 - a farmer on Margaret's marriage certificate, and "the late James Mullin" in the newspaper notice.
1856 - a butler on James and Sarah Jane's marriage certificate
1858 - a butler on John Michael's marriage certificate
1859 - a farmer? (hard to read) on William and Eliza's marriage certificate
1879 - a farmer on Charles' death certificate
1901 - a surveyor on Margaret's death certificate

I've checked the two saying he's a butler and am sure they don't say beetler. Would many homes in Newtown Limavady have a butler at that time?

The children went to Victoria, Australia at different times between 1840 and the mid 1850s.
                  
James Mullin = Rachel McDavid/McDavitt   
.....   Charles Mullin Born: c 1819 in Newtown Limavady. Arrived in Victoria c 1840. Died: 20 Jan 1879 in Violet Town, Victoria, Australia
.....   Daughter Mullin (The newspaper notice of Margaret's marriage referred to Margaret as "the youngest daughter of James" - no other information known. May have stayed in Ireland.)
.....   John Michael Mullin Born: c 1829 in Londonderry, Ireland. Arrived in Victoria before December 1858.
.....   Margaret Mullin Born: c 1831 in Newtown Limavady, DRY    Arrived in Victoria October 1853. Died: 11 May 1901 in Violet Town, Victoria.
.....   James Mullin Born: Between 1830 - 1832 in Newtown Limavady. Arrived in Victoria 21 July 1855. Died: 1915 in Parkes, NSW
.....   married Sarah (Sally) Jane McElwee  Born: Before 11 Mar 1830 in Drumachose, Newtown Limavady, DRY. Baptism: 11 Mar 1830 in Drumachose, Newtown Limavady, DRY. Died: 01 Apr 1921 in Parkes, NSW
.....   William Mullin Born: c 1832 in Newtown Limavady, DRY. Arrived in Victoria 21 July 1855. Died: Aft. 27 Feb 1860.
.....   married Eliza McElwee, sister of Sarah Jane. Born: Before 11 Nov 1832 in Drumachose, Newtown Limavady, DRY. Baptism: 11 Nov 1832 Drumachose, Newtown Limavady, DRY Married: 13 Jan 1859 in Carlton, VIC. Died: 28 Nov 1913 in Ballarat, VIC

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