Margaret (Kernohan) Ballentine (1873)

Born 26 Nov 1873 in Craigs, County Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

• Margaret "Maggie" Kernohan was born in 1873 at Craigs, Co. Antrim, Ireland. She was the daughter of John Kernohan and Jane Wright^[1].
• Maggie married William Ballentine (widower, a Tailor from Cullybackey, son of William Ballentine, a mason) on 18 Jun 1897 at Cullybackey, County Antrim^[2]. They had at least 7 children. William had 2 children from his first marriage.
• Maggie and her husband moved to Lurgan in 1899 after their first child was born.
• In the 1901 Ireland census Maggie was age 27 living at Union Street, Lurgan, Co. Armagh with her husband William Ballentine (30), step-daughters Nellie Ballentine (10), Maggie Ballentine (8), daughters Janie Ballentine (2), Sarah D Ballentine (1), son Wm Howard Ballentine (0)^[3].
• In the 1911 Ireland census Maggie was age 37 living at Union Street, Lurgan, Co. Armagh with her husband William Ballentine (41), step-daughters Ellen Ballentine (20), Margaret Ballentine (18), daughters Janie W Ballentine (12), Sarah V Ballentine (11), sons William H Ballentine (10), John F Ballentine (9), James Roy Ballentine (6), Guy K Ballentine (2), Leslie Moore Ballentine (1). They had been married 14 years and had 7 children 7 living^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Civil Records. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Birth: Name MARGARET KERNOHAN; Date of Birth 1873; Group Registration ID 8748328; SR District/Reg Area Ballymena; Sex N/R; Mother's Birth Surname N/R. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03176/2164761.pdf
2. ↑ Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Civil Records. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Marriage: Party 1 Name WILLIAM BALLENTINE; Party 2 Name MAGGIE KERNOHAN; Date of Event 18 June 1897; Group Registration ID 2298304; SR District/Reg Area Ballymena. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1897/10450/5805270.pdf
3. ↑ National Archives of Ireland. 1901 Ireland census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Lurgan_Urban/Union_Street/1026513/
4. ↑ National Archives of Ireland. 1911 Ireland census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Armagh/Lurgan_Urban/Union_Street/296842/