Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - megmooney

Pages: [1]
1
Down / Re: Church Records, Newtownards N.I.
« on: Wednesday 11 January 12 02:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Karhel,
Haven't done much more research, but I bought a book "A Chronicle of Comber The Town of Thomas Andrews shipbuilder " by Desmond Rainey and Laurence Spence, published by the Ulster Historical Foundation.
There is a photo of workers at Comber Flax Spinning Mill 1873.
A Bella Bohil is mentioned, among others, as working in the reeling room.
It's a pity the workers in the photo aren't identified.

Regards,
Meg

2
Down / Re: Church Records, Newtownards N.I.
« on: Thursday 03 November 11 23:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Karhel, I think the Annie Quinn may have been one of the Quinn family from Ann St Newtownards. They were there for many years.

My maternal g grandparents were George Drysdale and Annie Quinn!!! G g grandfather was James Quinn of Cloughey.
His will is on the PRONI site.
George and Annie are in the census, and lived at that time near "my" John Murray who was born 1910.

The Newtownards Quinns thought they were related to my g grandmother, but we never compared notes.

I have seen the name "Bohill" also spelled "Boal"& "Bole".

Will look out for Isabella.

My first message dissappeared for some reason, so it may show up too!


3
Down / Re: Church Records, Newtownards N.I.
« on: Tuesday 01 November 11 03:21 GMT (UK)  »
Hello again Karhel,

Just found this other message.
I was at St Patrick's Newtownards a few weeks ago.
I didn't really find anything new.

The records don't go far enough back to get Isabella's birth, and I couldn't see them myself, to look for clues.

There were Bohills and Murrays in the census for Downpatrick, and in Griffith's as well, I think, so I wondered if Isabella and my Murrays were neighbours there at one time.
Catholic records there aren't good either.

Some Murrays in N'Ards have  connections with Kilcairn Graveyard Killinchey.

The priest seems to think the grave next to ours belonged to John Murray & Jane Hay, although I found another possible John Murray, wife Margaret. I haven't found a marriage or births in Newtownards that fit for this couple.
In those days Comber & Bangor R. C. records were in with St Patrick's.

St Marks have no baptism's before c 1885, but St Pat's have some prior to 1864.
A different Murray Baptism had an Annie Quinn as sponsor.
John Murray b 31-08-1864 parents Michael Murray & Mary Ward sponsor Annie Quinn.

I'll let you know if I find more re Isabella Bohill.




4
Down / Re: Church Records, Newtownards N.I.
« on: Thursday 29 September 11 05:11 BST (UK)  »
Headstone on grave beside ours Movilla is for John Murray b 1910 father Pat Murray mother Phoebe McGinnis. In census for Ballygraffin townland.
He died 7th Jan 1981 His wife Ellie died 13th March 1986.

Patrick Murray Ballycranmore m Phoebe McGinnis of Ballycranmore in Ballycran (Mount St Joseph's)
B8 P23 No242 31-10-1906
Fathers John Murray dec. peddlar John McGinnis dec. labourer
Witnesses John Magee Mary Murray

Pat's parents as far as I know (baptisms in St Patrick's Newtownards a bit confusing) John Murray 39  labourer Ballycranmore M Nancy Crawford 28 housewife Kirkistown in M. St Joseph's
B6 P 26 No 51 1882
Fathers John Murray peddlar living James Crawford dec.
Witnesses James Carpenter & Nancy Smyth..
 

5
Down / Re: Church Records, Newtownards N.I.
« on: Thursday 29 September 11 03:59 BST (UK)  »
I was interested in the mention of Isabella Bohill.
My g grandfather John Mooney was a stone mason and rangesetter
He came from Dublin to Newtownards, Co Down, to install kitchen ranges in the big houses.
The kitchen in Lord Dunleath's house, Ballywalter Park was renovated in the early 1850's, and we wondered if the Great Dublin Industrial exhibition of 1853 was where John Mooney was recruited. There was a Mooney stand at this.
John Mooney married Roseanne Murray in St Patrick's Newtownards June 1861 , and settled there.
He died 1887 aged c63.
Roseanne (Murray) Mooney is in the census for Newtownards and died around Nov. 1911. Census said she was born in Downpatrick. The grave beside my g grandparents in Movilla Cemetery was registered to a John Murray.
A John Murray & Jane Hay had children baptised N'ards. Sponsor for Margaret b23-10-1864 was Isabella Bohill. John Murray & Jane Hay married St Mark's Newtownards 1855, but didn't find earlier baptisms?
Roseanne's mother is in Griffith's Valuations living in Church St Newtownards.




Pages: [1]