McCalmont Grocery

[J.A.M.]

I hope someone can help me with information about McCalmont Grocery & Confectionery that was on either Portmuck Road or Middle Road Islandmagee in the 1940's & earlier. The owner was John McCalmont, a great uncle who was a deaf mute. He was also half brother to Sammy McCalmont the ferryman.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.

[Christopher]

Hiya J. A. M,

Whitehead is close to Islandmagee. The webmaster of that site may know of someone who could assist you with information about the McCalmont Grocery & Confectionery shop. I spotted the email address on the Whitehead Blog.

Was Agnes (nee McCalmont) who was the wife of John Heaney a member of the same family? 

Christopher

[J.A.M.]

Christopher,
Thank you for the idea. I have just sent an e-mail to the webmaster as you suggest.
Yes, Agnes McCalmont who married John Heaney was the brother of shop owner John McCalmont who was called 'Dummy' because of being a deaf mute. Maybe this derogatory nickname will ring a bell with someone.
A Montgomery cousin remembers going to visit John & Sarah in the 1930's but she can provide no further info.
All of Agnes' & John's siblings were born at Ballymoney, Islandmagee between 1878 & 1893 & John & infant death James are the only ones proving difficult to find.
They were also half-siblings to Sammy McCalmont who ran the Ballylumford - Larne ferry from 1953 to 1982 with Dougie Hood.

Roger

[Slohaw]

I have transcribed the 1911 Census for Islandmagee, County Antrim. There are very many mistakes Transcribing the National Archives Dublin, although it was good to have what was done.

                I have corrected most of the mistakes, although there were a few which I just could not make out what they were. The detail is on an EXCEL worksheet and takes about a minute or so to load. There is a link to download a viewer for those who do not have EXCEL installed on their computer. The link to my website :-

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/derek.hawthorne/

 

Good luck

Derek