Looking for links to the following families & their 18th & 19th Century History in the Ballwalter/Dunover areas on Ards, Co Down:
John LYONS bc 1771 d 3 Feb 1848 Dunover, Ards married Agnes PHERSON bc 1773 died 11 Mar 1829, Dunover, Ards.
Robert LYONS bc 1744 d 7 Mar 1831 Tullycaven, Ards amrried Jane SLOAN bc 1735 died 31 Dec 1819, Tullycaven, Ards.
Any further information gratefully received,
Gina
Hi Gina,
Thank you for your message. I hope that you are able to make a connection with someone through the message boards.
Perhaps it may also be a good idea to place this message in a more local forum also in the hope that someone from the area will recognise the names/families.
Here are two online newspapers where you may be able to do this:
http://www.thedownrecorder.co.uk/
Ballywalter also has a Facebook page found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Things-Ballywalter/143594662351602
i hope that this helps.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Hi Gina,
John Lyons is my fourth ggrandfather. His and Agnes Pherson's daughter Rachel Lyons is my 3 ggrandmother b. 31 Aug 1795 d. 26 Apr 1870 Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Rachel married Thomas Park b. 4 Aug1793 d. 4 Apr 1864, Whitby, Ontario.
Thomas (yeoman) and Rachel had the following children (2nd Presbyterian Church records):
John L Park b. abt 1816; James Park b. abt 1818; Nancy Lyons Park 12 Apr 1819 Ballyatwood; Jane Gaw Park b. 2 Jul 1823 Ballywalter; Mary W Park b. 4 Nov 1825 Tullycavin; Hannah Park b. 10 Nov 1828; Rachel Park 1 May 1829 Ballywalter; Phebe Anna Park b. 3 Nov 1834 Upper Canada; Eliza Park b. 24 Jul 1836 Pickering, Ontario; Margaret M Park b. 16 Aug 1838 Pickering, Ontario.
Thomas and Rachel must have emigrated from Down to Ontario between 1829-1834.
I suspect that Theophilus and John Lyons of Tullycavin are Rachel's brothers.
Cheers,
Jeannie