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McBlain, Mary - 1835 - {Father John McBlain a labourer} - {Mother .........}
McBlain, Elizabeth - 1837 - {Father John McBlain a labourer} - {Mother .........}
McBlain, Stewart - 1840 - {Father John McBlain a labourer} - {Mother .........}

McBlain, Elizabeth - 12th. January 1836 - {Wife to George Montgomery} - Mother of Thomas Montgomery

McBlain, Mary - 1st. December 1836 - {Wife to William Ditty} - Mother of James Ditty

McBlain, Stewart - 1845

McBlain, Jane - 23rd. December 1850 - {Wife to Edward Ferguson a farmer of Scrabo Isles} - Mother of William John Ferguson Family emigrated to Canada in 1855 The family settled first in Southampton then finally in Owen Sound where the parents later died. William John went to public school between the ages of 6 and 17 after which he entered business life as a mercantile clerk with George Craig at Port Elgin. In 1871 he entered the employ of T.Eaton and Co. of Toronto and after 3 years he became connected with Page and Sons. dry goods merchants. A year later he became connected with the McMasters wholesale dry goods house in 1876 and in 1876 arrived in Stratford. From that time on his career was impressive when he opened a small dry goods store of his own. He went on to become one of the citys leading merchants after opening an Arcade which was one of the most prominent commercial enterprises in the city. The Arcade faced onto Market, Ontario and Erie Streets the busiest in Stratford, he became renowned for the quality of his goods which were sourced in Canada, Great Britain, France and Germany. He went on to become involved in many of the citys various organisations.{Excerpt from the book Ontario, its resources and development by Alexander Fraser 1907

McBlain, Thomas John - 20th. April 1866 - {Father Robert McBlain a clerk} - {Mother Jane Lowry}
McBlain, William James - 9th. July 1867 - {Father Robert McBlain a clerk} - {Mother Jane Lowry}
McBlain, Julius McCullough - 1st. October 1868 - {Father Robert McBlain a clerk} - {Mother Jane Lowry}
McBlain, David - 24th. October 1869 - {Father Robert McBlain a clerk} - {Mother Jane Lowey}

McBlain, Daniel - 1865 - Greyabbey

McBlane, David - 15th. June 1867 - [Father David McBlain} - {Mother Jane McBlane}

McBlain, William - 1867

McBlain, Elizabeth - 17th. September 1868 - {Father David McBlain} - {Mother Jane McBlain} - Date under research

McBlain, John - 18.. - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, Margaret - 18.. - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, William - 18.. - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, Agnes - 14th. December 1867 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, Mary - 4th. July 1869 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, Stewart - 31st. May 1872 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, David - 1873 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, James - 30th. January 1876 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling} - @ William Street
McBlain, Eliza - 7th. November 1878 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling}
McBlain, Margaret - Twin - 4th. May 1881 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling} - {sic} @ Movilla Street - LDS state birth 27th. Feb.1881
McBlain, Jane - Twin - 4th. May 1881 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling} @ Movilla Street - LDS state birth 27th. Feb.1881

McBlain, Ellen Jane - 1903 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Maggie Shields} - Image below
McBlain, James - 5th. January 1908 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Maggie Shields}
McBlain, John - 28th. February 1911 - {Father Stewart McBlain of Movilla Street} - {Mother Maggie Shields} @ Movilla Street
McBlain, Joseph - 1920 - {Father Stewart McBlain of Movilla Street} - {Mother Maggie Shields}
Thanks to Anne Forbes for much of the info

McBlain, James - 1905 - {Father James McBlain of 38 Movilla Street} - {Mother Anne Mary White} - At 38 Movilla Street - Image below
McBlain, Stewart - 5th. June 1906 - {Father James McBlain of 38 Movilla Street} - {Mother Anne Mary White}- At 38 Movilla Street - Image below
McBlain, Henry "Pal or wee Harry" - 1907 - {Father James McBlain of 38 Movilla Street} - {Mother Anne Mary White}- At 38 Movilla Street - Image below
McBlain,Mary Wilhelmina/Minnie - 1908- (Mother Minnie/Wilhelmina White) - At 38 Movilla Street
McBlain, Duncan - 1910 - (Father James McBlain) - (Mother Minnie/Wilhelmina White)
McBlain, John - 1911 - (Father James McBlain) - (Mother Minnie/Wilhelmina White)
McBlain, David - 1912 - (Father James McBlain) - (Mother Minnie/Wilhelmina White)
McBlain, Elizabeth Wilson - 1914 - (Father James McBlain) - (Mother Minnie/Wilhelmina White)

McBlain, John - 1911

McBlain, Mary - 2nd. April 1915

McBlain, William - 1909 aged 44

McBlain, Joseph - 1920

McBlain, James Cyril - 14th. October 1929

McBlain, James - 1930 - (Father Stewart McBlain 1906) - (Mother ?)
McBlain, Stewart - 1941 - At 114 East Street - (Father Stewart McBlain 1906) - (Mother ?)
McBlain, Anne - 1954 - (Father Stewart McBlain - 1906) - (Mother ?)

McBlain, Maureen - c1940s - {Father Joseph McBlain} - {Mother Annie Smith}
McBlain, Samuel - c1940s - {Father Joseph McBlain} - {Mother Annie Smith}
McBlain, William - c1940s - {Father Joseph McBlain} - {Mother Annie Smith}
McBlain, Joyce - c1940s - {Father Joseph McBlain} - {Mother Annie Smith}

H = Headstone Image

McBlen, William - 15th. May 1756 aged 73 - {b.c1683} - (Stone beside modern McBlain stone)

McBlain, Robert of Ballymoney Townland Newtownards - 9th. August 1802 aged 66 - {b.c1736}

Johnston, Jane Mrs. McBlain - 8th. January 1830 aged 27 - {b.c1803}

McBlain, John of Scrabo Isles - 6th. April 1830 aged 60 - {b.c1770}
Also 3 of his daughters... Jane,Serah and Martha who died young.
McBlain, William - 17th. August 1830 aged 29 - Of Scrabo Isles - Son of above John
McBlain, John - 9th. May 1838 aged 23 - Son of above John
McBlain, Jane - 1(5)th. October 1850 aged 74 - Wife to above John (1830)

McBlain, William - 16th. December 1864 - A grocer of Little Francis Street
2nd. February 1865 - The Will of William M'Blain late of Little Francis-street Newtownards in the County of Down Grocer deceased who died 16 December 1864 at Newtownards aforesaid was proved at Belfast by the oaths of Prudence M'Blain Widow and Alexander Arnold Grocer both of Newtownards aforesaid the Executors. - Effects under £450 - Wife was Prudence Arnold - Witnessed by William Martin of Francis Street and Robert McBlain a teacher

McBlain, James - 1867 aged 67 - {b.c1800}

McBlain, William - 1872 aged 79 - {b.c1793}

McBlain, Sophia - 1875 aged 67 - {b.c1808}

Ditty, Mary nee McBlain - 2nd. October 1877 aged 74 - {b.c1802} - Wife to William Ditty (1887)

Ferguson, Christina nee McBlain - 18th. January 1892 aged 86 years - {b.c1806} - Wife to John Ferguson

McBlain, Robert a farmer of Ballymoney - 16th. September 1892
10th. July 1892 - In the will of Robert McBlain - Executors were William and Gawn McBlain, farmers of Ballymoney...

McBlain, Andrew - 1898 aged 40 - {b.c1858}

McBlain, Stewart - 1st. January 1906 aged 58 - {b.c1848} - {Father John McBlain} - Husband of Mary Dowling - Died of Chronic Bronchitis

McBlain, William - 1909 aged 44 - {b.c1855}

McBlain, William - 1911 aged 74 - {b.c1837}

McBlain, James - 15th. November 1914 - WW1 - Private 3/6756 1st. Btn. Gordon Highlanders - Of 48 Movilla Street
{Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling} - WW1 - 3rd. Inniskilling Fusiliers - Of 60 Movilla Street - Killed in action at Flanders

McBlain, James - 17th. October 1948 aged 18 years - {b.c1930} - (Father Stewart McBlain) - (Mother Minnie/Wilhelmina White) - Lost at sea - Portland Bill

James 1914 is recorded in the Greenwell Street Presbyterian Roll of Honour as serving in 16th. Royal irish Rifles

McBlain, Mary 1917 aged 76 - {b.c1841}

McBlain, Annie - 1919 aged 72 - {b.c1847}

McBlain, Agnes - 1920 aged 71 - {b.c1849/1850}

McBlain, William - 11th. September 1943 aged 38 - El Alamein - Of 22 Upper Movilla Street - Gunner 1472662 - 5th. Bty. 2nd. Light Anti Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery
Son of Stewart and Margaret McBlain - Husband to Rose Ann Stevenson - Father of Freddy Dixon Riley, Jean, Margaret and Rosleen McBlain. - Column 36 Alamein Memorial - Margaret went on to marry Ronald Hawkins at Greenwell Street Presbyterian

McBlain, Mary - 9th. March 1995 aged 80 - Wife to Alexander Yates Smyth and mother of Isobel Parr Smyth and Dorothy Margaret Johnstone Smyth

McBlain, James Cyril - 22nd. June 2003 aged 73 - {b.c1930}

McBlain, Elizabeth - 1818 - Married George Montgomery

McBlain, John a farmer of Scrabo Isles - 18th. March 1846 - {Father William McBlain a farmer of Scrabo Isles} - Married Mary Creighton
Witnesses were Hugh McKee and Elizabeth Creighton

McBlain, Jane - 23rd. October 1846 - Married Edward Ferguson

McBlain, John - 10th. November 1846 - Married Margaret Breydon

McBlain, James - 1848 - Married ........................

McBlain, Jane - 1848 - Married ........................

McBlain, William - 1849 - Married ........................

McBlain, Mary - 1853 - Married ........................

McBlain, Sarah - 1854 - Married ........................

McBlain, Mary - 9th. September 1856 - {Father John or Thomas McBlain} - Married Dennis Graham - {Father Michael Graham}

McBlain, Nancy - 1856 - Married ........................

McBlain, Thomas - 1856 - Married ........................

McBlane, Eliza - 1858 - Married ........................

McBlain, William - 15th. September 1858 - {Father John McBlain} -  Married Prudence Arnold - {Father Alexander Arnold}

McBlain, Elizabeth - 26th. February 1859 - {Father John McBlain} - Married William Trainor

LDS - McBlain, Elizabeth - 26th. February 1859 - {Father John McBlain} - Married William Shannon - {Father James Shannon}

McBlain, James - 26th. March 1861 aged 35 - {b.c1826} - {Father William McBlain} -  Married Margaret Cornwall aged 21 - {Father Robert Cornwall}

McBlane, Robert - 1861 - Married ........................

McBlain, David - 13th. June 1862 - {Father John McBlain} - Married Sarah McGimpsey - {Father William McGimpsey}

McBlain, David - 1st. January 1865 aged 22 - {Father John McBlain} - Married Jane McBlain aged 21 - {Father George McBlain}

McBlain, Jane - 1865 - Married ........................

McBlain, Prudence - 1865 - Married ........................

McBlain, Robert a clerk - 30th. May 1865 - {Father John McBlain a farmer} - Married Jane Lowry
Witnesses were James Skillin and Ellen McCullough

McBlain, Stewart - 30th. June 1866 - {Father John McBlain} - Married Mary Dowling - {Father John Dowling}

McBlain, David - 5th. September 1892 - Married Annie Halliday
1901 Census @ Bangor

McBlain, William of Ballymoney - 2nd. August 1893 - Married Matilda Ferguson

McBlain, David - 15th. August 1893 - Married Agnes White

McBlain, Mary - 4th. August 1898 - Married Robert Morgan

McBlain, Stewart - 9th. September 1898 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling} - Married Maggie Shields

McBlain, James - 24th. December 1902 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - {Mother Mary Dowling} - Married Anne Mary "Minnie" White of 4 Church Terrace @ Greenwell Street Presbyterian
Witnesses were William Cargo and Jane McBlain

McBlain, Jane - 16th. July 1903 - Married William Taggart

McBlain, Isabella McCance of Ballywalter - 1908 - Married ........................

McBlain, Elizabeth - 16th. September 1916 - Married William Armour

McBlain, Stewart - 1929 aged 23 - {Father James McBlain} - Married Agnes Jane Sandford of Greenwell Street

McBlain, John - 3rd. February 1933 aged 22 - {Father Stewart McBlain} - Married Emily Warren Atkinson aged  @ Stevenston, Ayrshire
Family settled in Ayrshire where they had 3 children, Grace, Robert Atkinson and Stewart McBlain

McBlain, Joseph - date under research - {Father Stewart McBlain of Movilla Street} - Married Annie Smith

McClain, Mary of 66 Movilla Street - 6th. December 1937 - {Father Stewart McBlain a labourer} - Married Alexander Smyth a labourer of 6 Brenda Street, Belfast - {Father Wilson Smyth a deceased baker}
Witnessed by Hugh Adair and Lizzie Shields @ Ballyblack Presbyterian

McBlain, William - 27th. December 1771 - Offerd a joint reward see Happenings 1771

McBlain, William - 1830 - Left a will - Executor was Hugh Ferguson

McBlain, John - 1838 - Will probated - Executor was Nathaniel Ditty of Ballyalicock

McBlain, Thomas - 1846 - A Grocer of Greenwell Street

McBlain, James - 1863 - Of High Street - Leased a house,offices and yard from James Patton

McBlain, Robert - 1863 - Leased a property at 3 in Ballymoney Townland from the Marquis of Londonderry
McBlain, Robert - 1876~1882 - Leased a house,office and land at 3 in Ballymoney Townland from the Marquis of Londonderry
McBlain, Robert - 1876~1882 - Leased a house,office and land at 5 in Ballymoney Townland from the Marquis of Londonderry
McBlain, Robert - 1876~1882 - Leased land of 20 acres 0 rods 10 perches at 15b in Ballymoney Townland from the Marquis of Londonderry

McBlain, Thomas - 1863 - Of Greenwell Street - Leased a house,office,yard and garden from the Marquis of |Londonderry
And leased out 6 houses next door as below
McBlain, Thomas - 1863 - Leased out a house to James Gregory of Greenwell Street
McBlain, Thomas - 1863 - Leased out a house to John Cairns of Greenwell Street

McBlain, Thomas - 1863 - Of Little Francis Street - Leased a house,offices,garden and yard from Patrick Gilmour
McBlain, Thomas - 1863 - Of Little Francis Street - Leased a house,offices,garden and yard from Margaret Boyd

1901 Census

1901 Census - Residents of a house 5 in Ballymoney (Newtownards, Down) *

1911 - Matilda was a widow living with daughter Jane Louisa @ 6 Hamilton Road Bangor.

1901 Census - Residents of a house 32 in Movilla Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1901 Census - Residents of a house 38 in Movilla Street (Newtownards Urban, Down) *

1901 Census - Residents of a house 58 in Victoria Avenue (Newtownards Urban, Down)

McBlain, Gawn - 20th. March 1909 - A beneficiary in the will of William McBlain of Ballymoney, Craigavad. Co.Down his brother who had died 18th. January 1909

1911 Census

1911 Census - Residents of a house 7 in Ballymoney (Newtownards South, Down)

1911 Census Residents of a house 27 in Movilla Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Mary appears to have gained 10 years

1911 Census Residents of a house 32 in Movilla Street (Newtownards Urban, Down) *

Served in WW1

Additional info Dec.2012 from Anne Forbes nee McBlain - Grandaughter of James who;
Married Anne Mary White from No:4 Church Terrace, Newtownards. They married at Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church by Thomas McIlwrath on 24th December 1902 after James returned from the Boer War.  He was in the Mounted Infantry - 1st Gordons.
They lived at 38 Movilla Street, Newtownards and had 3 Children, James born 1905 Movilla Street, an artist who painted lots of pictures of
King Billy (pitures to follow). It is alledged that he painted murals on gable ends in Mill Street. James never married and died in 1980 in
Corby Northants, England
Stewart born June  1906 (my dad) born 38 Movilla Street, Newtownards who worked at Haw Hill Farm in 1929 when he married my mum Agnes Jane Sandford (cousin to Newtownards Butcher and Salvation Army man Tommy Sandford). My mum was living in Greenwell Street at the time of her marriage to my gorgeous dad. Stewart was a Piper and an upholsterer/Carpenter in his spare time.  He was in the Ulster
Volunteers (see photo enclosed) Royal Signals TA and The Royal Corps of Signals XXX Corps in WW2. Da's cousin William McBlain son of
Stewart McBlain and Maggie Shields, husband of Rose Stevenson was killed.  Not sure of the full story.
Henry (Harry) born July 1907 at the same address as his brothers. Harry married Elizabeth Norris and raised a family in Corby Northants
Harry was very tiny, I don't think he was as tall as 5ft. He was well known in Corby as 'Pal'.  He never had his shirt buttoned up and was a
fabulous gardener like all of his brothers except my dad haha.
The brothers went to Scotland to live after Harry was born, with their parents. More children followed in Scotland and then James Senior
joined the Gordon Highlanders.  He was a special reservist as he had fought in the Boer war being awarded the Queens South Africa Medal and Clasp 'Transvaal'.  James was killed in 1914 and eventually, Anne known as Minnie came back to Newtownards with her children except for one boy called John who went to Canada.  He joined his mother and siblings at no. 14 Wallaces Street

The family gradually moved to Corby in Northamptonshire where they settled

L-R Child standing to be named - Agnes Jane Sandford nee Bell with baby Audrey McBlain on her knee
Agnes Jane McBlain nee Sandford with 4 year old David McBlain on her knee - Pic. was taken in Glasgow
Pic courtesy of Anne Forbes nee McBlain Dec.2012

12th. July 1969 L-R = Jim Robinson of William St. - Tommy McHair a butcher by trade and 
Jim McBlaine who was a pioneer in the Catholic Church but often visited "the Field" with his friends.
Pic courtesy of Bill Kirk

Even after moving to England Stewart McBlain and son David still keep the faith in the 1970s
See McBlain family records for more info. - Pic added 12th. Dec. 2012

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