Looking for Samuel McKee, born about 1820 in Antrim, son of Thomas, born about 11/1786, Samuel's brother, Thomas, marrid Ellen Ross (born 1832), May 17, 1850, Island Magee. Samuel moved to the US first followed by Thomas and Ellen. After Thomas died, Samuel married Ellen
Thomas's 1850 marriage gives his address at Ballytober, Islandmagee. Assuming the family came from Islandmagee and were Presbyterian, there are 2 churches there. Neither has any records for 1820. The earliest is Islandmagee 1st whose records start in 1829. So if Samuel was born there c 1820 and left Ireland still a single man, there prrbably isn't any documentary record of him to find. There are no censuses for the years he lived in Ireland.
I looked in the tithes for Islandmagee parish but did not see any McKee farm there c 1830, nor was there a McKee farm in Ballytober in Griffiths VAluation c 1860.
Islandmagee 1st's record might contain details of Thomas & Samuel's siblings if born after 1829. There's a copy of those records in PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast. They are not on-line so a personal visit is required to view them.
THANK YOU for the information. I visited Ireland for a couple of day about 5 years ago...looks like another visit is due.
THANK YOU, again,
Rita M. Brown