Brenda - Ulster Convenant 1912 signed by Eliza Jane Long, 31 Dunvegan Street (off Ravenhill Road), Belfast 1907 Street Directory, Mrs. Mary Hunsdale, 31 Dunvegan Street, Belfast. Does that help?? RosemaryJoan ----- Original Message ----- From: "bganderson" <b-g.anderson@sympatico.ca> To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com>; <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] [BELFAST] Looking for Advise >I have been looking for the HUNSDALE family for about the last 5 years. > There are not many of them - so I thought it would be easy to find. > HANS HUNSDALE has been a bit of a brickwall. I know he was born about > 1840, I have his marriage in 1861 and the birth of his 4 children all in > the Newtownards area. At some point this family moved to Belfast. I > have most of the family deaths and a kind person sent me their burial > information from the Belfast City Cemetery and he was not with them. I > have his wife's death and then his remarriage in 1885. When the > directories were on line at Proni I found him in several of the years as > a sea captain. > First question - how do I find out what he was a captain of - I have > no idea where to go to get this information. > > In the directories I found him at the following addresses > 1877 P 300 - 301 Hunsdale Hans Seaman 10 Wolfe Street > > 1880 P262-263 Hunsdale Hans Seaman 16 Rotterdam > Street > 1881 12 Wolfe Street Marriage of Annie > 1885 1 Wolfe Street Death of Wife Annie > 1887 P202-203 Hunsdale Hans Sailor 7 Garfield Terrace > 1889 31 Madrid Street Death of Agnes > 1890 P190-191 Hunsdale H. Sea Captain 31 Madrid Street > 1892 P350-351 Hunsdale H. Sea Captain 64 Paxton Street > 1892 P570-571 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 64 Paxton Street > 1894 64 Paxton Street Death of Hans= son > 1895 P552-553 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 4 Mount Street > 1896 P578-579 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 4 Mount Street > > He certainly moved around. I found one directory for a Mrs. H. > Hundsdale of Crawford Street in 1990 and she was a widow. I have no idea > where Crawford Street is. I realized I hadn't searched the deaths for > him in this time period and found one in 1898 - so this fit. When I > received the certificate this week I am unsure if it is the right person. > It is the right name - but the age is wrong and he is listed as a > Storekeeper. How do you go from a Sea Captain to a Storekeeper. I am > not sure if this means he owned the store or worked for someone else. > The only thing that makes me believe it is the right person is the > informant is an ELIZA JANE LONG - sister-in-law. This name is the same > as the witness on his second marriage, and Long is the maiden name of > his second wife - so she could have his age wrong. But it says he was > 44 and it should be 58. Could she be out that much. > Second question - does this sound like I have the right person. > I am sending this to the Down list as well as Belfast as you are always > so helpful. > Thanks > Brenda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

RosemaryJoan: Thanks for that information. It's just what I needed. I never thought to check the Ulster Covenant for confirmation of the addresses. This list is the greatest at solving roadblocks. Brenda Rosemary Joan McCormack wrote: >Brenda - Ulster Convenant 1912 signed by >Eliza Jane Long, 31 Dunvegan Street (off Ravenhill Road), Belfast >1907 Street Directory, Mrs. Mary Hunsdale, 31 Dunvegan Street, Belfast. >Does that help?? >RosemaryJoan >----- Original Message ----- >From: "bganderson" <b-g.anderson@sympatico.ca> >To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com>; <nir-down@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 1:38 PM >Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] [BELFAST] Looking for Advise > > > > >>I have been looking for the HUNSDALE family for about the last 5 years. >>There are not many of them - so I thought it would be easy to find. >>HANS HUNSDALE has been a bit of a brickwall. I know he was born about >>1840, I have his marriage in 1861 and the birth of his 4 children all in >>the Newtownards area. At some point this family moved to Belfast. I >>have most of the family deaths and a kind person sent me their burial >>information from the Belfast City Cemetery and he was not with them. I >>have his wife's death and then his remarriage in 1885. When the >>directories were on line at Proni I found him in several of the years as >>a sea captain. >>First question - how do I find out what he was a captain of - I have >>no idea where to go to get this information. >> >>In the directories I found him at the following addresses >>1877 P 300 - 301 Hunsdale Hans Seaman 10 Wolfe Street >> >>1880 P262-263 Hunsdale Hans Seaman 16 Rotterdam >>Street >>1881 12 Wolfe Street Marriage of Annie >>1885 1 Wolfe Street Death of Wife Annie >>1887 P202-203 Hunsdale Hans Sailor 7 Garfield Terrace >>1889 31 Madrid Street Death of Agnes >>1890 P190-191 Hunsdale H. Sea Captain 31 Madrid Street >>1892 P350-351 Hunsdale H. Sea Captain 64 Paxton Street >>1892 P570-571 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 64 Paxton Street >>1894 64 Paxton Street Death of Hans= son >>1895 P552-553 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 4 Mount Street >>1896 P578-579 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 4 Mount Street >> >>He certainly moved around. I found one directory for a Mrs. H. >>Hundsdale of Crawford Street in 1990 and she was a widow. I have no idea >>where Crawford Street is. I realized I hadn't searched the deaths for >>him in this time period and found one in 1898 - so this fit. When I >>received the certificate this week I am unsure if it is the right person. >>It is the right name - but the age is wrong and he is listed as a >>Storekeeper. How do you go from a Sea Captain to a Storekeeper. I am >>not sure if this means he owned the store or worked for someone else. >>The only thing that makes me believe it is the right person is the >>informant is an ELIZA JANE LONG - sister-in-law. This name is the same >>as the witness on his second marriage, and Long is the maiden name of >>his second wife - so she could have his age wrong. But it says he was >>44 and it should be 58. Could she be out that much. >>Second question - does this sound like I have the right person. >>I am sending this to the Down list as well as Belfast as you are always >>so helpful. >>Thanks >>Brenda >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NIR-DOWN-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 NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >