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Hi again Allan.

I have sent you a PM with my email address
cheers
Jo

Hi there,

I have found another Sloan desc. record that i think is mine and am hoping someone may help me. 

It is from the Londonderry Sentinel
July 31 1866

July 26, at the Second Presbyterian Church, Newtownstewart, by the Rev. Francis Little, MR. ALEXANDER HOOD, of Deerpark, county Tyrone, to MISS MARY D.(Davison/Davidson) SMYTH, second daughter of MR. WILLIAM SMYTH, Lisdoonan, county Tyrone

I have looked for a Lisdoonan in County Tyrone but can only come up with one in Saintfield, County Down NI about 5 miles from Ballygowan/Ballyrush which is where my Sloans were.

So i now have

Elizabeth SLOAN born 1812 of Ballyrush married to William SMYTH (proved from their daughter Maria Frazer-Hurst's death cert in Scotland)

From looking at the Belfast Newsletter i have confirmed that my Margaret Sloan born 1817 (Elizabeth's younger sister) married James Davison SMYTH of Moneyrea on the 10th of December 1838

I am looking for any records on this William SMYTH (sometimes spelt SMITH) of Lisdoonan and family and also on on James Davison(Davidson) SMYTH of Moneyrea.  I am unsure what Church they worshiped at but they are ALL Presbyterian

I have looked at Proni wills and Griffiths Valuation and found Mary Hood on the 1901 census which states she was born in County Down.  She was living in Londonderry.

Cheers and thank you for any help
Jo

Hi all,
I have just heard from an older newly found relative in Northern Ireland  that one of my missing Sloan's Mary SLOAN born 1810 (2nd daughter of Robert Sloan and Elizabeth Kennedy of Ballyrush, Comber) married a Robert REID of Ballygowan in the 1830's. 

She also stated there was a connection of Ardmore House Ballygowan and i have found the births records of some children to a Robert REID and Agnes DICKSON in the 1860's. From research on the internet I believe that the Dicksons owned Ardmore House.

How do i find a marriage in the 1830's which i presume may be in Comber as the Ballygowan Presbyterian Church was not built until 1840 for my Mary Sloan and Robert Reid. 

AND how do we find the births for the children of that marriage.  I have looked at most sites but nothing seems to jell well.  Mary Sloan's brother Robert Sloan of Ballyrush and his wife Margaret Nelson had a son named Thomas Reid Sloan so i could also assume that Mary Sloan married a Thomas Reid (instead of Robert) and had a son Robert Reid who in turn married a Agnes Dickson.

Also are the Down Recorder Archives available online to search the 1840's and 50's.  I have previously looked at it on line but now cannot find my link.

Cheers Jo

Hi all

i am looking for the family a bit more towards the mid 20th Century.

I have William Cooke Nelson SLOANE born 1864, Ballyrush, Comber married to Sara DOUGLAS.  I have found them living in 1901 and 1911 censuses and at 81 Castlereagh Street on the Ulster Covenant Record of 1912 but have lost him from then onwards.  He was an agent, but he trained to be a Doctor and then became a Pharmaceutical Agent instead so he may not have passed.

He had three children that i have found so far, all born in County Down.

James M SLOANE born Newtownards 1896/7 (This is written in 1911 census as looking like a U but i am sure it is an M)
Alice SLOANE born 1899
Jane Smith Harris SLOANE born 1901.

I have found reference to a James Morrow SLOANE born last quarter of 1896 in County Down as a Doctor Qualifying in 1923 and becoming a Captain Surgeon in the Navy? in 1948. (London Gazette).  His address was listed as Whiterock, Killinchy, Belfast.

I would love to trace James and William if possible.

Cheers Jo

Hi again

I also meant to say that the tree is written on a A4 sheet and each generation is not linked to the other apart from the last two generations - Joseph Livingston and Hertford Livingston, his son. There are a lot of bits that don't match up.

Cheers Jo