Elaine: I have not seen the Beattie spelling before, but I am related to Beatty's who were from Ahoghill, Antrim, N.I. Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Mattsen" <mattsen@paradise.net.nz> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:29 PM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] BEATTIE and KERR surnames >I have just come back from research in our Napier Museum in New Zealand and > on the immigrant records under the entry of Annie BEATTIE my great > grandmother it had: > > Aged 19 > from Co DERRY > Occupation General servant > Sponsored by Richard KERR her uncle-settler Taradale New Zealand > Booked 1883 arrived ex Victory Wellington by Southern Cross and arrived 22 > May 1884 > > Her address was given as Derry Londonderry Northern Ireland on shipping > list > Immigrant list given as what looked like Port Glenone Co DERRY Ireland. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Gordon could be the way names get spelt especially if people could not read or write very well they could not check that it was 'correct' spelling. I have only seen BEATTIE spelt this way in Ireland - the ones I have come across. Also Portglennone and Ahoghill only 5 miles away from each other? Pam -----Original Message----- From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gordon crooks Sent: 30 November 2006 21:00 To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] BEATTIE and KERR surnames Elaine: I have not seen the Beattie spelling before, but I am related to Beatty's who were from Ahoghill, Antrim, N.I. Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Mattsen" <mattsen@paradise.net.nz> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:29 PM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] BEATTIE and KERR surnames >I have just come back from research in our Napier Museum in New Zealand and > on the immigrant records under the entry of Annie BEATTIE my great > grandmother it had: > > Aged 19 > from Co DERRY > Occupation General servant > Sponsored by Richard KERR her uncle-settler Taradale New Zealand > Booked 1883 arrived ex Victory Wellington by Southern Cross and arrived 22 > May 1884 > > Her address was given as Derry Londonderry Northern Ireland on shipping > list > Immigrant list given as what looked like Port Glenone Co DERRY Ireland. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message