Ulster to New Jersey: 1901 newspaper article about Alice McAninch, born in (northern) Ireland

 

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

In Ireland), shows that Mary is the only child of Alice, and that David and Mary have no children --

Lyons, David, [born] Nov 1837 [age] 62 M [Married] 40 [years] b.Ireland f.b.Ireland m.b.Ireland

 

[to US in] 1860 [in US] 40 [years] Landlord

Lyons, Mary Wife, Mar 1841 59 M 40 0 [children] 0 [living] 1860 40 b.Ireland f.b.Ireland m.b.Ireland

McAninch, Alice Mother-in-Law, Mar 1807 93 W [widow] 1 [child] 1 [living] [to US in] 1869

 

[in US] 31 [yrs] b.Ireland f.b.Ireland m.b.Ireland

 

New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, Ward 9; NARA T623 Roll 983 pg.54'B' line 78

 

Ulster: northern Ireland, 1912 (Ireland, including Ulster, was still a colony of the British Empire) --

 

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.

 

 

Name

Address

District

Place of Signing

1.

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

 

 

all four in Parliamentary Division: “Antrim: North”

 

No McAnnich, no McAninnch, no McAnich, no MacAninch, and no McIninch

 

McNinch: 32 McNinch, almost all in County Antrim, with two in County Down

 

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, http://proni.nics.gov.uk/ulstercovenant/index.htm

 

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

 

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