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Re: Copeland Island - family?
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 07 July 19 16:05 BST (UK) »
My gran Kathleen is a Clegg and was born on the island her mother is Agnes and father was James Clegg who was also born and lived on the island

If I find anything of interest about James and Agnes, I will make a post.
Self ... Conn, Brownlee, Cameron, Bates.
Wife ... Clegg, Niblock, Dunlop, Rowley.
Other ... Bremner, Lewis, McIlwrath, Cardy.

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Re: Copeland Island - family?
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 07 July 19 17:26 BST (UK) »

Welcome to RootsChat, EstherW   :)


My gran Kathleen is a Clegg and was born on the island her mother is Agnes and father was James Clegg who was also born and lived on the island


Probable birth of your Gt Grandfather, James Clegg, 1897.    #110
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1897/02132/1810230.pdf

1901 Irish census
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Bangor/Copeland_Island/1251845/

Marriage of David Clegg to Ellen Jane Emerson, 1880
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1880/11033/8035010.pdf

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Re: Copeland Island - family?
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 07 July 19 19:26 BST (UK) »

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.........her mother is Agnes and father was James Clegg who was also born and lived on the island


Is this the marriage of James & Agnes?

M/1922/F1/2148/6/46      James Clegg to Agnes Herron      24th April 1922      North Down

If you don't already have it, the civil marriage record for James and Agnes is available via GRONI online at the following link, and choosing the "full" option (5 credits £2.50) lets you see the digitised image of the original:

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/

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Re: Copeland Island - family?
« Reply #21 on: Monday 31 August 20 22:32 BST (UK) »
My gran Kathleen is a Clegg and was born on the island her mother is Agnes and father was James Clegg who was also born and lived on the island


My family have said that our granny was the only person to be born on the island. Not sure how much of this is true. Where did your granny Kathleen go when she grew up?