Hi all,
This one has been puzzling me like crazy so I thought I would put up a few bits and see if anyone can help me piece it together.
My grandfather Thomas James Clements is the son of Thomas James Clements (Born 1901 New York) and Mary Lee.
They were married in Magherafelt in 1921
Date of Marriage: 14-May-1921
Parish / District: MAGHERAFELT (RG) County: Co. Derry
Husband Wife
Name: Thomas James Clements Mary Lee
Address: Ballyronan Bellagherty Ballyronan
Denomination: Registrar District Registrar District
Occupation: LABOURER SERVANT
Age:
Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried)
Husband's Father Wife's Father
Name: Thomas James Clements
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation: LABOURER
Husband's Mother Wife's Mother
Name:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1 Witness 2
Name: Aloysius McKee Annie Collins
ST.PATRICK
BRIDES FATHER RECORDED AS UNKNOWN.
Mary Lee is my puzzle.
I know through the Family that there was Rachel Lee, Mary Lee and a Jack.
The only Rachel and Mary I can find listed in a census connected with a LEE are RachAel and Mary MACKLE living with Catherine Lee and Grandfather Ezekiel Lee. There is no record of a Rachel and Mary LEE in the census. (Catherine is listed as Kate transcribed often as Rate)
In the 1911 census Rachel is working as a servant in one household, Mary Lee in another. Both in the area of Magherafelt.
I am speculating that Rachel and Mary are the illegitimate children of a MACKLE. (Perhaps the Patrick Mackle who is boarding with another Mackle family nearby as he seems the only likely candidate based on age).
I have the birth Certificates for both Rachel Lee and Patrick Lee
Rachel Lee Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1893
Date of Baptism: 1-Jan-0
Address: Bellagherty Parish/District: MAGHERAFELT (RG)
Gender: Female County Co. Derry
Denomination: Registrar District
Father: Mother: Catherine Lee
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Mary Lee Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:
Notes: Catherine Lee occupation Servant.
However I can find no record of a MARY LEE daughter of Catherine Lee only a MINNIE LEE who again doesnt seem to appear on the census and has the same year of birth as Mary Lee if taken from the Mary Mackle on the 1901 census.
Civil Birth Record
Name: Minnie Lee Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1897
Date of Baptism: 1-Jan-0
Address: Bellagherty Parish/District: MAGHERAFELT (RG)
Gender: Female County Co. Derry
Denomination: Registrar District
Father: Mother: Catherine Lee
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Catherine Lee Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:
Notes:
Any thoughts and insights would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Donna