I am at a standstill in my research and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to progress the matter. My research is as follows:- My Mckeowns are from Ballyeaston, Ballyclare, Ballynure (possibly Belfast) in Antrim. My line briefly is James McKEOWN (McKEON) born about 1823 married Sarah HOUSTON in Ballyeaston (Parish of Ballycor and Rashee) 9 Septenber 1845 in the Church of United Church of England and Ireland by licence, on the marriage entry Jas McKEON, Labourer (father of James) and Thomas HOUSTON, farmer, (father of Sarah), witnesses George BEGGS and Elizabeth BEGGS (or BIGGS), D.C. COURTENAY was the Perpetual Curate. their son David McKEOWN born about 1857 in Ballyclare (according to his New Zealand marriage certificate which also provided his parents names) , he travelled to New Zealand from Belfast to New Zealand on the ship Conflict in 1857, his name was bracketed with with a George GRAY (David at this time was 21 and George was 14) we are descended from David. I feel the following family is connected as well (James could be a sibling of David's): James McKEOWN b.1846 (wife Mary McVEIGH/McVAY b. 1850) who married in 1869 in Belfast who had Huston McKEOWN born 7 Jan 1871 in Ballynure,David McKEOWN b. 1872 and Samuel McKEOWN born 25 Jul 1874 Ballynure. Any help or advice would be most appreciated. Regards Dorothy

Hi Dorothy, My grandmother, Mary Ann Creney, was married in Warrenpoint, Co. Down and one of the witnesses was named McKeown. I can't read his first name, but it looks like Eilue, the ink is a bit faded. She was married in St. Peter's Church, Aug. 10, 1878. Could there be a connection to your McKeowns? Warrenpoint is near Belfast. Another Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "dorothy derecourt" <ddanddm@gmail.com> To: <IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:25 PM Subject: [IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS] McKEOWN, McKEON, HOUSTON, McVEIGH, McVAY >I am at a standstill in my research and was wondering if anyone had any > ideas on how to progress the matter. My research is as follows:- > > My Mckeowns are from Ballyeaston, Ballyclare, Ballynure (possibly Belfast) > in Antrim. > > My line briefly is James McKEOWN (McKEON) born about 1823 married Sarah > HOUSTON in Ballyeaston (Parish of Ballycor and Rashee) 9 Septenber 1845 in > the Church of United Church of England and Ireland by licence, on the > marriage entry Jas McKEON, Labourer (father of James) and Thomas HOUSTON, > farmer, (father of Sarah), witnesses George BEGGS and Elizabeth BEGGS (or > BIGGS), D.C. COURTENAY was the Perpetual Curate. > their son David McKEOWN born about 1857 in Ballyclare (according to his > New > Zealand marriage certificate which also provided his parents names) , he > travelled to New Zealand from Belfast to New Zealand on the ship Conflict > in > 1857, his name was bracketed with with a George GRAY (David at this time > was > 21 and George was 14) we are descended from David. > > I feel the following family is connected as well (James could be a sibling > of David's): > James McKEOWN b.1846 (wife Mary McVEIGH/McVAY b. 1850) who married in 1869 > in Belfast who had Huston McKEOWN born 7 Jan 1871 in Ballynure,David > McKEOWN > b. 1872 and Samuel McKEOWN born 25 Jul 1874 Ballynure. > > Any help or advice would be most appreciated. > > Regards > Dorothy >

Hi Dorothy Thanks for your replies. It is nice to hear from another Dorothy! It does sound likely there is a connection here, but I have no idea how - It could be that my Mary McKeown (nee McVeigh) and your John McVeigh could be siblings. Do you know anything of John McVeigh's family? I will keep your emails and if anything further arises will let you know, and I hope you will do vice versa. You never know what my transpire. Kind Regards Dorothy On 2/12/07, Dorothy Yereance <dorothy8@optonline.net> wrote: > > Hi Dorothy, > My grandmother, Mary Ann Creney, was married in Warrenpoint, Co. Down and > one of the witnesses was named McKeown. I can't read his first name, but > it > looks like Eilue, the ink is a bit faded. She was married in St. Peter's > Church, Aug. 10, 1878. Could there be a connection to your McKeowns? > Warrenpoint is near Belfast. > Another Dorothy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dorothy derecourt" <ddanddm@gmail.com> > To: <IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:25 PM > Subject: [IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS] McKEOWN, McKEON, HOUSTON, McVEIGH, McVAY > > > >I am at a standstill in my research and was wondering if anyone had any > > ideas on how to progress the matter. My research is as follows:- > > > > My Mckeowns are from Ballyeaston, Ballyclare, Ballynure (possibly > Belfast) > > in Antrim. > > > > My line briefly is James McKEOWN (McKEON) born about 1823 married Sarah > > HOUSTON in Ballyeaston (Parish of Ballycor and Rashee) 9 Septenber 1845 > in > > the Church of United Church of England and Ireland by licence, on the > > marriage entry Jas McKEON, Labourer (father of James) and Thomas > HOUSTON, > > farmer, (father of Sarah), witnesses George BEGGS and Elizabeth BEGGS > (or > > BIGGS), D.C. COURTENAY was the Perpetual Curate. > > their son David McKEOWN born about 1857 in Ballyclare (according to his > > New > > Zealand marriage certificate which also provided his parents names) , he > > travelled to New Zealand from Belfast to New Zealand on the ship > Conflict > > in > > 1857, his name was bracketed with with a George GRAY (David at this time > > was > > 21 and George was 14) we are descended from David. > > > > I feel the following family is connected as well (James could be a > sibling > > of David's): > > James McKEOWN b.1846 (wife Mary McVEIGH/McVAY b. 1850) who married in > 1869 > > in Belfast who had Huston McKEOWN born 7 Jan 1871 in Ballynure,David > > McKEOWN > > b. 1872 and Samuel McKEOWN born 25 Jul 1874 Ballynure. > > > > Any help or advice would be most appreciated. > > > > Regards > > Dorothy > > > > > ====Ireland Roll Calls Mailing List==== > Post your surnames, get them into the lists archives, cousins will find > you. > Don't forget to post your surnames when your data changes! > A good roll call is NOT long but includes: > surname, timeline, place where born, place where emigrated. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >