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Boyce Family, Ballydugan, Tullylish, Co Down

  • 13-02-2017 6:24pm
    #1
    killieroots
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    [font=sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS']I’m interested in the Boyce family of Ballydugan (or Ballydougan), County Down. John Boyce (1815-1897), son of John Boyce and Mary McCormick, was my Gt Gt Grandfather. He married Sarah Ann Forsyth (1820-1902), daughter of William Forsyth and Isabella Harvey, from Dromore, Co Down in Gilford, Co Down on 18th Nov 1844.[/font]
    [font=sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS']John and Sarah moved to Ayrshire, Scotland and lived their lives there in Girvan, Troon, Saltcoats and Ardrossan, having 11 known children along the way between 1843 and 1862. Among them was my Gt Grandmother, Mary Boyce (1846-1915), who married James Welsh in Glasgow in 1877.[/font]
    [font=sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS']A poor relief application made late in life in Ardrossan by John Boyce indicates he was from the parish of Ballydongan, Co Down, Ireland. However, I am sure the reference should be to Ballydugan, close to both Gilford and Dromore.[/font]
    [font=sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS']Trying to get some verification of the marriages of John Boyce/Mary McCormick and John Boyce/Sarah Ann Forsyth, and to establish if John Boyce and Mary McCormick had any other offspring.[/font]

    [font=sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS']Happy to share info and appreciative of any help. (David in Aberdeen, Scotland)[/font]


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  • #2
    tabbey
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    There is a Ballydugan a few miles southwest of Downpatrick on the A25 road.

    It has a restored mill building converted into a hotel. Well worth a visit whether you have ancestors there or not.
    The Downpatrick & Co Down preserved railway also hope to eventually rebuild as far as Ballydugan.


  • #3
    killieroots
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    Thank you for the response. Will visit the area one day soon, hopefully later this year. Thank you too for the info on the old mill /hotel and railway. David


  • #4
    killieroots
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    A bit of fresh information on dates here. An 1862 birth record of their son Thomas shows that John Boyce and Sarah (or Sally) Anne Forsyth married in Gilford, County Down in November or December 1840, not 1844. The earlier date is far more plausible as John and Sarah’s first child arrived in Girvan in 1842/1843, and the info comes from John Boyce himself as the birth informant.
    David in Aberdeen


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