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Antrim / Drain/Draine in Co. Antrim
« on: Thursday 09 September 10 19:55 BST (UK) »
Hello.
I am tracing Drain(e) ancestors in Co. Antrim. Unfortunately, I have more questions than answers.
My gr-gr-grandfather was born abt. 1865/6 somewhere in Co. Antrim and later emigrated to the US. He worked in Chicago as a horseshoer and died there at the very young age of 28 in 1894.
His first-born son was named Henry John, so there is a good chance John's father was also named "Henry".
He married a Catholic Irishwoman in Chicago, and his son was raised Catholic, so can only assume he was, as well.
Someone in his recent memory must have used O'Drain or Adrain because it is a persistent belief among the very few descendants alive today.
Also, in Chicago at the time was another John Drain, b. 1864, Belfast, son of Patrick and Sarah (Devlin) Drain...a Patrick Draine, b. 1856/8, Ballymena, son of Henry/Harry and Lucinda (McMullan) Draine...James O. Draine (presumably O'Draine), b. abt. 1869, possibly son of George and Hanna (McAuley) Draine of Newhill, Ballymoney [other possibilities: John & Mary (Gribben), John & Susan (Lundy) and Francis].
I know for a fact that "my" John and the "other" John knew each other; they even briefly roomed together. I do not have any confirmation on whether "my" John knew or was even aware of Patrick or James. I assume so, but I have no proof.
The two strongest possibilities at the moment:
1. John is a brother of Patrick Draine, son of Henry and Lucinda. I can find no record listing a John, however there is a gap in the line of children where he could be...also one of Patrick's sons (like John's) was named "Henry J."
2. There is a record of a son born in 1865 in Ballymena to George and Hanna. The LDS records the son's name as "George", but the UHF records it as "John". The date works, but the father as "George" doesn't quite make sense.
Any information or suggestions will be gratefully received.
I am tracing Drain(e) ancestors in Co. Antrim. Unfortunately, I have more questions than answers.
My gr-gr-grandfather was born abt. 1865/6 somewhere in Co. Antrim and later emigrated to the US. He worked in Chicago as a horseshoer and died there at the very young age of 28 in 1894.
His first-born son was named Henry John, so there is a good chance John's father was also named "Henry".
He married a Catholic Irishwoman in Chicago, and his son was raised Catholic, so can only assume he was, as well.
Someone in his recent memory must have used O'Drain or Adrain because it is a persistent belief among the very few descendants alive today.
Also, in Chicago at the time was another John Drain, b. 1864, Belfast, son of Patrick and Sarah (Devlin) Drain...a Patrick Draine, b. 1856/8, Ballymena, son of Henry/Harry and Lucinda (McMullan) Draine...James O. Draine (presumably O'Draine), b. abt. 1869, possibly son of George and Hanna (McAuley) Draine of Newhill, Ballymoney [other possibilities: John & Mary (Gribben), John & Susan (Lundy) and Francis].
I know for a fact that "my" John and the "other" John knew each other; they even briefly roomed together. I do not have any confirmation on whether "my" John knew or was even aware of Patrick or James. I assume so, but I have no proof.
The two strongest possibilities at the moment:
1. John is a brother of Patrick Draine, son of Henry and Lucinda. I can find no record listing a John, however there is a gap in the line of children where he could be...also one of Patrick's sons (like John's) was named "Henry J."
2. There is a record of a son born in 1865 in Ballymena to George and Hanna. The LDS records the son's name as "George", but the UHF records it as "John". The date works, but the father as "George" doesn't quite make sense.
Any information or suggestions will be gratefully received.