David Crooks and Nancy Bell marriage

Date: 11 Mar 1862 to 11 Mar 1862
Location: Claggan, Lissan, Derry, Ireland
Surnames/tags: crooks bell

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Registration details 1.2 Marriage certificate details 1.3 Golden wedding notice 1.4 Family Bible transcription 1.5 Passenger log 1.6 Irish geography notes

Introduction

This page has documentation about the marriage and emigration of David Crooks (abt.1831-1916) and Nancy Ann (Bell) Crooks (abt.1843-1925) .

Registration details

• Party 1 Name: David Crooks
• Party 2 Name: Nancy Bell
• Date of Event: 11 Mar 1862
• Group Registration ID: 3313320
• SR District/Reg Area: Magherafelt.
• Irish Civil Registration entry.

Marriage certificate details

• Location: Claggin(sic), Parish of Lissan, Union of Magherafelt, County Derry.
• 11 Mar 1862.
• David Crooks, full age, Bachelor, Farmer.
  • Resident of Claggan, Lissan, Derry.
  • Son of Robert Crooks, Farmer.
• Nancy Bell, 19, Spinster.
  • Resident of Dunmore, Lissan, Tyrone.
  • Daughter of James Bell, Farmer.
• Witnesses: James Crooks, Thomas Harkness.

The writing of 1862 is not entirely clear, I read it as 1863 at first. However, there is a golden wedding celebration notice in NZ newspaper for 1912.

Golden wedding notice

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19120406.2.2.2

CROOKS—BELL.— At the Presbyterian Church, Claggon, Ireland. 1862, by the Rev. Wilson, Cookstown, Ireland, David Crooks to Nancy Bell.

Family Bible transcription

According to some private notes I have viewed, the following transcription of David and Nancy's family bible was typed up by a child of William Bell Crooks (1875-1943) in the 1970s or 1970s; although the information has been lost as to which child.

Name	Birth	Death/Notes
David Crooks	1832	died 10.10.1916
Nancy Bell	Jan 1841	died 3.5.1925
James Archer	25.3.1863	one son
Jane	1.12.1864	Mrs Lippiatt
Mary	19.12.1866	Mrs Gillard
Robert Mitchell	19.7.1866	died 2.12.50
Martha	22.5.1870	died in Ireland
Anney	3.9.1871	died in Ireland
David Benson	25.6.1873	died aged 5yrs NZ
William Bell	29.6.1875	died 1943 NZ
Thomas	26.11.1877	NZ
David	30.11.1879	born NZ
Anney Caroline	31.3.1882	Miss America born NZ
Hetty	24.7.1885	born NZ

(I have typed up the table exactly as it appears on the transcription -- clearly there are at least two errors; the birth date of Robert Mitchell , and the death date of Nancy Bell has been transposed from 5.3)

The document also notes that David Crooks is the uncle of George Crooks and Ellen (Crooks) Kennedy.

Passenger log

The family emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand on the "LADY JOCELYN" sailed 6 May or 20 May 1878 (I guess this refers to different ports for picking up passengers):

1. David
2. Mrs
3. David
4. James A
5. Jane
6. Mary A
7. Robert
8. William
9. Thomas (infant)

Irish geography notes

• Lissan is a civil parish that spans two counties.
• Clagan (commonly spelt "Claggan") is a townland in Lissan Parish and County Londonderry
• Category: Dunmore Townland, Lissan Parish, County Tyrone is a townland in Lissan Parish and County Tyrone.
• The border of these two townlands is the border between the counties.
• Magherafelt is a Poor Law Union of County Londonderry.
• Cookstown is a Poor Law Union of County Tyrone. (As far as I can tell, the border of these two unions matches the county border in this case).
• There are also Electoral Districts (aka. Registrar's Districts -- not to be confused with Superintendent Registrar's Districts), as if we didn't have enough districting already... Clagan is in Moneymore, and Dunmore is in Cookstown.