The Flax Growers or Spinning wheel list of 1796 listed Owen, Felix and Murtagh Macken of Kilkeel 1861 Patrick McAvoy was born Jan. 1, 1861 to Peter McAvoy, mother Mary Sloan dau. of John. May 25 1860 Sarah McAvoy born to Peter and Mary. Nov. 12 1839 Bernard Rogers married Mary Macken. Nov. 24 1845 Nicholas McAvoy married Ann Macken. In 1910 Nicholas macken was a Newcastle spirit dealer. Griffith's for Kilkeel listed John Macken at Greencastle, Patrick at Dunnaval and Richard at Ballynahattan. Hugh McAvoy at Moneydarragh Beg. Mar23 1855 Catherine Macken christened Kilkeel. Likely more information on Raymondscountydownwebsite. ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda chapman" <linda_chapman4@btinternet.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] NIR-DOWN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 556 > Hi > > I am new to this list and so I thought I would tell you what my interests > are. > > Nicholas McAvoy married Ann Macken in 1845 in Kilkeel, Co Down (my 3x > great grandparents), their children were: > > Patrick b1851 > Catherine b1853 > Ellen b1855 married Joshua Rooney at Egremont in > 1880 (my 2x great grandparents) > Nicholas b1858 > Edward b1861 > John b1864 > Mary A b 1869 > Bridget b 1870 > > On the 1871 English Census for Egremont, Cumberland it says that Ann is > now a widow (Nicholas killed in a mining accident in 1870) and that all > their children were born in Liverpool but I cannot find them on the 1861 > Census anywhere in England. Also, Bridget was born after her father died > in Cumberland. > > Joshua Rooney was born in Egremont, Cumberland in 1860 to James and > Elizabeth nee Taylor, his siblings were: > > Leticia b 1850 in Ireland > Rosanna Amanda b 1853 in Ireland > Sarah Ellen b 1856 in Egremont > James b 1858 d 1859 in Egremont > Joshua b 1860 in Egremont > James b 1862 in Egremont > John b 1864 in Egremont > Andrew Taylor Rooney in 1866 in Egremont > > All I know about James is that he belonged to an Orange Lodge but do not > know where or when he joined. > > If anyone can help me further my research I will be eternally grateful. > > Wishing you all a very merry christmas and happy hunting in 2008. > > Regards > > Lin > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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