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Michael Montgomery
b: 1784 d: 4/4/1862
Michael was Calum's and Jamie's great great great great grandfather.
Michael was a shoemaker who resided in Ballyculter, near Strangford, County
Down, Ireland. Little is known of his life, excpet that he had at least two sons, Robert and William.
Michael died at the age of 78 on April 4th 1862, and was buried in the
graveyard of Ballyculter Church of Ireland. It is not yet known what else is on the gravestone, or who he married, but from
his son's marriage entry in 1853 Michael must have married prior to 1832.
CHILDREN of MICHAEL MONTGOMERY and (UNKNOWN):
Robert Montgomery
b: abt 1832 d: 1???
Robert was Calum's and Jamie's great great great grandfather - see below.
William Montgomery
b: 18?? d: ????
William was noted as one of the two witnesses at Robert's wedding in 1853. He was further noted in
Griffiths Evaluation as residing at Ballyculter Upper.
Michael Montgomery
b: 18?? d: 1???
Michael was listed in Griffiths Evaluation as being resident at Ballyculter Lower.
 Robert Montgomery
b: before 1832 d: ????
Robert was Calum's and Jamie's great great great great grandfather.
Robert was listed as father to John Montgomery on
January 5th 1892, in the Belfast register for John's marriage to Matilda Jane Taylor.
Robert was in fact a shoemaker who originated from the Ballyculter area of County Down, near Strangford. He married
Mary Anne McKeown on August 12th 1853 at Ballyculter Church of Ireland. The wedding entry tells us that he
was listed as being of full age, which would place his birth before 1832. The witnesses to his marriage were William
Montgomery, most likely a brother, and John Thompson, whilst his father was listed as Michael Montgomery,
a shoemaker. The officiating minister was the Reverend J. F. Gordon of Ballyculter Church of Ireland.
Robert and Mary Anne settled in Strangford and had at least three children. Robert was further recorded
at Strangford in Griffiths Evaluation.
CHILDREN of ROBERT MONTGOMERY and MARY ANNE McKEOWN:
(Unknown) Montgomery
b: 21/2/1864
This male child of Robert and Mary Anne was discovered through the IGI, but his christian
name is as yet uinknown. He was born in Strangford, County Down on February 21st 1864.
Samuel Montgomery
b: 14/6/1866
Samuel was born on June 14th 1866 at Strangford, County Down, Ireland.
William John Montgomery
b: 1/8/1868 d: 19??
William was Calum's and
Jamie's great great great grandfather - See below.
Isabella Montgomery - unconfirmed
b: 18??
Isabella is listed as being a witness to William John's wedding, and is believed to be his sister,
but until this is confimed it remains only as a likely possibility.
William John Montgomery
1/8/1868 - after 1931
William, more colloquially known by his middle name of John, was Calum's
and Jamie's great great great grandfather.
John was born in Downpatrick, Strangford, County Down, Ireland on August
1st 1868 (source: Emerald Ancestors).
John married Matilda Jane Taylor on January 5th 1892 at St. Enoch's Church of Ireland in Belfast. He was listed as 'John Montgomery' and described
as being of full age, i.e. 21 or older, and of being a clerk, resident in Belfast. His father Robert was
also noted as being a clerk. The witnesses to the wedding were John McCormick and Isabella Montgomery,
presumably a relative, whilst the minister was the Reverend William Wallace.
In March 1895, John and Matilda were noted in his daughter Charlotte's birth
register entry as living at 50 Seaview Street in Belfast. John was described this time as a seaman by trade. There is
no further trace of them until the 1899 and 1900 Belfast and Ulster Street Directories, in which John is found listed as a
sailor at 6 Cavour Street in Belfast.
In the 1901 census, John's wife Matilda was noted as being the head of the family home at 6 Cavour
Street. This could perhaps imply that John was at sea when the census was taken.
On July 2nd 1919, when his daughter Charlotte married to Ernest Graham, John was noted as her father, and as being a fireman, although it is believed that this in fact
means that he was a stoker on a ship. The 1923 to 1931 Belfast Street directories list him further as a John Montgomery,
seaman, residing at 14 Esmond Street.
CHILDREN of WILLIAM MONTGOMERY and MATILDA
TAYLOR:
Charlotte Harper Montgomery
b: 6/3/1895 d: 29/4/1974
Charlotte was Calum's and Jamie's great great grandmother - see below.
William John Montgomery - unconfirmed
b: 1904 d: 28/6/1950
This William died on June 28th 1950 at 44 Pernau Street, Shankill townland
of Belfast, and was listed as a married labourer who was Church of Ireland by way of religion. The cause of death was pulmonary
tuberculosis. William was buried in a grave at Glenalina Cemetery, Belfast.
Charlotte Harper Montgomery
7/3/1895 - 29/4/1974
Charlotte was Calum's and Jamie's great
great grandmother.
Charlotte was born on March 6th 1895 at 50 Seaview Street, just off the York Road in
Belfast. The informant to the registrar was Catherine Rogers of 4 Cavour Street, who was present at the birth (GRONI:1895/Belfast
urban no 2/61/154).
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| Charlotte's signature on the declaration of loyalty, 1912 |
In 1912, Charlotte, along with nearly 250,000 other
Protestant Ulster woman, signed a declaration of loyalty to the Crown in the advent of possible Home Rule for Ireland,
on Saturday, September 28th 1912, also known as "Ulster Day". At the time of the declaration, Charlotte was living with her
mother Matilda at 6 Cavour Street, in the district of St. Anne's, Belfast. But whilst Matilda signed the
declaration at Belfast City Hall, Charlotte opted to sign her name at the Orange Hall on Clifton Street, in the presence of
B. Patrick of 19 Glandore Avenue (PRONI).
Charlotte married Ernest Graham on July 2nd 1919 at St. Matthew's Church of Ireland in Belfast, just three years prior to the partition
of Ireland. At the time of the wedding, she was resident at 14 Esmond Street, Belfast, whilst Ernest lived at 7 Grey Street.
The officiating minister was the rector, Robert Walker, whilst the witnesses were Hugh Gibson and Lilian
McCracken.
Between 1934 and 1974 Charlotte was still living
at 14 Esmond Street in Belfast. Her husband Ernest died in 1942 at the early age of 49, and she spent the next 25 years as
a widow.
Calum's and Jamie's grandmother Cherie
believes that her own grandmother Charlotte may have had some link to the area of Downpatrick, as during the Second
World War produce was sent by her and her husband to the family in Belfast to supplement their rations, usually in the form
of extra eggs and butter.
Cherie has many fond memories of her grandmother, recalling
that she was a member of the spiritualist church on the Shakill, along with her husband. Cherie also remembers that she was
a real fun loving woman who would happily allow her grandchildren to jump up and down on the bed in her house without
telling them off. She was a heavy smoker, except when she had the flu, when she would suddenly stop until she was better, at
which time she would resume the habit. She also regularly visited a club on the Shankill called the White Feather. Cherie
describes her as having been quite a small woman, about five foot in height, with gray hair formed in a wave with a wee sausage
roll hair style along the end of her hair around her neck. Cherie recalls how her granny used to love watching kids
play out on the street from her house window, and described her as a complete angel, whom she loved to bits, unlike her
other granny, who was a complete dragon!
Charlotte died at Belfast City Hospital on April 29th 1974. The cause was
certified as tricuspid incompetence, ischeamic heart disease and coronary atherosclerosis. Charlotte's son informed the
Belfast registrar of her death on the 29th (GRONI:D74/81/1860).
Upon her death, the house passed onto her daughter Irene
for a couple of years, before being vacated.
The following notices were put in the Belfast Telegraph
after Charlotte's death in 1974:
Monday, April 29th 1974
GRAHAM
- April 29 1974, at hospital, Charlotte, dearly loved wife of the late Ernest Graham, 14 Esmond Street. Funeral arrangements
later - Very deeply regretted.
Tuesday,
April 30th 1974
GRAHAM - April 29th 1974, at hospital, Charlotte, dearly loved wife of the late Ernest Graham, 14
Esmond Street. Funeral from Belfast Co-operative Society. Funeral church 90 Shankill Road tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11am to
City Cemetery (service 10.45am). Deeply regretted by the sorrowing family circle.
GRAHAM - The Employees of the Litho
Room, William W.Cleland, tender their deepest sympathy to their colleague, J.Graham, on the death of his mother.
GRAHAM
- the Supervision and Employees of the Contact Shop, STC Monkstown, regret to learn of the death of the mother of their esteemed
colleague Irene Gamble and tender to her and family circle their deepest sympathy.
CHILDREN of CHARLOTTE MONTGOMERY
and ERNEST GRAHAM:
Ernest Graham
b: 17/3/1922 d: 23/10/1972
Florence Graham
b:
19??
Irene Graham
b: 19??
John M. Graham
b: 19??
Connecting to Calum and Jamie
Charlotte Harper married Ernest Graham pre 1922
Son, Ernest Graham, married Martha Jane Elisabeth Watton Smyth in 1943
Daughter, Charlotte Harper Graham,
married Colin Paton in 1969
Son, Christopher Mark Paton, married Claire Patricia Giles in 2000
Sons, Calum
Graham Paton and Jamie Christopher Paton.
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