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  • #2
    shanew
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    They should be registered in Ballymoney reg. dist., but not finding anything promising - either on GRO, FS or GRONI.


  • #3
    RGM
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    shanew wrote: »
    They should be registered in Ballymoney reg. dist., but not finding anything promising - either on GRO, FS or GRONI.

    It's an odd one.


  • #4
    shanew
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    the only birth I found that's even close, is one for a Jane Beattie McFadden, parents William McFadden and Annie McAllister - in Kilrea reg. dist., next to Ballymoney, but the age is way out as it's in 1901 should be c1895 for Jane, residence is Kilrea, and father's occupation is Rural Postman


  • #5
    RGM
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    shanew wrote: »
    the only birth I found that's even close, is one for a Jane Beattie McFadden, parents William McFadden and Annie McAllister - in Kilrea reg. dist., next to Ballymoney, but the age is way out as it's in 1901 should be c1895 for Jane, residence is Kilrea, and father's occupation is Rural Postman

    Looks like a different family: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Kilrea/Coleraine_Street/1521045/


  • #6
    RGM
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    I don't know what to make of it. You'd wonder about a few things if they were illiterate, but the father filled out both censuses. The names aren't out of the ordinary, so it's doubtful they would be consistently botched in the records. And the births are spread over at least 15 years. For none of them to show up is just strange.


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  • #7
    mickmackey1
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    Have you found the marriage? Thought it was this one -

    https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/d76ce67528513

    but don't think it is now.


  • #8
    ifconfig
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    Have you tried McFadzean ?
    I've seen that variant for Protestant McFaddens in the past.
    It may not meet the soundex pattern match so might be worth searching for births , etc under that more "Scottish" spelling.

    I have Catholic/Irish McFaddens in my tree.
    It's a patronymic name which is common along the West Coast of Donegal and there are some anecdotes about McFaddens having come to Ireland with McSuibhne/Sweeneys, etc as Gallowglass warriors.
    In any case the name also occurs in Scotland and so planters in Antrim might be called McFadden but I have definitely seen those more exotic spellings in some registers.
    I came across a McFadzean in Louth actually back in late 19th century - he was a presbyterian.


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