John McLaughlin Belfast & Holywood

[Gortinanima]

I am looking for a John McLaughlin, Belfast merchant who settled in Holywood, Co Down but I cannot locate him after 1864 -

Here is a chronology for John McLaughlin to 1864

Mentioned in the will of his father Francis McLaughlin, Belfast merchant in 1858 as exor

After Francis's death, the family firm was carried on in the High Street premises as J & J McLaughlin by John McLaughlin who lived at 8 College Square East and later at Holywood

Wexford Independent 12 Jan 1856
Destructive Fire
Monday evening, a destructive fire broke out in North St Belfast on the premises of Mr John M'Loughlin tobacco & snuff manufaturer. We understand that the premises are insured to a considerable amount but not enough to cover the loss

Source 1861 Belfast/Ulster Directory
High Street
65: J & J McLaughlin tocacco manufacturers & grocers
John McLaughlin's residence, Holywood

1861 Griffiths Valuation Holywood
123 High Street
John McLoughlin from Hugh Stewart House, off, yd & gdn 1r, 20p
£2 land £35 house = £37 annual valuation
(John McLaughlin was struck off in the revision books for Holywood in 1864)

Belfast Morning News 27 Oct 1862 deaths
Oct 25th at Holywood, Maria, youngest dau of John M'Laughlin Esqr

Freeman's Journal 10 Dec 1862
Dec 7: At Holywood Francis eldest son of John McLaughlin Esq, merchant

Directory of Belfast & Province of Ulster 1863/1864
page 155
No 65 J & J McLaughlin wholesale grocers etc residence of John McLaugh lin Coolavin, Malone Road, Belfast
(Note - same as above in 1865 edition. Country residences - page 605:  McLaughlin, John, Coolavin)

Belfast Morning News 11 May 1864
Mr John M'Laughlin examined - is a tobacco merchant in Belfast. Knows the town from childhood.
(Dr James Cuming also examined)
re - Belfast Improvements Bill

Any help would be great - thanks

[aghadowey]

A clue here perhaps?
Belfast Telegraph, 18 Apr.1872: ... delivered Mr. John M'Laughlin, sapper of the Hibernian Society held in that city. The name of this gentleman will be familiar to our local readers. is the eon of the late Mr. Francis M’Lairhlin, who during long period was leading merchant in the tobacco
[even with the strange text recognition looks promising)

[aghadowey]

Liverpool? (text really bad in this one)
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[Gortinanima]

A clue here perhaps?
Belfast Telegraph, 18 Apr.1872: ... delivered Mr. John M'Laughlin, sapper of the Hibernian Society held in that city. The name of this gentleman will be familiar to our local readers. is the eon of the late Mr. Francis M’Lairhlin, who during long period was leading merchant in the tobacco
[even with the strange text recognition looks promising)

Excellent - this is the latest reference I have for him - still alive in 1872 - thanks

[aghadowey]

I got quite excited too 

Any idea when he would have been born? thinking there might be a death registration leading to probate extract here- https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

[Gortinanima]

I got quite excited too 

Any idea when he would have been born? thinking there might be a death registration leading to probate extract here- https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

His father was married twice firstly in 1816 and then again in 1828 -

I think John was from the first marriage so between 1817 and 1827 --

[Gortinanima]

Breakthrough

That article in the Belfast Telegraph says the said John McLaughlin was an auctioneer and commission agent at Indianapolis, Indiana -- so he had emigrated.

Thanks Aghadowey

[Gortinanima]

Completed -

Said John McLaughlin actually settled in Savannah Georgia USA where he died 27 May 1903 --

Census of 1900 gave his date of birth as April 1817.

[aghadowey]

Glad that one is sorted