Thank you Aghadowey and Gaffy for your replies to my post. You have both been very busy. So much so, that I'm not entirely sure which is the easiest point to address first. However, I have to let you know that my reply is rather long and will probably require two or more postings to get it all posted.
So, I'll start with the tree on
http://www.ancestrysolutions.com/FamilyCollectives/getperson.php?personID=I4517&tree=1That is mine which is somewhat out-of-date as I have now established the deaths of several of the earlier children many of whom died within days and months of having been born, vizt. Robert John died 13 Sep 1874 not quite 7 years old; the unnamed son died 3 Feb 1870 just 2 days after birth; Annie Margaret died 26 Dec 1870 being one month after birth; the first Andrew died 29 Oct 1871 being 5 days after birth, leaving William, James, Robert, Andrew and Matilda as the 'living' children.
Furthermore, I have established that the Mary Ann McAloney who died in 1913 is not Mary Ann nee CARSON. The death certificate from 1913 reveals that Mary Ann McAloney was the "former wife of a labourer, signed by John McAloney widower of deceased present at death. Died 28 September 1913 at Tullans Coleraine." I have also found this Mary Ann with her husband John on the 1911 census at:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Knockantern/Tullans/590517/which reveals that John McAloney was born in Co. Antrim, the couple were married for 14 years and there were no children of the marriage born at any time.
So, that still leaves me without any death registration in Ireland for 'my' James McAloney and Mary Ann nee CARSON.
The Andrew McAloney and Jane Quinn conundrum I have been trying to drill down on for some time. In all documentation that I have found for Andrew he claims a birth year of 1882 whereas Andrew of 'my' family was born in 1877. I, too, have looked for a marriage certificate for this couple and have come up empty - no marriage in England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland. Yet, I did confirm that the surname of the mother of the two children Andrew and Jane, as she was born, was QUINN. I have not found this Andrew's death which should have occurred between 1906 and 1911 when his wife claims that she is a widower. I believe that this Andrew is the fellow on the 1901 census at:
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Portrush_Urban/Causeway_Street/932048The James McAloney who died in 1912 at Crocknamack may not fit with the Andrew McAloney born there 1903. This particular James McAloney was aged 70 years on his death in 1912 placing his birth year circa 1842. If the Andrew aged 19 of the 1901 census is the fellow who was the father of Andrew in 1903 then Andrew's father, James, was either badly mistated age wise on the 1901 census or the death of James in 1912 saw the age badly overstated.
Doing the math of Andrew's parents, James and Mary Ann, produces years of birth for them of 1861 and 1863, respectively. The first known and confirmed child of 'my' James and Mary Ann (nee CARSON) is Robert John who was born 27 Dec 1867 in Coleraine, utterly dismissing the James and Mary Ann with Andrew in 1901 as contenders for being the same people.
See Continuation #1
