Mcwilliams of county londonderry

[owenc]

Hi i'm trying to do my mothers family tree now.

I want to find the birth of patrick mcwilliams the father of james mcwilliams my g,g,g grandfather born in 1st july 1878 in owenreagh county londonderry where ever that is lol.

Please tell me if any of this information is wrong and ask for any more information if you need any as i really want to get this familytree further back and i'm trying to get back to the 1700s to see if anything interesting happened..

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
    Owenreagh is in the Parish of Ballynascreen where Patrick married Bridget McVey/Veigh in Castledawson R.C. Church in 1873. Patrick was born about 1856, before civil registration so I would look at the records for that church.

Regards

[owenc]

Hi,
    Owenreagh is in the Parish of Ballynascreen where Patrick married Bridget McVey/Veigh in Castledawson R.C. Church in 1873. Patrick was born about 1856, before civil registration so I would look at the records for that church.

Regards

OK do you have any idea of his parents. Do you know anything about the history of mcwilliams in that area, my mum works in a job where she has to go around all businesses in county antrim and eastern county londonderry and she was down there and some boy said that name was common down there. We don't know much about the family as my mum dosn't know her cousins or anything and other relatives as she  lives here and we don't know my much about that area either i don't even know where it is lol. Should i expect converstions aswel , is catledawson a protestant/plantation area, as the name is supposed to be plantation but they are catholic.

[kingskerswell]

Sorry, I have no further information on the family. I would suggest that you try Griffiths for the townland of Owenreagh.

Regards

[owenc]

Sorry, I have no further information on the family. I would suggest that you try Griffiths for the townland of Owenreagh.

Regards

Ok i have no experience of catholic research as most of my ancestors are presbyterian, so what would i do next as normally i could get much further than this? When should i expect converstions, as that name is plantation?

[owenc]

EDIT: nvm! i got it.

[kingskerswell]

I assume that you have found Felix. Felix McWilliams married Susan Hagan in Draperstown R. C. Church on 6 Jan 1857. As you found he farmed 13 Acres in Owenreagh. However when I do a Parent Search on the IGI a couple with these names are having children in Scotland.

Regards

[owenc]

I assume that you have found Felix. Felix McWilliams married Susan Hagan in Draperstown R. C. Church on 6 Jan 1857. As you found he farmed 13 Acres in Owenreagh. However when I do a Parent Search on the IGI a couple with these names are having children in Scotland.

Regards

How is felix is that his father? I'm going to look out for him now.

[kingskerswell]

Unfortunately I have no idea but he is the only McWilliams in Owenreagh in Griffiths ( a non-sectarian reference document for the whole of Ireland between about 1848 and 1864). However note my comments about children in Scotland.

Regards