Ulster families living in Livingston Co., New York...Servis, Houstoun, et. al

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Having enough time to do research has always been a problem with me, but nevertheless, I will try to do as much as I can to get this post up and going.

1901 Irish census
38 Ballyalbanagh
1.  William D. Houston, 48, farmer, head; m. Lizzie, aged 41
2.  Lizzie, 19
2.  Jannnet, 17
2.  Sarah, 15
2.  Stafford J.
2.  Agnes, 12
2.  William, 10
2.  Fanny, 8
2.  Hannagh, 7
2.  Maggie, 5
2.  Charleet, 3 (Charlotte)
2.  Samuel W., newborn

Livingston County, NY

Sarah Houstoun b. Feb. 8 m. March 14, 1911 to Samuel Nevin, Sr, from Newtown Crummelin (sp?);
Sarah and Sam lived first at Groveland Station and then at Craig Rd., York.  They had four children:
Elizabeth Nevin m. Thomas Bovill of Geneseo
Anges Nevin m. Stewart Nichols of Penfield
William J. Nevin of Avon m. ?
Samuel A. Nevin, Jr. of York m. 1953 Betty Arlene Dills, dau of Richard Dills of Bethany

Hannah Houstoun, sister of Sarah, died on August 8, 1957/58?;  Hannah was a practical nurse.  She resided at Rochester Rd., Avon.  Hannah was buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, York. She was a member the Geneseo Central Presbyterian Church.

Margaret Houstoun, sister to the above, married John Steele;  Margaret m. 2 on Sept. 26, 1969 to William Dempsey.  Living in the State of New York.

Samuel W. Houstoun, also living in the State of New York.  He became the Asst. Supt. of the Monroe County Penitentiary.

William Houstoun came for a visit from Ireland to see his brother and sisters.  He returned with the Adair family who had spent four months in Europe visiting relatives in Ireland, Scotland and England.
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Family of Dodds and Macauley

1. Mr. Dodds married and had,

 2. William Dodds (1858-1934)of Scottsburg,; m. Isabelle Flack (Fleck)

 3. Sarah B. Dodds, b. 1893; m. 1913 Grant W. Mastin

 4. Frances Isabelle Mastin m. 1933 Arthur Hall Dodd(s) of Nunda.

 4. Gretchin Mastin m. Mr. Stevens of Caledonia

 4. Beulah Mastin m. Mr. Bedford of Dansville

 4. Grant Mastin, Jr. of Honeoye Falls

 4. Clyde Mastin of Scottsburg

 3. Kathleen Dodds m. Lavern Crane of Scottsburg, farmer and tax assessor, who died 1952, aged 60.

 4. Mrs Walter Tucker of Scottsburg

 4. Mrs Bernice Carpenter of Scottsburg

 4. Andrew Crane of Scottsburg

 4. Gordon Crane of Conesus

 1. John Dodds, b. abt. 1836; m. Martha Houston

 2. William Dodds (1858-1946), b. Ardymaugh; died Groveland; m. 1881 at Wellington St., Presbyterian Church to Jenny McCauley, dau of Robert McCauley, farmer, of Ballyminstra. [My line of Macauleys as Jenny was a sister to my great grandmother Sarah Jane McCauley who married William Robinson of Ballyalbana, Co. Antrim.  William Dodds paid for my grandfather's passage to America.]

 3. Elizabeth Dodds m. George W. Richmond of Groveland (He married next to Roxy G.

 4. Winifred Richmond (c. 1913-1960) m. Kenneth C. Haywood of Mt. Morris, son of Raymond and Inez M. Haywood.

 4. Mrs. Elizabeth Richmond (1911-1974) m. Andrew Erwin (1904-1994), son of Thomas Erwin and Mary Servis.

 4. William Richmond m. 1948 Nellie Elizabeth Linsner, dau of Samuel Burvis Linsner and Selena Burns.

 4. Donald Richmond of Rochester m. Beryl

 4. Ruth Richmond m. Mr. Russell

 4. Kenneth G. Richmond of Dansville (1915-1994) m. Marian Sterner

 2. Susan Dodds, b. abt. 1863; m. Mr Magee, farmer, Co. Antrim

 3. Thomas Magee, b. abt. 1877 (this date suspect)

 3. Jane Magee, b. abt. 1891

 3. Annie Magee, b. abt. 1891

 2. Thomas Dodds, b. abt. 1861, carpenter, Co. Antrim

 2. Bella Dodds m. Mr. Kirkwood

 2. Margaret J. Dodds, b. abt. 1874

 2. Alexander Dodds, b. abt. 1879, carpenter; m. 1905 at 3rd Presbyterian Church, Ballymena, to Sarah J. McCauley [Sarah is more than likely related to my line of Macauleys, but I am not certain as to how of yet.  I need to find out who her parents were.]

 3. Thomas H. Dodds, b. abt. 1907

 3. John Dodds, b. abt. 1907

 3. William Dodds, b. abt. 1908

 3. Martha Dodds, b. abt. 1910

 3. Robert Dodds, b. abt. 1911

**William Dodds died on May 29, 1946 at the age of 87;  lived Groveland; Born Ardymaugh on Nov. 7, 1858, son of John Dodds and Martha Houston;  Besides his daughter, he was survived by two sisters, Mrs Susan Magee and Mrs Bella Kirkwood, both of Ireland;  From 1897-1905 William was the superintendent of highway for Sparta township;  Buried Union Cemetery;  Pallbearers were  Robert, John, Andrew, and David McCauley, Joseph Buchanan and E. F. Servis

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April 15, 1927
Death of Mrs James Love, Sr., aged 81,  of Mt. Morris-Sonyea who was born in Co. Antrim;
She left the following children:  James Love, Jr. of Mt. Morris, Mrs. Alexander (Mary) McCullough of Sonyea, and Mrs. David M. McCauley of Le Roy.

Surviving brothers and sisters of Mrs. Love were Robert Gibson, John Gibson of Nunda, Mrs. Susan Johnston of Nunda and Mrs. Thomas Gibson of Washington.

Serving as her pallbearers were A. Buchanan, William McTarnaghan, Hiram Gibson, Harry Gibson, Robert Love and James Johston.

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February 1933

Death of Alexander McCullough, aged 46, head farmer at the state institution of Sonyea;  Alexander married in 1910 Mary Love, dau of Mr and Mrs James Love, Sr.  Alexander was survived by the following people besides his wife, Mary:

Francis McCullough, father, of Co. Antrim
Mrs Thomas McNeill and Mrs John Doole, sisters, both of Co. Antrim;
and eight brothers, John, William, Samuel and Robert of Co. Antrim and
James of Hubbard, Ohio, Henry A. of Youngstown, Ohio, Thomas of Newcastle, Pennsylvania, and
David of Toronto, Canada.

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1.  Thomas McCauley (c. 1889-1971) from Ballyclare; m. Violet R. Knox (c. 1893-1968), b. N. Ireland.
2,  Mary E. McCauley, b. 1921; m. Samuel J. Thompson (1918-2012)
2.  Victor Thomas McCauley (1922-2003) m. 1 1948 to Emilie Jeanneret (1917-1993), dau of Leon Edward Jeanneret of Alliance, Ohio and Jane King ; m. 2 Lorraine Heffelfinger, R.N., widow of R. James Haehnle.
2.  Professor William Andrew McCauley (1925-1990) m. 1947 Ruth Norman
1.  Samuel W. McCauley (1886-1948);  lived at Mt. Morris, New York; m. Margaretta, b. 1892;  Samuel died of a fractured skull after being kicked by a horse.  Sam worked at Jam Kitchen.
2.  Andrew E. McCauley, b. 1926; m. 1953 Marian P. Washburn, dau of Henry J. Washburn of Mt. Morris.  Marion died in 1972, aged 43
2.  Samuel R. McCauley (1926-1963) of Groveland, New York; m. ?Marle? of Holcombe.

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1.  William Futt Beggs (c. 1857-1925) of Groveland; m. Isabella Colquhoun (1859-1929)
2.  Robert Colquhoun Beggs (1897-1936) m. Clara Hendershott Woodcock
3.  William Lester Beggs, 1922-1944
3.  Carl R. Beggs, 1925-2004 m. Shirley
3.  John E. Beggs, 1926-2006
3.  Donald Everett Beggs, 1927-2004
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Margaret Beggs, 1887-1979, of Mt. Morris, New York

Frances E. Beggs, 1890-1992, of Geneseo, New York

John Beggs of Mt. Morris m. 1905 Maude Westcott, 1884-1973

Not sure of Livingston Co., but I have the following:

1.  William Beggs m. Mary (Beggs?) in Ireland
2.  Thomas Beggs, b. 1862, builder; emigrated to New York in 1882; m. 1887 in
Dallas, TX to Frederica A. Lawther, dau of Col. R. Lawther.
3.  Robert William Beggs

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1.  James Macauley, (c. 1853-1942). b. Co. Antrim;  head foreman of Restof mines; m. Matilda Martin, (c. 1853-1934).  Matilda was borne in Co. Amtrim but grew up near Glasgow, Scotland
2.  Harriet Macauley, (c. 1881-1953) m. Andrew Daniel Donohoe, (c. 1866-1938);  Check Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, NY
3.  Mary L. Donohoe, (1904-1999) m. Clifford Claire Conroy, (1910-2002);  Clifford foreman of barge canal, mason, justice of the peace and school trustee
3.  James H. Donohoe, (1901-1986);  lived Piffard;  m. Elizabeth M. Hagan
3.  Martin A. Donohoe, b. 1909, lived Rochester: m. Edna ?
3.  B. Eugene Donohoe, (1911-1983);  died Largo, Florida;  engineer for the Gleason Works
2.  Catherine Macauley, b. 1893; m. Frank Halsey of York, b. 1894
2.  Jean Macauley, (1892-1939) m. Leon P. Burgess of Buffalo, NY
2.  Harold J. Macauley, b. 1880
2.  Leander (Lee) Macauley, b. 1888
2.  Wallace R. Macauley, died 1954;  lived Rochester, NY; m. Helen Catherine Siegfried, dau of John Harry Siegfried and Lydia Alice Murrell
2.  Hugh Martin Macauley, (1877-1936) m. Mabel T., (1880-1971);  lived Honeye, NY.
3.  Gordon J. 'Ripp" Macauley, (1907-1986) m. Florence ?, (1910-1983)
2.  Esther Macauley m.  Frank Elmo Pimm, d. 1935
2.  Hazel A. Macauley of Piffard, b. 1897;  niece of Jane Matheson of NYC.

The above Macauley family mentioned in the will of William Madill of Geneseo, c. 1937;  other families mentioned in will were the following:  Madill, Martin, Atchinson, Bendetz, Houston, Milnor, Brownell, McLaughlin, Boyd, Preston, Kemp, Mackie, Gillette, Hewes, Kennedy, Gill, Hyde, Wade, Pimm, Clark and Rossborough

1.  John Madill (McDill) 1784-1855 m.  Jean Agnew (c. 1807-1872); Northern Ireland
2.  Margaret Madill (1843-1928) m. Thomas Redmond;  She's buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Geneseo, NY.
2.  William Madill m.
3.  James Madill (1854-1927)
4.  Robert Madill (1879-1903)
3.  William Madill (1855-1935);  Oaklawn Cemetery
3.  Hugh Madill
3.  Jane Madill, died 1923; m. William McCartney
3.  Catherine Madill (1866-1952) m. David Kenny, d. 1948
3.  Margaret Madill m. Mr. Graham
4.  Robert Graham, d. 1959
3.  Elizabeth Madill, b. 1853
2.  Peter Madill of Crankill, N. Ire (1826-1902) m. 1853 Sarah Gordon (1830-1886);  m. at Ballymena 2nd Presbyterian Church
2.  John Madill of Crankill m. Mary
3.  Elizabeth Madill, (1855-1925) m. John McLaughlin
4.  Maria McLaughlin, (1869-1918) m. John Simpson
4.  Agnes F. McLaughlin, (1876-1971) m. Charles Flanagan;  Agnes died in Chicago, Ill.
4.  John McLaughlin, (1880-1958) m. Anna Douds;  John died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4.  Andrew McLaughlin, (1884-1918)
4.  Margaret McLaughlin, (1888-1978) m. John Adams
4.  James McLaughlin, (1891-1970) m. Sarah Blair of Clough
4.  William McLaughlin, (1874-1918)
4.  Anna McLaughlin, (1878-1958) m. John McWilliams;  died Aredale, Butler County, Iowa
4.  Robert McLaughlin, (1882-1962) m. Myrtle;  died Winnipeg, Canada
4.  Elizabeth McLaughlin, (1886-1979) buried Prairie View Cemetery, Gilman, Marshall County, Iowa; married 1907 James Kilpatrick Madill, (1878-1925), son of Robert Madill, (1845-1910) and Eliza Bell, (1845-1932)
2.  Mary Madill, (1828-1916) m. Mr Eaton;  buried Kirkennola(sp?) Cemetery
2.  Jane Madill, (1829-1891) m. Collin Martin;  lived Manhatten, NY
2.  Isabella Madill, (1832-1891) m. Mr Rossborough
2.  Ellen Madill, (1833-1871) m. Mr Preston
2.  Sarah Madill, (1835-1928) m. Alexander Huston (Houston)  (buried Temple Hill Cemetery, NY)
3.  Mrs John L. McLaughlin of Park Lane Villa, Cleveland, Ohio
3.  Alexander N. Houston, Jr. of Los Angeles
3.  Jane H. Atchinson of Chicago
3.  Mrs W. H. Minor of Summerville, NJ
3.  Mrs W. H. Brownell of Caledonia, New York

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April 7, 1944,  death of  Mrs William (Nellie) Quait of Mt. Morris, NY  Born in Co. Antrim.
My research shows that Nellie (Ellen) was the daughter of Thomas Service and Ellen Stewart
of Ballyalbanagh.  She was born on March 31, 1881.

Her brother, Thomas Service, was born on April 13, 1874, and her brother, John Service, was born on
September 14, 1878.  In the U.S. they spelt their last name Servis.  They also had a sister, Agner, who  was married to a Mr. Erwin.  At the time of Nellie's death , the Erwins were living in El Monte, California.

Nellie had the following children:  Louis Quait of Groveland,  Mrs Harry Adamson, Jr,  Mrs Donald Magee, and Miss Margaret Quait.

The Magees
1.  Edward C. Magee m. Mary Wilson
2.  Donald W. Magee (1916-1996), Highway Superintendent for Groveland, NY; m.  Ruth Quait, dau of William Quait and Ellen (Nellie) Service (Servis).
3.  Capt. Terry Magee
3.  Judy Magee m. Vernon Rowley of Geneseo
Ref.  Find-a-grave website


The Adamson family

Ellen Jane Adair (1844 - 1923), b. Ballynure, Co. Antrim; buried Lakeview Cemetery, Groveland, Livingston County, New York;  Married and had the following children:

i.  Charles Adamson 1869 - 1962 m. 1892 Janet Beggs
ii.  Henry Adamson 1871 - 1946 m. Jane Craig Mullen; their son m. 1935 Dorothy Jane Quait (1910-1977)
iii.  Samuel Adamson 1883 - 1950 m. Matilda Cully (1887-1956)
Ref.  Find-a-grave

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My research shows that Nellie (Ellen) was the daughter of Thomas Service and Ellen Stewart
of Ballyalbanagh.  She was born on March 31, 1881.

Her brother, Thomas Service, was born on April 13, 1874, and her brother, John Service, was born on September 14, 1878. 

Just providing the links to the Service births in Larne R.D. for all to see.

Ellen 1881
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1881/02833/2038664.pdf

Thomas 1874
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1874/03153/2156507.pdf

John 1878
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1878/02957/2083234.pdf

Also, Mary Jane 1871
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1871/03278/2201172.pdf

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