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Down / Re: St. John's House Downpatrick
« on: Saturday 05 September 09 10:20 BST (UK) »
Hi Linda,
Thanks very much for that I will try it later.
Brian.
Thanks very much for that I will try it later.
Brian.
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Down / St. John's House Downpatrick
« on: Saturday 05 September 09 00:15 BST (UK) »
I am researching someone who was in Downshire Mental Asylum for many years but don't know if he died there or had been discharged before his death.
He died in 1978 in Downshire Hospital.
His death Certificate gives his usual address as St. John's House, Downpatrick. Was St. John's House part of Downshire Asylum at that time in 1978 or was it a home of some kind?
Any help would be really appreciated.
Brian.
He died in 1978 in Downshire Hospital.
His death Certificate gives his usual address as St. John's House, Downpatrick. Was St. John's House part of Downshire Asylum at that time in 1978 or was it a home of some kind?
Any help would be really appreciated.
Brian.
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Down / Re: Coffeld from Co.Down
« on: Wednesday 31 October 07 21:57 GMT (UK) »
Hi Aghadowey, DixieDee and BallyaltikilliganG,
Thank you all very much for you help. I had tried the LDS site and though there are many variations, I couldn't find a Coffeld. I will have a look through these names and the Newry site.
Thanks again, best wishes,
Brian.
Thank you all very much for you help. I had tried the LDS site and though there are many variations, I couldn't find a Coffeld. I will have a look through these names and the Newry site.
Thanks again, best wishes,
Brian.
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Down / Coffeld from Co.Down
« on: Monday 29 October 07 21:22 GMT (UK) »
Would anyone have ever heard the name 'Coffeld'.
My Great-Grandfather Joseph Walker married Sarah Coffeld on 26th Aug 1861 in Newry Parish Church. Sarah's father had died by the time she married, he was called Peter Coffeld and was a stonemason. In the 1901 Census it gives Sarah as being born in Co. Down.
I can't seem to be able to find the name anywhere.
I put the name into Goggle but the only Coffeld's I could see were from American.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Brian.
My Great-Grandfather Joseph Walker married Sarah Coffeld on 26th Aug 1861 in Newry Parish Church. Sarah's father had died by the time she married, he was called Peter Coffeld and was a stonemason. In the 1901 Census it gives Sarah as being born in Co. Down.
I can't seem to be able to find the name anywhere.
I put the name into Goggle but the only Coffeld's I could see were from American.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Brian.
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Antrim / Re: James Alexander Russell - Ballymena
« on: Saturday 06 October 07 11:39 BST (UK) »
Hi Aghadowey,
You are quite right. My ggg-grandfather was called William (at least that's the only name given to him in his son, James Alexander's, marriage entry). Perhaps William Russell was married to a girl called Alexander. Looking through records one day I came upon a name I had never heard before - Alexander Alexander.
Best wishes,
Brian.
You are quite right. My ggg-grandfather was called William (at least that's the only name given to him in his son, James Alexander's, marriage entry). Perhaps William Russell was married to a girl called Alexander. Looking through records one day I came upon a name I had never heard before - Alexander Alexander.
Best wishes,
Brian.
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Antrim / Re: James Alexander Russell - Ballymena
« on: Friday 05 October 07 23:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much Blackadder and Scotmum for your help.
In the 192 site I noticed some from Ballymena with Alexander as a middle name. As I mentioned before Alexander is a name often used in my family.
gg- grandfather - James Alexander Russell
g - grandfather - William Alexander Russell
grandfather - John Alexander Russell
father - John Robert Alexander Russell
I wonder who Alexander was.
Best wishes,
Brian.
In the 192 site I noticed some from Ballymena with Alexander as a middle name. As I mentioned before Alexander is a name often used in my family.
gg- grandfather - James Alexander Russell
g - grandfather - William Alexander Russell
grandfather - John Alexander Russell
father - John Robert Alexander Russell
I wonder who Alexander was.
Best wishes,
Brian.
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Antrim / Re: James Alexander Russell - Ballymena
« on: Thursday 04 October 07 18:05 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much Aghadowey, excellent site, that will be a great help.
Brian.
Brian.
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Antrim / Re: James Alexander Russell - Ballymena
« on: Thursday 04 October 07 17:29 BST (UK) »
Hi Rosemary Joan and Scotmum,
Thanks Scotmum for that interesting description, I had not been able to find out what a lapper did so that is a great help. My great-grandfather William Alexander Russell was also a linen lapper.
Thanks to you also Rosemary Joan for your kind help. It is interesting to know that your relations gave Ballymena yet not actually living there. It is very good of you to offer to send me the map, I will send you a PM shortly.
Best wishes,
Brian.
Thanks Scotmum for that interesting description, I had not been able to find out what a lapper did so that is a great help. My great-grandfather William Alexander Russell was also a linen lapper.
Thanks to you also Rosemary Joan for your kind help. It is interesting to know that your relations gave Ballymena yet not actually living there. It is very good of you to offer to send me the map, I will send you a PM shortly.
Best wishes,
Brian.
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Antrim / James Alexander Russell - Ballymena
« on: Wednesday 03 October 07 21:01 BST (UK) »
Would anyone during their research have come upon my gg-grandfather, James Alexander Russell, in the Ballymena area.
I found his marriage to Eliza Jane Barr - 12th Nov 1853, in West Church, Presbyterian, Ballymena. It says both were from Ballymena, and that James Alexander's father was William Russell - a farmer. It also states that James was a lapper.
Then in 1st Ballymena Presbyterian Church I found 8 children born to James Alexander and Eliza Jane. The first born in Nov 1854 was my g-grandfather William Alexander Russell.
In Griffiths Valuation it gives James A Russell in Church Street, Ballymena, but in the Revisions it gives him as having moved in 1870.
I have no idea where my ggg-grandfather William lived or anything about him, where James Alexander was born or moved to after 1870. Any help with this would be really appreciated.
Brian.
I found his marriage to Eliza Jane Barr - 12th Nov 1853, in West Church, Presbyterian, Ballymena. It says both were from Ballymena, and that James Alexander's father was William Russell - a farmer. It also states that James was a lapper.
Then in 1st Ballymena Presbyterian Church I found 8 children born to James Alexander and Eliza Jane. The first born in Nov 1854 was my g-grandfather William Alexander Russell.
In Griffiths Valuation it gives James A Russell in Church Street, Ballymena, but in the Revisions it gives him as having moved in 1870.
I have no idea where my ggg-grandfather William lived or anything about him, where James Alexander was born or moved to after 1870. Any help with this would be really appreciated.
Brian.