Look up request Millisle for Kane or O'Kane

[densavage]

I believe in 1872 a W J Kane or Kane was born and baptised in Millisle could some kind person check the Presbyterian register for his baptism and obtain his names and also his mothers name, I have found that his father was a Francis Kane or O'Kane of Millisle a ships captain whose name is among my interests.
W J O'Kane was curate in Belfast and Banbridge and the vicar of Ashbourne Derbyshire he also was a author.
Thank you Dennis

[kingskerswell]

Dennis,
           I cannot find your WJ O'Kane but I have found a Emily Matilda Jane O'Kane who was born to  Francis O'Kane and Isabella McKeag in Millisle Co. Down on 12 Jan 1881.

Regards

[maryderry]

this is the marriage of francis & isabella.


Record Type Civil Marriage
Date of Marriage 10 Oct 1867
Groom Name francis OKANE
Bride Name isabella MCKEAG
Church Newtownards Civil Registrars Office
Parish Newtownards
Civil District Newtownards
County Down

francis father was patrick & isabellas was william.


                                                  regards mary.

[kingskerswell]

Dennis,
            I googled Millisle Co.Down and found several sites on the Presbyterian Church including one which shows a photograph of a gravestone erected by Francis Kane in 1908. I assume that most of the script is illegible.

Regards

[densavage]

All is suddenly becoming clearer, it appears there was a Francis Kane and a Francis O"Kane both natives of Millisle. the former is the one of my interest and  it appears he had at least 3 children, one in Londonderry, one in Scotland and a don't know where ! This Francis (died 1909) and his wife Jane nee Cree and two of his children , one a centenarian are buried in the Kane plot in the Millisle Presbyterian grave yard, I was told by a person who knew the centenarian that he was a ships captain hence the birth places of the children.
Now it could be the Francis O'Kane was the ships captain, a big coincidence to have two in one village? this Francis is also buried in the same  graveyard and I believe it is his tombstone referred to by kingskerswell, the grave area appears to be pretty crowded as it contains Francis O'Kane 1904 Isabella 1901, dau Mabel , dau Emma, dau Majorie, dau Lily, dau Elsie and her husband and one of their children.
I guess what I shall have to do is obtain a copy of Georgina Kane's birth certificate she was born 14th May 1892 in Londonderry and that would sort out the ships captain business, I hope!
Thank you Dennis

[akanex2]

I have a Robert Kane, farmer, of Ballylisbredan, Dundonald (1795-1866) in my tree who married Mary Cooper around 1820 and had the following children:- Sarah, Robert, William John, David and Elizabeth.  I don't know anything about his father.

Francis appears in later generations as a family name and there is a tradition that earlier ancestors were seafarers, originating in the Bushmills area of Co Antrim.  Francis is a family name in the Kane family of the Causeway Hotel near Bushmills.  Does any of this ties in to the information you have?

[densavage]

I only have records back to c 1837 and my Kane's were all in the area of Millisle and Ballycopeland I just called up on Google Earth Dundonald and then Bushmills and they are a fair old hike from Millisle especially Bushmills so I think it highly unlikely there is a connection.
Dennis

[Millye]

I believe Francis Kane  was on the Balcultha a sailing ship now in marine museum San Franciso there is a web site  for the museum not sure if he was ship captain His daughter was Georgina Kane  As far as I know the O'Kane family were not connected to this Kane Family

[densavage]

I have just received the birth certificate for Georgina Kane born 14th May 1892 at Nicholsons Square Derry, her father Francis was not as I was led to believe a ships captain but a carpenter, I guess he could have been a ships carpenter, his movements suggest he could have had a nautical connection, from where did you get the information that Georgina's father Francis was on the ship Balcultha? too much of a coincidence to have two Francis Kane's with a daughter Georgina?
Dennis