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Antrim / Re: Elizabeth Crawford's maiden name? Ballymena .Confused - Help please
« on: Sunday 21 January 18 23:13 GMT (UK)  »
Hello again,
No worries...just reply when you get a bit of time to yourself.
Do check out the church records...
www.firstballymena.org
Click on church records and it will then ask you to send your request by email.
All church records have been update recently and a team of people look after them and someone will reply to you.
In the meantime I'll do my best to find out any info I can for you.
My aunt and I are going to do a family tree too so we will be looking at these records too.As a child I remember hearing stories of Wilnor and "The Crawfords." Aparantely they were all great tradesmen and as i told you earlier they were involved in the building of the Braidwater Mill chimney and my aunt said the Town Hall too.
I have just had a quick look at our family grave papers and i can see Isabella and Hugh O'Neill have been buried in that grave. ..they were the witnesses at John and Lizzy Crawford's wedding. Must try to find out where John n Lizzie are buried. But Wilnor was definately a member of that church when they still read out his name each year in Remembrance Sunday.
Anyway I'm just back home from a lovely but tiring  weekend in London so my concentration not great. Will be in touch.  :)

Colleen

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Antrim / Re: Elizabeth Crawford's maiden name? Ballymena .Confused - Help please
« on: Tuesday 02 January 18 17:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
I'm not sure about the Purdy connection but I will ask my aunt and let you know if she can give you any info to help you move forward with that.
John Crawford AKA Johnny... married Elizabeth Devlin...she was known as Lizzie and for some reason they adopted Wilnor Crawford. Who his birth mother was and what his birth name was I don't know ...yet!
Try contacting the church, First Ballymena Presbyterian Church. It is the oldest church in Ballymena and is celebrating it's 350 year anniversary. They have old records and may be of some help. I have a copy of the grave papers of our family grave which is in the Old Church Yard Ballymena and I will have a look at it and see if there are Purdy's on it.
Could I please ask you if you contacted JoanP by private message to contact her again and ask her to contact me. My aunt said she remembered her family and they emigrated to Canada or America when she was at primary school. It would be good to contact her about her family.
Thank you.

Colleen

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Antrim / Re: Elizabeth Crawford's maiden name? Ballymena .Confused - Help please
« on: Sunday 31 December 17 13:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,
I came across your message a few days ago. I was with my mother and my aunt.  We are Crawfords from the Moat Road Ballymena. Johnny was my grandfather's uncle. My grandfather's father was George Crawford. Johnny's wife was Lizzie Devlin and Wilnor was adopted. Wiknor died in the 2nd World War and his name is read out every year at the remembrance service in 1st Ballymena Presbyterian Church (we are still members of that church) . My grandpaernts had a photo of Wilnor in his uniform but sadly those photos were all lost in a house fire about 10 years ago. The Crawfords were all tradesmen men ( the best ....so they say!) and built the Braidwater Mill chimney which is one of the 7 towers of Ballymena.
My aunt is really good at remembrting family stories and history....so I'm going to get her to write down all she knows because when she dies all that info will go with her!
I hope this helps in some way.

Regards
Colleen   :)

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