kingsgate
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I would be very grateful to hear of anyone who has any information at all about this family, no matter how remote. (The surname may also be spelt Hillritch/Hillditch/Hillerege/Hillrich etc)
They appear to arrive in Antrim in the 1600s, settling around Carrickfergus. They then seem to spread out from there.
I am especially interested in any of the Hilditch family in Belfast, where I am looking for a number of baptisms, including John (about 1847), Robert (about 1852), Hugh (about 1854) and Samuel (about 1861). There were also girls - Margaret, Edith and Elizabeth, but I have no dates for them. The family were in the Shankill area in the 1870s.
I believe the family originally came from the Doagh / Ballyeaston /Donegore / Grange area, with other family also in Larne, Ballymena and Carrickfergus.
Any information would be most useful. Thank you.
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kingsgate
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I have many for Antrim, but none for Down, though of course they were very close, especially from Belfast. It would help if I knew which Census years you could find her on? Does 1OM stand for Isle of Man? One of the varients I have found my own family under was Helditch, which isn't that far from Hebditch!
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helenar
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Hi kingsgate
Do you have details of the Hilditch burial in Templecorran graveyard, there is only one gravestone and it only has death dates not birth or age
Helena
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kingsgate
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No, I am afraid I do not have have any details of the Templecorran gravestone but would very much like to.
I am especially looking for a family where the parents are Hugh and Agnes, but will be happy to have any information about any members of this family. Thanks for your interest. Kingsgate
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kingsgate
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Hi Maryd
No problem at all - if she was only 'Hebditch' on one entry you could well be right about a Hilditch connection. Do you have her marriage certificate or know where her marriage was?
There are LOTS of the Irish Hilditch's who emigrated to Englad in the 1800s. Many went to Scotland. The IOM would have been on the sea route too perhaps? Actually - though I can't prove it - I rather think the family came from England in the first place, as there was a crop who were living in Staffordshire and Cheshire in the 1500s. Somerset
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helenar
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Hi
Templecorran Graveyard
John Hilditch d. 10 June 1898 his wife Elizabeth d. 10 Feb 1922 daughter Minnie d. 13 July 1893 daughter Elizabeth d. 31 march 1965
Helena
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kingsgate
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Thank you so much for this Helena. I keep collecting all these fragments of information and am starting to build up various family trees - which very slowly are starting to link together. Its useful just to know where they were. Thanks again.
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kingsgate
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Thanks - that is probably worth my following up - I will write him a letter. Thanks again.
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the_hooded_claw
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My surname is Hilditch. My great grandfather was Sandy or Alexander Hilditch who lived in the Whitehouse area of north Belfast. He died about 1962. I think he had a family of about 12 and I think my grandfather, James, was the eldest. He was born in 1907 and died in 1994. I live in the North Antrim area.
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kingsgate
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Hi
Its great to hear from you. I have gathered a lot of information about the Antrim Hilditch families in the vain hope of finding more about my branch. I may be able to help with your search. Ideally I would do this via a private message, but don't know how to do this on Roots web. I'll have a delve and see if its possible. D
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Kingsgate- after the-hooded-claw makes 3 posts your can use PM (personal message) system to exchange email addresses which can't be posted on Rootschat.
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