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I am looking for any records to substantiate the information I have regarding my Mechen family

Patrick Mechen and Margaret McNeilly were married on 6 Oct 1866 in Ballymena

They had the following children 

John Mechen born Antrim 3 July 1867

Ellen Jane Mechen born Glenwhirry 1869. Henry McKillon Mechen born Antrim 1873 and William Cowan Mechen born 1875. The family migrated to New Zealand in 1876. Any help with records for this family would be much appreciated. Possible name variant could be Meehan.  

Carol

Monday 12th Feb 2018, 04:43AM

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  • Hi Carol,

    Not sure what sources you have used but www.rootsireland.ie/ has the marriage record which has both fathers' names:

    Date of Marriage:06-Oct-1866
    Parish / District:BALLYMENA
    County:Co. Antrim
    Husband
    WifeName:PatrickMeehan
    MargaretMcneillyAddress:Greenhill Glenwhissy
    Greenhill GlenwhissyDenomination:Presbyterian
    PresbyterianOccupation:LABOURER
    Age:26
    21Status:Bachelor (Previously unmarried)
    Spinster (Previously unmarried)
    Husband's Father
    Wife's FatherName:JohnMeehan
    JohnMcneillyAddress:
    Denomination:
    Occupation:LABOURER
    LABOURER
    Husband's Mother
    Wife's MotherName:
    Address:
    Denomination:
    Occupation:
    Witness 1
    Witness 2Name:NancyMcallion
    HenryMckillenAddress:

    Notes:

    Church: BALLYMENA REG. OFFICE
    BY CERTIFICATE G WHITE.

    However I had no luck with the children's birth/baptisms on roots or nidirect; I don't have credit on findmypast to try there.

    Col

     

    ColCaff, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Monday 12th Feb 2018, 11:14AM
  • Thank you so much that is brilliant- it also helps explain where Henry McKillon Mechen got his name from.

    Tuesday 13th Feb 2018, 04:33AM
  • Hi Carol

    I have done some work tracking down the NZ links to Patrick MECHEN - still working on it! 

    Do you have an email address I can send a link to? Not sure how to do it on this - just found your post and joined the community.

    Thanx

    Kev

     

     

    Kev

    Sunday 28th Jul 2019, 08:18AM

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