William & Rebecca Allen - disappearance of family in 1911!

[corinthian]

Hi,

No I had none of that. David had an elder brother,Edward,also a shoemaker. My direct ancestor is the eldest brother,John,another shoemaker,born 1825,married,I believe,to a Julia Anna Bell.

Thanks once again.

Coreen 

[corinthian]

Are the Belfast Newsletters all available on line?

Coreen

[kingskerswell]

Coreen,
          I can confirm that John Allen married Julianna Bell in Ballinderry Church of Ireland, Lisburn District. The fathers' names were George Allen and John Bell.
          Rather strangely the Ulster Historical gives the location of the marriage as Co. Londonderry. This is a pay-to-view site so I have no further detail.

Regards

[aghadowey]

Think Ancestry have Newsletter- you can often use it at your local library if you have a subscription.

Added- yes, up to 1925 but browse only-
search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2193

[aghadowey]

          I can confirm that John Allen married Julianna Bell in Ballinderry Church of Ireland, Lisburn District. The fathers' names were George Allen and John Bell.
          Rather strangely the Ulster Historical gives the location of the marriage as Co. Londonderry. This is a pay-to-view site so I have no further detail.

Yes, very strange. Emerald Ancestors give Lisburn (with year 1851)- wonder if someone putting details into UHF database clicked the wrong option from a drop-down menu.

[corinthian]

I paid for details of John & Julia Anna's marriage some time ago via the Ulster Historical Foundation website. They were married 17/01/1851 in Ballinderry Church of Ireland,Lisburn,Ballinderry & then it does record Londonderry as part of the address. I can only assume that this is indeed an error as you suggested.

Coreen

[lizmbyoung]

Wow ! I could have saved a lot of hunting, didn't think to look here for the New Zealand family. Thank you so much.  William Allen's wife, Rebecca Forsythe was sister to my great grandmother, Elizabeth, who married Thomas Bruce.  Their son, also Thomas, my grandfather, kept in touch with the New Zealand family and in a letter to my mother in 1957 he says he has heard from Lizzie Allen telling of the death of her sister Meg, and Meg's husband, and that she is now the only one of the family left.  In the early 1950's a John Allen, a doctor came to stay with us in Scotland, and he  and married a Scots girl, Will-Ena Tulloch.  John died in Auckland in 2011.  I am not sure which of the sons of William he was descended from - back to hunting.