Ulster to New Jersey: 1901 newspaper article about Alice McAninch, born in (northern) Ireland |
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OLDEST IN TRENTON IS NEARING THE CENTURY MARK |
Mrs. Alice McAninch Lays Claim to This Distinction Among the People |
Was Born in Ireland Ninety Seven Years Ago and Has Been in America About Half That Time |
Still Retains Her Faculties But Is Weak From The Weight of Years |
Trenton can boast of one of the oldest residents in this part of the state in the person of Mrs. Alice |
McAninch, mother of Mrs. David Lyons, of Jennie and Clinton Streets, who is now in her ninety- |
seventh year. Mrs. McAninch retains all her faculties, but has been bedfast for the past six months. |
Her health at present is excellent and she suffers no pain except that caused by occasional exhaustion |
on account of her extreme age. |
WAS BORN IN IRELAND / Mrs. McAninch was born in the north of Ireland, and she came to this |
country when about middle aged. For the past about fifteen years she has resided with her son-in-law |
David Lyons who himself is well along in years. Mrs. McAninch tells many interesting stories of the |
stirring times in the early part of the past century, both of this country and of Ireland. At this time she |
does nothing but lie in her bed, and spends her time talking to friends who often drop in to visit her. |
Trenton Times, Trenton, New Jersey, August 2, 1901; found by Lorna Gilbert, Houston, Texas. |
1900 Census: The family can be found in the 1900 census, which gives the birthday months (all born |
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In Ireland), shows that Mary is the only child of Alice, and that David and Mary have no children -- |
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Lyons, David, [born] Nov 1837 [age] 62 M [Married] 40 [years] b.Ireland f.b.Ireland m.b.Ireland |
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[to US in] 1860 [in US] 40 [years] Landlord |
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Lyons, Mary Wife, Mar 1841 59 M 40 0 [children] 0 [living] 1860 40 b.Ireland f.b.Ireland m.b.Ireland |
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McAninch, Alice Mother-in-Law, Mar 1807 93 W [widow] 1 [child] 1 [living] [to US in] 1869 |
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[in US] 31 [yrs] b.Ireland f.b.Ireland m.b.Ireland |
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New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, Ward 9; NARA T623 Roll 983 pg.54'B' line 78 |
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Ulster: northern Ireland, 1912 (Ireland, including Ulster, was still a colony of the British Empire) -- |
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On ‘Ulster Day’, 28 September 1912, over 208,000 men signed the Ulster Covenant, and over 228,000 |
women signed the accompanying Declaration, all for local autonomy and in support of ‘Home Rule’. |
The archive of the Ulster Unionist Council, in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), |
contains just under half a million original signatures and addresses of these men and women. |
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Name |
Address |
District |
Place of Signing |
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McAninch, Alexander |
Cavanmore |
Bushmills |
Hamill Memorial Hall |
2. |
McAninch, James |
Ballymoney |
Ballymoney |
Townhall |
3. |
McAninch, Sam |
Lisnagunag |
Dunseverick |
Dunseverick Orange Hall |
4. |
McAninch, Jane |
Lisnagunag |
" and Croagh |
Dunseverick Orange Hall |
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all four in Parliamentary Division: “Antrim: North” |
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No McAnnich, no McAninnch, no McAnich, no MacAninch, and no McIninch |
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McNinch: 32 McNinch, almost all in County Antrim, with two in County Down |
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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, http://proni.nics.gov.uk/ulstercovenant/index.htm |
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66 Balmoral Avenue, Belfast BT9 6NY, Northern Ireland. Crown Copyright 2003 PRONI |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XII.n.2 April 2004 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2004-15 |