weavers in Corcreaney

[Andrea hamilton]

My grandfather Samuel Hamilton b. 1854 was a damask weaver in Corcreaney, Waringstown.  According to the 1901 census when Samuel and wife Letitia [ Brown, also b. 1854 ]  were 47  the whole family were damask weavers apart from the youngest son.
I believe they were an autonomous group, despite the numerous local mills who offered employment and browsing the 1901 census suggests there were numerous small family groups of weavers  including several other Hamiltons.
The Association Of Damask Weavers  has  supposedly got records of employees held by PRONI but I can't find these.
Trying to go back another generation without success. Any ideas ?

[Kiltaglassan]

Welcome to RootsChat, Andrea 

My grandfather Samuel Hamilton b. 1854 was a damask weaver in Corcreaney, Waringstown.  According to the 1901 census when Samuel and wife Letitia [ Brown, also b. 1854 ]  were 47  the whole family were damask weavers apart from the youngest son.
I believe they were an autonomous group, despite the numerous local mills who offered employment and browsing the 1901 census suggests there were numerous small family groups of weavers  including several other Hamiltons.
The Association Of Damask Weavers  has  supposedly got records of employees held by PRONI but I can't find these.
Trying to go back another generation without success. Any ideas ?

Firstly here's the 1901 census-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Waringstown/Corcreany/1244296/

Daughter Frances Edith was born 1889    MMN Brown
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02478/1920014.pdf

So, this is the marriage of your gt grandparents in 1872 in Knocknamuckly Parish Church.
Samuel (aged 19) was a weaver.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1872/11322/8154973.pdf

One of their first children was John born 1875
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1875/03106/2139188.pdf


KG

[Kiltaglassan]

Just adding for others-
Hamiltons in 1911 census.
Residents of a house 54 in Corcreeny (Waringstown, Down)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Waringstown/Corcreeny/253186/


KG

[KatC]

There was a tree on-line several years ago I called  Hull Thomas tree listing John Hamilton and Mary Thompson as parents of Stephen, Jane, and Samuel.  John and Mary have a child about 1831, but the handwriting is illegible.  Samuel is not listed  in 1854, so it will take a bit to see if he was baptized at Donaghcloney COI.

[Kiltaglassan]

So, this is the marriage of your gt grandparents in 1872 in Knocknamuckly Parish Church.
Samuel (aged 19) was a weaver.

Both Samuel and Letitia were residing in the townland of Ballydugan.
https://www.townlands.ie/down/iveagh-lower-upper-half/tullylish/ballydugan/

It's about 2km to the church in the townland of Knocknamuckly.
https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/oneilland-east/seagoe/knocknamuckly/

Re: Damask Weavers - have a read through this, OP and especially the bottom of page 180.
https://franklinhslibrary.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/99719951/mechanization.pdf


KG

[KatC]

I can not find the baptisms of John Hamilton and Mary THompson kids in DOnaghcloney COI nor Knocknamuckley.  Tullylish may be the place they were found.   Possibly Robert b May 11, 1858 in Magherana is their child, but that seems very doubtful.  John married in 1853 and says he is 22 and has father John.  On Dec 6,1829 John and Jane Hamilton have son John bapt and he was born some month on the 5th, The family was in Tullyh clear and the rest a scrawl suggesting Tullyheron.

Possibly the Hull tree was on familysearch or on Rootsweb  when it worked but the format of one record might be recognizable to you.  This is a dau of Sam and Letitia.
ID: I127
Name: MARTHA ANN HAMILTON
Sex: F
Birth: 17 MAY 1887 in BALLYDOUGAN, CO. DOWN
Death: 9 OCT 1961 in @ HOME
Reference Number: 1 720

[Andrea hamilton]

Thank you so much for your assistance KT, in looking at images of marriage certificates, I have now found 2 more generations.
I said Samuel was my great grandfather rather than grandfather  in error.
Ironically my mother Mary Patricia Duke  from Knocknamuckly  married my father John Hamilton from Waringstown in 1953 nearly a 100 years later in Knocknamuckly church.  He was sent to the church as a replacement organist
All my Duke relatives are buried in the church at Knocknamuckly  but I was unaware of historic connections on my father's side. 
Linen industry fascinating and explains wealth of damask tablecloths we still have. Dad spoke of Hugenot descendancy but can't get that far back.