My grandfather on my mothers side was called Alexander McCormick. I never met Alexander or his brothers and sisters.
One day while I was on the ancestry site I came across a man called Jim Scott. Jim had information about the McCormick’s on his family tree. After discussing the family through messages it came to light that Jim was related to the McCormick family through his uncles. Jim’s two uncles had married McCormick sisters. Alexander’s sisters.
Here is what I have found out about Alexander and his family. They were all belonged to the Presbyterian church. All of the family came from a protestant background. My grandfather and his youngest sister Annie Margaret married Catholics.
Thomas McCormick was Alexander’s father he was born about 1857.
Catherine ‘Kitty’ McConaghy Alexander’s mother was born about 1856
Thomas and Catherine ‘Kitty’ McConaghy married on August 26, 1879, Antrim, Northern Ireland. They had seven children, Mary Teresa, Elizabeth, Catherine Jane (Cassie), John, Alexander, George and Annie Margaret (Maggie).
Thomas McCormick died on October 28, 1902, in Antrim, Northern Ireland, at the age of 45.
Catherine ‘Kitty’ McConaghy died on August 9, 1919, in Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland, at the age of 63.
Children of Thomas and Catherine
Mary Teresa McCormick was born on July 8, 1880. She married William James Morgan on November 24, 1904, in Ballymoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland. She had three children by the time she was 28. She died as a young mother on November 1, 1910, in Ballymoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland, at the age of 30.
Her children were: Mary Ellen “Nellie” Thomas Tom and John. When Mary died her mother Catherine looked after and bought up her three grandchildren as well as her own children. She was also a widower at this time.
Mary Ellen “Nellie” Morgan
Mary Ellen ‘Nellie’ Morgan was born on August 15, 1905, in Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland.She married William James McAllister who was a catholic on November 27, 1929, in Cushendall, Antrim, Northern Ireland. They had 10 children during their marriage. She died on June 23, 1988, in Cushendall, Antrim, Northern Ireland, at the age of 82, and was buried in Waterfoot, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Thomas ‘Tom’ Morgan
When Thomas ‘Tom’ Morgan was born on June 7, 1907, in Ballycastle, Antrim, He married Winifred Mary Geddes on June 12, 1943, in Brisbane, Queensland.They had four children in 13 years. He died on March 13, 1961, in Brisbane, Queensland, at the age of 53.
John Morgan was born on April 22, 1909, his father, He died about 1968, in Armoy, Antrim, Northern Ireland, at the age of 59.
Elizabeth McCormick was born on June 1, 1882, in Antrim, Northern Ireland, her father, She married John Alexander ‘Jack’ McHattie on December 15, 1904. They had six children in 13 years. She died on December 21, 1971, in Saskatchewan, at the age of 89, and was buried in Govan, Saskatchewan.
Catherine Jane (Cassie) pictured second in from the right.
Catherine Jane (Cassie) McCormick was born on July 8, 1884, in Antrim, She married Joseph Henry Morgan on January 5, 1909, in Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
John McCormick was born on February 11, 1887, Antrim, Northern Ireland, He lived in Govan, Saskatchewan in 1915.
On 22 Jul 1911 he left Ireland aboard the CPR Lake Champlain from Belfast to Quebec, Canada to live with his sister.
Alexander McCormick
Alexander McCormick was born on September 5, 1889, in Antrim, Northern Ireland, He married Margaret May McNaul on February 11, 1918, in Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland. They had 10 children during their marriage. He died on February 27, 1966, in Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland, at the age of 76, and was buried there.
On the 31 Mar 1901, the McCormick family lived here, House 4, Carrowlaverty, Armoy, County Antrim, Ireland
Maggie, servant of Mill Street, her father Tom McCormick, labourer. James, labourer of Castle Street, his father John Gallagher, labourer. By John Lynch. Witnesses: Charles McGoldrick; Maggie Quinn.
