My father's mother is Agnes/Nancy McVeigh. I believe my grandmother is the Agnes you speak of in one of your posts. She was married to James McAllister. They had four children; Thomas born 1891, Samuel born 1892, William (my father) born 1894, Robert born 1897. I have a certified copy of my father's birth certificate from Ireland. This certificate lists their address as 47 Joseph St. in Belfast. This would put them fairly close to Agnes’ father at 54 Joseph St. According to the 1911 census, they were living at 34 Kendall Street, (Woodvale Ward, Antrim).
My father told me his eldest brother Thomas joined the British Navy and was never heard from again except for a post-card from Thomas many, many years later.
Samuel emigrated to Canada, living most of his life in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. I am not sure of the year, but it was probably around 1909-ish. It was before Agnes died in 1911. Samuel married Sadie (Sarah) (surname unknown, may be able to contact a cousin). Sam and Sadie had two Daughters.
My father William emigrated to Canada after his mother died but before WWI broke out. I have a picture of him (working as a painter) in front of Hamilton Hospital (also in Ontario). He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in August, 1915. Both my father and my uncle Sam served overseas. After the war, Sam returned to Ontario. My father at some point moved to Quebec, Canada where he met and married my mother Helen Yorke. They lived in the city of Lachine (a suburb of Montreal) the rest of their lives.
FYI to your earlier posts; I have a bible that was presented to my father in 1912 from the Crimea Street Sunday School. He told me he was Presbyterian, and that is also what he listed on his Attestation Paper for joining the CEF. In this bible (in his own hand writing) he wrote his mother’s birth year (1863) and her date of death, 6 March, 1911. Also that his brother Robert (born 1897) died January 1911
