James Boyd (1875)

Born 23 Dec 1875 in Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen (Hawthorne) Boyd — married 21 Feb 1906 in 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church, County Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

James was born in 1875 in Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of James Boyd and Margaret Templeton. His birth was registered by Jinney McAlmont of Balloo who was present at his birth.^[1]

On February 21, 1906 he married Mary Ellen Hawthorne in 1st Presbyterian Church, Islandmagee. He was a mariner from Balloo, Islandmagee and she was from Ballymuldrogh, also in Islandmagee. The witnesses were John Boyd and Robina Hawthorn.^[2]

They can be found residing in a house 9 in Ballymuldrogh (Island Magee, Antrim) during the 1911 Ireland Census. James is probably away at sea when the census was taken.^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland Civil Registration Birth Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1876/03073/2126443.pdf
2. ↑ Ireland Civil Registration Marriage Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1906/10113/5679747.pdf
3. ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Island_Magee/Ballymuldrogh/188232/
4. ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001541226/