Nester on Ballymena

AntrimAntrim (Antrim)

I am seeking details of the baptism of Ellen Nestor (or Nester) in Ballaymena in 1841 daughter of James Patrick (or just Patrick) Nester. Mother was possibly Jane Hauy.

Ellen migrated to Australia in 1859,married in South Australia in 1862 and died there in 1928. According to the ships passenger list she had been living in King Co. (Offaly) prior to her emigration, and that she was born at Ballymena, Co. Antrim.

Her elder sister Ann Nestor had preceded her to Australia in 1854. She had also been living in Kings Co. but her birthplace is not recorded on the passenger list, though the family believes it to have been Co. Clare.

Am interested in finding out how to view the parish regsiter for the relevant period (about 1840-42)

Jenni Ibrahim nee Kirby

Western Australia

Jenniib

13 years ago

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Jenni,

You don?t say what denomination the Nestor family were. Ballymena is in the parish of Kirkinriola. The majority of residents would have been Presbyterian but there were also some Church of Ireland, Methodists and some RC.

The Church of Ireland records start in 1789, Methodists 1829, 1^st Presbyterian church in 1812, 2^nd in 1813; West Church 1829 and RC 1848. There is also another Presbyterian church at Wellington St which was in existence in the 1840s but its records for that period are lost.

Some of these records are on-line on the rootsireland site. Most are not, and you would need to get someone to look them up in PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast.

Looking at the 1901 census for Co Antrim, there?s only a handful of Nestor families in the county (most born in other parts of Ireland). All were RC. None in the Ballymena area.

Elwyn

Ahoghill AntrimIrelandXO Volunteer

13 years ago

Nester on Ballymena

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