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Thompson Family

AntrimAhoghill (Antrim)

My Great Grandfather, Joseph William Thompson, was born at Gracehill in 1840 and is listed with his parents on the 1841 census at Ballykenedy & Greenhill (agohill parish - lower toome barony) He went on to Fulneck School at Pudsey Yorkshire and became a Minister in the Moravian Chruch. His father Joseph Thompson is listed as a missionary from Co. Monaghan on the 1841 census. I would be pleased if anybody could give me further information on the family.

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Have you used the Gracehill Moravian records to look for your family? If not, PRONI (the public record office in Belfast) has copies of the following records:

 

Diaries which record baptisms, marriages and deaths and the movement of members, 1750-1899; baptisms, 1749-1986; marriages, 1758-1862; burials, 1766-1987; Elders? Conference minutes, 1755-1892; Congregational Committee minutes, 1788-1927; Congregational Council minutes, 1790-95 and 1833-93; Lot Conference minutes, 1755-91; register of members, with an index, 1755-91; register of pupils and teachers at Gracehill Academy, 1805-83; reviews of the years? activities, including details of births, marriages and deaths, 1863-91 etc.; printed history, 1984. 

 

These are not on-line and apersonal visit is required to access them.

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