I am looking for some assistance please.
I am trying to prove or disprove whether John MARTIN a woollen draper in Downpatrick between 1824 and 1852 is related to the MARTINS of Tobermoney.
He was plying his trade at 28 Irish Street, was he in partnership with a Hugh PORTER?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Michelle
Hi, Can you supply more information about John and about Hugh? Approx birth years, names of spouses, parents, children, marriage, death...anything you might have. Thanks.
Hello Patricia, that is all the details I have.
Michelle
Michelle,
Martin is a very common name in Co Down. In the 1901 census of the county there were 2116 people with that surname. The name would have been equally common there in the mid 1800s. Obviously they won’t all be related.
Michele,
Did you previously research the Carlisle/ Martin family February14, 2019?
CARLISLE family from Down, Ireland to Canterbury, New Zealand | Ireland Reaching Out (irelandxo.com)
I think the Thomas Q. Martin mentioned as a wool draper died in1902 at the age of 58 (record found on Irishgenealogy). His wife was Ellen. Records below found on RootsIreland.
| Date of Marriage: | 24-Apr-1878 | |||||
| Parish / District: | LISBURN | County: | Co. Down | |||
| Husband | Wife | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name: | Thomas Quail | Martin | Ellen | Stanfield | ||
| Address: | Downpatrick | Corcreeny | ||||
| Denomination: | Church of Ireland | Church of Ireland | ||||
| Occupation: | MERCHANT | |||||
| Age: | Full Age (Over 21) | Full Age (Over 21) | ||||
| Status: | Bachelor (Previously unmarried) | Spinster (Previously unmarried) | ||||
| Husband's Father | Wife's Father | |||||
| Name: | Robert | Martin | James | Stanfield | ||
| Address: | ||||||
| Denomination: | ||||||
| Occupation: | FARMER | FARMER | ||||
| Husband's Mother | Wife's Mother | |||||
| Name: | ||||||
| Address: | ||||||
| Denomination: | ||||||
| Occupation: | ||||||
| Witness 1 | Witness 2 | |||||
| Name: | James | Mccrea | Elizabeth | Logan | ||
| Address: | ||||||
| Notes: | ||||||
Church: KILWARLIN ST JOHNS Church of Ireland BY LICENCE REV W ROBINSON. |
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This might be your John Martin? Perhaps he was originally a weaver?
| Name: | John | Martin | Date of Death: | 24-Jul-1885 | |
| Age: | 90 | Parish / District: | Downpatrick | ||
| Address: | Garvaghy | County: | Co. Down | ||
| Status: | Denomination: | Civil Record | |||
| Occupation: | WEAVER | Sex: | Male | ||
| Graveyard | Informant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graveyard: | Relationship: | ||||
| Parish: | Crossgar Civil | Name: | |||
| County: | Address: | ||||
| Notes: | |||||
Regards- Mary
There is a John MARTIN buried in Downpatrick Non Subscribing Presbyterian Graveyard, died 24 August 1855, also his wife Mary.
No other info like ages or anything.