Hello Jackie Just when did your grandfather John leave Ireland for Canada? Was he in Ireland in 1911? Was he married at the time? Was he strongly unionist? I took a quick look and found two John Page entries on the Ulster Covenant of 1911. It is a needle in the haystack solution but it worked for me. Let me know and I will outline the procedure I used to locate my grandfather. Al Valentine Also in Canada Al Valentine Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Serna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 7:30 AM Subject: [BELFAST] PAGE/PATTERSON help with brick wall > > > Hello all, I am hoping someone may have some minor little bit of information that could help me break down my stubborn brick wall. With my lack of knowledge of Belfast and the surrounding area I may be asking for impossible help or assistance but if questions not asked, answers never found, they say. > > My grandfather was born John Alexander PAGE Nov 9 1883 and registered in Belfast. His father was Joseph PAGE (railway porter)and mother Margaret PATTERSON. > > I then was able to obtain this information from 22 April 1878 Joymount Church > Joseph Page was a bachelor, over 21, resident at Waringstown, Co. Down, > son of William Page, weaver, and Margaret Patterson was a spinster, over 21, > resident at Castle Dobbs, Carrickfergus, dau. of John Patterson, labourer. > Witnesses were John and Ellen Jane Patterson. > > then a marriage which may be that of Joseph's father. > > 8 August 1854 - Banbridge Registry Office: > William Page, bachelor, over 21, weaver, Mullabrack, son of Thomas Page, farmer, married Martha Geddis, spinster, over 21, weaver, Mullabrack, daughter of Samuel Geddis, farmer. > > > I also came across the marriages of an Alexander Page son of Thomas to > Mary McGlade 12/1/1850 (Tullylish Church of Ireland) and of a Joseph > Page son of Thomas to Margaret Sands 23/4/1852 (Tullylish Church or > Ireland). Perhaps ALexander and Joseph were brothers to William. > > I would really like to find any of these persons in the 1901 census > particularily Joseph, Margaret and John A. but other than Templepatrick > where we were told he was born or Whiteabbey which shows on his > registration I have no idea how to search the 1901 census. Is there > anyway to search by surname like we can here in Canada? > > I am more than willing to return any assistance with research in Ontario. > > Thanks > Jackie in Canada > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.11 - Release Date: 16/05/2005 > > > ==== IRL-BELFAST-CITY Mailing List ==== > Under no circumstances should VIRUS/HOAX/CHAIN warnings/messages be sent to the list. They have nothing to do with genealogy/family history. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >