becketts from portrush

[PBeckett44]

Does anyone have any info on the Beckett family from Portrush co Antrim,i can go back as far as James Beckett who married Sarah Lester in1876 but dont know either of their dates of birth or parents names,any help would be appreciated

[aghadowey]

Any relation to James Lester Beckett?

Possibly this is James and Sarah Jane in 1911 census-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Portrush_Town/Causeway_Street/130922/

[PBeckett44]

Yes James Lester Beckett is their grandson ,i'm trying to find out
their birth  and death dates.There is a Beckett family plot in Portrush cemetary but i don't know if these details can be accessed online

[aghadowey]

Cemetery details not online- you'd need to contact Registrar at Coleraine Borough Council Offices.
The James and Sarah Jane Beckett in 1911 census were both born before civil registration of births started in 1864 so you'd need to search for church records.
I.G.I. lists 1 child Daniel Beckett born 18 Nov.1880 Coleraine, Co. Antrim [although Coleraine is actually in Co.Londonderry but 'Coleraine' might refer to the registration district of Coleraine rather than the town]

[PBeckett44]

Sorry for not replying sooner ,computer went down
 thanks for your help

[PBeckett44]

I now know that James and Sarah married 11/12/1876 at Dunluce church in the parish of Dunluce Antrim,residence at the time was Bushmills and fathers names John Beckett and Ralph Lester.There are several John Beckett's listed on IGI and to make the link I really need James birth record,in 1901 he's 42 and in 1911 he's 54 so born late 1850s.Does anybody know if the records exist for this church although it may or maynot be place of birth it's all I have to go on.

Thanks in advance

[aghadowey]

Which religion?

According to this book -
Duluce Church of Ireland (Bushmills) baptisms from 1809, marriages from 1826, burials from 1826 (records in local custody) and Dunluce Presbyterian Church baptisms from 1865, marriages 1845 (local custody, PRONI, Coleraine Library)

[PBeckett44]

Thanks aghadowey,religion was Church of Ireland
does that mean that the church still holds the records?

[aghadowey]

Apparently so.