Laughlins

[RosemaryJoan]

Mo,  What was Elizabeth's father's name?  I have found a Henry Loughlin (note spelling) living in Ballyhenry,  Carnmoney Parish,renting just a house in 1861.  There were a few Kerrs living in Ballyhenry at that time.  RosemaryJoan

[Mo37]

Hi Rosemary
Elizabeth's father was William Kerr and her mother Mary Craig. They came from Antrim town as far as I know and had a large family (13 children I think).  Henry Laughlin was born in 1838 but his parents were married in 1824. You would think there must be other children born before Henry but I have not been able to find them. As to the other spelling (Loughlin) we found a writing copy book belonging to my father when he was aged 8 where he had spelt his name with an 'o'. Our name was always spelt with an 'a' and my father couldn't give us a reason as to why he had written it with an 'o' . He was quite elderly when we asked about it so I think his memory was failing.

Mo

[Mo37]

Hi Aghadowey

What is meant by  'LDS record for Henry is submitted not extracted and needs to be verified'?
 We  have Henry Laughlin's birth recorded as 1839 in an old family book but when I started to research the family I found a Henry Laughlin born 28-03-1838. He seemed to fit all other information we had about him (ie married 13-01-1866 and died 20-01-1886). Could I have been researching the wrong Henry?

Mo

[aghadowey]

There are two types of LDS records- Extracted and submitted. Extracted records are those extracted from records such as birth registrations, marriage registrations, census, etc. Submitted records are ones which have been submitted by LDS members (and others)- some of these may be taken from actual records (as the extracted ones are) or they may be estimated dates and relationships- they need to be verified.

[Mo37]

Thanks for the explanation Agadowey.

Mo

[RosemaryJoan]

Mo,  In History from Headstones there is this entry:
Carnmoney CI, Carnmoney, Antrim
LAUGHLIN,
The family burying ground of Henry McLaughlin, Belfast (no information)
I don't understand why it says McLaughlin, but Belfast I can understand, because Carnmoney is so close to Belfast, but I think you should send for Henry's death certificate, as that might contain the odd clue.  Have you the birth certificates for any of his children?
RosemaryJoan

[Elwyn Soutter]

Rosemary Joan,

Sometimes with Irish names the Mc bit can be added or detached. (Similarly with O' as in say O'Regan). So McLaughlin & Laughlin can be the same person or same family. And for indexing purposes both would often be cross referenced. (Mc broadly just means son of).

Elwyn

[RosemaryJoan]

Mo,  I see that Henry and Elizabeth had
William Henry, born 1867
Robert Alexander born 1869 died 1870
Robert Alexander born 1871
John born 1875
All in Whitehouse district. These are all extracts from Civil Registration.
 If Robert Alexander the child was buried in Carnmoney, I suspect that his father Henry would be buried there also.
I also note that Elizabeth and the three remaining sons are all living in Antrim town in 1901 (see census).
RosemaryJoan

[Mo37]

Hi RosemaryJoan

I have the information for Henry and Elizabeth's children. Their eldest son William Henry Kerr Laughlin (born 02-02-1867) was my Grandfather. I ran into problems trying to find Henry's siblings - if he had any. I've been to Carnmoney burying ground. There is a Laughlin grave there. I can't find my information at the minute but I think it was a James Laughlin and his wife Margaret and also his daughter. I couldn't find any relationship for them to my Great grandfather.
All Henry and Elizabeth's children seem to have been born in the Whiteabbey area. My Grandfather was a builder by trade in Antrim town so I would imagine that he would have marked his parent's grave in some way. His mother (Elizabeth) died in 1910 but they are not buried in the family grave in Antrim Cemetery. I wasn't interested enough in family history until my father was too elderly to remember where their burying ground was.
I will just have to keep searching!

Mo