Gone Quiet

[aghadowey]

Travel between Ulster and Scotland was very common so don't narrow down your search too much to Co. Antrim without more proof. Many people went to Scotland to work and their relatives would even have visited back and forth. A connection of my husband's and his daughter from County Londonderry died in Jan.1867 off Cantyre, Scotland on wreck of the 'Falcon.' He and daughter had gone over to son in Glasgow to celebrate the New Year and died on the voyage back home.

[ankerdine]

That's really interesting and, of course, very sad.

My mother (the Scottish side) was always telling me that the stretch of water between Stranraer and Larne was notorious for storms. There was the Princess Victoria which sank (I can't remember when).

Regards,

[aghadowey]

Just looking for something else a few minutes ago and came across 1850 deaths for family who died on voyage between Scotland and Ulster.
'Princess Victoria' sank 1953. One of the survivors that we knew died a few weeks ago.

[kintree]

Before the days of Larne-Stranraer there was a packet service from Donaghadee (Co Down) to Portpatrick (Wigtownshire). (My great-great-great-grandfather probably used that service when he married in Portpatrick in 1794.)

So you probably need to search more widely than Co Antrim.

Adrian

[ankerdine]

Hello Kintree
Thanks for that useful information. I am actually interested in a marriage I found on Family Search between a John Williamson and a Margaret Halliday, which took place in Moira, Down on 3rd December 1842.

This latter event hasn't yet been proven to be my ancestor but somehow it feels right. However, there's no saying though that it is!

Kind regards,

[Christopher]

Hello ankerdine,

You'll have to rely on Church records as civil registration in Ireland was not introduced until 1864. Non Catholic marriages were registered from 1845 onwards but when the registration for BDMS started in 1864 some people didn't bother with the registration for a few years after that date.

Christopher

[ankerdine]

Hello Christopher

My gtx2 grandfather appeared in KKD around 1851 so would this indicate they were fleeing from the Irish Potato Famine at that time? I wonder if records were again rather haphazard due to the terrible deaths and movement of people.

Can you recommend a good book about this particular period? Back to the library again?

Judy

[Christopher]

Hello Christopher

My gtx2 grandfather appeared in KKD around 1851 so would this indicate they were fleeing from the Irish Potato Famine at that time? I wonder if records were again rather haphazard due to the terrible deaths and movement of people.

Can you recommend a good book about this particular period? Back to the library again?

Judy

Hello Judy,

"Black ‘47 and Beyond: the Great Irish Famine in History, Economy and Memory" by Cormac Ó Gráda. Published in 1999 Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. It's also online as a Google book.

Christopher

[ankerdine]

Thanks, Christopher, that was quick. I will follow up the title you suggested.

Judy