I took your advice and rummaged through siblings certs. Well, another mystery. I located one of their son's marriage records and on the bottom is stated, "husband's parents from Moira, County Down". I'm sure that Anne is from Meath since it showed it on both the 1901 & 1911 census, but maybe the father is not from Belfast as noted in the 1901 census. I believe Moira is about 15 miles away. Close enough. This is never easy, is it?
I believe this is them.....any thoughts? After looking at Anne and James' marriage record, I got to thinking. If they married in Belfast, who is to say that Anne wasn't already living there when she met them? I looked at the 1861 directory and there is a James O'Neill nailer, living at 44 Bank Street. Then in the 1868 direcory, James O'Neill is still living at 44 Bank and now is a fowl dealer. Hand in hand with James McKenna, the butcher.
She ended up living the rest of her life with her husband, James McKenna at 35 Bank Street.
I might be missing it, but I cannot locate my James McKenna on the 1861/1868 Belfast directory. Maybe he was living with them? I can't think of anything else. He pops up at 35 Bank in the 1877.
Phew. Would you mind taking a swing at locating James' death info? I've looked on AncestryIreland, Rootsireland and emeralds' ancestors with no luck. Since he was alive in 1868, there should be some death info somewhere. I'm hoping to see an informant and some additional info.
Thx in advance for any help!