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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Carnmoney Cemeteries Newtownabbey
« on: Thursday 14 July 16 18:04 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for your useful replies. I have learned the hard way to check different spellings of surnames so always check for 'Saunderson' and 'Sanderson'. James and Eliza's daughter-in-law Mary (and presumably son William) is (according to Billiongraves) buried in Carnmoney Cemetery 1940. I still need to check with Newtownabbey Borough Council to find out how many are buried in that plot. As for finding where James and Eliza are buried my best guess is the Church graveyard. My reasoning for this is that James died pre-1901 and I believe Carnmoney Main and East were opened after this date. Aghadowey - yes that is the correct census entry. From rootschat I printed a copy of a map of the Church graveyard and have convinced myself (using a magnifying glass!) that I've spotted the name Saunderson. If anyone has copies of books or CD's of gravestone inscriptions for any of the cemeteries mentioned I'd be really grateful for a look-up!

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Family History Beginners Board / Carnmoney Cemeteries Newtownabbey
« on: Wednesday 13 July 16 17:35 BST (UK)  »
Hi. I hope I'm posting this in the correct place. For several years now we have been trying to find a date and place of death for my husband's 2nd great grandfather James Saunderson. We know that his wife Eliza was a widow at the time of the 1901 census. Have searched in vain for a death record on GRONI. On a recent visit to Belfast we decided to try the Belfast Telegraph library as we knew Eliza's date of death was 16/03/1908. We managed to find a death insertion which stated that she was to be buried at 'Carnmoney Family Burying Ground'. I now realise that there are quite a few cemeteries this could be referring to. We've contacted Newtownabbey Borough Council but they could find nothing. If anyone has any suggestions or can offer any help that would be great.

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Tyrone / Re: Wallis/Wallace County Tyrone
« on: Monday 25 March 13 17:14 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you - how do you gather all that so fast? ???

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Tyrone / Re: Wallis/Wallace County Tyrone
« on: Monday 25 March 13 16:35 GMT (UK)  »
Oops, getting my centuries mixed up sorry. Yes I meant that the Thomas Wallis I'm searching for might have married a Mary Malcolm in 1831 in Randalstown. The Thomas Wallis on the 1901 census in Molesworth Street (possibly a son) was married to (I believe) Margaret Glenn and they did have a son called Hugh Malcolm WALLIS.

Coincidentally, at the marriage of William Nixon/Mary Wallis one of the witnesses was Hugh Wallis so possibly another brother?

I don't want to try to make things fit that don't, if you know what I mean. Hopefully there will be someone out there who knows the families I'm referring to !

Thanks again.

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Tyrone / Re: Wallis/Wallace County Tyrone
« on: Monday 25 March 13 15:33 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for that, it's worth considering. :)

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Tyrone / Re: Wallis/Wallace County Tyrone
« on: Monday 25 March 13 15:12 GMT (UK)  »
Just to add a bit more information. There is a* possibility* that the Thomas Wallis I am trying to trace married Mary Malcolm at Randalstown Church of Ireland in 1931. I live in Cheshire now so apart from visiting PRONI does anyone know of another way of accessing the Church records for this marriage or subsequent children? Thank you.

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Tyrone / Re: Wallis/Wallace County Tyrone
« on: Monday 25 March 13 14:33 GMT (UK)  »
It would be great if Mary and Thomas were brother and sister and it is possible although I have no proof. The Thomas Wallis PRONI will is, I believe a generation back so maybe their father? According to LDS death record for said will, Thomas Wallis died on 28/01/1906 age 63 (which corresponds precisely with 1901 Molesworth Street, Cookstown census). I find it odd that possibly both father and son were station masters but I suppose it's not impossible. I need to do whatever I can now to find records/family for the Thomas Wallis who was station master at Randalstown in 1852.

I'm impressed at the speed at which you supplied all that information so thanks again.



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Tyrone / Re: Wallis/Wallace County Tyrone
« on: Monday 25 March 13 13:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hi. That's a great start thank you! These three ladies are definitely great aunts of my husband but we didn't know their exact dates of birth or date/place of baptism. Much appreciated.
Julia

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Tyrone / Wallis/Wallace County Tyrone
« on: Monday 25 March 13 13:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all. I'm brand new to the site so hope I am doing this correctly. I'm researching my husband's ancestors and am at my wits end ! I have mountains of 'bits' of information including some dates, census returns etc but can't tie it all together. Does that make sense?

Here's what I know for sure. My husband's great-grandfather was William Nixon and he was railway station master (Castlerock?). He married Mary Wallis/Wallace in 1872 at Molesworth 3rd Presbyterian Church. According to marriage record Mary's father was Thomas Wallis/Wallace. We know he also was a railway station master (possibly either/or Randalstown/Cookstown). This has just been confirmed by finding an inscribed pocket watch from 1850's.

We are completely stuck at this point as all three people we have mentioned were born pre-Civil Registration. We noticed that at the time of the 1901 census a Thomas Wallis (age 58) living in Cookstown was a station master but we don't think this was my husband's GG Grandfather as the timeline couldn't be right.

If anyone can shed any light on this I'd be very grateful.
Regards
Julia :)

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