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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 |
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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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]
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Person ID |
I6335 |
Roy~Royes | Roy |
Last Modified |
4 Apr 2017 |
Family |
Anne McGrievy, b. 1862, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Married |
30 Apr 1881 |
Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [6] |
- Saint Anne's Church of Ireland
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Children |
+ | 1. John Roy, b. 1883, Antrim, Northern Ireland , d. Dec 1906, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Age 23 years) |
| 2. Living |
+ | 3. Albert Roy, b. Jun 1887, Belfast, Northern Ireland , d. 25 May 1935, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Age ~ 47 years) |
| 4. Living |
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Photos |
 | John and Anne Roy and family
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 | Unknown Roy but assumed to be from the John Roy family [My guess is Stewart, the youngest] |
Documents |
 | Census Ireland 1901 - John Roy family
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 | Census Ireland 1911 - Annie Roy family
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Overviews |
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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Last Modified |
23 Jan 2012 |
Family ID |
F4417 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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 | Born - Abt 1854 - Antrim, Northern Ireland |
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 | Married - 30 Apr 1881 - Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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 | Census - age 47 - 31 Mar 1901 - Bentinck St, Duncairn, Northern Ireland |
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 | Died - 20 Aug 1909 - Station House, Duke St, Waterside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
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 | 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 |
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Pin Legend |
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
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Photos
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 | 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)
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 | John Roy
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Sources |
- [S373] Census Ireland 1901.
- [S374] Northern Ireland Ancestry Search, Wills Calendars.
- [S71] PRONI Will Calendars.
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.
- [S339] Correspondence, Robert Alexander, Jan 2012.
- [S412] Roy Northern Ireland Correspondence, Carole Roy to her sister Pat, 21 May 2013.
- [S374] Northern Ireland Ancestry Search, Civil Marriage.
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