tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post3664042329428052330..comments2023-10-11T07:29:17.985-07:00Comments on Steinbeck's Redemption: Boneybefore: The American Connection (2)Philip Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-46253616562668547962019-06-06T08:36:03.025-07:002019-06-06T08:36:03.025-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lu Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897080002808475542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-26793540689028822812017-09-05T23:45:30.505-07:002017-09-05T23:45:30.505-07:00He's my 4th great uncle! I am trying to dispro...He's my 4th great uncle! I am trying to disprove some stories that have been told about Alexander's wife for generations in my family. My 4th great grandfather was her brother and he basically states she wrote him scolding him about joining Mormon church and would ask for money. I've found quite a few inconsistencies in there so far lol. <br /><br />From what I've read about Alexander and Margaret Jean, they were both very nice and generous Methodists who always extended helping hands. Seeing as these are also from Scottish Irish blooded stories passed down who's to know if they are accurate either! I have been uploading the basics from records mixed with my own Scottish Irish blooded assumptions on ancestry.com (woodallh24) The Little Green Mermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076039299054596430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-20822662517746220292017-09-05T23:16:46.595-07:002017-09-05T23:16:46.595-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Little Green Mermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076039299054596430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-12546339683521447232016-10-10T04:32:14.559-07:002016-10-10T04:32:14.559-07:00Ida-Russkie
That is so odd I was about to ask abou...Ida-Russkie<br />That is so odd I was about to ask about my ancester Alexander Donaldson as I'm currently tracing my family history he is my great great great great great grandad! If anyone has any information on him or his family I'll be happy to receive any!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493789102643198039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-56910943420220301912016-10-10T04:18:01.094-07:002016-10-10T04:18:01.094-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493789102643198039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-4326476584635300172013-11-01T23:29:01.210-07:002013-11-01T23:29:01.210-07:00My great great grandfather, James Laird,was born i...My great great grandfather, James Laird,was born in Bonneybefore. He immigrated to Utah in the 1856. He left his younger sister and mother there because he had converted to Mormonism and they did not. The younger sister married a man named Alexander Donaldson. It would be ironic if this were the same property. but his property had a large red barn on it.Ida-Russkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905461331159975415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-35098947677248656042012-05-10T10:00:10.016-07:002012-05-10T10:00:10.016-07:00Yes, it was Nellie Johnston! Thanks for pointing i...Yes, it was Nellie Johnston! Thanks for pointing it out! And she had an ancient dog called Rory if you remember that slept all day on her doorstep.Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-19320697154289884912012-04-12T14:28:50.735-07:002012-04-12T14:28:50.735-07:00Just noticed a small error, it wasn't Nellie D...Just noticed a small error, it wasn't Nellie Donaldson and her hen house, it was Nellie Johnston.r.mcclurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054317503098010768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-42036572600324287582012-03-05T10:50:58.014-08:002012-03-05T10:50:58.014-08:00Shaun, the first photo of myself in front of Tommy...Shaun, the first photo of myself in front of Tommy Donaldson's thatched house was taken about 1960 - I was born 1946 in Larne and moved to Boneybefore in 1948 when I was 2. Both the other old photos show 'Boney' as I remember it in the early 1950s, although the 'hop-scotch' one is maybe 1940s.<br />What is/was you dad's name? There's a chance I might remember him.Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-3653699742856488612012-03-03T16:49:15.289-08:002012-03-03T16:49:15.289-08:00My Dad lived in Boneybefore in the 1940/50s - coul...My Dad lived in Boneybefore in the 1940/50s - could you tell me what year the photographs were taken ?Shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04050580702205314010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-40822976954207580432011-06-17T14:08:21.871-07:002011-06-17T14:08:21.871-07:00Correct on the identification, descendants of the ...Correct on the identification, descendants of the magills (fathers mother) that have been there for a few hundred or so years that I know of, my father has lived in the house for 80+ and still does.r.mcclurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054317503098010768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-60554036921773981842011-01-13T01:36:21.832-08:002011-01-13T01:36:21.832-08:00Many thanks, r.mcc., for the reference. It is from...Many thanks, r.mcc., for the reference. It is from Miskimmon's History of Carrickfergus (1832), and is worth giving below in full:<br /> <br />ANDREW JACKSON, President of the United States. The parents of Andrew Jackson lived at Boneybefore; the English settlers <br />called this hamlet " Fairfront" and "Fairview". His father, Andrew, and his mother (whose maiden name was Elizabeth Hutchinson), lived <br />in a house close to the passage to the shore known as Magill's Crossing. The main road from Carrick to Eden did not run as it does now. The walls of the old homestead were unfortunately <br />levelled to the ground when the railway line from Carrickfergus to Larne was constructed. Andrew Jackson, his wife and three sons, <br />Hugh, Robert, and a son named Andrew,* left Carrickfergus in the year 1765 and settled in Warthaw, North Carolina, having landed at <br />the city of Charlestown, South Carolina. Two years after Andrew Jackson the elder died, and young Andrew grew into early manhood in North Carolina, where he read law at Salisbury, and went soon after his majority to Tennessee, and in due time made his home at Nashville, where he was appointed public prosecutor. In 1797 he was appointed Senator for Tennessee, and some years after appointed Major-General of Militia. In 1815 General Jackson engaged in war against <br />the British before New Orleans, and in 1829 was elected President of the United States. His journey from his home near Nashville, known <br />as the "Hermitage," to the federal capital was a succession of triumphs. On March 4th, 1833, he entered on his second term as President. With the close of his second term his public career ended. <br />He died in the year 1845. In religion he was a strict Presbyterian. <br />(From Colonel Colyar's "Life and Times of Andrew Jackson.") <br /><br />*This Andrew is supposed to have died, as another son named Andrew was born i5th March, 1767, the United States claiming the honour of his birthplace.<br /><br />I don't know if "R. McClure" is connected to the McClure's who live/lived in the old Magill's farmhouse in Boneybefore at the bottom of Magill's Avenue and right beside the original site of the Jackson Homestead? If so a double thanks for your comment.Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-82690686090278123962011-01-12T16:50:35.577-08:002011-01-12T16:50:35.577-08:00With reference to the Jacksons
I was also told sim...With reference to the Jacksons<br />I was also told similar things about the Jacksons leaving from boney with Andrew Jr <br /><br />I site the reference below that suggests that maybe they did, on a way<br /><br />http://www.archive.org/stream/historyantiquiti00mcskiala/historyantiquiti00mcskiala_djvu.txtr.mcclurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054317503098010768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-70814194846831431302010-08-24T02:07:08.107-07:002010-08-24T02:07:08.107-07:00A wonderful ride through history Phillip. I used t...A wonderful ride through history Phillip. I used to milk a cow with a white enamel bucket also. Isn't the house long!! it must have many rooms. I have often wondered how a thatched roof doesn't leak? <br />So many famous came from Ireland...a fine heritage. Your black and white photos are a classic, and so good to still have...maybe taken with a browny box camera?<br />Very interesting...I so enjoyed it!! Blessings. CMLSr Crystal Mary Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509227559164880311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-32564672632905365642010-08-23T00:18:23.203-07:002010-08-23T00:18:23.203-07:00Mark,
Thanks for the compliment(s)! I thought you ...Mark,<br />Thanks for the compliment(s)! I thought you would like that one. On the Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) ancestry at Ballynure - I've discovered that his 'official' genealogy on the American sites has confusion over his great-grandfather Clemens (take your pick between Ezekiel and Jeremiah - Clemens not OT books!) and no mention of the supposed Scotch-Irish link with Clements of Clements Hill, Ballynure. Will have to explore thoroughly on that one.Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-62869648908878364832010-08-23T00:11:42.834-07:002010-08-23T00:11:42.834-07:00Gary,
I have some American friends in the 'boo...Gary,<br />I have some American friends in the 'book' trade that tell me that there is a new book (or books) about Jackson and that there is quite an upsurge of interest in him. I think you're right about him being a product of his times. Mark Twain is maybe another example.<br />Just been in Wales for a few days so haven't caught up with my blog reading yet!Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-29195606727573500322010-08-23T00:06:33.489-07:002010-08-23T00:06:33.489-07:00Gorges,
I've been having problems posting with...Gorges,<br />I've been having problems posting with side text to the photos - my draft and preview shows it as OK, but the actual post re-sizes the photo so it doesn't fit. I've tried moving all text onto separate lines - let me know if yours is still coming out banjaxed.<br /><br />Yes, your explanation of Mrs Jackson wanting young Andrew to be an American citizen makes perfect sense. I think their was a sort of stigma about being born at sea. Isn't it interesting that the same tradition survived on both sides of the Atlantic. 30 years working in the Ulster Folk Museum taught me that when it comes to 'folk tradition' there's rarely smoke without fire.Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-50606035535674968002010-08-22T15:49:10.511-07:002010-08-22T15:49:10.511-07:00Brilliant post Philip - and you're looking wel...Brilliant post Philip - and you're looking well in the photo too!Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-74130748423240604302010-08-20T19:46:43.477-07:002010-08-20T19:46:43.477-07:00Thanks for this info, Philip. I had known that Jac...Thanks for this info, Philip. I had known that Jackson's ancestry was Scots-Irish, and it's interesting to learn some of the details. USA Presidential trivia has been a bit of a hobby for me since I was a kid. Jackson was very popular in his lifetime, and is seen by many historians as a great general, but not so great a president. He apparently had no love for aboriginal Americans, and in this he surely reflected his time.Gary Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113111929518301417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071430214772445370.post-80623395047775477532010-08-19T17:16:23.788-07:002010-08-19T17:16:23.788-07:00I doubt if Mrs. Jackson ever planned on her son be...I doubt if Mrs. Jackson ever planned on her son being president, but she probably DID want him to be considered an American-born citizen. Interesting photos and information. Any idea why some of your text is sliced crosswise on my screen?Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com