Help with Hoy/Orr 1882 marriage please

[snappylee]

Hi Julie !

My name is Lee Hoy, Margaret and William Hoy are my husbands Great Grandparents, I came across this website as I am preparing a power point for my sons year 2 talk about family stories.

 I was researching some facts on the Atlantic and this search came up !!!

 Are you refering to Maggie Schmitzer (nee Hoy)  as your Grandmother ?

 My father-in-law is Don (Donald) Hoy, formally of Sawtell and now living in Brisbane.

If I can help in any way let me know !

Lee

[jule]

Hi Lee, One of the loveliest things for me about Rootschat, has been unexpectedly hearing from distant relatives and sharing info, both factual and anecdotal, about our families, including the Hoys. Yes, Maggie was my grandmother and I would love to know more about her forebears in Ireland and her siblings. I'm not sure where you are up to with your research, but perhaps we can help each other. For example, I have two poems about William Hoy, the seafarer; one describing his part in the sinking of the "Atlantic", and another very personal one, written by a family friend, which details the lives of Margaret and William at Blackhead. I wonder also if you know that, although William survived the shipwreck of the "Atlantic", he was accompanied by a brother, who did not survive. I had never heard of this until another rellie contacted me at Rootschat and we exchanged info. Looking forward to hearing from you. Cheers Julie

[snappylee]

If you would like to email me your phone number (*) and I would love to have a chat !

Lee

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[jule]

Great idea! Talk soon cheers Julie

[redbowls2]

Hi ,Your Hoys were a large family,Your William Hoy had a lot of brothers and sisters.I have seen the church records for them,They owned a Boatyard in Whitehead and sailed with cargo between Ireland and Scotland. Your William Hoy had two brothers drown on the great lakes in USA.The whitehead Hoys have a great history,and Ballycarry is only about 2miles from Whitehead,My Hoys came from Carryduff which is about 10miles from Whitehead,The Church records are good and if you look up the public records website for Northern Ireland they have the records on microfilm and do a search for you for a small fee,I still live near Carryduff,
                                              William

[redbowls2]

Hi also in Ballycarry Church there is headstones for both Hoy and Hoey,and when i was researching my Hoys i found that all the Hoys in the Antrim/Down areas were Presbyterian so check their church records,there is also a small graveyard just outside Ballycarry with Hoys in it,one William Hoy burried in it lived in Carryduff  in mid 1800s,couldnt find any connection in records with our Hoys and Whitehead Hoys but strange one of ours buried there.The Ballycarry church records should get you what you want,

[redbowls2]

in the marriage records it will give the mother and father off both of them,as in the birth records.But also that som chrches refused to hand their records in,and while searching it can be confusing and have to contact the churches involved one by one.

[aghadowey]

in the marriage records it will give the mother and father off both of them,as in the birth records.But also that som chrches refused to hand their records in,and while searching it can be confusing and have to contact the churches involved one by one.

Civil marriage records and most church marriage records only list names of the fathers and not mothers.

[jule]

Thanks for your interest and help William and aghadowey. Since I first posted my Hoy queries I've learned quite a lot about my ancestors and best of all, through Rootschat, I've made contact with a number of other Hoy relatives from Australia and all around the world. Its' amazing how the Irish family names have been perpetuated down the generations so we still have Smiley,(my favourite) Alexander, Moore, James and Thomas Hoys galore! Yes, my William seems to have had 12 siblings, and at least 3 of his brothers drowned. The family shipbuilding tradition which you made mention of William, continued in NSW for a few generations. It is my dream to visit Antrim and to go to the churchyards you spoke of William. Hopefully one day I will be able to read those headstone inscriptions and church records in person... lucky you! Have you spotted the website http://hoykin.tripod.com/id53.html ? (The Hoyes of Maryland) It has a lot of info about the Irish Hoys if you persist and keep reading. Cheers Julie