McAleese

[firthview]

Can anyone please help me locating  ANY oliver mcaleese ANYWHERE in ireland,i have been searching for years trying to find any McAleeses with something that sounded like oliver but no luck.The only clue i have is there seems to be mcaleeses in Antrim.

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   13 Jan 1891 Oliver McAleese married Rose Darragh in St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church, Ballymoney.

Regards

[Sharon01]

Hi,

The 1901 Irish census has four Olivers  living in Antrim & 2 in 1911.

www.census.nationalarchives.ie

Sharon

[aghadowey]

McAleese is a fairly common name in Antrim and Londonderry and there are lots of spelling variations such as McAlice, McAllice, McLeese, McLees, etc.

PRONI Will Extracts- www.proni.gov.uk- lists 2 (County Antrim) Oliver McAleese (one died 1907, other 1917).

[firthview]

Thank you all for your help,i should have been a wee bit clearer.Oliver came over to Scotland around 1850 with his{ wife ?) Elizabeth Campbell and son Daniel when Daniel died  1872 it said his mother was Hannah Boyd so oliver must have had a first wife.When Oliver died his parents were Oliver McAleese and Margaret McGILL and when Elizabeth Campbell died 1883 her parents were Thomas Campbell and Mary ( IT LOOKS LIKE ) Riggerty on the death cert.Sorry for not being more clearer  kind regards   firthview.

[imcleish]

Hi Firthview.  i too decend from Oliver McAleese and Elizabeth Campbell.  They were my GGG grandparents.  I come from the line of their son John (B Jan 31, 1853) who is my GG grandfather.  I found Oliver's death certificate on scotland's people and i had them confirm that Oliver's father was listed as "Ewan McLeish".  I haven't been able to find anything on him, but it is a start.  The different spellings of the last name make things even more difficult. 

Hope this helps...
Ian