Genealogy Chat

Hi Natalie.I have only just nothiced your reply thankyou.I have since contacted a RC church in Ahoghill the lady who helped there was really nice but said she could find no records of my family.She said there was one other church there a little way up the road but said the priest would not look at records for me.I do not live in Ireland so this is impossible sadly maybe one day i might be able to visit.Many thanks once again from Patsy

Hi Patsy

There is only 1 RC chapel in the village of Ahoghill and if you're looking at a map, it is situated on the outskirts of the village, on the Portglenone side. It isn't a very big village, so it wouldn't have been able to support more than 1 RC chapel. Is it possible that the church is in the Parish of Ahoghill which extends over quite a large area (over 12,000 acres and 29 townlands), rather than in the village itself?

Hello Patsy Here are the Griffiths Valuation 1847-1864 KANE WILLIAM MCAULEY JAMES ANTRIM AHOGHILL BROCKLAMONT KANE JOHN HARDY JOSEPH ANTRIM AHOGHILL CARNEARNEY KANE JOHN ADAIR CHARLES ANTRIM AHOGHILL CARNEARNEY KANE DAVID MCMASTER JOHN ANTRIM AHOGHILL KILLANE KANE JOHN MCMASTER JOHN ANTRIM AHOGHILL KILLANE KERR JOHN ADAIR CHARLES ANTRIM AHOGHILL CRAIGNAGEERAGH KERR MARY ADAIR CHARLES ANTRIM AHOGHILL CRAIGNAGEERAGH CARR JAMES MCVICKAR ALEXANDER ANTRIM AHOGHILL GALGORM PARKS

Hi Danny,Many thanks for all of your hard work although not many Kanes really.It will be worth me keeping this info though as something may lead foward with the names.I suppose if you were poor you may not have appeared in a directory and as a Farmer at this time with the famine and all Michaels Father may have been in a bad way.I have found a name of a chapel although not sure how close it is or where i may find any parish records.It was called Aughnahoy Chapel according to Google and is near to Ahoghill.Thankyou again for your help and best wishes from Patsy

Hi patsy, these are the only kanes and kerrs in the whole of belfast and ballymacarrett. 1856 directory Kane, Ann, boarding house, 8 Chichester lane Kane, Bernard, shoemaker, 19 Carrick hill Kane, Denis, nailor, 34 John street Kane, Denis, spirit and provision store, 46 Waring street Kane, Edward, smith, 85 & 27 Millfield Kane, James, clerk, 27 Wall street Kane, James, clerk, 128 Kennedy's place, Shankhill road Kane, John, dealer, M'Kory's row, Ballymacarrett Kane, John, dyer and renovater, 42 Millfield Kane, John, hostler, 9 j William street South ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY. 261 Kane, Luke, spirit dealer, 33 Devis street Kane, Major Henry, 85 Ormeau place Kane, Miss, confectioner, 4 Millfield Kane, Mrs., oyster house, 3 Joy's entry Kane, Mrs., 12 Townsend street Kane, Mrs., widow, 86 Little Donegall street Kane, Patrick, dealer, 97 Durham street Kane, Patrick, paper maker, 12 Lindsay's place Kane, Patrick, shoemaker, 17 Carrickhill Kane, Thomas, green grocer, 1 Corn market JCane, William, butter merchant, 18 Lancaster street Kernaghan, John, attorney's clerk, 17 Arnou street Kernaghan, John, 11 Boyd street Kernaghan, Joseph, teacher, 44 Brown square Kernaghan, William, grocer, 15 Great Patrick street Kernohan, Andrew, wholesale grocer, 80 Victoria st 4 Mount Pottinger Kerns, George, saddler and harness maker, 155 North street Kerns, Patrick, tailor, 3 Ore's entry Kerns, Mrs., 2 Wall street Kerns, Thomas, hatter, 28 West street Kerr, Andrew, watchmaker, 22 King street KeiT, Charlotte, star saloon, 21 Ann street Kerr, Eliza, boarding house, 30 Gamble street Kerr, Mr., sea captain and publican, 42 Prince's street Kerr, Mrs., 24 Union place Kerr, James, builder, 54 Maj street Kerr, John, accountant, Police place, 20 North Queen street Kerr, John, carpenter, Ballymacarrett Kerr, John, commission merchant, 31 Victoria street—1 Victoria place Kerr, John, grocer and publican, 18 Smithfield Ken-, Owen, bookseller, 4 Castle place, 12 Henrietta street Kerr, Samuel, grocer and publican, 18 & 20 Peter's hill Kerr, William, of Mercer and Kerr, wholesale druggists and general merchants, 38 & 40 North street—Cassino, Antrim road Kerr, William, spirit dealer, 4 & 0 Rosemary street I added kernaghan and kerns just in case spelling may vary Danny

Hi Danny.Yes Michael Kane Father James Kane said to be a Farmer and Mother Mary Kane nee Gray.Martha Kerr whose Father was Joseph and Mother Mary I think she was born in Derry.Michael was said to be born abt.1833 and Martha 1835 according to Scottish census records.They married in Ahoghill so the records say on the 31st of May 1856 they were in Scotland in the 1861 and also had a child Mary who was 3 years old by this time who they said was born in Airdrie but i can find no record of that and wonder if she may have been born in Ireland as well.The marriage was Roman Catholic which i believe fits with the Ahoghill area.Anything you can trace on this family would be brill and thankyou so much for your help.Best wishes from Patsy

Hi patsy Im not sure how many churchs but i do have trade,street and people directories for there in that year. Do you happen to have a first name to go with kane or kerr or maybe an occupation. If so i can check and get an address and you can then locate the nearest church at that time. Danny

Hello me again.Has anybody out there any idea how many R.C Churches are in Ahogill Co.Antrim? I did contact one awhile back now but have no idea which one but the priest couldn't help me trace the marriage of Kane and Kerr in 1856 so wondered could there possibly be more churches than this one.Thanks from Patsy