Hello,
There is a bit of a red-herring thrown up in the information concerning William McAloney at Hebburn. I believe that William McAloney to be a descendant of one of the as yet unidentified uncles of James McAloney (who married Mary Carson).
William McAloney, the son of James McAloney and Mary (Anne) nee Carson, was born circa 1865-1870. As a birth certificate cannot be located for him, I suspect that his birth was just prior to the commencement of civil registration for births. This William McAloney married twice, both in Ireland, and died there in 1917. He was also there in 1901 on the census with the family of his second wife, the Swanns.
For the specifics:
1. William McAloney married first Sarah Simpson (as given by Aghadowey above) on 1 Jun 1888 at Ballywillan, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. With this wife he had one child: William McAloney born 9 Aug 1899 at Church Schools, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Sarah nee Simpson died 28 Jan 1893 at Springhill, Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
2. William McAloney married second Lydia Swann:
Church of Ireland, Marriage Register Book True Copy, Ireland (
www.irishgenealogy.ie), Antrim Parish Church, Antrim, Co. Antrim, Ireland, Entry #74, 19 Oct 1898.
"1898 Marriage solemnized at Antrim Church in the Parish of Antrim in the County of Antrim
#74, 13th July 1898,
Groom's particulars:
Name and Surname: William McAloney
Age: Full
Condition: Widower
Rank or Profession: Plasterer
Residence at time of marriage: Antrim
Father's Name and Surname: James McAloney
Rank or Profession of Father: Car-driver
Bride's Particulars:
Name and Surname: Lydia Swann
Age: Full
Condition: Spinster
Rank or Profession: Dressmaker
Residence at time of marriage: Antrim
Father's Name and Surname: Robert Swann
Rank or Profession of Father: Farmer
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of Ireland by License by me, M. H. F. Collis
This Marriage was solemnized between us [signed] William McAloney, [signed] Lydia Swann
in the presence of us [signed] Robert McAloney, [signed] Lizzie McColl.
I, M. H. F. Collis Officiating Minister of Antrim Church in the County of Antrim hereby certify, that the foregoing, comprising one entry numbered 74 is a true copy of the entry so numbered, made in the Marriage Register Books of the said Church. Witness my hand, this 19th day of October 1898 M. H. F. Collis signature of Minister."
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https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1898/10422/5794752.pdf.]
By this marriage he had 2 children:
A. Margaret McAloney born 8 Jun 1899 at Muckamsee(?) Grange, Massereene, Antrim, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
B. Georgina McAloney born 15 Sep 1901 at Fountain Street, Antrim, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
The undeniable proof that this second marriage and series of events is correct comes in the names of the witnesses to this second marriage "Robert McAloney" and "Lizzie McColl".
This Robert McAloney and Lizzie McColl married 28 Dec 1898 at St. Anne, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Their children, Adelaide McAloney and Malcolm McAloney were both born in Bolton District, Lancashire and emigrated to Montreal, Canada with their step-mother, Mary (nee Logan having married Robert McAloney 1 Dec 1902 in Glasgow, he claiming to have been a bachelor even with two children in tow) and step-sibling, Agnes Davis McAloney (Born Ayrshire, Scotland 1904), in 1909.
3. William McAloney and his wife, "Lena" Swann were residing with her father and siblings on Fountain Street, Antrim in 1901 [
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000252597/]
4. William McAloney died:
1917 Nineteenth April, Whitehead Templecorran, William McAloney, male, married, 47 years, plasterer, cause of death strangulated femoral hernia, five days duration, certified, informant Robert McAloney, son, present at death, Whitehead, registered twenty third April 1917, Chs. Dundee Registrar
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1917/05217/4443379.pdfI have not been able to locate the birth of the son "Robert McAloney" named as informant on the death. However, there was a registration in 1882 of a Robert McAloney but alas the irishgenealogy.ie site has attached the wrong image to the entry. I have informed them of the error.
So, anyone who has copied down and taken on the family details of William McAloney as given in Aghadowey's list of details needs to remove those from the family of James McAloney and Mary (Anne) nee Carson.
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