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alistairgiffin
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Re: Island Magee
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 21 December 08 17:17 UTC (UK) »
Faith,

I think I have found him in the GRO deaths:

William McGiffin
died 16 July 1929
Carnbrock R.D. Ballycarry
bachelor 84 years
School Master (Retired)
Apoplexy certified
reg by Annie E Johnston, Niece, present at death, Carnbrock

This will be him and 2 brothers mentioned in the gravestones in Ballycarry:

[pair sandstone on plinth - south of south transept of old church]
Erected
to
the memory of
FRANCIS McGIFFIN
who died 21st February 1878
aged 36 years
and his Brother
WILLIAM McGIFFIN
who died 16th July 1929
aged 84 years

Erected
By his Brothers in memory of the
Rev. Alexander McGiffin, Minister
of the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian
Congregation of Ballymena
who died on the 24th October 1867,
only a few weeks after his Ordination
aged 30 years

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I can send you some photos I took of these headstones earlier this year.

He seems to be one of the last McGiffins in Ballycarry and his sister may be Margaret McGiffin d.16 Mar 1925 at Ballycarry, spinster, 79 years, daughter of a farmer, senile decay certified, reg by A J McConnell, cousin, present at death, Ballycarry. I can tell you my ideas about how these all fit into the other McG families.

Alistair McCartney
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helenar
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Re: Island Magee
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 21 December 08 19:07 UTC (UK) »
Hi

There is also this will abstract on the PRONI site

Full Abstract:
Probate of the Will of Margaret Downey late of Carnbrock Templecorran Ballycarry County Antrim Widow who died 10 March 1913 granted at Belfast to William McGiffen Schoolmaster (Retired)

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Christopher
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Re: Island Magee
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 18 January 09 18:09 UTC (UK) »
Quote from: aghadowey on Monday 23 June 08 18:47 UTC (UK)
If you search on LDS sit (www.familysearch.org) for 'McGiffin' and 'Ireland' loads of them in Country Antrim (including Larne & Carrickfergus) come up. Might be worth going through the entries.

P.S. here's some earier directories to try:
http://proni.aetopia.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/StreetDirectories

The PRONI street directory link is no longer available for public viewing
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Slohaw
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Re: Island Magee
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 20 May 09 18:48 UTC (UK) »
I have transcribed the 1911 Census for Islandmagee, County Antrim. There are very many mistakes Transcribing the National Archives Dublin, although it was good to have what was done.

                I have corrected most of the mistakes, although there were a few which I just could not make out what they were. The detail is on an EXCEL worksheet and takes about a minute or so to load. There is a link to download a viewer for those who do not have EXCEL installed on their computer. The link to my website :-

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/derek.hawthorne/

 

Good luck

Derek
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faith1
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Re: Island Magee
« Reply #19 on: Thursday 21 May 09 20:58 UTC (UK) »
Hi Derek, Thanks for letting me access your site and the 1911 census. I will go over it with a fine tooth comb to see if I can find any of my relatives. What an amount of work you have done. Thanks again Faith
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