John Bellingham

gvjohnbellingham John Bellingham so 278 Bridge St Kilrea to Emma Mulholland 1910

John was born in 1829.  John's father was Thomas Bellingham and his mother was (Margaret or Mary) Jane McCart.  His paternal grandparents were Thomas Bellingham and ???? ????. He had three brothers and five sisters, named Francis, Robert, Thomas, Fannie, Hester, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth.  He was the third oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 79 on June 12th, 1908.

• Death Notes

  Obituary Notice for John Bellingham of Kilrea
  Published June 1908
  Paper not identified but probably Coleraine Chronicle or Ballymoney  Free Press.
  Last week, on the 12th inst., one of our oldest residents, Mr. John Bellingham, passed over to the great majority after a long illness. He was buried in Kilrea churchyard, the rector, the Rev. A. E. Sixsmith, B.A., officiating. The Bellinghams have been connected with Kilrea through five generations, at least, and some of them are known to have held responsible offices in the parish in the eighteenth century. William Bellingham was one of the churchwardens for the year 1733. Again, in 1789, we find that another of the family was parish clerk of Kilrea. The Parochial Vestry “ordered that the sum of five pounds sterling be applotted and levied for the maintenance of Clotworthy Bellingham, clerk of said parish.” In the reign of George the Second, when there arose a panic in Ulster on the invasion of Scotland by the young Pretender, many associations were formed by determined men who were loyal to the House of Hanover. “William Bellingham” was among 135 names registered at Kilrea by the Rev. Michael Sampson, rector. As might be expected, our deceased friend, John, was a good churchman, and a Conservative in politics. He was an expert angler; no man knew the Bann more thoroughly – its pools and shoals and silvery reaches. He loves the white river, and when his sons in America repeatedly invited him to cross the Atlantic, he invariably replied that he couldn’t leave the Bann. He did not long survive Mrs. Bellingham, who was called away rather suddenly last autumn. Both these old neighbors had always a cheerful greeting when one met them. Their friends will continue to bear them in kindly remembrance. They have left a large family of sons and daughters, who, with one exception, are living in the United States of America, and are going forward steadily in their several paths of life. Their widowed daughter, Mrs. Emily Mulholland, remained at home faithfully, taking care of her ailing parents to the end of their days. The funeral on Monday was largely attended, the chief mourners being Messrs. Thos. Bellingham (brother), Thos. Bellingham, junr., Joseph Bellingham, James Coultr, and Thomas M’Ray (cousins).  (This last statement is not entirely correct - BG.)
  

• General Notes

  Al Luce:
  John1 Bellingham, son of Thomas Bellingham and Margaret Jane McCart, was born in Culmore, Co Antrim, No Ireland circa 1829.  John died 12 Jun 1908 in Kilrea, Co Londonderry, No Ireland, at 78 years of age.  
  He married Margaret Jane Hasty in Kilrea, Co Londonderry, No Ireland, 29 March 1853.   Margaret was born in Co Londonderry, No Ireland circa 1835.  Margaret   was the daughter of James Hasty.  Margaret died 12 Mar 1908 in Kilrea, Co Londonderry, No Ireland, at 72 years of age.  
  John worked at several occupations during his life. He started as a carpenter at the time of his marriage, he was a grocer and a laborer at various times and finally called himself a fisherman. He loved to fish the River Bann and, as a fisherman, probably acted as a fishing guide to Scots sportsmen on holiday in Ireland to catch salmon. He lived on Bridge St. in Kilrea.
  He lost three children -  unnamed, Esther and William. 
  I assume it is he who is living in Culmore in the Griffiths Valuation.  But he is scored out in 1901 and yet he didn't die until 1908.  However, his death notice suggests he may have been living with his "widowed daughter, Mrs. Emily Mulholland". (WRONG - see below)
  
  BG: This final point is incorrect.  The John Bellingham who married Margaret Hasty and died in 1908 with a "widowed daughter Emily Mulholland" was NOT living in Culmore since at least the Griffiths Valuation.  He was living in Bridge Street, Kilrea in the GV and can be seen still living there in the GVRBs right up until he is scored out in 1910 and replaced with an Emma Mulholloand.  She is scored out to Robert Elder in 1912, who in turn is scored out to Robert Peden in 1928.  Not sure if he is connected to the Tom Peden who married Tillie Bellingham, my grandmother's sister.
  
  This is him in Bridge Street in the 1901 Census:
  Residents of a house 22 in Bridge Street (Kilrea, Londonderry)
  Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses
  Bellingham    John    73    Male    Head of Family    Irish Church    Co Antrim    Fisher Man    Read and write    -    Married    -
  Bellingham    Margret    66    Female    Wife    Irish Church    Co Derry    -    Read and write    -    Married    -
  
  
  There is also a will for this John Bellingham in Dublin.  It says Derry here but when you check the calendar, it says Dublin:
  John Bellingham
  Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations
  Name    John Bellingham
  Event Type    Probate
  Event Date    12 Jun 1908
  Event Place    Londonderry
  Beneficiary's Name    Emma Mulholland
  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5F-75T
  

Details of John's family with Margaret Jane (Peggy) Hasty