Last Update - 13 February 2016

McTear, William - c1800 - (Father Samuel McTear of Ballyskeagh) - (Mother Helen Robb)

McTear, William - c1827 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Mary Whiteside)

McTear, Samuel - 24th. December 1833 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord)
McTear, Hugh - 22nd. October 1835 baptised - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord)
McTear, William - 12th. April 1842 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord)
McTear, David - 20th. September 1844 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord)
McTear, Daniel - 23rd. September 1845 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord)
McTear, Mary Ann - 20th. February 1853 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord)
McTear, Samuel George - 2nd. June 1855 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord) - (sic)
McTear, Agnes - 3rd. August 1857 - (Father William McTear) - (Mother Hannah Cord)

Alternative records under research
Cord, Hannah - 1844 - (Wife of William McTear) - Mother of Hugh McTear - {sic}
Cord, Hannah - 2nd. June 1845 - (Wife of William McTear) - Mother of Samuel George McTear
Cord, Hannah - 1853 - (Wife of William McTear) - Mother of Robert James McTear
Cord, Hannah - 1857 - (Wife of William McTear) - Mother of Eleanor McTear @ Russell Place, Upper Movilla Street ...... See 1851 Census exstract below
Cord, Hannah - 1861 - (Wife of William McTear) - Mother of Agnes McTear

Mateer, George - 14th. February 1835 - (Father Daniel Mateer) - (Mother Mary Gunning)
Mateer, Samuel - 18th. December 1841 - (Father Daniel Mateer) - (Mother Mary Gunning)
Mateer, John - 1st. June 1844 - (Father Daniel Mateer) - (Mother Mary Gunning)

Mateer, Jane - 10th. December 1835 - (Wife to Thomas Wright) - Mother of Sarah Wright

Mateer, Eliza - 5th. April 1836 - (Wife to Alexander Harvey) - Mother of Robert Harvey

Mateer, Ann - 13th. July 1836 - (Wife to Samuel Shields) - Mother of Ann Shields
Mateer, Ann - 26th. July 1837 - (Wife to Samuel Shields) - Mother of William Shields
Mateer, Ann - 9th. February 1842 - (Wife to Samuel Shields) - Mother of Robert Martin Shields

Mateer, Mary - 1st. January 1846 - (Father Samuel Mateer) - (Mother Mary Gunning)

Mateer, Ellen Jane - 2nd. January 1846 - {Father William Mateer} - {Mother Mary ?} - b.N'Ards baptised Donaghadee

Mateer, Mary - 8th. March 1846 - (Wife to Samuel Spiers) - Mother of James Spiers

Mateer, Margaret - 5th. August 1847 - (Father John Mateer) - (Mother Margret Brown)

Milby, Margaret McClymont - 1851 -  {Wife of William McTear} - Mother of Mary McTear
Milby, Margaret McClymont - 1855 -  {Wife of William McTear} - Mother of William McTear

McTeer, Eliza - 8th. May 1856 - {Father Robert McTeer} - {Mother Mary Robb}

McTear, Mary - 27th. March 1857 - (Wife to John McKibbin) - Mother of Jane McKibbin
McTear, Mary - 2nd. November 1866 - (Wife to John McKibbin) - Mother of Ellen McKibbin

Mateer, Mary - 10th. March 1864 - (Father George Mateer) - (Mother Barbra McLeech)

McTear, Agnes - 25th. January 1865 - {Wife to William Savage} - Mother of Agnes Savage
McTear, Agnes - 30th. December 1866 - {Wife to William Savage} - Mother of Sarah Savage
Mateer, Agnes - 19th. September 1869 - (Wife to William Savage) - Mother of Margaret Savage
Mateer, Agnes - 15th. July1871 - (Wife to William Savage) - Mother of Ellen Savage

Mateer, Hugh - 17th. May 1869 - (Father Hugh Matteer) - (Mother Mary Jane Lundie)
Mateer, Margaret, Ann - 2nd. July 1875 - (Father Hugh Matteer) - (Mother Mary Jane Lundie)

McTear, Elizabeth - 1872 - {Father Hugh McTear} - {Mother Mary Jane Polland}

McTear, Samuel George - 1873 - (Father William John McTear) - (Mother Agnes Mawhinney)

Matier, Hannah - 20th. January 1908 - (Wife to James McKnight) - Mother of Alexander McKnight

Matier, Herbert - 16th. October 1923 - {Father Herbert Matier} - {Mother Rose Brett}

H = Headstone Image

McTear, Margaret nee Mcclements - 1859 - Wife of William McTear - Died in Scotland
McTear, Mary - 1859 - Elder Daughter of above Margaret and William

Matear, William - 27th. December 1870 - A farmer of Ballyfotherly Nr.Newtownards
Will Probated by Robert Polock of Ballyfotherly and James McDowell of Ballybeen, Dundonald Executors - Effects £800

Jones, Jane nee Matier - 3rd. July 1911 aged 87 - {b.c1824 Newtownards} - Died at Goderich, Huron, Canada - Daughter of Jane Matier

McTeer, Amelia "Meta" - 24th. May 2006 aged 86 - @ Toronto Canada

McTear, William - c1843 - Married Hannah Cord - {Father Alexander Cord} - Minister Rev. W.McCulloch.

McTear, Mary - 1st. June 1847 - (Father John McTear) - Married John McKibbin

McTeer, Robert of Ballyblack - 13th. February 1849 - Married Jane McSkelly a seamstress of Crossnamcukley - {Father James McSkelly a labourer}
Witnessed by Samuel McTeer and Hugh Boale @ Ballyblack Presbyterian

McTear, William - 1st. February 1850 - Married Margaret McClymont Milby @ Newtownards Registry Office

Mateer, James a labourer - 8th. June 1850 - (Father William Mateer) - Married Eliza(beth) Jane Hill - (Father John Hill) - At Newtonards Chuch of Ireland
Witnesses were James McGimpy & William McKim

Mateer, Jane of Mark Street - 29th. May 1851 aged 19 - (Father Daniel Matteer a weaver)  - Married William Montgomery - (Father Robert Montgomery)
Witnesses were Arthur Smith and Robert McKee

Matier, Agness - 21st. February 1853 - (Father Daniel Mateer of Comber) - Married William McDowell

Mateer, Nancy - 12th. April 1855 aged 23 - (Father John Mateer) - Married Edward McClurg aged 21 - (Father James McClurg)

Mateer, Hugh - 6th. August 1856 aged 21 - (Father William Mateer) - Married Mary Jane Lundy aged 20 - (Father John Lundy)

McTear, Robert Wallace - 16th. May 1857 - Married Jane Lundy

Mateer, Agnes - 6th. August 1859 aged 18 - (Father William Mateer) - Married James Thompson - (father Thomas Thompson)

Matteer, Agnes - 10th. November 1859 aged 21 - (Father James Matteer) - Married William Savage a widower aged 30 - (Father William Savage)

Matteer, Agnes - 25th. October 1862 - aged 24 years (Father William Mateer) - Married James McKay aged 28 - (Father William McKay)

Matear, Thomas - 5th. July 1866 - (Father William Matear) - Married Eliza Catherwood - (Father Willoughby Catherwood)

Mateer, Eliza - 8th. October 1867 - (Father William Mateer) - Married John Armstrong - (Father Patrick Armstrong)

Matteer, Alexander - 27th. July 1867 aged 29 - (Father Alexander Mateer) - Married Catherine Crawford aged 24 - (Father Michael Crawford)

Mateer, Robert James a weaver - 6th. October 1871 - (Father William Mateer a weaver) - Married Agnes MacWhinney
Witnesses were Hugh Belshaw and Anne MacWhinney

McTear, Mary of Movilla Street - 19th. July 1884 - Married Hugh Brown aged 20 A Carter of Movilla Street  - {Father William Brown a weaver}
Witnesses were Jane Johnston and Thomas McWhinney

Matier, Herbert - 13th. July 1922 - Married Rose Brett

McAteer, James - 21st. April 1845 - Sentenced to 10 years transportation to Australia at Downpatrick for stealing a horse.

Mateer, William a farmer - 1st. March 1862 - Had Samuel Barr accused of robbery at Newtownards Assizes, Mr Barr was acquitted.

Mateer, Robert - 1863 - Of Ballyblack ; leased a house in  from John Boal Snr.

McTear, William - 1856 - Left Newtownards to settle in Saltcoats,Ayrshire in Scotland with his wife Margaret McClements and children Mary and

McTeer, William - 1863~1868 - At 18 Movilla Street - Leased a house and yard from James Moore

Matier, Samuel - 1895 aged 12 - Attended Castle Gardens National School

Mateer, Hugh - 6th. July 1898 - Of Windmill Row - Administration of the estate of Agnes McLenaghan late of Newtownards Co.Down Widow who died 19 December 1897 granted at Belfast to Hugh Mateer of Windmill Row Newtownards Weaver the Curator of Minor Children (Limited). - Effects £80

1901 Census - Residents of a house 78 in East Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1901 Census - Residents of a house 44 in Mill Street Part of. (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1901 Census - Residents of a house 63 in Victoria Avenue (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Samuel attended Castle Gardens School in 1895

1901 Census - Residents of a house 40 in Wallace's Street No. 2 (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1911 Census - Residents of a house 12 in West Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1911 Census - Residents of a house 4 in Windmill Row (Part Of) (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Mateer, Herbert - 25th. February 1952 aged 28 - {b.c1924} - Husband of Jane - Arrived at Niagra Falls, New York USA

Email received November 2010
My family of McTear's originate from Newtownards as do my Grandmothers family of McLennaghans, since leaving Newtownards in the 1850's these two families are still together today in both Lanark in Scotland and in Hamilton in Ontario.
My great grandfather William McTear left Newtownards in 1856 with his first wife Margaret McClements and two children and settled in Saltcoats in Ayrshire in Scotland.  Margaret and the older child Mary died there in 1857.
In 1859 William married my Great Grandmother Agnes Cairns. They had seven children in Saltcoats before moving to Bridgeton in Glasgow where they had another four children.
The first of the children born in Glasgow was George McTear born at 24 Brown Street in Bridgeton on the 1st of June 1874.
George McTear married Ellen McCormick who was also from Newtownards on 11th of November 1892 in Bridgeton in Glasgow
They had a daughter born on the 5th of July 1892 at 68 Mordaunt Street in Bridgeton and named her Jeanie McTear.
On the 1st of April 1894 in Bridgeton they had another daughter they named Christina.
On the 15th of November twin sons were born to George and Ellen. They named the twins George McTear and William Beattie McTear.
It was after this that tragedy struck the family and by mid 1897 Ellen, Christina and the twins boys had all died leaving George to bring up Jeanie on his own.
George found it hard to cope and Jeanie was brought up by her Aunt Margaret and after she married James Baxter Norris in Glasgow on the 25th of April 1925  they emigrated to Boston in the USA where Jeanie's descendants live today. Jeanie herself died in 1985 aged 93 years.
Ellen McCormick's parents from Newtownards were Thomas McCormick and Jane Beattie born c1855.
Davy McTear  davymctear@gmail.com

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