John Roy

Abt 1854 - 1909  (~ 55 years)

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• Name	John Roy
  Born	Abt 1854	Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Bentinck St, Duncairn, Northern Ireland   [1]
  age 47
  	Census Returns Ireland 1901: families of James and John Roy
  Died	20 Aug 1909	Station House, Duke St, Waterside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland   [2]
  Probate	8 Sep 1909	Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland   [3]
  Administration of the Estate of John Roy late of Station House Duke Street Waterside Londonderry Locomotive Inspector who died 20 August 1909 at Harrogate granted at Londonderry to Annie Roy the Widow.
  Notes	From Robert Alexander: John started I think as a porter on the railway and made his way up till he was a driver and then on to become an Inspector where he had to go to Londonderry. He stayed in the Station House and eventually died there. My wife's great grandfather and great great grandfather were both working on the railway at that time and her great grandmother manned the railway crossing at Coleraine. In later years when my wife's father left his job in the railway to start afresh in Gallahers new factory his mother who had also helped with the railway gates was very angry because none of her family ever left the railway. I believe this is where the friendship with John Roy started. [4] Our grandfather Albert Roy's father [John Roy] was a fireman (ie. on a train) and then became a train driver on the Larne line. He was married to Annie McGreevy (b. 1858) and he was born in 1853. He was at the front of the train one day as i it passed through a station, but someone had forgotten to open the double gates across the track, the train smashed through them and one of his legs was severed. He attended a spa in England to try and regain his health, but to no avail. After the accident he was made station master at the Waterside, Derry but died from his injury in 1909. Grandfather Albert's siblings were Stewart, John and Sarah. The latter had red hair, was portly and I believe, lived in Lilliput Street, Belfast at one time. John was a librarian in Dublin and Stewart, Chief Librarian for County Antrim. Albert was a master carpenter and according to cousin John, worked on the Titanic as it made its way from Belfast to Southampton, in order to complete final details before it made its fatal journey. According to John, when he reached Southamptn, he received a telegram telling him to return home as Betty had contracted scarlet fever. To date, neither of us has managed to locate a list of workmen on the ship in which his name appears. At various times, he lived in Greenisland (where he built 2 houses - just above Whinfield Lane), Seapark, Holywood, "Roydene" a house in Belfast, Kilkenny, where he was overhead manager of the coalmine there and Dublin, where he went into business with his father-in-law, Robert McDowell, sharing a builders' yard, until they got burnt out and had to return north. [5]
  Person ID	I6335	Roy~Royes | Roy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	James Roy           b. Est 1815, Northern Ireland           d. Northern Ireland
  Mother	Catherine Thompson
  Married	5 Apr 1850	Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Ireland   [6, 7]
  		Marriage registration: James Roy and Catherine Thompson, 1850
  Notes	We have James's son James born somewhere around 1850 in Enniskillen. I have assumed that the marriage of a James Roy to Catherine Thompson on 5 Apr 1850 in Enniskillen is our James Roy sr.
  Family ID	F52	Family Group  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne McGrievy           b. 1858, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Married	30 Apr 1881	Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland   [8]
  	Saint Anne's Church of Ireland
  Children	+ 1. John Roy           b. 1883, Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. Abt 1906, Belfast, Northern Ireland  (Age 23 years)   2. Sarah Ann Armstrong Roy           b. 1886, Antrim, Northern Ireland + 3. Albert Roy           b. May 1887, Belfast, Northern Ireland           d. 25 May 1935, Belfast, Northern Ireland  (Age ~ 48 years)   4. Alexander Stewart D Roy           b. 8 Aug 1897, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  Photos		John and Anne Roy and family
  		Unknown Roy but assumed to be from the John Roy family [My guess is Stewart, the youngest]
  Documents		Census Ireland 1901 - John Roy family
  		Census Ireland 1911 - Annie Roy family
  Overviews		1805 ROY Descendants of James Roy born abt 1805
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2012 00:00:00
  Family ID	F4417	Family Group  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1854 - Antrim, Northern Ireland Married - 30 Apr 1881 - Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland Census - age 47 - 31 Mar 1901 - Bentinck St, Duncairn, Northern Ireland Died - 20 Aug 1909 - Station House, Duke St, Waterside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Probate - Administration of the Estate of John Roy late of Station House Duke Street Waterside Londonderry Locomotive Inspector who died 20 August 1909 at Harrogate granted at Londonderry to Annie Roy the Widow. - 8 Sep 1909 - Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John Roy This photo was in the collection of Sam and Ag Roy. It has been identified as the photo of a John Roy whose father was James and I have assumed that this is Sam's grandfather and that John is therefore his uncle. Perhaps he took a particular interest in his nephew who knew no father.
  		John Roy (1854-1909)
  		John Roy

  
  

• Sources

  [S373] Census Ireland 31 Mar 1901. [S374] Northern Ireland Ancestry Search  Wills Calendars. [S71] PRONI Will Calendars. [S339] Correspondence  Robert Alexander, Jan 2012. [S412] Correspondence re: Roy Northern Ireland  Carole Roy to her sister Pat. [S437] Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898. [S372] Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958. [S374] Northern Ireland Ancestry Search  Civil Marriage.