Hello,
I am looking for information regarding the McCauley family of the Banbridge area (Thomas b. about 1800). The family would have lived in this area between 1780 through 1900. Additionally, I believe that they may have a family connection to another McCauley line that once lived in Saintsfield (James b. about 1805) and moved to Belfast.
Does anyone have any conenction to this family line? I am trying to connect the two branches. I have several DNA kits of which I am willing to compare with anyone else who has tested or willing to test.
Thank you.
Nicholas
Doyle_of_Ireland
Sunday 24th Feb 2019, 09:40PMMessage Board Replies
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Nicholas,
Can you give us a bit more information about what exactly you know and what are trying to find? These are all common names in Co. Down and connecting families is hard work without more details.
I don’t see any McAuley families (or variant spellings) in Lisnacroppan in Griffiths Valuation of 1863. There is this family there in 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Ballybrick/Lisnacroppin/1207736/
Is this your family? If so, they arrived in the townland in 1893 (according the Valuation revision records). They had a house on plot 11, and farmland on plot 16.
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/searching-valuation-revision-books
Lizzie, Samuel, Sarah Jane & Thomas McAuley all signed the Ulster Covenant in 1912. You can see their actual signatures on the PRONI website, and that also tells you their political views on Home Rule in Ireland.
Some probate abstracts from the PRONI wills site:
McCauley Samuel of Lisnacroppan county Down farmer died 21 April 1938 Probate Belfast 9 December to Sarah Jane McCauley the widow and David McCauley farmer. Effects £441 15s
McCauley Thomas John of Lisnacroppan Rathfriland county Down farmer died 29 January 1942 Probate Belfast 20 January to William Hall and Joseph McRoberts farmers. Effects £490 5s.
McCauley Jane Eliza of Lisnacroppan Rathfriland county Down widow died 29 September 1951 at Ballynanny Hilltown county Down Probate Belfast 13 December to James Hall and William M. Hall farmers. Effects £271 13s. 5d.
The wills themselves are not on-line but should be in PRONI in paper format.
If this is your family, you should be able to identify Thomas’s wife from his children’s birth certificates on the irishgenealogy site:
And from that you should be able to work back to his marriage. That should enable you to trace a bit further back. But perhaps you have already done that? You haven’t told us. Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church. Have you searched those church records for her baptism and siblings etc?
If the 1901 family is yours, it looks as though Thomas McAuley married Mary Bell in 1862. You can view the original certificate on-line on the GRONI website, using the “search registrations” option:
You will need to open an account and buy some credits. It costs £2.50 (sterling) to a view a certificate.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Monday 25th Feb 2019, 12:22AM