WEIRS OF GRACEHILL/AHOGHILL ANTRIM
Hello Weirs
I am on the Irish trail of my Weirs who I am pretty sure came from the Ballymena area and am looking for any help on leads back and current family still there.
WEIR,DAVID (stone mason) m. about 1790 ELIZABETH MCILLWAINE
son COCHRANE WEIR (quarry worker) m. about 1812 SARAH KERR
COCHRANEand SARAH with 2 children ELIZABETH and DANIEL went to Dean Village, Edinburgh about 1820.Later DANIEL emigrated to New Zealand(1848).
It appears that the last contact made between the NZ and the IRISH Weirs was in 1917 when a grandson of Daniel's stayed with ANNIE BELL WEIR in Straid Mills, Gracehill.
There also seems to be some connection with a MARY BORDEN, married to American Sugar magnate AK ARBUCKLE. who was writing a family history around 1912.
Any Christmas bells ringing on this one?
kind regards all
Keith (Weir) Scott