Charters Family of Antrim

[mwg1]

Thanks for the quick reply.
I'm in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Other members of the family that I have are, Father Robert, Mother Margaret Ryan, both deceased before 1853.

A brother Jerimiah b. abt 1816 and his wife Bridget Gleeson along with 7 children arrived in Australia in 1852 aboard "Rajahgopaul".

My thinking is that Tipperary is a fair way from Antrim, so a link is going to be a bit of a strectch.

[Lazarus]

Thank you for your latest.
I notice the IGI has Charles Charters bC1822,married Mary Dwyer.
Also looks like they had a daughter Caroline Bridge Charters bC1848 Tromarara and died 1904 Newcastle.She married Samuel Brown 6 Aug 1870 Newcastle.

I agree that Tipperary to Antrim is a concern.
The extra names are not helping at the moment.
I will send you a PM with email etc

[jantone]

Hi Lazarus.
I've read with great interest your messages re CHARTERS of CO ANTRIM.
I have just discovered that my Gt Gt Grandmother was MARY JANE CHARTERS of Ballynafie a Presbyterian married James CAMERON (Jnr) of Ballycloughan, Presbyterian farmer, on 1st October 1861 at Rocavan/Racavan in Antrim.
Her father was PATRICK CHARTERS, a farmer, Ballynafie, Ballymena, Co Antrim

The probable/possible place of marriage was Broughshane 1st Presbyterian Church, Racavan, Ballymena, Antrim

Is there a chance you may have come across anyone on this entry?
All the best

Tony Brown
Dartford, Kent, England

[kingskerswell]

Tony,
       I can confirm that Broughshane 1st Presbyterian Church is where the marriage took place.

Regards

[Lazarus]

Hello Tony.
Welcome to RootsChat.
I am in Australia and having difficulty in connecting to your Mary Jane Charters of Ballynafie who married James Cameron jnr.
I note that her father was Patrick Charters a farmer of Ballynafie which I assume is near Ballymena.
Unfortunately I am not really familiar with the geography.

My maternal grandmother was a Charters.Her father Clarence Hooper Charters,s/o James Charters 1794-1861.The family must have farmed in Gobrana-"Glendona" Post Town Crumlin,Parish of Camlin situated about half a mile from the town of Glenavy.So far as I can see,the children of James Charters were baptised at Glenavy.

Do you have any other details which might help me make a connection?

Rex

[jantone]

Hi Rex
Sorry for long delay in replying, I'm not normally this bad!

Sorry I haven't got anything more on CHARTERS at this point, but will keep in touch never fear!
However if you don't know of this website I suggest you visit:
www.thebraid.com
This concerns The River Braid that runs through mid-Antrim and from this site I discovered a yahoo group:-
group.yahoo.com/groups/mid-Antrimgenealogy

The trouble is you have to join Yahoo groups, and the signing up is a bit of a pain, but well worth the hassle. From there, there are 3000 messages. (to save you time I have at the moment looked at messages up to number 2532 and have not seen any references to CHARTERS.
They have a burials search area which I noticed have some CHARTERS.

Let me know how you get on and in the meantime I'll find an email address direct to the local library near Ballymena.

By the way I'm in Dartford, Kent England.

Regards
Tony

[aghadowey]

The Local Studies collection is at Ballymena Library- here's their website which has contact details:
http://www.librariesni.org.uk/libraries/ballymena-library/