Borland family, Bradley family, Landhead, Ballymoney, County Antrim

Dear Cathy

I have passed this to an Antrim Volunteer

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Thank you.

Cathy,

You don’t say what denomination the Borland family were. Do you know? Do you know which church they attended?

For the Bradley family, I’ll assume they were RC. Unfortunately Ballymoney RC parish has no baptism or marriage records prior to 1853. So it won’t be possible to trace the family through church records.

I had a look at Griffiths Valuation for 1861m for the townland of Landhead. There was a William Borland listed. He had plot 2 which was a 25 acre farm. That was the only Borland household shown. There were no Bradley households but if the properties were of very low value they weren’t always listed in Griffiths. William’s name remains against that property till 1907 when he is replaced by Ann McKeague. However the property appears to have been empty in the 1901 census, so quite when William stopped living there or died is not totally clear.

I looked at the Rev Park’s census of Landhead in 1817 and there were 3 Boreland households there then: Robert & Jean and their children Rachel & William; William  and Else and their children Robert, Rachel & Sarah and Widow Boreland with her son Alexander who is presumably the person who married Charlotte Neil.

No Bradley families in Ballymoney parish in that census.

That census is on Bill McAfee’s site. As is the 1803 agricultural census which lists Widow Boreland and Robert Boreland as having households there.

http://billmacafee.com

Their religion is listed as church of Scotland here,but I don't know about their ancestors.Thank you for the information.I'll keep looking and see what I can find out.

I also am looking for McCauley/McAuley.I believe where are from the Sligo area.The names I have are George,b 1811,Ann"Nancy" McCauley,b. 1814,same area I think.Emmigrated to Canada aboy 1820,moved to Russell,Upper Canada.

William George McCauley,b.1811/1812.Father John McCauley,county Antrim, b. about 1798.Mother Margaret Steele,c Antrim,b about 1795.Parents Alexander McCauley,b 1765,Anne Patterson,b about 1765,Antrim,Belfast.Parents John McCauley,1740,Margaret,1740.

Parish of Ramoan, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

If the landhead family were Churhc of Scotland then that is a Presbyterian denomination. So you would want to focus on Presbyterian records around Ballymoney. Ballymoney 1st Presbyterian church and Roseyards both have some records for the early 1800s but there are gaps. Copies in PRONI in Belfast. Don't think they are on-line anywhere.

Thank you.I'll keep trying to find the records.

Hi Cathy

Alexander Borland and Charlotte Neill are my Great-Great Grandparents. Is there anything in particular you want information about.

Mary Boland

They are my 3rd great granparents I believe.I would love any information you have,especially parents.I guess we are cousins,so HELLO! Where are you from?

Hi Cathy.

I live in Russell, Ontario. My Great Grandfather was Alexander and Charlotte's son John. He bought land in Russell in 1854. Which of the children are you from. They had eight children: Thomas, William, John, Jennie, Robert, Paul, Lyle and Mary. My father knew Lyle. There are photos of Thomas but I have never found any photos of the others.

I am guessing you are from Thomas because he married Mary Pack. Thomas did live in Russell for a time, then North Gower before he moved to Manitoba. They first all settled in Goulbourn, Ontario in the Ottawa Valley.

I do have some information on this URL.

https://indd.adobe.com/view/17e46607-45ca-44e7-9d7b-dfe5dd134547

I mean sometime to put photos in and more information that I have found, but it might give you some information. If you have any photos of any of the older Borland generations I would love to share.

Mary

Yes I'm from Thomas' line.I live in Innisfil. My Mom's parents were Thomas Mac Thomson and Margaret Cochrane.They settled in Grandview,Manitoba.Are you on ancestry.ca? I have the line there under Phillips/Thomson.I have 1 photo of Sarah.

I have this on Alexander and Charlette.

I found a land title in Ballymoney from the early 1600's also.

This is Alexander's father and mother.

Please excuse the intrusion to your post. I have an Elizabeth Borland from Antrim (thinking Ballymoney area) as she is the wife of my 3rd gGrandfather Henry Rainey. Henry was married before and his daughter Jane is my 2nd Great Grandmother.

The marriage of Henry and Elizabeth: 15 Jan 1859 • Kilrea, Londonderry, N. Ireland. I have Elizabeths father as William

( IGI source film#101403. Ref241. Married by Joseph Dickey and Witnessed by John Kane and Mary Kane. From Marriage extract. Married in 2nd Kilrea Presbyterian Church, according to the Form & Discipline)

It would be interesting if this is aniother branch of your Borlands. My connection is through the marriage of my 3rd G Grandfather Henry Rainey.

Kind regards

Mandy

Hi Mandy. Yes,I have Elizabeth on my tree and her father is William, mother Rachel Brady.

b about 1795 in Ballymoney. 

She was married to Gawn Finlay and died in 1844. 

 Hi I am looking for history prior to 1750 in Ireland for family members of Borland. I have some history from leaving Ireland to Ontario to Manitoba.

William Robert Borland, born March 17,1886 in Clearsprings,Manitoba Canada(now known as Steinbach).
William married Florence Pearl Skillen.I would also like any information regarding the ancestors of Florence Skillen in Enniskillen, Ireland. This is part of my mother’s family. On her father’s side we are trying to track Maxwell Murray who left Scotland as a boy unaccompanied by an adult but have no record of him until he was middle aged in LaRivierre Manitoba. Eventually I’d like to track my father’s side which are Martha Boyd and Richard Henry Sharpe of Belfast. Any assistance would be great.

Hi Kimberly. I have a Robert Borland born 1841,but I haven't added My Granmothers family's children yet. You can see my tree page on ancestry and check if things fit. Clearsprings is very close to where my family on my Mom's side settled.My tree is listed as Phillips/Thomson/Wheaton/Nicholl. Any idea on his parents names?

We have traced back to here, 

1. William Borland was born in 1747 in Landhead Ballymoney Country Antrim Ireland1 and died in 1801 in Landhead Ballymoney Country Antrim Ireland aged 54

Yes, his parents were Robert Borland born on May 17,1835 in Landhead, Ballymoney, Co Antrim, Ireland, died st she 70 in 1905 in Clearsprings  Manitoba Canada.
He married Jannet Beggs, daughter of David Robert Beggs and Ellen Margaret Marie Thomson, Oct 22,1872 in Ontario Canada.

There were two brothers who came from Ontario to Clearsprings, Mb about a year apart. Robert and Thomas. I believe his sister in law was Sarah? I’m not at home at the moment. Their parents were Alexander and Charlotte.

William Borland from Landshead was my 4th great grandfather. He was married to Rachel Brady. I recently spent some time in Ballymoney and met some distant cousins.The Borland family still lives on the homestead ther.I have pictures of their gravestones as well.Alexander was married to Charlotte Neil. I have more info but haven't added it to my ancestry tree yet.So it looks like we are distant cousins.

Awesome, very nice to meet you. Can’t have too much family.  I don’t have ancestry.ca   You can reach me at kimberlydawnbennett@gmail.com as an alternative. 

Great.Nice to meet you too.Where are you?I'm in Innisfil,Ontario.

Winnipeg Manitoba 

Is it possible for you to email pictures or PDFs of the information of William who died in 1801 that you have on ancestry.ca as I don’t have access to that site?

Sure.Its on the way.