Thomas McElderry

1835 - 1911  (75 years)

• Name	Thomas McElderry  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Born	10 Oct 1835	Charles Street, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Merchant  [5]
  Occupation	1866	Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
  	Secretary of the Original Town Hall Buildings Committee
  Occupation	Between 1867 and 1887	Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
  	Chairman of the Ballymoney Town Council
  Occupation	Between 1877 and 1906	Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
  	Chairman of the Ballymoney Town of Guardians
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland   [3]
  	Age: 65; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland   [1]
  	Age: 75; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Died	16 Jun 1911	Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland   [2, 6]
  	Death Age: 75
  Buried	17 Jun 1911	Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
  	Knock Road Cemetry, from Ballymoney Ancestry
  Person ID	I3415	Cooke Family History
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas McElderry b. Abt 1788, The Leitrim, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 15 Jan 1872, Charles Street, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Nevin b. 1801, of Kilmoyle and Coleraine d. 17 Sep 1867, Charles Street, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F477	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Alice Jane Knox b. 1848, Springfield, Culramoney d. 6 Jan 1927, Ballymoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 79 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1868	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland   [4, 7, 11]
  Children	1. John Henry McElderry b. 1881, Ireland d. Abt 1971  (Age 90 years)   2. Margaret McElderry b. 20 Aug 1870, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 18 Mar 1962, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 91 years)   3. Alice Howard McElderry b. 31 Jul 1873, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 9 May 1952, 66 Malone Road, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 78 years)   4. Elizabeth Nevin "Lizzie" McElderry b. 28 Jul 1869, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 27 Jul 1885, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland  (Age 15 years)   5. Thomas Lyle McElderry b. 28 May 1872, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 23 Aug 1956, Wicklow, Ireland  (Age 84 years)   6. Samuel Burnside Boyd McElderry, CMG b. 7 Oct 1885, 1 Charles St., Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 20 Oct 1984, Milford on Sea, Lymington, Hampshire, England  (Age 99 years)   7. Sara Lyle McElderry, Dr. b. 25 Apr 1877, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 10 Dec 1961, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 84 years)   8. Robert Andrew McElderry b. 6 Feb 1880, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 1970  (Age 89 years)   9. Annie McElderry b. 4 Sep 1874, Charles Street, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 6 Oct 1968, 66 Malone Road, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 94 years)   10. Jane Isobel McElderry b. Dec 1878, Ireland d. 27 Jun 1897, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland  (Age ~ 18 years)   11. Matilda Knox McElderry b. 28 Oct 1875, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. Dec 1970, Lancaster, Lancashire, England  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F892	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Marriage of Robert Dick Megaw and Annie McElderry - Bride's Parents
  		Thomas McElderry (1835-1911) Painting by Frank McKelvey. A portrait of the Chairman of Ballymoney Town Commissioners (1867–1887) and Chairman of Ballymoney Board of Guardians (1877–1906). Presented by members of the sitter's family at the reopening of Ballymoney Town Hall, 1934.
  		Thomas McElderry b1835
  		Thomas b1835 and Alice Jane McElderry prob. with Elizabeth

  
  

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