Mary Jane (Jeannie) McClamont

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Mary Jane was born on April 26th, 1888.

• Birth Notes

  I need to find her birth certificate to see if she was born in Ballystrone prior to the family's move in 1897 to Lower Balteagh.  In fact, it would be useful to have all of her siblings' birth entries in order to track the family's movements at this time.
  
  Church Baptism Record
  Name:    Mary Jane McClamont    Date of Birth:    26-Apr-1888
           Date of Baptism:    29-Oct-1888
  Address:        Parish/District:    SECOND DUNBOE
  Gender:    Female    County    Co. Derry
  Denomination:    Presbyterian
  Father:    Samuel McClamont    Mother:    Anne Bella McKeown
  Occupation:        
  Sponsor 1 /
  Informant 1:        Sponsor 2 /
  Informant 2:    
  Notes:
  REV. J. S. KEERS.

Mary Jane's father was Samuel Steen [1865-Ballinrees;1901-LowerBalteagh;1925-Ardvarness/Ballywilliam] Claments and her mother was Annabella McKeown.  Her paternal grandparents were Samuel [1854-Altibrian;1865-Ballinrees;Dunalis-1868;1885-Ballystrone;] Clements and Jane [1854-Ballystrone;1897-Ballinteer] Finlay; her maternal grandparents were James  McKeown and Ellenor "Ellen" Gibson. She had six brothers and two sisters, named James, Samuel, John, Anna, David, Sarah, Ellen and Martha.  She was the second oldest of the nine children.  She died at the age of 89 on March 27th, 1978.

• Death Notes

  Buried in Second Garvagh Presbyterian Church. Bap in 2 Dunboe, confirmed by 1901 census.

• General Notes

  Living in Balteagh Lower in 1901 census.  Marriage certificate gives Ardvarness as residence in 1909.  Husband gives Ardvarness as address in 1912 Ulster Covenant.  Lived in Bridge Street, Garvagh at some time after marriage according to Moira.
  Called Jane in 1901 census.
  Used name McClements in both census and marriage certificate.
  
  I believe this is the progression of my McClements family through the parishes of Dunboe and Macosquin during the Nineteenth century:
  - My GGG G/F, James Clements, lived in Altibrian.
  - My GG G/F, Samuel Clements, was born in Altibrian circa 1830, was still in Altibrian when he married Jane Finlay in 1854 but had moved to Ballinrees for the birth of my G G/F, Samuel McClements in 1865, moved again to Dunallis for the birth and death of his son, Thomas McClements in 1868, and had moved again to Ballystrone by the time of the marriage of his daughter, Sarah McClements in 1884.
  My G G/F, Samuel Claments, having been born in Ballinrees in 1865, moved with the family to Dunallis by 1868, and then to Ballystrone by 1884, married Annabella McKeown from Ballystrone on 1885, and then moved to Lower Balteagh by 1897, where he remained during the 1901 cenus, moving to Ardvarness in 1906, where he died in 1925.
  My G/M, Jeannie McClements was in Lower Balteagh at the time of the census in 1901, moved to Ardvarness in 1906 with her father and married from there in 1909.  She probably moved with her husband to Garvagh circa 1910.
  
  Family lore has it that my grandfather was a well respected building contractor in Garvagh, who built a lot of houses but who went bankrupt because he was too nice to collect the money owed to him.  My mother also told me that his wife, my grandmother, was, in her younger days before she found religion, a spendthrift who spent my grandfather's money on dresses and hats, so much so that he was forced to place an ad in the local papers saying he would not be responsible for debts she ran up.  This is believable when you look at the photographs of her as a young women but it must also be remembered that my mother and grandmother quarelled so seriously that my parents left Garvagh in 1955.  This robbed my grandfather of the services of his only son in his building firm.  My mother's memories of her may therefore be a little coloured to say the least.  And my Aunt Moira gives an entirely different story, saying that Granny Gray was a very good woman and that she famously said the only time she was guaranteed an income was when Granda was in the army!  On the other hand, Don Turner, who lived in Garvagh for many years says that everyone thought better of Granda Gray than Granny Gray, whom they called .... (cannot remember!).
  
  Called Jane in the 1901 Census, hence I assume, her pet name, Jeannie.Jinny/Janie or whatever way it was spelled.
  1901 Census:
  Residents of a house 16 in Balteagh Lower (Letterloan, Londonderry)
  Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses
  McClements    Samuel    35    Male    Head of Family    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Labourer Agr    Read and write    -    Married    -
  McClements    Anna B    37    Female    Wife    Presbyterian    Co Derry    House-Keeper    Read and write    -    Married    -
  McClements    Ellen    14    Female    Daughter    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Part of Year Employed as Farm Servant    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
  McClements    Jane    13    Female    Daughter    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
  McClements    James    11    Male    Son    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
  McClements    Samuel    8    Male    Son    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
  McClements    Martha    5    Female    Daughter    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Cannot read    -    Not Married    -
  McClements    John    3    Male    Son    Presbyterian    Co Derry    -    Cannot read    -    Not Married    -
  McClements    Anna B    1    Female    Daughter    Presbyterian    Co Derry    -    Cannot read    -    Not Married    -
  
  1911 Census:
  Residents of a house 145 in Main Street (Garvagh, Londonderry)
  Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses    Years Married    Children Born    Children Living
  Gray    William John    23    Male    Head of Family    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Stone Mason    Read and write    -    Married    -    -    -    -
  Gray    Jeanie    23    Female    Wife    Presbyterian    Co Derry    -    Read and write    -    Married    -    3    1    1
  Gray    Sarah Evyleen        Female    Daughter    Presbyterian    Co Derry    -    -    -    Single    -    -    -    -

Details of Mary Jane's family with William John Gray