Author Topic: Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895  (Read 4794 times)

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Re: Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 30 August 14 15:20 BST (UK) »
Glensman, possibly they were in Campbeltown in connection with the fishing, distilling & a ropeworks also. Try this very helpful website,

http://www.kintyreforum.com/index.php

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Re: Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 30 August 14 15:28 BST (UK) »
Thank you both for your comments. 

Just one point for the moment, the burial took place in Kilkeeran Cemetery, Campbeltown.  Sorry if I did not make that clear.  This left Alice plus 4 young children without any obvious source of income.  Hence my thoughts around help to move the family back to Ireland.

Too many Kilkeeran's  ;)  (there's one in County Mayo).

It is unlikely that if the new widow approached the Poor Law Commission that they would have provided funds to transfer the family - unless they were guaranteed to get their money back. It is possible that if the family were in dire need that the Poor Commission may have provided some assistance or decided that they were "an Irish problem" (a comment found on one of mine) and either deported them or got the money from the Irish parish first. In either case records would have been kept and in the case of Argyle existing records are kept in Lochgilphead

http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/archives


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Re: Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 30 August 14 15:42 BST (UK) »
Thank you Falkyrn. 

That looks like a strong possibility - if any relevant records exist at all.  I will e-mail them to ask about the poor law records.  I feel a trip to Argyllshire coming on.  :)

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Re: Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 30 August 14 15:46 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that link Skoosh.  A very interesting site for someone like me who wants to find out about the area.
Charles was described as a street labourer in the 1891 census and as a labourer on his death certificate.  I suppose that latter description does not rule out work in those industries which might have been what drew him to Campbeltown in the first place.


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Re: Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 30 August 14 15:48 BST (UK) »
Thanks also again to you Fifer1947.  Glad to see a Larne connection.  I can see that marriage on 24 October 1853.

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Re: Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895
« Reply #14 on: Monday 01 September 14 10:59 BST (UK) »
I had a rapid reply from

http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/archives

to let me know that they hold parochial board and parish council minutes for Campbeltown for the period 1822 - 1933.  They also highlight the point made by both fifer1947 and falkyrn that I should look at NI records for the possibility that the home Irish parish might have helped.
As a bonus they also have relevant school records for the period.

Thanks to all for the good advice and willing help.