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Antrim / Re: McFarland, Sinclair- Derryaghy
« on: Friday 04 September 09 21:08 BST (UK) »
I have a GGGG Grandfather, Robert Sinclair, died at Lagmore, Derryaghy, 1871, aged 65 years of age, born circa 1806.
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Antrim / Re: Collin Hill - County Antrim
« on: Friday 08 May 09 13:49 BST (UK) »
I was always hoping I would bump into someone who knew my family in the area! I'm going to travel up to the area soon to see it, I was hoping to do so around the 12th to get a proper feel for Derryaghy! I'll PM you my e-mail address and you can mail me on that if you want. All my research so far on Sinclair's of Derryaghy has been done in Dublin and from here on in, I'll have to go to the PRONI because I think I've gone back as far as I can from Dublin. I always wondered how Robert Sinclair (my GGGG Granndfather), came to be a Land Steward, a position I thought would be relatively well thought of back then, because his son John Sinclair became a Printer/Lithographer in Dublin and for the next few generations after that, the family were living in poor enough conditions in Dublin City.
The one and only connection I have to Robert Sinclair of Lagmore at the moment is the Marriage certificate of my GGG Grandfather John Sinclair in 1855. John Sinclair married a Euphemia Rankin in Dublin in 1855 and on their marriage certificate, John Sinclair stated that his father is Robert Sinclair and his occupation is a Land Steward. The only Robert Sinclair I can find around that time who would match up correctly with the age of John Sinclair (being his son), and who was a Land Steward, is Robert Sinclair of Lamore, Derryaghy, Co. Antrim.
What I need to work out is if the Robert Sinclair, Land Steward at Lagmore, had a son John Sinclair and if he possibly moved to and settled in Dublin. I'm as sure as I can be for the moment that I'm decended from Robert Sinclair of Lagmore but I still have to prove that he is an ancestor.
The one and only connection I have to Robert Sinclair of Lagmore at the moment is the Marriage certificate of my GGG Grandfather John Sinclair in 1855. John Sinclair married a Euphemia Rankin in Dublin in 1855 and on their marriage certificate, John Sinclair stated that his father is Robert Sinclair and his occupation is a Land Steward. The only Robert Sinclair I can find around that time who would match up correctly with the age of John Sinclair (being his son), and who was a Land Steward, is Robert Sinclair of Lamore, Derryaghy, Co. Antrim.
What I need to work out is if the Robert Sinclair, Land Steward at Lagmore, had a son John Sinclair and if he possibly moved to and settled in Dublin. I'm as sure as I can be for the moment that I'm decended from Robert Sinclair of Lagmore but I still have to prove that he is an ancestor.
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Antrim / Re: Collin Hill - County Antrim
« on: Friday 08 May 09 12:28 BST (UK) »
That's unbelievable! I came across this bit of information while browsing the online 1911 Census of Ireland returns on www.nationalarchives.ie:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001565752/
You can see a Robert Sinclair living in 3 Lagmore, Derryaghy, Co. Antrim who was working as "A Caretaker of Waterworks", in April 1911. I've no doubt this family are decended from the same Robert Sinclair that I decend from who died at Lagmore in 1871.
Would you believe you are the first person I've managed to find who has a local knowledge or recollection of my decendents from Antrim! Also fmni who posted on this thread said there are records relating to Sinclair's in the Colin LOL.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001565752/
You can see a Robert Sinclair living in 3 Lagmore, Derryaghy, Co. Antrim who was working as "A Caretaker of Waterworks", in April 1911. I've no doubt this family are decended from the same Robert Sinclair that I decend from who died at Lagmore in 1871.
Would you believe you are the first person I've managed to find who has a local knowledge or recollection of my decendents from Antrim! Also fmni who posted on this thread said there are records relating to Sinclair's in the Colin LOL.
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Antrim / Re: Collin Hill - County Antrim
« on: Thursday 07 May 09 15:49 BST (UK) »
I thought I'd post here as my GGGG Grandfather, Robert Sinclair was a Land Steward living in Lagmore Derryaghy during the 1800's. He shows up in the Griffiths Land Valuation as renting land in Derryaghy from the Marquis of Hertford. His death certificate in 1871 stated that he was a Land Steward and was aged 65 at the time of his death.
I'd love to hear from any Sinclair's that might still be in the area that could help me to back another generation or two...
I'd love to hear from any Sinclair's that might still be in the area that could help me to back another generation or two...
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