Mary Elizabeth Voilet McKinney (Wylie) Harbison (1888 - 1968)

Born 24 Feb 1888 in Carnanee, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Matthew Harbison — married 21 Feb 1917 in Belfast, Ireland

Died 9 Jan 1968 at age 79 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Biography

• Mary Elizabeth Voilet McKinney Wylie was born in 1888 at Carnacree, Templepatrick, County Antrim, Ireland. She was the daughter of James Wylie, a school teacher, and Elizabeth Thompson^[1].
• In the 1901 Ireland census Mary E V Wylie was age 13 living at Rosemount Street, Belfast with her parents James Wylie (42), Elizabeth Wylie (34) and siblings Annie A Wylie (11), Kathleen M Wylie (8), John T Wylie (12), Wm James Wylie (7), Alfred J Wylie (5) and Gerald Douglas Wylie (1)^[2].
• In the 1911 Ireland census Mary E Violet Wylie was age 23 living at Rosemount Street, Belfast with her parents James Wylie (52) and Elizabeth Wylie (44) and siblings Annie Amelia Wylie (21), Kathleen Matilda Wylie (18), Eva Eileen Beatrice (9), Alice Marion (8), John Thompson Wylie (22), William James Wylie (17), Alfred Joseph Wylie (15) and Gerald Douglas Wylie (12)^[3].
• Mary Elizabeth Voilet Wylie married Matthew Harbison, a farmer, on 21 February 1917 at Rugby Avenue Congregational Church, Belfast^[4]. The witnesses were Matthew's brother Samuel Harbison and Mary's sister Annie A Wylie.
• Mary's husband Matthew Harbison died in 1949.
• Mary Harbison died in 1968 in the Waveney Hospital, Ballymena, County Antrim. Her estate was administered by her brother Alfred J Wylie^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Civil Records. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Birth:

   Name MARY WYLIE

   Date of Birth 1888

   Group Registration ID 8871021

   SR District/Reg Area Antrim

   Sex N/R

   Mother's Birth Surname N/R

   https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1888/02530/1937044.pdf
2. ↑ National Archives of Ireland. 1901 Ireland census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Clifton_Ward__Belfast/Rosemount_Street/1004727/
3. ↑ National Archives of Ireland. 1911 Ireland census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Whitehouse/Ballygolan/191012/
4. ↑ Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Civil Records. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Marriage:

   Party 1 Name MATTHEW HARBINSON

   Party 2 Name MARY WYLIE

   Date of Event 21 February 1917

   Group Registration ID 1754978

   SR District/Reg Area Belfast

   https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1917/09734/5531914.pdf
5. ↑ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Will Calendars. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/search-will-calendars.

   Title : Ms

   Surname : Harbison

   Forename : Mary Elizabeth Violet

   Registry : Belfast

   Date of Death : 9 January 1968

   Date of Grant : 16 May 1968

   Reseal Date :

   Effects : Effects £10834 8s 0d

   Full Abstract : Harbison, Mary Elizabeth Violet of Bronwyn Raceview Broughshane Ballymena county Antrim widow died 9 January 1968 at Waveney Hospital Ballymena Probate Belfast 16 May to Alfred J. Wylie pork merchant and Alexander Johnston Boal solicitor. Effects £10834 8s.