Millikens of Belfast

[kingpuck]

Hi GaryOB

I'm A Milliken, doing my best to find my roots.  My ancestors are on various census listings in England from 1861.  The first one is James (Milligan, misspelled or not), born in Ireland. He has a wife, Ann and dtrs Ellen and Mary, along with a son (my GGfather William John Milliken) as well as another William (visitor) and a John Harvey.  I visited Belfast last year hoping to make progress with my research as I had found a James Milliken At Cromac St. with the same trade as my GGGfather (Bootmaker), but had no luck making any progress because of destroyed records.  I would appreciate any help you can offer.

Graham

[GaryOB]

Hi Graham
I would be interested in hearing more details of your Milliken's, like where in England they moved to.  My own mother was born and raised within a few minutes walk of Cromac Street and we are aware of a "cousin" family that lived in the same area.  In fact my mother worked for a while with one of those cousins in one of the Mills in that area, David I think his name was (1940's).
I am aware of a number of concentrations of the Milliken family around Saintfield/N'Ards/Killead and Islandmagee, your family may have originated in one of those before ending up in Belfast. Or they may have come direct from Dumphries/Galloway which is the heartland of this family.

In the short term I would recommend you look up the following Milliken resource

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alanmilliken/regarde_bien/

There you will find many useful articles about different groupings of this family including some that went to England.

Enough for now, but if you have any further information you can share then I can try and tie you down to a specific branch of the family.  There is even a DNA project that you might want to investigate, it supposedly will pinpoint any close family ties.  I would be happy to pass on details.

My own family can be "proved" to be at Peters Hill (about a mile from Cromac Street) in 1884 but I am having difficulty establishing which area they came from prior to that.  Possibly Islandmagee or Saintfield both of which have a David Milliken, with sister Sarah born in the right years.  Very frustrating but that is the joy of geneology 

Speak to you again soon.

[Anthony]

Hi GaryOB & Graham, Hope these are of some help to you.

Islandmagee 1911

Jane Milliken Temple,Effin.

Mary Milliken Loughlands.

Samuel Milliken Master Mariner, Loughford.

T M Milliken Loughhead.

W,M Milliken Ashmore.

Newtownards 1911

Hugh Milliken Farmer Ballyrogan.

Samuel Milliken Farmer Bally??eagh.

Ballyclare 1911

John Millken Railway Terrace.

Mrs James Milliken Green Rd.

Samuel Millken Cattle Dealer.

Tom Milliken Greenvale Terrace.

Willim Milliken Mill Worker ?.




                                                      Anthony

[kingpuck]

Hi Gary

The Millikens I have found are listed on the 1861 census in England.  All of the following were born in Ireland but are registered in Liverpool under the surname Milligan. I know from other records that this is may be a variation on Milliken as my GGfather was William John Milliken and is on the list age 17.

April 1861 Census   10 Duckenfield Street Liverpool

James Milligan,  63,  Bootmaker
Ann                   58,  Wife
Ellen                  25,  Dtr,  Dressmaker
Mary                  19,  Dtr,  Dressmaker
William John       17, Son, Bootcloser
William (married) 27, Visitor, Tailor
John Harvey        22, Lodger, Bootmaker

William John Milliken 9born in Belfast) married Mary Williams in 1863. I believe she is listed on the 1861 census at 38 Duckenfield Street. I checked records in Ireland without much luck. The connection to James Milliken of 44 Cromac Street looked to be good but as yet I have not managed to confirm it.

Graham

Graham

[GaryOB]

Hi Steve
With reference to your Porters of Redhall.  check out the following site:
http://www.ballycarrycommunity.co.uk/MainPage.html
In the "In our view" section there is a picture of the "Auld Mill Glen Redhall" and another view showing Islandmagee from Ballycarry.
Gary

[GaryOB]

Dear all
Thanks for your suggestions so far, keep them coming.
I have made a link with a historian in Belfast called Joe Graham who was able to tell me much more about Israel Milliken (mentioned earlier).  I took this to my mother who in turn took it to her elder sister who has been reluctant thus far to discuss family things.  But she has confirmed the link with this man and we did inherit some of his money    Unfortunatley my G grandmother seems to have blown it on wild living and friends    and what was left was diverted to another branch of the family 
I now need to find out how close was the link. 
It turns out that Israel was connected to the United Irishmen in 1798 so hopefully I will learn lots of interesting stories.  It seems that when Jemmy Hope was being interviewed for Dr Maddens "famous people of the 1798 rebellion", it was in Israel Millikens home that the interview took place. 
Check out Rushlight: The Belfast Magazine for lots of background history of Old Belfast.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/joegrahampage3/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c01_blogpart=myspace&_c02_owner=1&_c=blogpart&editmode=true

[GaryOB]

Hi Kingpuck / Graham

My researching has exploded into life in the last couple of weeks with many new discoveries and leads to follow and will summarise soon.

But I have discovered another "nest" of Millikens that may be of interest to you.  My Grandmother (Mary McDowell) came from Ballyclare / Ballyeaston direction and I thought I would have a quick look for her family.  In the 1880 street directory for Ballyclare (Traders) I found the following Millikens and the names seem to follow the naming pattern for your 1861 family.

John Milliken - Shoemaker (could this be Wm John the 17 year old boy from 1861)
James Milliken - Coal merchant
J & W Milliken - jaunting car proprietor

Gary

[teap78]

ive found a Miss Margaret Milliken in my 1969 street directory at number 2 Batenburg street of the shankill road.


colette

[Christopher]

Good Morning Colette,

Did you look in the country towns too or only Belfast

I am still in Dublin

Chris