I am the granddaughter of William Wilson, b. Jan 25, 1888, Ballymena, Ireland. I don't know the parish.
He was married to Mary Ann Currie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada before 1919. Not sure when he left Ireland.
He had 2 children; a daughter Ella b March 3, 1919 (my mother) and a son James, born later.
Any help finding records would be appreciated.
Hi,
Although the Griffiths Valuation (showing range 1847-64) is past your target years, it can still be a helpful tool to help locate the descendants/Ancestors of others with the same names, helping to give clues on where to look as in the following link:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
Many variations appear to exist in the spelling and variants: MacLiam, Willeeson, Willeson, Willison, Willisson, Willsion, Wilsone, Wolson.
There is much data that can be gleaned that is free from this site, (for instance under placenames search), a positional map is shown with a listing of Townlands or streets that might aid your search.
They show Ballymena in Skerry Parish
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch
Good Luck! Jeanette