Have you any Melville ancestors?

[Kiltaglassan]

My grandfather James Melville was born in 1902 in Belfast. I think he was the 2nd youngest but I don't recall.

He was..... the second youngest of five in the second family by 1911.

His younger sister Kathleen born in 1904.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1904/01808/1708562.pdf

However, a further child William born in 1912.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1912/01494/1607710.pdf


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[grahamkj]

Thank you for the information - it lines up with what I thought.

[Kiltaglassan]

Thank you for the information - it lines up with what I thought.

Do you also have this?

From GRONI   https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/
Death
Eleanor Melville   16th April 1953        76      Female       Belfast

KG

[grahamkj]

I wasn't aware of other Melville families in Belfast at the time my gt grandfather moved there. Nor do I know the reason why he moved there. I think he was involved in the railways. I know he was from the Kirkcaldy / Fife area - which is where the Melville name is from. The name dates back to a Norman lord. Whether the family is related directly or adopted the Melville surname we'll probably never know.

His second wife Eleanor Rothwell was only 19 when William Beveridge Melville married her (he was 33) and he already had Bessie. They were married in Stockport near Manchester so it is possible he was working there - or he could have met her in Liverpool. It's entirely possible that he hired her to look after his daughter and then married her.

Maybe the descendants of one of my grandfather's siblings knows more.

[Kiltaglassan]

Maybe the descendants of one of my grandfather's siblings knows more.

Here’s the marriage of one of your grandfather’s siblings (via GRONI).

Marjorie Melville to Ernest Ard           24th September 1923          Belfast

Belfast Telegraph - Friday 17 April 1953
Death Notice
MELVILLE – April 16, 1953, Eleanor Melville, 15 Comber Road, Dundonald, widow of William B. Melville.  Funeral from her son-in-law’s residence, 2 Ardgreenan Crescent, to-morrow (Saturday), at 10 a.m. to Holywood Cemetery. – Deeply regretted by the Family Circle.

1951 Belfast Street Directory
Ardgreenan Crescent (at 3 Campbell Park Avenue)
2. Ard, E. J., sheet metal worker
https://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/acomplete1951_2.htm

1911 census.......Ard
Residents of a house 35 in Ravenhill Avenue (Ormeau, Down).
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Ormeau/Ravenhill_Avenue/216528/


KG

[Fitzy81]

Hi,

I am looking for info on James Melville, his daughter Wilhelmina (Minnie/Mina) Melville- my great grandmother married into Connolly family- or other relatives. Her dates are app 1879-1966. Census data shows she lived in Hardinge St. Around the dock / duncairn area of Belfast. He was possibly of McCleery/ McCleevy St & died sometime before Nov 1900. I'm hitting a dead end with this particular branch of the family, so would love any further ideas! Thanks,
Denise

[aghadowey]

I am looking for info on James Melville, his daughter Wilhelmina (Minnie/Mina) Melville- my great grandmother married into Connolly family- or other relatives. Her dates are app 1879-1966. Census data shows she lived in Hardinge St. Around the dock / duncairn area of Belfast. He was possibly of McCleery/ McCleevy St & died sometime before Nov 1900.

Can't see a birth for Wilhelmina Melville in Ireland. Daughter Wilhelmina Connolly born 1913-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1913/01455/1594290.pdf
Wilhelmina (Mina) listed as age 29 in 1911 & born Belfast- husband's occupation transcribed as 'Robbin Turner' but Bobbin Turner on actual return.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Dock_Ward/Hardinge_Street/136867/
Marriage was in 1900 (Mina)- her address is 55 McCleery St. & father James Melville (deceased)-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1900/10360/5771638.pdf

Possibility? A James Melville died in Sept.1900 a few moths before Mina's marriage-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1900/05755/4625550.pdf
Maybe not? a Margaret Jane Melville at same address in 1901 listed as Church of Ireland-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Duncairn_Ward/Cambridge_Street/957025/

[aghadowey]

A Minnie Melville born 1870 Millisle, Co. Down with father named James-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03352/2229042.pdf

A James Melville death in 1893-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/05989/4703688.pdf

[Kiltaglassan]

A James Melville death in 1893-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/05989/4703688.pdf

Died at Cottown [sic].
Cotton townland
https://www.townlands.ie/down/ards-lower/bangor/bangor/cotton/