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Nixon
« on: Friday 07 November 08 20:12 UTC (UK) »
I am looking for info on my Grandfather who came from Tobermoney Ireland.  He came to Canada around 1913.  His name was James Wilfred (Wilford) Nixon, he had a brother William and a sister Maggie.  His parents names were John and Elizabeth.  James was born around 1888.  Some family still resides around Killyleagh but they don't seem to know very much about their family. 
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Nixon
« Reply #1 on: Friday 07 November 08 20:44 UTC (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat. Lots of Nixons here- have a look and see if there's anything of interest:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/N/Ni.htm#nis
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Re: Nixon
« Reply #2 on: Friday 07 November 08 20:56 UTC (UK) »
Thanks, I have tried that site before but nothing seems to fit.

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Re: Nixon
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 09 November 08 16:44 UTC (UK) »
Killyleagh and Tobermoney  are not close. How do you know the Killyleagh line connect to your family line?
Tobermoney is in the civil parish of Downe it’s the last townland going SE of Downpatrick towards Ardglass.  Killyleagh is north of Downpatrick, say half way to Comber.

one resource that might help on the migration is www.findmypast.com/passengerList.  It’s a fee paying site.  here are just some who travelled to Canada
NIXON Elizabeth  1863 F 1913 Londonderry Canada Quebec
NIXON James  1888 M 1913 Glasgow Canada Halifax     
NIXON James  1885 M 1913 Glasgow Canada Quebec     
NIXON James  1894 M 1913 Londonderry Canada Quebec     
NIXON Jas  1852 M 1912 Belfast Canada Montreal     
NIXON Jas  1869 M 1913 Liverpool Canada Saint John NB
NIXON John  1872 M 1912 Liverpool Canada Montreal
NIXON John  Unknown  1913 Liverpool Canada Halifax
NIXON John  1868 M 1913 Liverpool Canada Halifax
NIXON John  1902 M 1913 Liverpool Canada Quebec
NIXON John  1885 M 1913 Londonderry Canada Quebec
NIXON John W 1879 M 1912 Liverpool Canada Quebec   
NIXON Margaret  1876 F 1913 Liverpool Canada Halifax     
NIXON William  1892 M 1913 Liverpool Canada Quebec     
NIXON William  1886 M 1913 Liverpool Canada Quebec     
NIXON Wm  1888 M 1913 Liverpool Canada Montreal     
NIXON Wm  1888 M 1913 Liverpool Canada Saint John NB   
Good luck onwards, Jim 
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Re: Nixon
« Reply #4 on: Monday 10 November 08 04:52 UTC (UK) »
Thank you Jim for the information.
My grandfather wrote to his brother william and his family and when my mother found some of the letters later on she wrote and they were forwarded to killyleagh.  My grandfather listed his town as Tobermoney on his war records, so I don't know if the family lived there when they were young and then moved to Killyleagh later on.
Do you happen to know the name of the ship that the James Nixon born 1888 from Glasgow to Halifax was.
Thank you again for the help
aje
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Re: Nixon
« Reply #5 on: Monday 10 November 08 13:35 UTC (UK) »
aje, no sorry thats the catch for fee paying at find my past, but probably there are others ways of finding eg try the canada page on this website asking for help identifying the ship, good luck,

So William Nixon stayed on possible already in Killyleagh or moved to there later, so i went looking for him, and through him find the parents link etc etc
from signatories of the 1912 Ulster covenant on  www. proni.gov.uk/UlsterCovenant
Nixon William John Killyleagh  Down: East Killyleagh Cook Hall but there may be more eg
Nixon Ellen Jane Sea View Killyleagh Down: East Killyleagh Cook Hall
I also noticed more Nixon that are living at Listooder in Crossgar area. I wonder how close Listooder and Killyleagh are on a map.

That William John reminded me to look back a same named on Ros Davies website, which was
William John NIXON . Magheradrool b. 1854, son of John Nixon (a labourer); married Maggie Bell in 1879 at 1st Holywood Presbyterian Church; a carpenter  PR . I think this me introducing a red herring, and move on

I am looking around further and may come back with something

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Re: Nixon
« Reply #6 on: Monday 10 November 08 14:10 UTC (UK) »
Recap on the 1912 Ulster covenant on  www. proni.gov.uk/UlsterCovenant
Nixon Ellen Jane Sea View Killyleagh Down: East Killyleagh Cook Hall
Nixon William John Killyleagh  Down: East Killyleagh Cook Hall
so could this be William and his wife living at  Sea View, Killyleagh

others who signed in Downpatrick

Nixon Amelia Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick
Nixon Elizabeth Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick Assembly Hall
Nixon Ellen Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick Assembly Hall
Nixon Ellen Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick
Nixon James Scotch Street Downpatrick Down: East Downpatrick
Nixon Joseph Irish Street Downpatrick Down: East Downpatrick
Nixon Joseph Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick
Nixon Maggie Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick Assembly Hall
Nixon Nellie Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick Assembly Hall
Nixon Robert Church Street Downpatrick Down: East Downpatrick Assembly Hall
Nixon Sara Jane Downpatrick  Down: East Downpatrick Assembly Hall
Nixon William John Killyleagh  Down: East Killyleagh Cook Hall

from another source
www.lecalehistory.co.uk/1901/pageN.htm
isolating out just the Downpatrick Nixon resulted in
7 John Street
Nixon Mary J Downpatrick John Street 7
7 New Bridge Street
Nixon Lizzie Downpatrick New Bridge Street 7
Nixon Robert Downpatrick New Bridge Street 7
Nixon Thomas J Downpatrick New Bridge Street 7
9 New Bridge Street
Nixon Ella? J Downpatrick New Bridge Street 9
Nixon Ellen Downpatrick New Bridge Street 9
Nixon Maggie Downpatrick New Bridge Street 9
Nixon Robert Downpatrick New Bridge Street 9
25 New Bridge Street
Nixon Ellen Downpatrick New Bridge Street 25

I think I would check for tombstones say for John and Elizabeth. another fee paying site Tombstones from Ulster

Thats all from me, over to others please, JIm
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Re: Nixon
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 20:10 UTC (UK) »
A little more information that I have is that my grandfathers brother William married a Lizzie Delmont and they had 5 children Lily, Mae, Sadie, Jim and David some of which lived in England and Glasgow.  I don't have a year that they got married.  Then on Oct. 31, 1936 William married Evelyn Fee and they had 3 children Wilby, Margaret and Alex all born in Ireland.  I have been in contact with them and they don't know a lot about their family because their father died when they were young.  William died in 1959 and Evelyn died in 1974.

We visited Ireland in July and checked out the cemetaries around Ballee and Bright area and couldn't find anything.  In Ballee we found a headstone that said John Nixon and family but could not find anything to prove who it belonged to.  What a beautiful country.

I'm hoping to find out a little more about William's first family.

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