Family: William TWEED / Mary STEWART (F8999)

m. 6 Nov 1863


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  • Father | Male
    William TWEED

    Born  28 May 1832  County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Oct 1892  Enagh, County Derry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Ballymoney Old Church Graveyard, North Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  6 Nov 1863  Kilraughts First Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney, North Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John TWEED, ,of Magherabuoy | F8998 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary MCELHERNON | F8998 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Mary STEWART

    Born  1831  Loughabin, Kilraughts, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Jan 1911  Cranagh House, Ballysally, Coleraine, County Derry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Ballymoney Old Church Graveyard, North Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John STEWART, ,of Loughabin | F8995 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catherine | F8995 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Mary TWEED, ,school teacher

    Born  15 Mar 1868  Thalia Station, St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Nov 1938  Cranagh House, Ballysally, Coleraine, County Derry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Ballylaggan Reformed Presbyterian Graveyard, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  James KENNEDY, ,of Cranagh House, Ballysally, Coleraine, County Derry, Northern Ireland | F9000 
    Married  12 Jan 1893  Kilraughts First Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney, North Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • William and Mary married 6 November 1863 and on 21 November 1863 they left Liverpool aboard the steamer, Royal Standard, and sailed to Melbourne, Australia. The Royal Standard was the first steamer commissioned 1863 by White Star Line. The ship's manifest records that William Tweed was age 28 and his wife Mary Tweed was age 26. The ship left Liverpool on 21 November 1863, arriving in Melbourne on 9 February 1864, approximately 80 days at sea.

      The family returned to Northern Ireland about 5 years later, in 1868, when Mary, their only child, was about six months old.


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