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Antrim / Re: Diamond - Belfast
« on: Thursday 22 September 16 13:11 BST (UK) »
Aghadowey, I thank you for your interest.
Now that the National Archives in Dublin are posting pension applications I have been revisiting my Diamond brick wall. My Mary Diamond`s application from 133, Cavendish St., is confirmed by the 1851 Census referral where she is shown as a 2 year old living with an older brother, James, 4 and sister Elizabeth aged 6. They and their parents, James Dimond (sic),26, and Betty, 24, are listed as relatives of the householder William Biget or Bigart, 45. The final resident of the house is Nelly Dunphy, 75. Interestingly there are two separate rejected applications from a Margaret Jane Diamond. One was made from the residence of Sarah Diamond, 3 Rockmore Rd Belfast and the other from the household of William Diamond, Balnamore, Ballymoney. Both refer to living in the same Biget household as my Mary Diamond but there is no Margaret Jane on the Census return suggesting that she was born after the Census was actually taken. Margaret Diamond and John McCann married in Belfast on 11/06/1893 whereas my Mary Diamond married Willie John Mc Cann in Ballymoney on 13/02/1881. I have looked unsuccessfully for marriages between Diamond and Biget, Bigart and Dunphy but have not looked at marriages for Mary`s siblings I will have a go at that and also try to find out more about the witnesses to any marriage I find.
Now that the National Archives in Dublin are posting pension applications I have been revisiting my Diamond brick wall. My Mary Diamond`s application from 133, Cavendish St., is confirmed by the 1851 Census referral where she is shown as a 2 year old living with an older brother, James, 4 and sister Elizabeth aged 6. They and their parents, James Dimond (sic),26, and Betty, 24, are listed as relatives of the householder William Biget or Bigart, 45. The final resident of the house is Nelly Dunphy, 75. Interestingly there are two separate rejected applications from a Margaret Jane Diamond. One was made from the residence of Sarah Diamond, 3 Rockmore Rd Belfast and the other from the household of William Diamond, Balnamore, Ballymoney. Both refer to living in the same Biget household as my Mary Diamond but there is no Margaret Jane on the Census return suggesting that she was born after the Census was actually taken. Margaret Diamond and John McCann married in Belfast on 11/06/1893 whereas my Mary Diamond married Willie John Mc Cann in Ballymoney on 13/02/1881. I have looked unsuccessfully for marriages between Diamond and Biget, Bigart and Dunphy but have not looked at marriages for Mary`s siblings I will have a go at that and also try to find out more about the witnesses to any marriage I find.