Thomas Henry is my great-grandfather. I have information from a reliable family source that he was born 6th September 1877 and died 3rd August 1963, which is backed up by the will calendar. All the records I can find of him (censuses, street directories, etc) have him living at 39 Queen St, Ballymoney and working as a pork butcher.
Thomas married twice, once to Matilda Foster Clyde in Dec 1898 and then to Elizabeth Maybin/Mabin in Nov 1918.
I found some school records which stated that he resided at Townhead St and his mother was a servant.
Now for the mystery I'm trying to solve. Thomas was illegitimate. The family maintain that his father acknowledged him but we have no information on who he was. Based on some educated guesswork (middle names of Thomas's children and the like), i think it may have been a Thomas Lyle Henry,born in Finvoy in 1858. Of g-grandad's mother, there is no trace.
If anyone can tell me anything about this part of my family i would be so grateful. Or even just some ideas of where to look. I don't live in NI but I've been to GRONI and rooted through all their records and PRONI and now I'm completely stuck. My mother adored him so it would be lovely to find something for her sake.
Thanks!
Laura