Kirkinriola

Bev,

Here?s Robert Beattie in 1901, with William:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Kirkinriola/Drumfane/927619/

There was another Beattie family nearby. Presumably some connection:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Kirkinriola/Drumfane/927627/

And in 1911:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Kirkinriola/Dun…

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Kirkinriola/Dunfane/118852/

The revaluation records show David Beattie on plot 2, and James Beattie on plots 8 & 15 (ie two separate farms). Plot 8 was a farmhouse, outbuildings and 21 acres. Plot 15 was a 12 acre farm. James appears to have died around 1897.

The modern Ballygarvey Rd runs through the middle of Drumfane. Ballygarvey Rd runs off the Cushendall road just after you pass underneath the M2 motorway.

To find plots 8 & 15 today, you?ll need to go into the local studies section in Ballymena library. Ask for the Griffiths map that covers Drumfane, and then look for plot 8 which will be delineated on it. Photocopy the map and then use that to locate the property today.

Some probate abstracts (full files are held in PRONI, Belfast):

Beattie Robert James of Drumfane county Antrim farmer died 1 June 1927 at Kells in said county Administration Belfast 8 August to Jane Beattie the widow. Effects ?97.

Beattie, Hubert James of Orangefield Drumfane Ballymena county Antrim farmer died 7 February 1962 Administration Belfast 27 April to Jane Beattie widow. Effects ?1497 2s. 1d.

http://applications.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_WillsCalendar/willsSearchResultsDetails.aspx

The Will of James Beattie otherwise Beatty late of Dunfane County Antrim Farmer who died 7 January 1896 was proved at Belfast by Henry Ross M'Cluggage and George Lamont both of Dunfane Farmer the Executors. Effects ?482.

The above will is on-line on the PRONI wills site.

Found these graves in Kirkinriola cemetery (a couple of miles outside Ballymena).

ERECTED BY DAVID BEATTIE, DUNFANE. IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER JOHN BEATTIE, WHO DIED 22ND JANUARY, 1918, AGED 52 YEARS. ALSO HIS BROTHER RODGER BEATTIE, WHO DIED 26TH DECEMBER, 1930. AGED 28 YEARS. INTERRED IN TAUPO CEMETARY NEW-ZEALAND. AND HIS BROTHER JOHN BEATTIE, DIED 9TH NOVEMBER 1932. AGED 32 YEARS. ALSO HIS MOTHER ROSE BEATTIE, WHO DIED 2ND MARCH 1959, AGED 89 YEARS. ALSO MARY BEATTIE WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN DIED 10TH SEPT. 1977, AGED 74 YEARS. ALSO THE ABOVE DAVID BEATTIE DIED 25TH JULY 1978, AGED 80 YEARS. MARGARET BEATTIE, WIFE OF DAVID, DIED 14TH AUG 1988

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF ROBERT JAMES BEATTIE, DIED 1ST JUNE 1927. ALSO HIS DAUGHTER LENA ISABELLE BEATTIE, DIED 3RD FEB. 1900. AND HIS SONS WILLIAM JOHN BEATTIE, DIED 2ND APRIL 1932. HUBERT JAMES BEATTIE, DIED 7TH FEBRUARY 1962. AND HIS WIFE JANE DIED 27TH JANUARY 1966.

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF MARGARET BEATTIE, DIED 10TH FEB. 1890, ELIZABETH BEATTIE, DIED 13TH OCT 1928, HUGH BEATTIE, DIED 3RD DEC. 1943, MINNIE J.H. BEATTIE, DIED 15TH MARCH 1947.

Elwyn