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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, and was stated to have
been a clerk.
CHILDREN of ROBERT MONTGOMERY:
John Montgomery
b: 1868 d: 19??
John 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.
 John Montgomery
1868 - after 1931
John Montgomery was Calum's and Jamie's great great great grandfather.
John was born in approximately 1868. He married Matilda Jane Taylor on January 5th 1892 at St. Enoch's Church of Ireland in Belfast. He was 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.
In the 1911 census, John was noted as residing with his family at 6 Cavour Street in North Belfast
(parish of Shankill), of being a 43 year old fireman who could read and write, born in Belfast, and who was Church of
Ireland by way of religion. He was stated to have been married for 19 years and of having fathered six children, with only
three alive at the time of the census. It is believed that the term fireman in fact meant that he was a stoker on a ship.
On July 2nd 1919, when his daughter Charlotte married to Ernest Graham, John was noted as her father, and as being a fireman. The 1923 to 1931 Belfast Street directories
list him further as a John Montgomery, seaman, residing at 14 Esmond Street.
It is not yet known when John passed away.
CHILDREN of JOHN 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.
David Taylor Montgomery
b: 1903
David was born in 1903, as noted in the Emerald Ancestors index. In the 1911 census for Belfast he
was noted as residing at 6 Cavour Street in North Belfast (parish of Shankill), of being a 9 year old scholar who could read
and write, born in Belfast, and who was Church of Ireland by way of religion.
Mary Harper Montgomery
b: 1904
Mary was born in 1904, as noted in the Emerald Ancestors index. In the 1911 census for Belfast
she was noted as residing at 6 Cavour Street in North Belfast (parish of Shankill), of being a 6 year old scholar who
could read and write, born in Belfast, and who was Church of Ireland by way of religion.
Unknown Montgomery
b: ???? d: bef 1911
The 1911 census showed that Matilda had had six children with only three alive by 1911.
Unknown Montgomery
b: ???? d: bef 1911
The 1911 census showed that Matilda had had six children with only three alive by 1911.
Unknown Montgomery
b: ???? d: bef 1911
The 1911 census showed that Matilda had had six children with only three alive by 1911.
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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