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Hi,
Please could someone point me to where Loughconnelly is located . I can not find it with a search on multimap. I've tried searching the net too, and I'm coming across references to skerry (??)
My grandmother was born there and her father was living there according to her birth certificate. The birth was registered in the district of Ballymena. Is Loughconnelly in Ballymena or Broughshane, or neither?
Thank's for any help :)
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Hiy Cell,
Well we are in the right county. PRONI have it on their list of townlands. http://www.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/townantr.htm We are getting there slowly .. I looked at www.thecore.com/seanruad Loughconnelly is a 1163 acre townland in the Barony of Lower Antrim. It is in Skerry Civil Parish and Ballymena Poor Law Union. Right now the next thing to do is send a message to the Local Studies section of the Library in Ballymena. Tell them you already have this information otherwise they may send it to you again .. there is no point in being told it a second time although at least you will not be charged. Also mention in your message that Loughconnelly is on Sheet numbers 28,33 of the 1830s Ordnance Survey maps as this may assist them to pinpoint the precise location for you http://www.from-ireland.net/griffiths/antim/antrimordnos.htm Would you believe it .. some members have made enquiries to searchers in Heritage Centres and had to pay for what they already know. Here is the address for you http://www.familia.org.uk/services/ni/northeast.html
Best Wishes, Chris
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Thank's Chris.
I think I've found it, although I haven't found the exact location on any map displayed on the internet. By the looks of it It's very near Broughshane ( and like you said , it's under the civil parish of Skerry) http://www.from-ireland.net/plusdeds/ballymena.htm - I have been told my gran grew up in Broughshane, but I didn't know where exactly where she was born for sure until I recieved her birth cert (she lived in Ballymena itself later on in life, where my mum was born)
Also, the witness at birth and informant on the birth cert is from Loughloughan, which is also under the same registrar's district as Loughconnelly according to this site.
http://www.from-ireland.net/plusdeds/ballymena.htm
:)
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Cell,
I have been doing quite a bit of research in the Skerry and Rocavan Parish areas. If you PM me an email address, I will scan and send you an outline map including Loughconnolly. If you then use it in conjunction with this multimap (http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=-6.1171&GridN=54.8971&lon=-6.1171&lat=54.8971&client=public&cidr_client=none&lang=&db=nireland&overviewmap=&scale=50000&place=Buckna), you should have a clearer idea. On the Multimap, Loughconnolly is not noted, but lies on the same side of the red marked road from Aughafatten and Breckagh, but just a bit further down ( above and to the right a bit of Blackstown).
Post the family surname and I will have a look at some records I have for the area and see if it appears.
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Just noticed your other post on the Purdy surname. If this is the name you are researching in Loughconnollly, I can confirm there was a Thomas Purdy (sometimes Purdie) who appeared on communicants lists for nearby Buckna Presbyterian church in the mid 1800's. He is noted as being from Loughconnolly.
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Found by Googling ...
Here is a diagram showing where the Civil Parish of Skerry is in Co Antrim:
http://www.ancestryireland.co.uk/index.php?filename=map_antrim
Here is a diagram showing where the townlands (including Loughconnelly) are in the Parish of Skerry:
http://www.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/parishes/par245.htm
JAP
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Just noticed your other post on the Purdy surname. If this is the name you are researching in Loughconnollly, I can confirm there was a Thomas Purdy (sometimes Purdie) who appeared on communicants lists for nearby Buckna Presbyterian church in the mid 1800's. He is noted as being from Loughconnolly.
Hi Scotmum,
yes ,I'm researching the name Purdy (and also McNeill who married Purdy) on my mum's maternal line
I do have a Thomas Purdy . This is some of the the info I have ( hope this is not confusing):
Emily Purdy ( my gran) b - 31 may 1916 Loughconnelly, she grew up in Broughshane -( sources from Emily herself and her birth cert NI GRO)- died in Wales just a couple of years ago.
Emily's Father: John Purdy ( died when my gran was a young girl from a heart attack, death abt 1920/21 - early 1920's anyway)
occupation Shepherd (according to my gran's birth cert, and his marriage cert in 1899-) don't know his birth date he was of full age on his marriage cert)
Emily's mother: Mary Elizabeth (Lizzy) McNeill b abt 1876 ( died late 1940's, or early 1950's sometime in Ireland, my mum knew her) Mary's parents are- father Andrew McNeill - farmer, mother Elizabeth White,( sources include- my mother, my gran, birth cert GRO and marriage cet UHF, and extracted birth record LDS)
John Purdy and his wife Mary Elizabeth Purdy(nee McNeill ) both from Loughconnelly at the time of their marriage (source marriage cert UHF) (I don't know if they were born there, or where John Purdy is born , I haven't got factual documentation yet on where they were born- but they are probably both from around the area. I do for almost certain (well as certain as one can be without holding the factual documentation of her birth details yet) think Mary Elizabeth was born around there - most of her family including Mary Elizabeth's father Andrew came from around Broughshane, according to what my grandmother always said to me)
John Purdy's father - Thomas Purdy , occupation Shepherd. ( don't know his age), but guess it would be in the mid 1800's ( John married in 1899)
Other Purdy's:
Sarah, Ruby ( these are some of John Purdy's siblings - source my mum, so these may not be accurate, she tends to get some peoples names mixed up these days - she doesn't know a lot about the Purdy line,like she does the McNeills- as John Purdy died when my gran was young girl)
My grandmother Emily's siblings below which are all Purdy's
These are accurate, source is from my mum and from my grandmother who knew them of course (I don't know their exact birth dates but they were all older than my gran except for Tom who was her younger brother):
1)John (worked with explosives.His main job was something to do with explosives, and he also looked after and bred Greyhounds for someone ( died by blowing himself up in a mine - Accidentally! lol , I shouldn't laugh should I (my gran was really upset over his death at the time!), but it tickles me for some odd reason - I've a few deaths in my tree by being blown up in various ways - I must remember to never go near explosives myself lol just in case it's in the genes. Apparently it was not his fault ,It was his under study's fault - source my grandmother and mum)
2)Mary
3)Elizabeth
4)Jean
5)Sadie
6)Martha (died sometime in-between the years of 1968 and 1971 )
7)Agnes ( Martha's twin sister- but died as a child/baby)
8)Emily (my gran B 1916)
9)Tom ( the youngest born around 1917 /1918)
Thomas Purdy ,born in the 1800's sometime (John's father) may have married a Jenny Graham ( this is where it gets a bit complicated) - I've yet to find Jenny Purdy ( Graham was her maiden name, she also had a first marriage Mcfall - so it maybe Jenny Mcfall when she married Thomas Purdy)
Jenny Purdy ( (nee Graham, and Mcfall 1st marriage) may not be her real name - it could be Jenifer? Jennet, Gennet etc etc. She was known as Jenny to her family.
Jenny Purdy nee Graham ( this source is from my mum, and also from the horses mouth so to speak - my gran and granddad when they were alive - they also told me this) - she is also in the other side of my tree too, my mum's paternal line . My grandparents Emily and James were 2nd cousins. Jenny was my granddad's grandfather's sister, and she was also my grandmothers grandmother - so my tree is going to join up if I get back to the generation before - ie - my gran and granddad shared the same Great Grandparents.
Bet you wish you never asked now! lol ;D I hope I haven't sent you to sleep with all that above lol ( really sorry to make this post so long, but I thought I'd include my sources for a reason)
Anyway, to the exact point (At last!! lol) - yes I do have a Thomas Purdy - my G G Grandfather who was born sometime in the 1800's ( John Purdy's father) - the name could very well be spelled "Purdie" sometimes - it seems it is written a few different ways http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/purdy-coat-arms.htm
Thank you very much for your help :)
I'll Pm you my email address.
Thank you Jap for your help too, the maps you found are a great help, very much appreciated :)
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Have read through above and found it all very interesting (I love hearing about other folks research almost as much as I love doing my own research).
The minister of Buckna Church, on March 24th 1857, in visitations to his members, records a Thomas Purdy & wife & 2 children (4 children by 1862 visitation) living in Loughconnolly. Also living beside Thomas were a John Purdy & wife and 3 children (will email you some interesting additional snippets of info he has noted concerning this John's wife and children).
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Hi Cell,
I read your post with interest, my grandmother was Martha Purdy she married Alexander Nicholl Weir, my husband has put together a website about the Weirs and Purdys with a photo album on it, I include the link if you would like to see it.
Regards Lynnette.
http://www.freewebs.com/weirfamilyorigins
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Hi Cell,
I read your post with interest, my grandmother was Martha Purdy she married Alexander Nicholl Weir, my husband has put together a website about the Weirs and Purdys with a photo album on it, I include the link if you would like to see it.
Regards Lynnette.
http://www.freewebs.com/weirfamilyorigins
Hi Lynnette , it's very nice to hear from you :).
I have seen your site, your mum sent me a wrong link to it, but I managed to find it in the end by searching Yahoo.
My mum and her siblings will be really pleased to see some of the photos you have on there. I'll have to print them out and send them to mum - My grandmother never kept many photographs. ( perhaps because my gran moved houses a bit in the early days - so they got lost in the moves).
I have only just read the email that you have sent to me . I will email you some of the info I have ,also a couple of the old pictures that I do have and the certs when I manage to find some quiet time ( John Purdy's death certificate is a bit of problem though - it's bigger than A4 size , my scanner is only A4 so I'm going to have to scan it in two pieces or something)
Very Kind Regards :)
P.S.
Regarding John Purdy's birth , who I now know was born around about 1852/53 going by his death cert ( this thread is an old one of mine I didn't have his death cert when I first wrote my original post) I may have found his baptism record, I don't know if its his yet until I purchase it.
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Mary Elizabeth McNeill was our great-grandmother's sister. Great-grandmother was Rachel McNeill, who married William Taggart. She was born in 1863 and died in 1913.
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G'day Scotmum,
I'm new, my Father's elder brother was born in Roughan, then the sister, Loughconnelly and he and the rest Magheramully. So Iam interested in the map too please as they don't appear on our maps. I know they are somewhere near racavan.
Valbeth
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Hello Valbeth, If you have a look at my wee website
www.andersonsofbroughshane.info
you will find a link to a map of the townlands. You will find Loughconnelly on it. It has a zoom control on it so you can move about. Regards,RosemaryJoan
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Thanks for directing valbeth to your site ( I was just about to do likewise ;D).
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Just noticed your posts on loughconnelly and skerry. I live there and see skerry out of my windows
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Mary Elizabeth McNeill was our great-grandmother's sister. Great-grandmother was Rachel McNeill, who married William Taggart. She was born in 1863 and died in 1913.
Hi,
( I know this is in the completed section and is an old post - 2007, but hoping you may get a notification in your email in box when I post on this thread. You haven't been online for years.)
I didn't see your post way back in 2007.
Are you sure Rachel didn't die on the 23rd June 1910? ( I'm looking straight at her death certificate . The cert I am holding is definitely the Rachel who's husband was William living in Deerpark farms )
I have been going through my old lines, chasing up things, and by googling brought your old post up.
Do you have her death cert?
What I do not understand is where did you get that date of 1913 that you have from ( Her husband William was widowed in 1911 census and there seems to be no deaths in the BMDS in 1913 that could otherwise be her)
My mother, who knew her gran ,Mary Elizabeth McNeill ( married name Purdy) , had never heard of one of her grans sisters being a Rachel, but she probably wouldn't have if things were hushed up and Rachel being the oldest sister ,dying well before my grandmother (Mary's daughter) was born.
I don't think I've come across a baptism for Rachel ( unlike the others she was born before civil reg), but she is obviously Elizabeth's daughter as Elizabeth ( nee White) does mention her daughter Rachel Taggart.
If you see this, please reply, it's exciting to find a long lost family member.
Kind Regards :)