Hugh Montgomery (abt. 1819 - 1883)

Born about 1819 in Drumaghlis, Kilmore, County Down, Ireland

Husband of Ann Jane (McRoberts) Montgomery — married 12 Feb 1840 in Crossgar, Kilmore, County Down, Ireland

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1883 at about age 64 in Rademan, County Down, Ireland

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Biography

Hugh Montgomery was born in Ireland.

Hugh was a labourer.

Hugh worked as a sexton.

Birth
Hugh Montgomery was born about 1819 in Drumaghlis Townland in the Parish of Kilmore in County Down, Ireland (according to unsourced user entry on FamilySearch). He was the son of Hugh Montgomery, a farmer, and Mary Long.

Marriage

Rademon (First Kilmore) Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church

On 12 February 1840, Hugh married Ann Jane McRoberts at Crossgar in the Parish of Kilmore. (julie_g1 of "Connor Gardner family" tree originally shared this unsourced information on Ancestry.com. She also shared all the baptism records for their children and for the children of Margaret Montgomery and David Dunn.) Hugh and Ann were likely married in the (First Kilmore) Rademan Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church (17 Listooder Road, Crossgar, today). Their children would be baptized at this church.

Hugh and Ann Jane would have at least eight children together, seven of whom survived childhood. Their known children were:

1. Mary Montgomery (born 3 January 1841)
2. Jane Montgomery (born 9 October 1843)
3. Annie Montgomery (born 3 September 1846), died in infancy
4. Isabella Montgomery (born 20 May 1848)
5. Elizabeth Montgomery (born 12 May 1852)
6. Margaret Montgomery (born 8 July 1856)
7. Andrew Montgomery (born 16 May 1859)
8. Anne Montgomery (born 12 April 1862)

Records show that Hugh worked as a labourer and as a sexton.

From 1841 to 1846, Hugh and Ann Jane lived in Listooder Townland in the Parish of Kilmore (according to baptism records for daughters Mary, Jane and Annie). Between 1848 and 1852, they lived in Drumaghlis Townland, also in the Parish of Kilmore (according to baptism records for daughters Isabella and Elizabeth). Between 1856 to 1883, Hugh and Ann Jane lived in Rademan Townland in the Parish of Kilmore, with their children (according to baptism records for children Margaret, Andrew and Ann, as well as Hugh's own death record) .

During the 1860s and 1870s, most of Hugh and Ann’s daughters married and left home. Their son Andrew emigrated to the United States in about 1881 where he married and would have three sons.

Hugh and Ann’s eldest daughter, Mary (Montgomery) Simpson, died from cancer in 1882. She was survived by her husband and four children aged eight to seventeen. Jane Montgomery would be the witness for her nephew Thomas Simpson’s marriage in 1885.

Hugh’s last decade of life seems to have been especially difficult, as his death record shows he was suffering from paralysis for his last six years.

Death
Hugh died from paralysis (6 years) and exhaustion (2 weeks) in 1883. On his death record, he was listed as a 64-year-old married labourer, residing at Rademan. His brother Andrew Montgomery of Drumaghlis was present at death) and was the informant for his death record. No medical attendant certified his death. Hugh ‘s death was registered in the Downpatrick registration district. ^[1] He was survived by his wife of over 40 years, six of his children and many grandchildren.

Research Notes

Residence location according to baptism/birth records for children

1841 Listooder - birth location for Mary (no source)

1843 Listooder - baptism/birth record for Jane

1846 Listooder - birth location for Annie (no source)

1848 Drumaghlis - baptism/birth record for Isabella

1852 Drumaghlis - baptism/birth record for Elizabeth

1856 Rademan - baptism/birth record for Margaret

1859 Rademan - baptism/birth record for Andrew

1862 Rademan - baptism/birth record for Anne

Occupation according to marriage records for children

Labourer - 1864 marriage record for daughter Mary

Labourer - 1871 marriage record for daughter Isabella

Labourer and sexton - 1878 marriage record for daughter Maggie

Labourer - 1880 marriage record for daughter Eliza

Labourer - 1885 second marriage record for daughter Isabella

Labourer (deceased) - 1895 marriage record for daughter Anne

1895 death record for wife/widow Ann Jane lists her as a "sextoness" - a female sexton or the wife of a sexton

Sources

1. ↑ Death Registration: "Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages"
   General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 6340560; SR District/Reg Area: Downpatrick
   IrishGenealogy.ie Image - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (accessed 29 January 2024)
   Hugh Montgomery death 1883 (age 64) in the Downpatrick Superintendent Registrar's District.

• Scans of original baptism records for children born 1843 to 1862 from the Rademon Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church in Rademan townland, Parish of Kilmore, County Down, recorded by the Rev. William CROZIER, citing Hugh Montgomery as father; [julie_g1 originally shared these on Ancestry.com]; NOTE: using current spelling of Rademan townland.
• "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVD-WLCB : 10 August 2022), Hugh Montgomery in entry for David Simpson and Mary Montgomery, Marriage 23 Sep 1864, Kilmore, Downpatrick, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,462.
• Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ : accessed 18 Dec 2021); digital image, David DUNN and Maggie MONTGOMERY marriage, 03 May 1878; citing Group Registration ID 2629364; filed 1 June 1878 by James Kennedy, of Crossgar belonging to the Presbyterian Church in the County of Down, stamped no. 08062320, entry no. 79.
• Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ : accessed 18 Dec 2021); digital image, Moses McCoubrey and Eliza Montgomery, marriage, 19 January 1880; citing Group Registration ID 2670866; filed 14 April 1880 by Barnard Gisby, Minister of the Remonstrant Presbyterian Church of Kilmore belonging to the Presbyterian Church in the County of Down, stamped no. 08031174, entry no. 82.
• Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ : accessed 18 Dec 2021); digital image, Thomas Coburn and Isabella Cleland, marriage, 22 October 1885; citing Group Registration ID 2160627; filed 1 January 1886 by George Chamberlain, Incumbant of Christ Church District of the County of Antrim belonging to the Church of Ireland, unidentified register, folio 819, "First Page," stamped no. 05974249, entry no. 90.
• Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ : accessed 18 Dec 2021); digital image, Joseph Heenan and Anne Montgomery marriage, 5 February 1895; citing Group Registration ID 2204130; filed 1 April 1895 by Thomas Dunherley, Minister of the Remonstrant Church of Comber belonging to the Presbyterian Church in the County of Down, unidentified register, folio 985?, "First Page," stamped no. 05829870, entry no. 32.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: KL1M-98K