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Antrim Completed Look up Requests / Re: James McAllister
« on: Friday 12 September 14 20:50 BST (UK) »
Thank you Gaffy and kingskerswell for the information on James McAllister. I am just starting to get information on my father's family.
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Antrim Completed Look up Requests / James McAllister
« on: Friday 12 September 14 04:13 BST (UK) »
I am looking for the parents of James McAllister (1869 - 1901) who was married to Agnes McVeigh in 1888. Any information would be appreciated.
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Antrim / Re: Thomas and Agnes McVeigh of Belfast
« on: Thursday 11 September 14 22:00 BST (UK) »thank you again scotmum for the info about my Father, William McAllister. We knew he came to Canada in 1912 but did not know the name of the ship or the city of departure or where he landed here in Cananda. We thought it might have been Halifax.
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Antrim / Re: Thomas and Agnes McVeigh of Belfast
« on: Thursday 11 September 14 21:51 BST (UK) »
Thank you scotmum for the info of Robert McAllister. He was the younger brother of my father, William. Also, Agnes McAllister was his mother but we did not where they were buried.
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Antrim / Re: Thomas and Agnes McVeigh of Belfast
« on: Thursday 11 September 14 03:14 BST (UK) »
Hi Cousin Martin ,
This greeting meant so much to me - it meant I have relatives in Ireland of my Father's family. I have only one (or thought I had) - a granddaughter of my Uncle Sam. She is another Nancy and lives in Ottley, England - she also has a son Sam. I too named my eldest daughter Nancy.
When I last corresponded with you I was in New Hampshire visiting my daughter who is also interested in family history. She has a good photo shop program on her computer and has enlarged and enhanced some of the old pictures I have of William and Samuel. They are quite good. I look forward to exchanging photos with you to see if there are family resemblances.
I was looking through my Father's army paybook again and he states as next of kin a Mrs. Rebbeca Tipping of 142 Crimea Street, Belfast as his aunt. Do you know if this might be a sister of his mother, Agnes? He also mentions another aunt, a Mrs. Margaret Campbell (I can't make out the street) Belfast.
I am rather new at this family history but I think I will look into the names of family that immigrated to Quebec and Ontario.
My father and Samuel never returned to Ireland for a visit except during the war and they both spent a leave there for a few days. Would you believe they met there on a street - neither knew the other would be there. My sister and I have visited Ireland. We were on a bus tour for two weeks at the end of May and first week of June 2008. It was a great tour and the weather was just great. We only spent one day in Belfast (it was a Sunday) We had a walking tour and wondered if we were anywhere near where our father grew up.
Do we need to post one more message before we can exchange email addresses? I am quite anxious to see your photos.
This greeting meant so much to me - it meant I have relatives in Ireland of my Father's family. I have only one (or thought I had) - a granddaughter of my Uncle Sam. She is another Nancy and lives in Ottley, England - she also has a son Sam. I too named my eldest daughter Nancy.
When I last corresponded with you I was in New Hampshire visiting my daughter who is also interested in family history. She has a good photo shop program on her computer and has enlarged and enhanced some of the old pictures I have of William and Samuel. They are quite good. I look forward to exchanging photos with you to see if there are family resemblances.
I was looking through my Father's army paybook again and he states as next of kin a Mrs. Rebbeca Tipping of 142 Crimea Street, Belfast as his aunt. Do you know if this might be a sister of his mother, Agnes? He also mentions another aunt, a Mrs. Margaret Campbell (I can't make out the street) Belfast.
I am rather new at this family history but I think I will look into the names of family that immigrated to Quebec and Ontario.
My father and Samuel never returned to Ireland for a visit except during the war and they both spent a leave there for a few days. Would you believe they met there on a street - neither knew the other would be there. My sister and I have visited Ireland. We were on a bus tour for two weeks at the end of May and first week of June 2008. It was a great tour and the weather was just great. We only spent one day in Belfast (it was a Sunday) We had a walking tour and wondered if we were anywhere near where our father grew up.
Do we need to post one more message before we can exchange email addresses? I am quite anxious to see your photos.
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Antrim / Re: Thomas McVeigh and Agnes McAdorey Glenarm
« on: Saturday 09 August 14 21:38 BST (UK) »
My father's mother is Agnes/Nancy McVeigh. I believe my grandmother is the Agnes you speak of in one of your posts. She was married to James McAllister. They had four children; Thomas born 1891, Samuel born 1892, William (my father) born 1894, Robert born 1897. I have a certified copy of my father's birth certificate from Ireland. This certificate lists their address as 47 Joseph St. in Belfast. This would put them fairly close to Agnes’ father at 54 Joseph St. According to the 1911 census, they were living at 34 Kendall Street, (Woodvale Ward, Antrim).
My father told me his eldest brother Thomas joined the British Navy and was never heard from again except for a post-card from Thomas many, many years later.
Samuel emigrated to Canada, living most of his life in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. I am not sure of the year, but it was probably around 1909-ish. It was before Agnes died in 1911. Samuel married Sadie (Sarah) (surname unknown, may be able to contact a cousin). Sam and Sadie had two Daughters.
My father William emigrated to Canada after his mother died but before WWI broke out. I have a picture of him (working as a painter) in front of Hamilton Hospital (also in Ontario). He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in August, 1915. Both my father and my uncle Sam served overseas. After the war, Sam returned to Ontario. My father at some point moved to Quebec, Canada where he met and married my mother Helen Yorke. They lived in the city of Lachine (a suburb of Montreal) the rest of their lives.
FYI to your earlier posts; I have a bible that was presented to my father in 1912 from the Crimea Street Sunday School. He told me he was Presbyterian, and that is also what he listed on his Attestation Paper for joining the CEF. In this bible (in his own hand writing) he wrote his mother’s birth year (1863) and her date of death, 6 March, 1911. Also that his brother Robert (born 1897) died January 1911
My father told me his eldest brother Thomas joined the British Navy and was never heard from again except for a post-card from Thomas many, many years later.
Samuel emigrated to Canada, living most of his life in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. I am not sure of the year, but it was probably around 1909-ish. It was before Agnes died in 1911. Samuel married Sadie (Sarah) (surname unknown, may be able to contact a cousin). Sam and Sadie had two Daughters.
My father William emigrated to Canada after his mother died but before WWI broke out. I have a picture of him (working as a painter) in front of Hamilton Hospital (also in Ontario). He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in August, 1915. Both my father and my uncle Sam served overseas. After the war, Sam returned to Ontario. My father at some point moved to Quebec, Canada where he met and married my mother Helen Yorke. They lived in the city of Lachine (a suburb of Montreal) the rest of their lives.
FYI to your earlier posts; I have a bible that was presented to my father in 1912 from the Crimea Street Sunday School. He told me he was Presbyterian, and that is also what he listed on his Attestation Paper for joining the CEF. In this bible (in his own hand writing) he wrote his mother’s birth year (1863) and her date of death, 6 March, 1911. Also that his brother Robert (born 1897) died January 1911
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