Born 1908 in Larme. Parents Thomas and Mary lived in Blackhill northern Ireland in cenus 1911. A fellow member of this site Chris in Canada a relative may have the family tree further back then I have got. Boyd married Elizabeth nee Marshall and they had 3 kids Ann, Johnstone and Boyd. Any info apperciated.
Nadia,
Boyd’s marriage to Elizabeth was registered on 27.6.1933 in Belfast. You can view the original certificate on-line on the GRONI website, using the “search registrations” option:
You will need to open an account and buy some credits. It costs £2.50 (sterling) to a view a certificate.
Boyd’s birth in 1908. Mother’s maiden name Gilles:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…
Thomas & Mary’s marriage in 1899:
Couple in 1901 census:
This looks to be Mary’s birth in Co Cavan:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…
There are several trees on Ancestry that have this family. Mary’s parents were John Butler 1846 – 1893. No dates for Mary Cassidy. The couple had around 10 children. I can’t see a marriage for them, so don’t know when that took place except that it was probably pre 1868.
Thomas Hawkins parents were James Hawkins & Jane Johnston. Here’s their marriage in 1864:
It would be easy enough to find all their children on the GRONI site as it searches on mother’s maiden name. They appear to have had 7, 4 of whom were alive in 1911.
James & Jane in 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Templecorran/Re…
And 1911:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Templecorran/Redhall/188837/
You would need to search church records in PRONI to get back much further.
I spotted this birth of a Boyd Hawkins Kennedy. The mother was Sarah Kennedy. I’d take a guess that she was Thomas Hawkins sister, or certainly related to him:
Thank you Elwyn. This is amazing. I am going to belfast this year when lockdown finishes in uk. So I will try the records office too. You have been very helpful