Taylor Family

What was William?s townland (address) and occupation on his 1851 marriage certificate? What was his father?s occupation and what denomination were the Taylors?

All I have in regards to William's marriage I found on familysearch.org - The Church Of Latter-day Saints

Name: William Taylor: Birth Date: 1827: Birthplace: -- : Age: 24 : Spouse's Name: Eliza. Barnes: Spouse's Birth Date: 1834: Spouse's Birthplace: -- : Spouse's Age: 17 : Event Date: Jan. 23, 1851 : Event Place: Ahoghill, Antrim, Ireland: Father's Name: Daniel Taylor:  Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel Barnes:  Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M70204-2 : System Origin: Ireland EASy : GS Film number: 101323 : Reference ID: p53 ln115 :

The Taylor family is protestant religion.

                                          Thank you

                                      Mary (Taylor) Lane

Mary,

You need to buy a copy of the actual marriage certificate to get the full information on it. You can order a photocopy from GRO Roscommon for 4 euros. http://www.groireland.ie/

Put ?Ballymena 1851 Volume 2, page 53? clearly on the application form (anywhere). That will enable them to find the certificate easily. Takes about 10 days. If you want it e-mailed to you, then write ?:please e-mail to ??? with your e-mail address, boldly somewhere on the form.

Tradition was to marry in the bride's church (which will be on the marriage certificate) so that'd be the place to look for her family. Only snag is, if they were Presbyterian, then none of the 3 Presbyterian churches in Ahoghill have records before the 1830s. However they may have been Church of Ireland in which case their records go a bit earlier.

Elwyn

Mary,

My great, great grandmother was Jane Taylor (youngest daughter of Daniel and Janet, married Robert Ferguson.)  Just checking in to see if you have found out any other information, or by chance I could get a copy of the picture you have.

Best, 

Jillien Hankewich

Since the 2013 post the 1851 marriage has been put on-line:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1851/09402/5405706.pdf

Tradition was to marry in bride’s church which was 1st Ahoghill Presbyterian, so that’s possibly where she was baptised. However their records only go back to 1841 so there’s probably not going to be a record to find.

The groom lived in Tullygowan and the bride in Straid. Both are rural townlands a few miles from Ballymena. They are adjacent so William pretty well married the girl next door.  I looked in Griffiths Valuation (1862) and in the valuation revision records for any sign of Barnes in Straid but did not see them there up to 1879. However it looks as though the family were there all the same (perhaps staying with another family) as this looks to be Eliza Barnes’ father’s death in 1879 in Straid:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1879/06509/4874442.pdf

The modern Nursery Rd goes through the middle of both Tullygowan and Straid.

Elwyn

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Thanks much!