John McKernon, where did he come from?

[m.]

I'm trying to find John,father of William.

William was married to Emily doris in Greencastle Church in 1875.
I cant find Williams birth certificate, on his marriage lines it says he is 23, but nothing matches that date.

John is a beetler,William a bleacher I take it that has something to do with the mill.

I would like to know who John was married to, and if possible, where did he come from.
I have been looking at the 1851 census and think he could be living in Aghadavy in Ballinderry, father Charles mother Rose. How can i make that jump from Aghadavy to Greencastle?

Any help most welcomed
Thanks in anticipation.

Marion

[aghadowey]

If William was born before 1864 there will be no birth certificate.

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
    As William married in a Roman Catholic Church in Greencastle there is a good chance that his father, John, was Roman Catholic so there will be no marriage certificate as Civil registrations of Catholic marriages also started in 1864. You will have to depend on church records where these exist.

Regards

[m.]

If William was born before 1864 there will be no birth certificate.

Thank you for that aghadowey,but there must be some "record" some where.

m.

[m.]

Hi,
    As William married in a Roman Catholic Church in Greencastle there is a good chance that his father, John, was Roman Catholic so there will be no marriage certificate as Civil registrations of Catholic marriages also started in 1864. You will have to depend on church records where these exist.

Regards

Thank you kingskerswell. Any tips on what I can do next while waiting to go to PRONI?

m.

[aghadowey]

Have a look at Introduction to Irish Records and My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start?.

[Elwyn Soutter]

Marion,

You seem unsure what a beetler and a bleacher did. Linen manufacture was a very big employer in and around Belfast in the 1800s. Beetling was part of the finishing process. A beetling machine hit the linen with wooden hammers. This gave it extra strength and the nice sheen that people liked. Bleaching was part of the process that turned linen white. The material was laid out on greens and the sun bleached it white.

Elwyn

[m.]

Have a look at Introduction to Irish Records and My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start?.

Thank you for that aghadowey.

[m.]

Marion,

You seem unsure what a beetler and a bleacher did. Linen manufacture was a very big employer in and around Belfast in the 1800s. Beetling was part of the finishing process. A beetling machine hit the linen with wooden hammers. This gave it extra strength and the nice sheen that people liked. Bleaching was part of the process that turned linen white. The material was laid out on greens and the sun bleached it white.

Elwyn

Thank you Elwyn, your right I didn't know what they did.
In Greencastle at that time was the mill and a bleach green.
I live round the corner from where that bleach green was, so the McKernons haven't left the area in 100 odd years.

Thank you,

Marion