WTC 2023 Work Space 5 Interesting Finds

Date: 16 Mar 2023 to 23 Mar 2023
Surnames/tags: wikitree_challenge challenges

Contents 1 Interesting Finds 2 Interesting Finds 2.1 Stephen Boyd 2.2 Henry "Harry" Ferguson 2.3 Seamus Heaney 2.4 John Kyle 2.5 Gary Moore 2.6 William Pirrie 2.7 Ruby Lamar 3 Not Yet Sorted 4 Connections to each other 5 More Notable Connections 6 Military

Interesting Finds

This is for Challenge 5 (Challenge 5 Space Page) ✅ ❌

Interesting Finds

This is for Challenge 5 (Challenge 5 Space Page) ✅

Stephen Boyd

1. ❌ On July 9, 1900, George William Stokes was one of 46 missionaries slaughtered in the Taiyuan massacre, an especially grievous episode of the Boxer Rebellion. He was a successful color printer and philanthropist in his hometown of Dover, Kent England, where he funded and helped to establish free schools for the children of poor families. He became a missionary to China in 1892, and his desire to treat opium addicts later drew him to the Shanxi province in 1896.

Henry "Harry" Ferguson

1. ✅ New Zealand link to Ferguson: Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919-2008), Derek Wright and Murray Ellis arrived at the South Pole in their Ferguson tractors on 4 January 1958. They were the first to do so overland since Scott in 1912, and the first to reach it in motor vehicles. On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Seamus Heaney

1. ✅ Henry Doherty(abt 1839-) 5 degrees from Seamus Heaney, was a Nailer (a maker of Nails).

John Kyle

1. More sporting connections - George Kyle (not in wikitree for privacy reasons), brother of John Wilson Kyle, was an Ireland Badminton International, his brother in law Noel Henderson was Ireland Rugby International and Noel's brother in law Scott Huey, was an Ireland Cricket International. Scott was inducted into the North West Cricket Union Hall of Fame in 2017.
2. ✅ Starting person John Wilson Kyle's maternal grandparents Alexander Warren and Isabella (Halliday) Warren had seven children. Curiously, on the birth records for their first three daughters, the last name of their parents (Alexander and Isabella) would be listed as "WARING." When their son Alexander was born, "Waring" was also written for his parents' last names, only to be crossed out and replaced by "Warren". The last two children show "Warren" as it should be. This all seems very odd. Both the 1901 and 1911 Ireland Census returns show the family name as WARREN (as do the parent's marriage record in 1898, etc.). This also occurred in multiple registration districts, so it wasn't one sloppy registrar at fault, it seems to have been deliberate (four times). Either someone wanted to change the family name going forward or their brogue was hard for others to understand.
3. Elizabeth Wilson (Betty) Kyle Henderson the sister of John Wilson Kyle was inducted into Hockey Ireland’s Hall of Fame in 2006.

Gary Moore

1. ✅ Starting person Gary Moore's great-great grandfather John Lowry was a mariner and sea captain for over 20 years (before changing occupations). His first wife's sister also married a sailor and sea captain (William McMeekin). They all lived on the same street in Belfast in the 1870s. William McMeekin became deputy harbour master for the City of Belfast! He held this position from at least 1877 to 1900. His son Edward McMeekin worked as a ship's engineer. Sadly Edward was found dead in Belfast's Abercorn Basin in the afternoon of 6 December 1915. There was no evidence to show how he entered the water.

William Pirrie

1. ✅ (I found this person during the challenge. He might prove to be outside the CC7, and he's on the other side of a brick wall. But he's almost definitely related to Pirrie-27 on his Montgomery line. Sorry about the long story, but it's a good one.) Samuel Cunningham (1768-1796) represented his family's Belfast-based linen business in the West Indies. In 1796, He was in St. Vincent planning a trip home to Ireland. He was only 28 years old; but he had a premonition that he was going to die enroute. So, he wrote his will. Sure enough, Samuel was in a battle at sea when a French privateer attacked the ship he was on - the Portland Packet, which was under the British flag. Samuel fought bravely with the seamen (according to the survivors) to fend off the attack and save the cargo; but he and the captain were shot and killed. Samuel is buried on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Sea. The ship eventually made its way back to Ireland. In 1797, Samuel's younger brother William was in St. Vincent, British West Indies, awaiting the arrival of another brother John from Ireland. William wrote a letter home to their uncle James Barber and included a copy of Sam's Will. Sam left generous bequests for each of his parents, all his siblings, the poor of Killead parish, and other named individuals. After his estate was distributed, he was celebrated for his generosity to the poor on an imposing memorial at Killead Presbyterian Church, Clady, County Antrim, with a death date of 18 October 1796.
2. Eric Manfred Liddell died on his birthday he was 103. (He is 7 degrees from Pirrie-27
3. ✅ Harlow Barney (1803-1854) (6 degrees from Pirrie) was represented in a court case by Greenberry Lafayette Fort, a future notable and US Representative from Illinois. It was his first court briefing, and he came out on top with the better argument. The opposing counsel? Abraham Lincoln.
4. The inter-related families of Andrews, Barbour and Pirrie have made many notable contributions to the industrial and political life of what is now Northern Ireland, both before and after the partition of Ireland in the 1920s. See The interlinked Andrews, Barbour and Pirrie dynasties of Northern Ireland
5. Sisters Jessie and Jane Lawson Ormrod (her second marriage) married brothers John and James Andrews
6. ✅ Thomas Andrews b 1873 died on the Titanic 1912 (mentioned on William's slide)
7. John Montgomery (abt.1730-) appears to be involved in some sort of scam, 1790 in Belfast. John was mentioned in the The Belfast Mercury or Freeman's Chronicle on 3 September 1790 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. Someone named Mary Blizzard posted a warning in the paper that John Montgomery of Bunker's Hill was advertising a flat for rent that was not his. It was hers! (John was William's great-grand-uncle.)
8. ❌ Someone fired a BB gun at the window of Arnold Howard Munnis's house, almost striking him and his mother-in-law in 1940.

Ruby Lamar

1. Ruby Murray's second husband Ray Lamar was born Raymond Hotchkiss and adopted the name "Ray Lamar" as an adult, probably as a stage name. Ray and his first wife, Madge, both worked as travelling performers during their teenage years.

Not Yet Sorted

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Connections to each other

More Notable Connections

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1. Frederick Swanwick (1810-1885) British civil engineer, railway 6 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
2. Richard Holt Hutton (1826-1897) English journalist of literature and religion.7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
3. ✅ Edmund Thomas Andrews Jr. (1873-1912) innovative ship designs, Titanic 3 generations from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
4. William Milton Asher (1921-2012) director and producer 6 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
5. Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (1933-1995) Samantha Stephens on the television show Bewitched! 6 generations from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
6. Henry Montgomery Jr. (1904-1981) American film and television actor, director, and producer 5 generations from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
7. David Jewett Baker (1792-1869) US Senator (Class 2) from Illinois 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
8. William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) US Senator (Class 2) from New Jersey 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
9. Byron Elsworth (Barr) Young (1913-1978) American stage, film, and television actor 6 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
10. William Charles Harland (1787-1866) Doctor and Inventor, multitube steam carriage patented 6 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
11. ✅ Edward James Harland MP (1831-1895) a Shipbuilder and politician, 6 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
12. Ruggles Wright (1793-1863) a Canadian lumber merchant. he built the first timber slide on the Ottawa River to transport logs past the Chaudière Falls 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
13. William Wallace Wotherspoon (1821-1888) known for his paintings of New Hampshire's White Mountains. 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
14. William McKay Wright (1840-1882) He was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec, Canada. 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
15. ✅ James Allen GCMG KCB (1855-1942) 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
16. ✅ William John Alexander Montgomery (abt.1821-1914) He was a New Zealand politician from Little River on Banks Peninsula, and a merchant. 5 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
17. ✅ William Hugh Montgomery CBE (1866-1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, from the Canterbury region. 5 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
18. Rebekah Semple (West) Harkness (1915-1982) A notable dance patron, she contributed significantly to ballet 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)
19. Charles Wicksteed (1847-1931) steam locomotive manufacturer. He is best known as an inventor of playground equipment and as the founder of Wicksteed Park. 7 degrees from William James Pirrie (1847-1924)

Military

BRITISH MILITARY

• John Murray (abt.1865-) Joined at 19 and was a Private in the Inniskilling Royal Fusiliers. He was in South Africa and Malta. Served for 21 years.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

• John Clark Mason (abt.1820-abt.1887) served as a Colonel in the US Civil War. Later his son Robert Elijah Mason (1847-1929) also served in the Confederate Infantry, 7th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, Company K as a Private.

WORLD WAR I ✅

• Cyril Gerrard Haselden Captain in the Royal Engineers and first husband of Jane Lawson Ormrod died in Mauberge, France.
• James Patterson Ferguson was working in South Africa when he returned to Belfast, Ireland to re-enlist for WWI. His previous service was with the South Irish Horse until 1908. He was 34 years old and a motor engineer in 1915.
• Victor Stanley Ferguson was a motor mechanic who enlisted in Britain's Royal Navy for the duration of World War I.
• Thomas James Cleaver served as a private with the 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He was deployed overseas on the Western Front. He died from influenza and cerebro spinal meningitis in April 1919 in Rouen, France.
• Robert Frederick Cleaver served as a private with the 2nd Battalion Auckland Infantry Regiment. He was deployed overseas on the Western Front. He was diagnosed with TB in June 1917 and was transported back to New Zealand a month later.
• Arnold Howard Munnis served in the Coast Artillery Corps during World War I.
• 6 Degrees from Ruby Florence C (Murray) Lamar (1935-1996), SPR Frank Edmunds (1898-1917) died from wounds while serving in Egypt.
• Samuel Barbour Combe was killed in action on 01 Oct 1914 in France. He was a Lieutenant in the North Irish Horse. 7 degrees from William Pirrie.