| Notes |
Date |
| The
Memoirs of Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY The annotated index that
I have prepared to these Memoirs is over 100 pages long, so I have
broken them into a dozen pieces. This Memoir was written during
the latter part of the 1800s and the early 1900s when the author
(1834-1914) was in his 60s and 70s at the time of writing it. His
is a unique voice and his record includes mention and anecdotes
concerning some 500 people living close to Co. Monaghan in the
19th Century |
December 4, 2005 |
| George BARTLEY & Margaret ORR descendants.This
is an update of the previous file - an amazing piece of work undertaken
by Wendy Jack with more than 600 footnoted entries. It is divided
into four sections (see links beneath) since as a single file is
too large for my computer and software to handle with any effiiciency.
Even as it is, some of the files are quite large. In time, I will
find a more elegant solution to this problem. In the meantime, I
wanted to share the stories.The BARTLEY family included many military
men, doctors and clergy. Their commitments and fortunes took them
all over the world and their stories reveal a family-sized echo of
what was happening on a larger scale with the great outwash of the
British Empire. More is to come. |
September 5, 2005 |
| Bartley
generations 1-4 In this first section, there is considerable
detail on Walter Tyler BARTLEY (see #47) who was
killed in action in 1846 at the Battle of Sobraon in India. Also
there is fascinating detail on Rev. John COULTER (see
#31) who was influential in the movement to merge the two secessionist
synods of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and was also active
in the Tenant League movement. |
Bartley
generation 5 John Hamilton GRAY as premier
of PEI hosted the Charlottetown Conference in 1863 which laid the
ground work for Canada's Conferation some four years later. Regrettably
for GRAY, the people of PEI rejected union at that time and he
resigned. Had he stayed in office for another four years, one of
life's ironies is that the Fathers of Confederation would have
included two John Hamilton GRAYs - the second was premier of NB.
Acheson George Henry GILMORE, Samuel GILMORE and David JACKSON are
all related to Sir Thomas JACKSON are
part of the larger HSBC story. (The last I know of this Samuel GIMORE
is that he was a Japanese prisoner of war in a Hong Kong hotel) |
Bartley
generation 6 It is in this generation that we witness the personal
costs of the Boer War and WWI. Roland Ernest LORD was invalided out of Boer War in 1900, only to
go back. Three brothers lost their lives: George Barlow BARTLEY
DENNISS in the defence of Wagon Hill in the Boer War; Henry Barlow BARTLEY DENNISS died in 1913; Thomas Vivian BARTLEY DENNISS died of wounds in 1918. John Franklyn PETERS was killed at Ypres where he is remembered
in a memorial on the same tablet as his brother, Gerald Hamilton PETERS, who went missing, presumed dead.
The saddest story in my mind is that of Eric Skeffington POOLE who "had the unenviable distinction of being the first British Army officer
executed during World War I." The full story is beneath. David Clements BATES also died in WWI.
Later, during WWII, Thomas Jackson HOUSTON died of dysentry as a prisoner of
war in Hong Kong
We also see more connections with the Far East and banking in the
late 1800s and early 1900s. Robert Thomas WRIGHT and
David JACKSON, both managers at HSBC, Yokohama;
John Stevenson Reed WRIGHT with the Imperial Bank
of Persia, James Francis WRIGHT in Hong Kong with
a brokerage. |
| Bartley
generation 7 A couple more HSBC connections are detailed here:
Robert Thomas WRIGHT, Thompson BROWN{E). |
| Mary
E. JOHNSTON & BREMNER page I know little other than there are
photos of her in two family albums and her name is inscribed in
Jeannie MOORHEAD's birthday book. Much more to discover. |
August 29, 2005 |
| JOHNSTON
family descendant tree This is a tree with a few lionks to
our family, but likely more to be found. |
August 29, 2005 |
| Jeannie
MOORHEAD's Birthday Book This page has had a serious retrofit.
I have added in dozens of IGI entries that Wendy Jack found which
in turn impelled me to find other other connections. Finally, I
inserted hyperlonks to biographies so people can readily see who
was in the book. More to do, but enough for now. |
August 29, 2005 |
| MENARY
Family Tree This is my most recent stab at making this
tree as accurate as I am able to. That being said, I would suspect
there may still be errors - although I have done my best to itemize
sources where I have them. I look forward to comment. I
look forward to the future when other MENARY trees will find where
they fit into this one - especially the Orangeville, Ontario "cousins". |
August 2, 2005 |
| Four
letters to Mary Wright from various Ontario Menary family members This
link is to the MENARY Main Page - scroll down to find the annotated
letters. |
August 1, 2005 |
| MENARY
news clippings New bits added. |
August 1, 2005 |
| MENARY
name in New York Passenger lists 1820-1892 |
August 1, 2005 |
| MENARY
MAIN PAGE This page has many links to other MANARY material
- enough to keep anyone with an interest in this family engrossed
for hours. Highlights include biographies of Anne Jane MENARY and
Mary MENARY (including a wedding photo of her Hong Kong with Sir
Thomas JACKSON in attendance), a map of Maghery, newsclippings,
will probates, records of dozens of births and marriages (new to
this site), legal cases and links to letters. More will come in
the next few days, and then I'll be done with the MENARY branch
of the family for a while. |
July 31, 2005 |
| NOTE: I have neglected to note here
all kinds of revisions to previously existing pages posted during
the course of the past month. Please recheck pages that interest
you. |
July 31, 2005 |
| 1791
March 25 - Administration after the death of Thomas BRADFORD |
July 31, 2005 |
| "Minnie"
Mary Wilson CALVERT (1864-1934) I am just starting this page,
but there is a photo. She was a daughter of Henry CALVERT and Jane
MENARY. |
June 30, 2005 |
| 1871
December 18 - mention of copies of deeds sent by Thompson BROWN(E) This
indicates a number of copies of deeds received from Thompson BROWN(E)
relating to Kiltybawn and the DONALDSON and BRADFORD families. |
June 30, 2005 |
| Undated
Letter Menary to Calvert This letter from Nancy MENARY to Mrs.
CALVERT was likely part of the CALVERT family work on assembling
their family tree. NOTE: I have also updated a few footnotes in
other letters as a result of this one. |
June 30, 2005 |
| 1862 February
13 letter from Carrie G. EVERT to "Cousin Jane"Cary is most
likely a gran-daughter of Jane (nee MENARY) WILKINS of New Haven
(see letter beneath dated 1817) while Jane is likely Jane (Nee
MENARY) CALVERT. There is a reference to the American revolution. |
June 19, 2005 |
| 1817 February
8 Jane Wilkins to her mother Martha Menary Jane moved to New
Haven USA either just before or after she was widowed. I have included
photos too. |
June 19, 2005 |
| 1837
November 15 - will of Joseph OLIVER This ties into the Laragh
Mills OLIVER family and I am unsure about its connection to our
OLIVERs. See also: Newsclippings where
there are three articles relating to OLIVER family members and
legal proceedings regarding the mills. |
June 19, 2005 |
| 1875
November 10 Will of Mary Jane OLIVER Bequests to various Oliver-Jackson-Reid-McCullagh-Norris
family members. Sir Thomas JACKSON was designated to be responsible
for
"legatee and devises". Extensive footnotes have been added. |
June 19, 2005 |
| 1832
March 1 Probated will of Benjamin Oliver of Killynure This
will provides the names of Benjamin OLIVERs children, adds some
townlands of interest in his holdings (Maghery Kilcrany, Knockagraphy
and Lisdrummond) and gives us the names of his two brothers "William
and James" raising some doubt about the possibility of Joseph
OLIVER of Tullymore being one of his brothers. It also connects
us once again to the McCULLAGH family, possibly of Derryvalley.
NOTE: He was also a grandfather of Sir Thomas JACKSON. |
June 19, 2005 |
| 1886 May 5 Frederick
Richard GRIFFIN to Mary (Jackson) MENARY This is a most exiting
find. It is just about all we have of the elusive Frederick Richard
GRIFFIN, suitor of Mary MENARY at this time (and husband to be).
The references are such that we can reasonably assume the connection
to the John Gilmore GRIFFIN family whose descendants ended up in
Canada |
June 18, 2005 |
| 1912 December
6 Sir Thomas Jackson to Mary Griffin This letter illustrates
the nature of Sir Thomas's political convictions with regards to
social policies and the interpreatation of history. |
June 18, 2005 |
| 1908 August
29 HENRY to GRIFFIN The main interest of this letter in this
project is in the glowing description of Sir Thomas JACKSON. |
June 18, 2005 |
| 1897 March 9
HARRIS to Mary GRIFFIN This is followup on the will of Mary
Anne McCready and indicates that she had family in Dublin. |
June 18, 2005 |
| 1827
Settlement between James & John MClelland and Andrew Coulter Bradford These
documents record the acquisition of Dungooley in
the County of Louth & Tullyvalley & Maybawn -
Lands which would pay dividends to future decendants. |
June 17. 2005 |
| More Letters
from the Sarah WHITESIDE collection I have finished updating
these letters. Look to the right hand column for the date of the
most recent updates. There are now more than 100 letters and well
over a thousand footnotes. I would appreciate the opportunity to
correct any errors, so if you find any (and there will be some!),
please let me know. I am not troubling myself yet about capitalization
and such. |
June 15, 2005 |
| Letters from
the Sarah WHITESIDE collection I had originally included these
letters in groupings at the bottom of the letters page under "The
McCullagh Letters". Twenty-nine of them are now separated
out and hyperlinked in the chronological list with all the other
transcribed letters. Many more to be tidied up in such a fashion,
but it does make the information shared in them all the richer
for the shared historical context |
June 8, 2005 |
| 1787
& 1791 Receipts for rents paid by COULTER and BRADFORD The obvious
mystery still for me here is how does John COULTER fit in? Solving
this may well link the Cavananore COULTER family with the Carnbeg
family (or not). |
June 6, 2005 |
| 1775-1776
"Recits of Lagacies" This shows the family connections to BRADFORD,
COULTER, LEADLEY & TIPPING as well as the presence of the family
at Cavananore, Co. Louth in 1775 |
June 6, 2005 |
| Rootsweb:
silverbowl I have posted the family tree which now encompasses
more than 2500 names. The names and information of those living
has been stripped out for reasons of privacy. I will update it
from time to time. I am in the process of adding sources to many
of the names and these too will be posted in the fullness of time. |
June 6, 2005 |
| 1826
Will of Jane COULTER This is a significant will shedding light
on the COULTER family of Carnbeg. |
June 1, 2005 |
| Transcriptions
of Deeds This link leads to s page with links to five deeds
that I have transcribed and footnoted. They shed light on the OLIVER
family at Enagh and Killynure as well as DONALDSON, BREAKEY and
DOBBIN connections. |
May 31, 2005 |
| 1833
Will of Elizabeth BRADFORD nee BREAKEY This is the full version
of the will, interesting because of connections to Cavananore and
the Jacksons |
May 30, 2005 |
| 1915
December 20-Letter from Sir Thomas Jackson to "Bessie" Brown Sir
Thomas died the day after writing this letter to his sister "Bessie"
Elizabeth Brown. As so often was the case, he has enclosed a cheque,
although he seems to feel that his means are more limited than usual.
He ends with his concern for the poor suffering on account of a cold
winter. |
May 30, 2005 |
| 1915
March 30-Letter from Sir Thomas Jackson to "Fan" Frances Oliver
Brown Sir Thomas's sons are all either in the theatre of war
or recuperating from injuries. Francis is his niece, the daughter
of Thompson Brown and Elizabeth
"Bessie" Jackson. He sends her and her sister "Blin"
Sarah Margaret Jackson, a gift of $50.00. |
May 30, 2005 |
| 1914
November 7-Letter from Sir Thomas Jackson to Mary Griffin Sir
Thomas's son Julius is recovering from wounds and his son in law
Raymond Marker has been seriously injured. |
May 30, 2005 |
| 1910
September 26-Letter from Sir Thomas Jackson to Mary Griffin This
letter conveys the concerns of Sir Thomas over his daughter Kathleen's
engagement. |
May 30, 2005 |
| 1914
November 14-Letter from Sir Thomas Jackson to Mary Griffin News
of Raymond Marker's death |
May 30, 2005 |
| 1914
September 25-Letter from Sir Thomas Jackson to May Griffin News
of two of Sir Thomas' sons being wounded early in WWI. |
May 30, 2005 |
| 1911
June 2-Letter from Sir Thomas Jackson to his sister, Mary Griffin This
letter shows the depth of connection and generosity that Sir Thomas
Jackson still felt towards the people of Crossmaglen and his concern
over their various misfortunes. It also mentions Sir Thomas's son-in-law,
Raymond Marker, having surgery as well as his son "Pat" (Claude
Stewart JACKSON). |
May 30, 2005 |
| I have updated Killynure and
added Griffiths listings. |
January 15, 2005 |
| 1863
- Will of Barbara Donaldson This will is of interest for the
many family connections that are mentioned. Amongst other connections
of note, she was a great-aunt of Sir Thomas JACKSON. I have also
added a lengthy entry on Rev. William King, one of the beneficiaries
of the will, who established the settlement in Ontario, Canada
for fugitive and freed slaves in the mid-1800s. |
January 12, 2005 |
| 1915
Feb 27 - letter from David JACKSON to his mother Eliza Emily GILMORE This
is written from Hong Kong while David JACKSON, a nephew of Sir
Thomas JACKSON was in the employ of HSBC. |
January 11, 2005 |
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