Fresh pair of eyes please. Looking for a death

[aghadowey]

In Ireland the spelling Meharg is more common than Maharg. Using Family Search's Irish civil registration index (with exact spelling) there are only 18 Maharg results but 598 for Meharg.

[Cell]

Hi Heather,
Your version/quote is off one off Joe Graham 's that I did read, among many  other sites that also give a completely different versionof where the maharg and alike name came from.From what I can gather not one of the versions are proven. I do like proof  (it's a  curse of mine   )
I don't think my Graham's(or my present day Graham cousins in Ireland) go back far enough with their Grahams  to stem from the Graham's of white Park
I totally disagree with the statement from that most present day stem from white Park of that name

Graham is also an Engish name, and many settlers with the name came from England too with the free land

My grandfather said that his grandfather ( this Nixon))was born in Scotland, I'm yet to prove where he was born. He was COI, all of my Grahams in Ireland were. I haven't found a baptism for him either in Ireland or Scotland, so frustrating the lack of records, wish my grandad was still alive so I could quiz him over his grandad, he talked and talked, lol, but did I listen???( my grandad died the 1990s) my mum knew the above Nixon's son , her grandfather who eas also called Nixon (my g grandfather) but he died when she was just a little girl in Ireland so she's forgotten a lot what he used to say to her.

 McHarg seems the most common name (if I buy into the theory)
Its a very interesting subject

Kind regards
Excuse typos. I'm using my phone

[TheWhuttle]

"VETERAN ULSTER TINSMITH

... One of the last representatives of the once familiar tinsmiths in Ulster
 6 ft. 3 Inches tall.
Nixon Graham, of Rock Cottage. Kilbride, Doagh, gave me warm welcome when called on him in his homely li'.tle Country Antrim abode the ...

Ref: 04 April 1939 - Belfast News-Letter"

Couldn't find a death notice for him though.
[It might have said " ... to the family burying ground at ... nearby" where his dad might lie!]

Long life spans might be a characteristic of the GRAHAMs.
[We have a Jane GRAHAM (daughter of John GRAHAM) who was brought up c/o of John SCOTT's family, in our tree.  She married Tom PARKINSON, went to Canada.  Her daughter Ivy lived to an age of 103!]

Are you sure that newspaper interview was with Nixon GRAHAM junior and not his Dad?!!

[aghadowey]

"VETERAN ULSTER TINSMITH

... One of the last representatives of the once familiar tinsmiths in Ulster
 6 ft. 3 Inches tall.
Nixon Graham, of Rock Cottage. Kilbride, Doagh, gave me warm welcome when called on him in his homely li'.tle Country Antrim abode the ...

Ref: 04 April 1939 - Belfast News-Letter"

Couldn't find a death notice for him though.
[It might have said " ... to the family burying ground at ... nearby" where his dad might lie!]
...
Are you sure that newspaper interview was with Nixon GRAHAM junior and not his Dad?!!

Nixon Graham, age 76, died 17 July 1948 Antrim district (& subdistrict)

[Lndstro]

Have you tried deaths at sea..possible if he went to Scotland.

[Cell]

"VETERAN ULSTER TINSMITH

... One of the last representatives of the once familiar tinsmiths in Ulster
 6 ft. 3 Inches tall.
Nixon Graham, of Rock Cottage. Kilbride, Doagh, gave me warm welcome when called on him in his homely li'.tle Country Antrim abode the ...

Ref: 04 April 1939 - Belfast News-Letter"

Couldn't find a death notice for him though.
[It might have said " ... to the family burying ground at ... nearby" where his dad might lie!]

Long life spans might be a characteristic of the GRAHAMs.
[We have a Jane GRAHAM (daughter of John GRAHAM) who was brought up c/o of John SCOTT's family, in our tree.  She married Tom PARKINSON, went to Canada.  Her daughter Ivy lived to an age of 103!]

Are you sure that newspaper interview was with Nixon GRAHAM junior and not his Dad?!!

100% sure and more 

 

[TheWhuttle]

Following Aghadowey's info, I found Nixon GRAHAM junior's grave in Kilbride Cemetery.
http://www.discovereverafter.com/plot/82645
[The site's record lists his age as 85 (?!), though there is nothing explicit about his age at death on the memorial stone.]

No sign of his Dad in the cemetery.
[So that line of speculative investigation appears to draw a blank.]

----
A lead on the origins of the NG policeman:

DONEGAL NEWS
The death has occurred at the great age of 97 years, of Mr. Francis Graham, Drimcroagh.
Among members of his family are the Rev. Wm. Graham, who is a rector in England and Mr. Nixon Graham. R.U.C.. Belfast.
11 February 1938 - Derry Journal

Worth a sniff in that direction?

----
The name seems to have carried on in the locality:

"... Mr Dixon Graham, 19-year-old son of Mr. Gawn Graham, Main Street. Ballyclare."
17 February 1944 - Larne Times

My great aunt Florence seems to have been at school with him.
29 February 1936 - Larne Times
[Sadly we lost her last year (on the day of her 90th birthday), so can't ask her about the GRAHAM family.]

Capt. Jock

[BallyaltikilliganG]

trying three sources

 from freebmds http://www.freebmd.org.uk
Deaths Mar 1871   (>99%)
Graham    Nixon    0    South Shields    10a   386   

Deaths Mar 1883   (>99%)  so born~1811
GRAHAM    Nixon    72    South Shields    10a   446   

Deaths Mar 1907   (>99%)  so born ~
1841 GRAHAM    Nixon    64    Barnsley    9c   143    

Deaths Mar 1908   (>99%)
Graham    Nixon    30    Barnsley    9c   130   

Deaths Dec 1912   (>99%)
Graham    Nixon    0    S.Shields    10a   870    


 from Genes Reunited birth of person from members trees
Nixon   Graham   1877   South Shields Tyne A...   No   Elaine   
Nixon   Graham   1877   South Shields ...   No   Margaret   
Nixon   Graham   1877   South Shields Co,Dur...   No   Peter   
Nixon   Graham   1870   South Shields ...   No   Margaret   
Nixon   Graham   1870   South Shields, Durha...   No   Peter   
Nixon   Graham   1844   Newcastle Upon Tyne ...   No   Peter   
Nixon   Graham   1844   Newcastle ...   No   Margaret   
Nixon   Graham   1844   Newcastle Upon Tyne ...   No   Thomas   
Nixon   Graham   1844   Newcastle ...   No   Andrew   
Nixon   Graham   1811   Newcastle Upon Tyne,...   No   Noel   
Nixon   Graham   1811   Not Known ...   No   Peter   
Nixon   Graham   1811   Newcastle Upon Tyne ...   No   Thomas   
Nixon   Graham   1811   Newcastle Upon Tyne ...   No   Peter   
Nixon   Graham   1810   Newcastle Upon Tyne ...   No   Debra   
Nixon   Graham   1810   Newcastle Upon Tyne ...   No   Margaret   

deaths
Ellen Nixon
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Collections from
Great Britain
Country
England
County
Northumberland
Year
1882
Birth Year
1834
Age
48
Event Quarter
2
District
Newcastle upon Tyne

Jane E Nixon the E might be Ellen
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Collections from
Great Britain
Country
England
County
Durham
Year
1931
Birth Year
1845
Age
86
Event Quarter
1
District
South Shields

so stopping there

[aghadowey]

Deaths Mar 1883   (>99%)  so born~1811 GRAHAM    Nixon    72    South Shields    10a   446
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPMT-JMW
Bapt.1811- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDKM-CNL
Possibly connected is this Nixon Graham marriage-
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNVM-MXF

The above can be eliminated as can most of the other English ones by comparing details to English census records.