Looking for Sergeant Roderick Kane

Do you have any information showing when Roderick/Roger was born or died? What denomination was he?

If you think Ann Kane was born in the parish of Killowen (where she married) have you checked for her baptism? If RC the records are on-line on the nli site. If Church of Ireland the records start in 1829 and are in PRONI.

If Nancy was married in 1871 then her birth won’t be in GRONI’s records as statutory birth registration only started in Ireland in 1864. She was obviously born before that. Prior to 1864 you need to rely on church records (not all of which have survived, and not all of which are on-line) and really to know which church she was baptised in.

The address on the 1871 marriage certificate was “Killowen parish” which is a bit odd. Usually there’s a specific townland given. Not sure why the Vicar just wrote that. There must have been something unusual about where she was staying. But it makes it harder to determine exactly where she may have lived. The Scottish Poor Relief records often give the parish of origin in Ireland. I assume these 1877 records don’t?

I searched for Roderick/Roger Kane deaths 1864 – 1877. There was a Roger Kane who died in Ballymoney in 1873 aged 84. He was about the only possible death of someone of potentially the right age and general location. If your man died before 1864 there won’t be a statutory record. If Church of Ireland you might find his burial record, but again they are not on-line and not all have survived. And you need to know where he died or was buried.

Annie,

Well if Nancy was Church of Ireland and from Coleraine, you might find her baptism (and that of any siblings) in the church records. Baptisms & marriages for Coleraine COI start in 1769. I don’t think they are on-line anywhere but there is a copy in PRONI in Belfast.

Kane (and O’Kane) is a very common name in Co. Londonderry. The O’Cahans – as it was originally spelled - were the main tribe that occupied that area and there are thousands of them.  (The 1831 census has 1219 in the county).

I had a look at the Valuation Revision records (a bit like the Scottish Valuation records) which are on the PRONI site. I looked at North Ramparts, Coleraine for 1874 to 1884 but didn’t see a Kane household. However several of the properties were marked “lodgers” so Nancy may well have been staying there.

I looked for a Rodger/Roderick Kane in the 1831 census. None in Coleraine. There were 2 others in the county. Both RC, and in Drumachose and Tamlaght Finlaggan, parishes some distance away from Coleraine.

39 Kanes & O'Kanes in Coleraine in the 1901 census.

I noticed that a Roderick Kane married Margaret Wilson on 12.12.1864 in Coleraine. On the basis that families often repeat names, you might want to look at that to see if there’s any connection to your family. That couple had a daughter on 26th July 1866. Father (Roddy Kane) was a labourer and the address was Killowen, so I think that might be your family.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…