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Events Registered in Newtownards

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Palmer, Robert - 1832

Palmer, Adam - 11th. October 1868 - {Father Andrew Palmer} - {Mother Esther Jane McClement}
Palmer, Sarah - 1st. May 1875 - {Father Andrew Palmer} - {Mother Esther Jane McClement}

Palmer, Margaret - 1869 - {Wife to Edward Roney} - Mother of Isabella Roney

Palmer, Agnes - 27th. April 1871 - {Father Robert Palmer} - {Mother Mary Mahood}

Palmer, Jane Skillen - 22nd. July 1571 - {Father William Palmer} - {Mother Mary Ann Skillen}

Palmer, Margaret - 24th. September 1872 - {Wife to Arthur Welsley Roney} - Mother of Margaret Ann Roney
Palmer, Margaret - 16th. July 1875 - {Wife to Arthur Welsley Roney} - Mother of Mary Ann Roney

Palmer, Agnes - 1872 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of John McClure
Palmer, Agnes - 8th. August 1874 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of William Robert James McClure
Palmer, Agnes - 26th. October 1876 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of Mary Ann McClure
Palmer, Agnes - 6th. May 1883 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of Susanna McClure
Palmer, Agnes - 12th. June 1885 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of Agnes McClure
Palmer, Agnes - 25th. November 1887 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of Thomas James McClure
Palmer, Agnes - 12th. April 1890 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of Eleanor McClure
Palmer, Agnes - 4th. February 1893 - {Wife to John McClure} - Mother of Elizabeth McClure

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Above is a pic of Agnes McClure nee Palmer ( my great grandmother). She was born in 1853 and died on 12.7.1914 and married John McClure born 1850 and died 1894. They had 8 children - Vernon Moore

Palmer, Robert - 11th. March 1876 - {Father James Palmer} - {Mother Lucy Martin}

Palmer, James - 20th. October 1877 - (Father James Palmer) - (Mother Agnes Nancy Piper 1st. wife)

Palmer, Mary Jane - 2nd. October 1898 - (Father Samuel Palmer) - (Mother ?)

Palmer, Margaret - 1903

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Erected by James Palmer of Newtownards
Palmer, Sarah - 20th. December 1854 aged 3 - {b.c1851} - Daughter of above James
Palmer, James (The above) - 22nd. October 1864 aged 38 - {b.c1826}

flag-australia.gif (8718 bytes) Palmer, Esther Jane - 2nd. February 1913 - Of Heart Failure @ Pirie, Australia - Wife to Samuel Palmer
Palmer, Alexander - 2nd. July 1916 aged 19 18 Kimberley Buildings Rifleman 8836 15th R.I. Rifles Died of Wounds

Son of William and Martha Palmer of 18 Kimberley Buildings, Newtownards.

flag-new-zealand.gif (9615 bytes) Palmer, Robert - 12th. October 1917 - WW1 - A rifleman -   Died at Paschendale serving with the New Zealand Forces - Mother M. Palmer

Palmer, Margaret - 1924

Palmer, Margaret - 24th. February 1929 aged 73 - {b.c1856} - A widow of South Street
10th. May 1929 - Palmer, Margaret of South Street Newtownards county Down widow died 24 February 1929 Probate Belfast 10 May to John Alexander Palmer hairdresser and Agnes Palmer spinster. Effects £221-10s.

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Palmer, Alexander - 18th. November 1848 aged 21 - {Father James Palmer} - Married Nancy Mahood aged 21 - {Father Samuel Mahood}

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Palmer, Agnes a weaver of Mark Street - 12th. November 1849 - {Father John Palmer a farmer} - Married Robert Armstrong @ St. Marks Parish Church

Palmer, James - 17th. June 1850 aged 20 - {b.c1830} - {Father James Palmer} - Married Sarah Palmer aged 21 - {Father James Palmer}

Palmer, Robert a fisherman of Portavogie - 15th. October 1851 aged 19 - {Father John Palmer} - Married Mary Mahood aged 21 - {Father James or Samuel Mahood}

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Mary Mahood and Samuel Palmer in later life

Palmer, James - 23rd. January 1857 aged 22 - {b.c1835} - {Father James Palmer} - Married Elizabeth Hays - {Father Archibald Hays}
@ Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Andrew - 2nd. June 1860 aged 22 - {b.c1838} - {Father Robert Palmer of Greyabbey} - Married Esther McCliment aged 21 - {Father Robert McCliment}

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) White, Susan a widow nee Palmer aged 40 - 2nd. September 1868 - {Father John Palmer} - Married Nathaniel Piper a widower aged 48 - {Father James Piper}

Palmer, Agnes - 25th. September 1871 - {Father Robert Palmer a labourer of Ballyhaft} - Married John McGrattan
Witnesses were John Anderson and Robert McCully

Palmer, James - 2nd. July 1879 - Married Eliza Jane Robinson @ the Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, William 10th. August 1880 - Married Margaret Haggen @ the Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Sarah Jane - 20th. July 1880 - Married Robert Drysdale @ Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Margaret - 8th. August 1883 - Married John Carson  in Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Robert - 28th. June 1884 - Married Agnes Adair @ the Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Alexander - 27th. October 1884 - Married Mary Anne McClement @ Presbyterian Church, Regent Street, Newtownards

Palmer, Agnes - 1st. February 1889 - Married Jarvis McMaster @ Presbyterian Church, Regent Street

Palmer, Elizabeth - 10th. August 1893 - (Father John Palmer a labourer) - Married Joseph Hill a labourer - (Father Isaac Hill a labourer) - @ Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church, Greenwell Street, Newtownards - Elizabeth and Joseph had both only lived for 1 year in Newtownards
Witnesses were William Clarke and Ellen Carson

Palmer, Robert - 19th. March 1895 - Married Margaret Jane Murphy @ the Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, William a farmer of Ballywhiskin - 20th. March 1896 - (Father John Palmer a farmer) - Married Martha Pollock - (Father Alexander Pollock a farmer of Ballyhay)
Witnesses were John Beattie and Ellen J. Doggart - See also William Pollock 20/03/1896

Palmer, David - 31st. January 1901 - Married Alice Reid in Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Anna Elizabeth - 19th. June 1901 - Married William John Hastings @ Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, George - 26th. November 1902 - Married Margaret Bella Glenn @ Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Sarah - 29th. December 1909 - Married James Hughes in Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Mary Ann - 11th. August 1915 - Married William Gilliland @ St. Marks Parish Church

Palmer, Rachael Elizabeth - 30th. September 1915 - Married Alfred O'Brien in Presbyterian Church, Regent Street

Palmer, William John - 26th. February 1918 - Married Margaret Ambrose @ Second Presbyterian Church

Palmer, Anna Elizabeth - 9th. December 1918 - Married William Donnan @ Second Presbyterian Church

Palmer, Essie - 5th. September 1919 - Married Francis Young @ the Newtownards Registry Office

Palmer, Elloner - 26th. May 1919 - {Father Alexander Palmer b. Carrowdore} - Married Sidney G. Wright @ St. Marks Parish Church

Palmer, James - 13th. January 1921 - Married Margaret Doherty @ St. Marks Parish Church

Palmer, Adam - 26th. May 1921 - Married Isabella McCauley @ St. Marks Parish Church

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Palmer, Samuel - 14th. April 1898 - Arrived in New York aboard the "Majestic" from Liverpool,. To meet his uncle Sam Piper of 850 Orval Avenue, Kansas City

1901 Census - Residents of a house 44 in Victoria Avenue (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Palmer Samuel -5? c184? Male Head of Family Presbyterian Portavogie General Labrourer Married
Palmer Ann Jane 42 c1859 Female Wife Presbyterian Innishargie Embroider Married
Palmer Anna Bella 17 c1884 Female Daughter Presbyterian Portavogie,n Knitter in Factory Not Married
Palmer James 16 c1885 Male Son Presbyterian Portavogie General Labourer Not Married
Palmer Robert 6 c1895 Male Son Presbyterian Ballyeasboro School Not Married
Palmer Samuel 3 c1898 Male Son Presbyterian Ballyeasboro - Not Married
Palmer Mary Jane 2 *1898 Female Daughter Presbyterian Newtownards - Not Married
Palmer Maggie 1 c1900 Female Daughter Presbyterian Newtownards - Not Married

Soon after arriving in Newtownards from Ballyeasboro Samuel left his wife Ann Jane and moved to Troon in Scotland
Useful link for more info on this family HERE

1911 Census - Residents of a house 11 in Donaghadee Road (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Palmer William 43 Male Head of Presbyterian Ballyeasborough Gl Labourer Married 15 - 6
Palmer Martha 38 Female Wife Presbyterian Killaughy Down - Married 15 6 6
Palmer Alexander 14 Male Son Presbyterian Ballyhay Down Packer - - - -
Palmer Adam 9 Male Son Presbyterian Ballywhiskin Down Scholars - - - -
Palmer Isabella 7 Female Daughter Presbyterian Ballywhiskin Down Scholars - - - -
Palmer Robert J "Bob" 6 Male Son Presbyterian Ballygarvan Down Scholars - - - -
Palmer Samuel 4 Male Son Presbyterian Ballywhiskin Down - - - - -
Palmer George 2 Male Son Presbyterian Newtownards - - - - -

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

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Palmer Margaret 53 Female Head of Protestant C Ireland Down - Widow 30 5 3
Palmer Robert 16 Male Son Protestant C Ireland - Painter Single - - -
Palmer Agnes 15 Female Daughter Protestant C Ireland - Box Folder Single - - -
Palmer John 13 Male Son Protestant C Ireland - Scholar Single - - -

Margaret was the 3rd. wife to James Palmer

1911 Census - Residents of a house 54 in Loughriscouse (Newtownards North, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
McConnell Margaret 69 c1842 Female Wife Presbyterian Co Down Farmer Widow - - -
McConnell Lizzie 40 c1871 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down - Single - - -
McConnell John 36 c1875 Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Farmer Son Single - - -
McConnell Ellie 34 c1877 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down - Single - - -
McConnell William S 32 c1879 Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Farmer Single - - -
McConnell Margaret 29 c1882 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down - Single - - -
McConnell Sara 25 c1886 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Book-Keeper Single - - -
Palmer Alexander 55 c1856 Male Servant Presbyterian Co Down Farm Servant Married - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 5 in Mary Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Palmer Ellen Jane 51 Female Head of Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore - Married 32 13 12
Palmer Ellenor 24 Female Daughter Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Embroiderer Stitcher Single 32 13 12
Palmer Mary Ann 22 Female Daughter Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Hem Stitcher Single - - -
Palmer Alexander 20 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Drapers Assistant Single - - -
Palmer Samuel McClure 17 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Drapers Apprentice Single - - -
Palmer John 15 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Shoemakers Apprentice Single - - -
Palmer Maggie 13 Female Daughter Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Scholar Single - - -
Palmer James 11 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Scholar Single - - -
Palmer David 9 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Carrowdore Scholar Single - - -
Palmer Sarah 6 Female Daughter Ch. of Ire. Newtownards Scholar Single - - -
Palmer William Jackson 3 Male Grand Son Ch. of Ire. Newtownards Scholar Single - - -
Palmer Thomas 4 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Newtownards Scholar Single - - -

1901 the family lived in Carrowdore - Father was Alexander Palmer aged 40 - See above Loughriescourse for possible link

1911 Census - Residents of a house 3 in Mary Street Place (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Palmer Joseph 29 Male Head of Ch. of Ire. England Labourer Married - - -
Palmer Margarett 25 Female Wife Ch. of Ire. England Hand Embroidery Married 8 4 4
Palmer Archibald 7 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Down Scholar Single - - -
Palmer Hansiana 6 Female Daughter Ch. of Ire. Down Scholar Single - - -
Palmer Joseph 4 Male Son Ch. of Ire. Down - Single - - -
Palmer Ella 1 Female Daughter Ch. of Ire. Down - Single - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 32 in Victoria Avenue (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Palmer Anne Jane 52 Female Head of Presbyterian Co Down - Married 28 8 6
Palmer Anna Bella 27 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Machine Spoker Single - - -
Palmer James 26 Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Labourer Single - - -
Palmer Robert 16 Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Machine Folder Single - - -
Palmer Samuel 13 Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single - - -
Palmer Mary Jane 12 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single - - -
Palmer Maggie 11 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single - - -

Robert, Samuel and Mary Jane later left their mother to join their father in Troon, Scotland

1912 Robert signed the Ulster Covenant whilst in Troon, he signed ir c/o Mrs.Samuel Palmer

1912 Samuel Palmer signed the Ulster Covenant whilst in Troon, he signed it c/o George Burch of John Street

Palmer, James - Date under research - (Father James Palmer) - (Mother Agnes Nancy Piper) - Was committed to an asylum

Served WW1

flag-new-zealand.gif (9615 bytes) Palmer, Robert - New Zealand Forces - Son of Mrs.M.Palmer
flag-canada.gif (9307 bytes) Palmer, Robert J. "Bob" - 1927 - Emigrated to Toronto, Ontario. Canada
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