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Reids of Dublin, Lusk, and Skerries

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Looking for any Reids in the Co. Dublin area that are descendents ofElizabeth and Archibald Reid. Elizabeth Mary McKibben, baptized 5/15/1853 in Balcunnin (died 1932), married Archibald Reid on July 20, 1877 in Lusk, Co. Dublin. They lived in Dublin where Archibald was a clerk with an ironmongery merchant.

Elizabeth & Archibald (1843-1917) had six children possibly all born in Dublin:1878 Archibald George died 1901, interred in Skerries; 1880 Alexander Robert died 1940s; 1882 Anna Louise died 1968; 1885 Mary Matilda died 1887, interred in Skerries; 1891 Mary Seaman died 1968; andEdward Francis no date of birth found.

Elizabeth was the sister of my g-g-grandmother Mary Jane McKibben, and I am trying to find the story of the McKibben family (where were they originially from, etc.)and any relatives after Mary Jane's generation (we havethe family treeback to Elizabeth's/Mary Jane's father, but more information on any relatives beyond their parents would alsobe great. We alsoneed Elizabeth's/Mary Jane'smother's maiden name - not on baptism records, always just listed as Ann).

Thank you,

Susan (jswiens@comcasgt.net)

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Elizabeth, Archibald and their children are listed at N.C.R. (North Circular Road) Dorset St, Dublin city in 1901 census, all the children are listed as born Dublin City, Elizabeth as Co. Dublin and Archibald as 'Gibralter, Spain' - see : this link

Here the family in 1911 on the same street in Dublin city. Archibald is retired, and his son Alexander is working for the Irish Land Commission

Church of Ireland baptism records dont usually include mother's maiden surname, so you would need to trace back the McKibben children and check for a possible marriage of their parents.

 

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I had a search for McKibben children to give a possible timeline for the marriage of their parents, and found six, all Holmpatrick/Skerries Church of Ireland parish, with the earliest in 1844. No sign of a marriage for the parents in Skerries or nearby that I was able to find..

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There's a listing in Thom's 1868 under the Skerries section for 'Alex McKibbin, farmer, Ballcunnin', which is the name of a townland just south west of Skerries and in Lusk civil parish.

see : here (1st Edition OSI Map, c1837)

There's a McKibbin household shown in the same townland on the 1901 census - McKibbin family 1901

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Thank you so much for all of your investigating.  I did not know where the Reids lived and the Spain bit for Archibald is interesting.  My husband and I viewed the former McKibben family farm & house in Skerries last year - it is across the street from Leinster Hydraulics (Longfield, Balcunnin, Skerries).  That was where our last known McKibbens resided - brother and sister Jane (AKA Jean Scott) and James Nelson, both passed in 1970.  They were the children of Alex McKibben and Jane Andrew Scott.  Alex and my g-g-grandmother Mary Jane were 2 of the children of Alexander McKibben and "Ann".  The son Alex married Jane Andrew Scott in Kilkeel, Co. Down so I thought perhaps Alexander and Ann might have come from that way originally.  But without Ann's maiden name I have not had much luck finding a marriage record.  Not exactly unique names - I found many Alexander McKibbens in Co. Down at one time.  Alex, Jane, and their children Jane and James Nelson are buried in Holmpatrick Cemetery.  Alex's headstone lists his parents, but they seem to be added at the time his headstone was made.  So I am doubting that they are buried there.  Anyway, thank you for your help with the puzzle!

 

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On the Tithe records (c1827 for this area) there are some slightly closer McKibbin properties listed in Co. Meath.. see : here  (Note : not every property was liable for Tithe payments, so some areas were not covered.)  Enniskeen civil parish mentioned on the list is in North Co. Meath and bordering Co. Cavan, but still nearer than Co. Down.

Dont know if you've already seen.. in the Skerries section of Thom's 1848 directory there's a mention of an 'Arch. Reid, master gunner R.A. '  (3rd column and 2/3rds of the way down the page). The military connection could explain why the family were in Gibraltar.

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Archibald was born in Gibraltar where his father , also Archibald, was serving in the Royal Artillery. He had a younger brother and sister, the brother drowned in Skerries and the sister married and went to America. Archibald and Elizabeth (Lizzy) married in Lusk Church of Ireland and are buried in St. Georges Parish Graveyard off Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin. Edward, my grandfather, was the only child to have married, he died in 1962 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Robert (Bobby) Anna (Cissy) and Mary (Didi) being also buried in St. Georges Graveyard.

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