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Annie Browne, born 9 August 1875, Rathkenny, Skerry

Looking for information on Annie. Father shown as Robert Browne. Mother Margaret Hunter. Parents not married. Present at birth was Jane Hunter of Rathkenny, believed to be Jane, nee Galloway, wife of James Hunter. Lived  in Dunminning.

Annie was in New Zealand aged 10 years, but no sign of parents and not in their care. Also, Jane Hunter, born 1881  whose mother was Margaret Hunter. These two children seem to have arrived in NZ about 1882 or 1883. Margaret Hunter seems to have married William McClintock of Killygore.

Cannot find why these children came to NZ and who brought them here. Would Margaret have had 2 children out of wedlock before marrying?

 

jenrs@xtra.co.nz

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The Margaret Hunter who married William McClintock married him in 1881, the same year that Jane Hunter was apparently born. So that would have her giving birth to an illegitimate child (father unknown?) and then marrying William a couple of months later. I wonder how likely that is.   I wonder if there are 2 separate Margaret Hunters? (There's 30 women named Mgt Hunter in Co Antrim in the 1901 census so it's a fairly common name. Plus there are plenty of Hunters around Broughshane).

Margaret's marriage was in Broughshane 1st Presbyterian church. Tradition was to marry in the bride's church. (Broughshane 1st is some distance from Dunminning by the way. If her parents lived in Dunminning they are not very likely to have attended church in Broughshane). It might be worth checking Broughshane 1st baptism records both for Margaret's own birth/baptism but also to see if she baptised Annie there in 1875. That might tell you whether it's the same lady. (There's a copy in PRONI. The records go up to 1894).  There's about 8 or 9 Hunter graves in Broughshane 1st graveyard. None mentions Rathkenny or Dunminning but some don't have a townland. They are all listed on the Braid graveyard site.

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Thank you Elwyn. I will have a look at this again. James and Jane had 5 children that I can find - Samuel who inherited the farm, Joseph who came to NZ as a single man, Alexander who went to the US, Margaret who married William McClintock and James (don't know what happened to him).

In James' will, he left some money to his daughter, Margaret McClintock.

When Annie Browne was married, Joseph put an announcement in a paper saying that she was his niece. My grandmother Jane stated on a number of certificates e.g. marriage that her mother was Margaret and her father William McClintock.

There is obviously a connection between Annie and Jane. At Jane's second marriage, Annie's husband was a witness and they lived in the same town of Whanganui.

I have not been able to find any family members in NZ who can provide information. This is my last genealogy challenge - finding how my grandmother got here and why.

Jennifer

 

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