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My McBride Family History

As I have found and collated things

Growing up, my father kept a large embroidery, of a strange bird with a coloured glass eye, in a walnut frame on a walnut tripod in the living room of the Bank House in Kilcock, Co Kildare. We saw it every day and it was part of the family. Apart from the glass eye the embroidery was faded and not very colourful, but it linked four generations. My grandmother Jane B McBride, who lived with Dad, inherited it from her mother, Anna Eliza Best, who embroidered it in her teenage years in or , Co , before her marriage to Dr Andrew McBride of Newry in 1861. The story was that Andrew gave Anna the glass eye as a courting present, so there was emotion and family history.

Anna died in 1878 when Granny Jane Burrell McBride, the youngest child, was only 4 and after a year Andrew married an older family friend, Essie Thompson to tame his family. Andrew died in 1894. After schooling, Granny trained as a nurse at Baggot Street Hospital, , where she met and married TR Gibson, private secretary to the Earl of Mayo in 1898 at St Matthews’ Church of , Ringsend, Dublin, close to her lodging. Her eldest sister Mary Scott McBride signed the Register as a witness. After her step-mother Elsie Thompson’s death in 1901, ‘The Bird’, the McBride Family Bible and ‘odds & ends’ went to stay with Granny, and her husband T R Gibson in , Co Kildare, where Dad and his siblings were baptised in 1900s in Naas PC [and my brother James (Jimmy) and I in the 1950s], and after Granddad’s death in 1940, Granny went to live with Dad in and the Bird followed to Letterkenny, Kilcock in the 1950s and Dundrum, from 1962, remaining with Dad after Granny’s death in 1974. When Granny’s will was published, a handwritten codicil had been added, signed and witnessed, giving the embroidery to Dorothy. Dorothy, Dad’s elder sister, had also liked ‘The Bird’ but for a long time had nowhere to keep it, after selling her home after her husband Bertie’s death and moving into a small 1st floor apartment in City. Dad was upset but as the frame and tripod were bulky to move, nothing happened because neither sibling wanted to hire a moving company, and Dorothy lacked the space to display it.

Then one morning, apparently without warning when Dad and I were at work, a ‘Nat Ross of Cork’ furniture-moving truck and team called with instructions to collect ‘The Bird’. Mum let the guys in and phoned Dad. By the time she had explained to Dad what was happening, the guys had wrapped and loaded the frame and tripod and were gone. Dad was incensed, and sibling rivalry with his elder sister went to a new high for a while. The frame and tripod had occupied a corner in our small Dundrum house and, probably, Mum was happy for the extra space. The embroidery, frame and tripod passed to Dorothy’s daughter Betty for display in Rock Lodge, Cork and is now (2018) safe and on display at the period home of my 2nd Cousin Peter Haughton, Dorothy’s grandson. ‘The Bird’ gave me my interest in family history, and the curiosity to look for ‘lost’ cousins. One point is Dad’s sister Dorothy married in 1918 and her eldest daughter Betty married in 1940. Dad married in 1950 and I was born in 1953. My Granny, Jane B McBride, is Peter Haughton’s great-granny and the King’s great-grand-aunt.

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TR Gibson had bought a double grave in the Protestant graveyard at Maudins, Dublin Road, Naas after his 4th born child died only 6 week after birth in 1909. TR was buried there in 1940. His wife Jane outlived him by 34 years, dying in her 99th year. In her last years she was confined to bed at Dad’s Dundrum home, and her children decided it better to move her to a full-care nursing-home in , close to Geraldine, her younger daughter. When she died in 1974, at the height of the ‘Troubles’, the Lisburn funeral director refused to transport the body to Naas as he claimed warnings were received that his hearse would be burnt south of the border. He might have been right as everything was very polarised. After a delay Granny was buried in Roselawn Cemetery Lisburn (beside the Motorway). At the funeral, an old gentleman introduced himself to me as “Dr William Scott McBride of , a cousin of Jane”. For years later, whenever I passed the Dromara turnoff on the -Lisburn dual-carriageway, I always wondered about where that connection occurred – now I know!

At the funeral of my Dad in 1994, one of the mourners approached me and introduced himself as ‘David Gibson’, a cousin, and later gave me a hand-drawn family-tree. The tree went back to my great-great-grandfather’s generation Alexander Gibson and included T R’s ten siblings and some great-uncles and -aunts. Mum gave me an old A4 photocopied sheet of Granny McBride’s seven siblings and her mother Anna Eliza Best’s family siblings, parents and uncles drawn up apparently by a Presbyterian Minister friend of Dorothy. No dates, no when, who, where or why – a great mystery. Computer searching, and recently DNA matching, led to many people giving me clues. A Canadian lady, Sharon Oddie Brown, writing her own family history briefly touched on the family of Dr John McBride, brother of Dr Andrew McBride, (http://www.thesilverbowl.com/maps/Woodvale- Environs/Woodvale&JOHNSTONS.html), grandfather of Dr William Scott McBride, Granny’s 2nd cousin. My cousins Douglas McBride (Dec’d) of & Australia and Beth McBride of New Zealand have added many records. But most of mine are based on documentary evidence, thousands of internet hints some totally inaccurate, some speculative and some just family gossip!

My Best and McBride forefathers came from Newry and environs, a seaport with a strong agricultural and industrial hinterland straddling counties and Down. With the commercial development of the ‘easy to dig’ Lough Neagh/Tyrone coal-field in the early 1700s, near Coalisland using horse and cart carriage to Newry seaport for shipping to Dublin and . Demand made the opening of a small-canal feasible between the coal-field, Lough Neagh and the port in 1742. The economic importance of Newry grew, and Newry prospered as a deep-water sea-port for 100 years offering trades and jobs off the farms for children and grandchildren. Newry had regular sailings to Britain, Dublin & North America for the passage of people and goods. However, with the introduction of large steel-hulled steam-ships on the Atlantic routes and the opening of the Dublin to rail-line in 1850, people, trade and prosperity began to leave Newry.

The tragic final voyage of the brig Hannah is an example. The Brig transported emigrants to Canada during the Irish Famine. The 287 ton brig was built in Norton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1826 and apart from the captain, could house 12 crew and 200 passengers. Hannah was transporting Irish immigrants fleeing the famine from , Warrenpoint and Newry to Quebec City, when it sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on 29 April 1849 after hitting an iceberg, resulting in, it is believed, 49 deaths with 129 saved. She set sail from Newry, on 3 April 1849 with a crew of 12 under its 23-year-

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The McBrides may have come over from 1607-1633 as part of the 1st . The earliest McBride recorded by Douglas was John McBride (born 1754) who married Susan Maitland. He was a Lieutenant in the Rathfriland Irish Volunteers.

Their son was Waddell McBride (1793-1876) married Mary Scott (1804-1881) from Kilkinamurry, , Co, Down. Mary Scott’s parents may have been Andrew Scott and Mary Moore, born around 1780. Waddell lived in Knock house, Rathfriland where his children were born before moving to South Armagh, according to later newspaper marriage notices and retired to , Co Down.

Roz Davies website (http://rosdavies.com//SURNAMES/S/ScottLW.htm) using Church records, records Mary Scott, wife of Waddell McBride ; mother of John b. 6 Jun & bpt. 20 Jun 1828 & Mary Margaret b. 23 Jan & bpt. 11 Feb 1830 & Susanna bpt. 10 Apr 1832 & Waddell b. 2 Oct & bpt. 29 Dec 1836 at Ballyroney Presbyterian Church. Great-grandad Andrew McBride was born June 13, 1834 but is not mentioned here, maybe an omission or a missing page. Waddell and Mary’s nine children were:

I. John McBride b. 6/6/1828 d. about 1904 travelling. After local schooling, trained as a medical doctor qualifying in 1855, trained at Ilminster, England and later Forkhill Co Armagh. Married on 5 Jul 1860 in Creggan , Armagh, to Mary Stitt (1829–1865) daughter of John Stitt of Freeduff, Co Armagh who died early. Two sons born - Alfred McBride (1861–1923) and William Scott McBride on 25 May 1862 in , Co Armagh, (1862–1939). A story from Sharon Oddie Brown is that John, who was Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for the Parish was supposed to register ‘William Stitt McBride’, but forgot and recorded his mother’s maiden name ‘Scott’ instead. In the Griffith Valuation of 1864, a John McBride occupies the house beside Forkhill Dispensary which was occupied by a Waddell McBride. Mary Stitt died in 1865 and is buried in

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Forkhill Church of Ireland graveyard. John later inherited the Stitt farm and continued medicine with farming.

Alfred trained as a pharmacist chemist and had a chemist’s shop near , Co Louth, he never married dying in 1923.

William Scott qualified in the King's and Queen's College of Physicians, Ireland, and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin in 1889. He inherited the Stitt farm in Freeduff. He farmed as well as working as the local doctor in Crossmaglen. Aged 45, on 20 Jun 1907 in Creggan Parish Church, Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh he married Ethel Sarah Gillmer (Gilmore), Birth 16 MAR 1885 in Liscalgot House, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh, Death 1982. They had 1 son and 3 daughters.

Son William Scott McBride (Billy) (1908–1984) born 25 Jan 1908 • 92, Baggot, Street, Dublin, Ireland. Qualified in 1936 at University of Dublin (TCD). Worked in Stoke-in-Trent and Dromara. Married 2 July 1940 in Tewkesbury Abbey in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England to Ethel Inga Earle Wilkinson (1903–)

Mary Francis McBride on 17 Feb 1909 • Crossmaglen, Armagh. Mary Francis, a promising second year medical student at Trinity, tragically died of TB that she caught during her medical rounds. Died at home 7 Jan 1931

Doreen McBride 22 Aug 1917 Freeduff, Co Armagh, died 12 Dec 1917 in Freeduff, Parish of Creggan, Co Armagh,

Eileen (Eile) Edith McBride, 28 Mar 1920 in Freeduff, Parish of Creggan, Co Armagh, and possibly married to ‘Mr. Ryder’ later.

II. Mary Margaret McBride, born 23 Jan 1830 & bpt. 11 Feb 1830 at Ballyroney Presbyterian Church according to Church records. Marriage on 5 Dec 1854 in Tullyallen Presbyterian Church, Armagh, Northern Ireland to John Carlisle (1816–1887) according to The Belfast Newsletter of 11th Dec 1854. They had 5 daughters and 2 sons born in Ireland before emigrating in 1872/3 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Dates suggest last daughter born in USA.

Birth of Daughter Mary J. Carlisle (27/1/1856–1921), In 1900 US Census described as ‘Single’, book- keeper, living with her mother and a married sister Lila.

Birth of Son John A. Carlisle (Feb 1858–1934), in 1900 Census noted as ‘Single’, engineer (tender) living with mother and married sister Lila.

Lila (April 1860-1945) married to George Holland MD born Nov 1852 in Ireland died 1927. immigrated to US in 1872 with his mother and siblings after death of father, physician & drug-store owner.

Birth of Daughter Catherine D Carlisle (1862–1950), in 1900 US Census ‘Single’, stenographer, living with mother and married sister. Catherine’s death in 1950 is recorded in US Presbyterian records, her funeral service in 1820 Chesnutt Street/Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyterian Church and burial with her parents and 3 siblings in Woodlands Cemetery.

Birth of Son William George Greenfield Carlisle (1866–1885) employed as a ‘clerk’ at time of death aged 19 years.

Birth of Daughter Eva Carlisle (1868–),

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Birth of Daughter Martha Helen Perry Carlisle (22/9/1869–21/5/1873),

Birth of Daughter Edith Carlisle (October 1873-?).

Death of Husband John Carlisle (1816–1887) book-keeper.

Residence: 1900 US Census • Sth 22nd St, Philadelphia Ward 30, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Mother in Law. Note: Only two daughters married, the other siblings seem to have died ‘single’. In the 3rd June 1880 US Census a ‘Joseph Graham aged 20’ and a ‘William Graham aged 17’ are listed as ‘nephews’ living with the Carlisle family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. They may be sons of Susanna McBride who married Thomas Graham on 26 Aug 1856 in Tullyallen Presbyterian Church.

III. Susanna McBride, born March 1832. Marriage on 26 Aug 1856 in Tullyallen Presbyterian Church, , Armagh, Northern Ireland to Thomas Graham Esq. Birth of Son, probably Willian, Graham on 8 Nov 1865 in Crossmaglen, Armagh, Ireland. ‘Source Citation for Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911’. A ‘Joseph Graham aged 20’ and a ‘William Graham aged 17’ are listed in the 3rd June 1880 US Census as ‘nephews’ living with the Carlisle family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Maybe one or both returned to Ireland. They are popular names and difficult to trace.

4. Andrew McBride was born June 13, 1834. He is my direct ancestor. He was home-schooled, before attending the Ledwith School of Medicine, Dublin and, then maybe, in Glasgow like his elder brother before taking the position of Town Doctor in Newry. Andrew McBride married Anna Eliza Best in Newry, Down, on 20 March 1861 when he was 26 years old in Sandys Street Presbyterian Church, Newry, Co Down. They had eight children together. On the early death of Anna Eliza in 1878 and with a young and teenage family he then married Essie Thompson (who was a family friend and ten years older) on 5 February 1879 in Rostrevor CoI, Co Down. In the 1881 Trade Directories he is described as ‘a physician of 56 Hill Street & Marcus Square: insurance agent & Officer of Health for , medical officer at Newry & Crobane Dispensary’. He died on 23 December 1894 in Newry, Armagh, aged 60.

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I. Birth of Son John Best McBride (19 Jul 1862– 25 Jun 1941). John Best McBride lived in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire from before 1891 to about 1930 working as a school doctor. Marriage on 13 Nov 1892 in , Northumberland to Mary Constance Squiers also known as Bignell (1866–1961) (According to 1891 UK Census Mary Scott McBride was working as Parish Nurse and living in Conningham(?), County of Northumberland – Surprisingly?)

John B McBride and Mary Constance had 4 children:

Birth of Son Andrew Arthur Best McBride (16 June 1895–1918), In 1913 attended King's College, University, of, , London, England Completed his first professional examinations in medicine. Served in Bedfordshire Regiment as lieutenant Sept 1914. Promoted Captain 1st June 1916. Appointed Musketry Instructor to Infantry Brigade; Death on 24 Apr 1918 near Cachy, Somme, Picardie, France; officially KIA Western Front during The Battle of the Lys.

Birth of Daughter Constance Phyllis McBride (7 Mar 1897–1978). She married John Henry Harley Gough on 9 June 1927. They had one child,

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Mary Rowan, during their marriage. C P McB died on 5 September 1978 in Banstead, Surrey, at the age of 81.

Birth of Daughter Norah Rowan McBride (3 Jun 1901–1995) • Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Marriage on Dec 1933 • East Preston, Sussex, to Alan Maitland Cunningham Dr (1902–1986)

Birth of Son John Richard Best McBride, Dr (3 Apr 1904–1977) in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Marriage Sep 1934 in Paddington, London to Kathleen Beryl Howard Freeman (1905–1965). Worked as a Medical Practitioner in Rowan House, East Bergholt. Suff.

II. Birth of Daughter Mary Scott McBride (17 May 1864–1921) • Newry. Similar to most of her siblings she entered the medical profession working as a District Nurse in Northumberland, England (1891 English Census) before her marriage in 1899 in Margate, as second wife to George King, and again as a nurse during the First World War at Addington Palace War Hospital, Croydon. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross award receiving the award from the King with the Queen present. George and Mary had 4 sons, one of whom died in infancy. Residence UK Census: 02 Apr 1911 • Flore, Northamptonshire, England. Death 30 Sep 1921 • Crescent Nursing Home, Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

Birth of Son William Scott King (25 Aug 1900–17 Aug 1976) in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire. Joined Royal Air Force 28 Aug 1918. Marriage 21 Aug 1926 in Croydon, St Peter, Surrey, England to Vera Cicely Pearse Craig (1896–1979). Lived and worked in Avon, Hartford, Connecticut, USA most of his life before returning to Bedford, Bedfordshire, England on retirement.

Birth of Son Patrick Mcbride King (1902–1906) • Daventry, Northamptonshire

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Birth of Son Henry Ernest King (9 April 1903–1978) • Weedon, Northamptonshire. Trained as a civil engineer. Worked in Chile and then employed from 1930-1942 in Yenangyaung, Magway, Myanmar (Burma) as a civil engineer with British Burmah Petroleum. Destroyed the oil wells and refinery, days ahead of the Japanese invasion and hiked back to India through wild terrain. Marriage in Sep 1926 in Rugby, Warwickshire to Marian Annbella Pears (1902–1992). Birth of Son Bruce McBride King (14 Apr 1930–1986) • , Staffordshire; Birth of Daughter Janet Elizabeth Yemon King (1 March 1934–). Wife and children had returned to UK for schooling before WWII. After India he worked at the Basra, Iraq oil production. Before retiring to Norfolk, England he worked in Nigeria in the 1960s. His granddaughter Hilary King wrote an interesting Amazon Kindle e-book (Welded to my mind's eye: The story of the Last Ditchers in Burma) of her grandparent’s life in Burma (Myanmar) and Henry’s (Harry) wartime exploits. I’ve DNA matches with some of the family in Holyhead, and London, England.

Birth of Son Charles Gulliver King (31 Dec 1904–1987) • Weedon, Northamptonshire, seems to have lived a quiet life, never marrying and dying on 27 SEP 1987 at Garstang, Lancashire, England.

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III. Birth of Son Andrew Carlisle (Dandy) McBride (21 Apr 1866–1940) born in Newry. Employment 1888-1930 • Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland; Armagh County Infirmary, Abbey Street - apothecary, A. C. McBride. Secretary for 50 years;

Birth of Daughter Kathleen Violet McBride (1894–1981) 23 Apr 1894 • Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland; Marriage on 6 Jun 1894 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland to Elizabeth (Lizzie) Henry Heather (1870– 1936);

Birth of Daughter Nora(h) Elizabeth McBride (1900–) • Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland; Residence 1901 Irish Census - 31 March 1901 • Armagh Town, Armagh, Ireland; Birth of Son Edward Carlisle McBride(1905–1958) • Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland;

Residence - 2 April 1911 • Armagh North Urban, Armagh, Ireland; Death of Wife Elizabeth (Lizzie) Henry Heather (1870–1936) • Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Death 25 Sep 1940 • Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland; Burial Parish of St Mark's churchyard, Armagh

IV. Birth of Daughter Anna Victoria McBride (28 Dec 1867–1957) in Newry. Marriage 05 Feb 1896 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland to George Maitland Murray (1865–1940) before going to South Africa in the 1900s, dying on 13 Sep 1957 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She was a resident of the Essenwood Res. Home, Essenwood Road, in her 90th year. Notice was insert by her nephew E A McBride (Waterford?)

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V. Birth of Son William Alexander Waddell McBride (1870–1945) • Newry; Birth 13 Apr 1870; Residence - 1896 • Bedfordshire, England; Employment 1900 • England Commercial Traveller Manufacturing Chemist's; Marriage 10 Jun 1903 • Thanet, Kent to Beatrice Emily " Trissie" Andrews (1877–1948); Birth of Son William Edward Andrew McBride(1904–1990) Cliftonville, Kent; Birth of Son John Alexander McBride(1907–1909) • Kings Norton, Worcester, England;

Birth of Daughter Molly McBride (1910–1979) 21 JUN 1910 • 49 Edgbaston Rd, ; Residence 02 Apr 1911 • Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England;

Birth of Daughter Doreen McBride (1919–2004) Feb 1919 • The Lawn, Weedon, Northampton, England; Residence - 1939 • Middlesex, England; Death 12 Oct 1945 • Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; Burial 16 Oct 1945 • Thornbury, Gloucestershire.

Grandfather of Beth McBride of New Zealand with whom I share a DNA connection.

VI. Birth of Son James Edward Best (Ned) McBride (1871–1944) • Newry. Birthdate 17 Nov 1871; Marriage Sep 1906 to Mary Styles Heather (1869-1947) • Armagh District, Ireland

Birth of Son John Edward Carlisle McBride (1907–1962) 31 07 1907 • Chorlton England

Birth of Son William Andrew McBride (1910–1976) Jun 1910 • Waterford, Ireland

Birth of Son Douglas Best McBride (1912–1986) Dec 1912 in Waterford Ireland

Death 23 Oct 1944 • Waterford, Ireland.

Owned Waterford Timber Importers. A commercial link with Haughton Building Supplies was temporarily created after the 1922 Treaty when Haughton’s English bank withdrew facilities. 18 years before Ned McBride’s grand-niece married Alan Haughton (funny coincidence). Dad recalled meeting Ned McBride and his teenage sons when he worked in Waterford around 1921 to 1925.

VII. Birth of Son Robert Best McBride MPS (29 Jul 1873–1965) in Newry; Marriage - 10 Mar 1907 in Christ Church with St Mary and St Stephen, Spitalfields, England to Caroline Elsie Andrews (1879–1978);

Birth of Daughter Elsie Best (Bertha) McBride (1908–1976) on 25 Jul 1908 • Lewisham, London.

Residence - 1910 • 20 Murillo Road, Lewisham, London, England; Residence - 02 Apr 1911 • Camberwell, London, England; Residence - 1939 • Surrey, England; Residence - 1959 • Malden, Surrey, England;

Death aged 91 on 29 Jan 1965 • Surrey, England

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VIII. Birth of Daughter Jane Burrell McBride (4 Sep 1874–1974) • Newry, - my grandmother. Photographed in her nurse’s uniform while working at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street, Dublin before marrying T R Gibson in 1898.

Story continued in the ‘Gibsons’ chapter.

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Back to the 5th born of Waddell McBride’s and the remaining children:

5. Birth of son Waddell McBride Born 2nd Oct 1836 • , Ireland; Marriage on 8 Jan 1867 in Melbourne, Australia to Mary Cooper Parker (1830–1889) Widow of James Parker, Melbourne & Glasgow, and daughter of Lieutenant Cooper of Glasgow Police. Announced in Belfast Newsletter 25th Oct 1867 as “marriage of 3rd son of Waddell McBride Esq., Newry, Ireland”. Birth of Daughter Alice Margaret McBride (1872–1945) • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Death of Wife Mary Cooper Parker (1830–1889) 19 August 1889 • Armadale, Victoria; Residence 4 Nov 1889 • Prahran, Victoria, Australia; Employment - 14 Nov 1889 • City of, Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia - Described on rate book as 'storeman'; Aged 76 in 1915 Employment in Cheltenham, Henty, Victoria, Australia - described as a 'boilermaker'; Death 18 NOV 1915 • Cham, Victoria

6. Birth of daughter Ellen McBride (1840-1880) Birth ABT 1840 • Co Down, Ireland; Death - 27 JAN 1880 • Warrenpoint, Newry, Ireland

7. Birth of Eliza(beth) Anne Mc Bride (1841–1912); Marriage - 4th March 1868 at St Peters Dublin by Rev H. H. Franklin ex-chaplain HMRN, cousin of the bridegroom John Johnson, Esq J.P. (1830–1897) of Woodvale, Dundalk to Eliza Anne McBride, third daughter of W McBride of Forkhill, Co. Armagh;

‘Sharon Oddie mentions John Johnston of Woodvale House, Ballsmill, owned 79 acres in the 1876 Landowners list. He was a Justice of the Peace. He seems to have had an abrasive relationship with his tenants as in family letters, reports of a rent strike. “On the map it looks as if Woodvale House is the very first place on your left after you cross the border from Louth into Armagh.” The Johnstons had married into the Ball family whose ancestor had received over 5,000 acres during Cromwellian times. Thomas Ball may have lived at, or on the site of, "Woodvale House" for some time, as the Hearth Money Rolls of 1664 record that he paid on four hearths in the of Glassdrummond. “Woodvale House” occupied by the Johnstons of the Fews in the 18th. century stood in the townland of Glassdrummond. The name of the village adjacent to the house may have been changed by the Johnstons from Ballynaclera to Ballsmill.’

Birth of Daughter Annie Sophia Johnston (1869–) 27 Mar 1869 • Barronstown, Louth, Ireland.

Birth of Daughter Margaret Adelaide Johnston (1873–) 24 Nov 1873 • Barronstown, Louth, Ireland;

Birth of Daughter Mary E I Johnston (1877–) • Woodvale House, Creggan Lower, Armagh.

Birth of Son John Thomas Ball Johnston (1880–1958) 18 Apr 1880 • , Fermanagh, Ireland;

Birth of Son Richard Norman Johnston (1883–).

Death of Husband John Johnston (1830–1897) 29 May 1897 • Parish of Creggan, Co Armagh, Ireland; Residence - 2 April 1911 • Creggan Lower, Armagh, Ireland; Death - Jun 1912 • Woodvale, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland

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8. Birth of Jane McBride ABT 1845 • Co Down, Ireland; Marriage 18 Mar 1868 • Ireland to John Burrell Esq; Birth of Daughter Jane Elizabeth Burrell (20 Dec 1868–1930) in St Andrews, Dublin, Ireland; Death - 19 FEB 1872 • , Co Down, Ireland or (Alternative) in Rostrevor. Age at death 27 years.

I think her husband was a draper in Dublin who married again. In 1901 Irish Census the only John Burrell, retired draper, lived at Carrigbrennan Road, Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland with his wife, Martha, 15 years his junior and two daughters aged 19 and 20. In the 1911 Census a son born 1879 appears, a radiographer at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital appears. A few years later A A B marries and moves to the Isle of Wright, England. Two years after his sister Jane’s death, Dr Andrew McBride christened his youngest daughter ‘Jane Burrell McBride’!

9. Birth of Daughter Martha McBride Birth ABT 1847 • County Down, Ireland; Marriage - 26 Jun 1871 at a wedding in Rostrevor Presbyterian Church to William James Cleland (1845–1911).

Birth of Son William Stewart Cleland (1872–1877) born 31 Mar 1872 & died 20 Feb 1877 • Newry, Armagh, Ireland

Birth of Daughter Margret Ann Cleland (1876–) 31 Mar 1876 • Newry

Birth of Daughter Mary Scott Cleland (1877–)

Birth of Son William James Cleland (1880–1955) 27 May 1880 • Newry, Ireland

Birth of Son Frederick Charles Cleland (1881–)

Birth of Daughter Elizabeth Cleland (1887–)

Birth of Son Francis Moore Cleland (1890–) Jun 1890 • Newry, Ireland.

Residence 31 March 1901 & 1911 Census; 3 Basin Quay, Newry West Urban, Down, Ireland. Occupation: Commission agent. Death of Husband William James Cleland 1845–1911); Death 30 DEC 1926 • Newry, Co Armagh, Ireland

Only around the corner is the grocer’s shop and pub on Sugar Island owned by another great-great-grandfather John Best (1795-1866), father-in-law of Andrew McBride.

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