I've only just picked up this notice but I have recently discovered Moody relatives who lived in Belfast. They have same names as some you mention here, John Moody and Alexander Moody. Alexander Moody was my 4x great grandfather who married Elizabeth McVicker. He came over to Govan, Glasgow around 1904, aged around 83 or so and died shortly after. I know he lived in Little Patrick Street around 1877 and had two brothers - John and James. I don't know any more about them, who they married etc. They were Church of Ireland, although the children converted to Catholicism when Alexander remarried Sarah Hainey. If you think there is any connection, I'd be delighted to hear from you.
Sandra
How Exciting! I have come across the Alexander Moody who married Eliza/Elizabeth MCVicker but don't know if this is my Alexander or not.
This is what I know for sure.
John Moody was my Gt Grandfather.
John Moody's death certificate gives his age as 43 at death in 1887 so his birth date is c1844.
John Moody married Sarah Agnes McNeill 18 April 1864 in the Church of Saint Lukes Lower Falls Church of Ireland (Parish Shankill) Church of Ireland. The witnesses were Ellen Rice and Samuel Murry (Sic). John's father is named as Alexander Moody a farmer.
He converted to Catholicism on 28th May 1865 at age 21 at St Malachy's RC Church Belfast.
He was a Blacksmith who died in 1887 in Belfast at age 43. He ran his business and lived in 921/2 Great George's Street, Belfast. He left a will and I have found a gravestone inscription. In the Belfast business directory he is located at Hamilton Street and Castle Street in the 1860s. He lived in Great Patrick Street for a time.
Other things I have found out:
There was a John Moody baptised 17/4/1846 St Anne's Church of Ireland Father Alexander Moody Mother Eliza McVicker Belfast, Shankill.
Was the Alexander Moody who married Eliza McVicker a farmer?
