Page 27 More Pattons, Millikens and Luttons – The Douglas Family of Monzie and Fowlis Wester in Perthshire

The previous page described the first 4 children of Hugh Ferguson Patton (i) and his wife Sarah Perry but they had 5 more children. It may make for easier reading if this extensive family is divided over two pages, so this page tells about the later children born to the couple (and their descendants).

Hugh Ferguson Patton (i) and Sarah Perry’s later 5 children were Samuel Patton (i), Sarah Maria Patton, Emily Armstrong Patton, Hugh Ferguson Patton (ii) and Frederick Patton.

This page has begun reconstruction in late 2024. It will appear higgledypiggledy during this period, including references to images that are not yet loaded (or reloaded).

Samuel Patton (i) and his Descendants

Agnes Florence Milliken married Samuel Patton in July 1893. Samuel was a painter, living at 45 Corporation Street at this time. The Patton family had a long association with Corporation Street as demonstrated on an earlier page on this site. Samuel Patton had been born on 9th August 1867 to Hugh Ferguson Patton (i) and Sarah Perry. Samuel was a house painter, working his way to being a master painter like his father. Painting was a family tradition and it is likely that he started learning from his father who was a lithograph painter.

The blurred image below records Samuel’s birth at 15 North Ann Street.

Samuel was a victim of the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918, dying at his home at 34 Lendrick Street in Belfast on 20th November. He was buried at Dundonald, in plot F585. His wife lies with him.

Agnes had been born in March 1871 as shown further below.

A year after marrying the couple had a son called Edwin Milliken Patton, born at 136 Hillman Street. He was born on 7th March. His birth certificate is shown below.

Later the couple had Samuel, Elizabeth and Winnifred. Samuel’s image wobbled when scanned, unfortunately, and the ink was not terribly dark to begin with so it is quite hard to read. The house number is 15 but the street is hard to decypher. An Eliza registered the birth. Again, it is hard to read but does not appear to say Patton or Milliken.

Winnifred was born in 1897 at 83 Hillman Street. Mother Agnes registered the birth.

Elizabeth Patton was born at 72 Hillman Street in 1898:

Young Samuel (ii) was born in 1900 at the same address.

This was their address at Hillman Street when the 1901 census was taken. Present were Samuel and Agnes with three children; these were Samuel, Winnifred and Elizabeth.

By 1911 however Samuel had changed occupation and was working as a dress labourer. The family now included Hugh Ferguson Patton (ii) and Mary. In June 1910 they were living at 33 Maymount Street in Belfast. The census of 1911 showed that they had had 6 children and all were still alive.

An Agnes Patton was born in June 1909 but no Mary. It is not a case of an informal change of name as Agnes died after only 15 minutes. The death certificate indicates that she had been born prematurely.

Her death:

In fact, she was named May Eileen, not Mary. May was born at 10 Myrtle Street in Belfast in June 1906.

Edwin was absent from the Patton family on the 1901 census. This is because he was with his grandmother at that time, as shown below. Agnes’s mother was living at house 43, West Division, Carrickfergus at the time of the 1901 census. Eliza is described as a widow, Kate and Ellen as a nurse and music teacher respectively. The family is hard to find on the 1901 census as the surname is spelt “Millikin” on the index. The ages of Eliza’s daughters (48 and 42) means that their births predate civil registration. In fact, the name is spelt Milliken or Millikin inconsistently. Note the “en” on the plaque dedicated to Edwin below.

When war came Edwin joined the army. He served in the Royal Engineers and then the Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Edwin died in action in October 1917 in France. According to www.wakefield.gov.uk Edwin must have died in an attack which was part of the Third Battle of Ypres:

In April 1917, the 9th KOYLI, in Brigade, was involved in an attack, on the Hindenburg Line, near the Henin-Heninel road, near Arras. The attack made through deep snow, was stopped at the first trench line, the 9th KOYLI having incurred 182 casualties.
The third Battle of Ypres had been in progress some weeks when the 21st Division was deployed to the battlefront. On 4 October 1917, the 10th KOYLI was in support of an attack towards Reutel, their orders were to pass through the 9th KOYLI and occupy the village. The battalion advanced at 06.00 hrs. and was soon mingling with men from other battalions, who had been slowed down when skirting the swampy ground. Many casualties were sustained, but the first objective was taken.

Because of the dwindling numbers, the 10th KOYLI formed a defensive line about 150 yards in front of the first objective. The battalion remained in these positions and repulsed a number of counter-attacks, until relieved on the night of the 6 October, when they returned to Zillebeke. The 10th KOYLI incurred over 300 casualties during the operation, one of whom was Private Harry Gray, killed in action on 4 October 1917.
Private Harry Gray was initially buried near where he fell, but after the armistice, his grave was moved to Hooge Crater Cemetery. This cemetery was begun in October 1917 and at the time of the Armistice contained 78 graves, in what is now Plot I. After the Armistice, graves were brought in from the battlefields of Zillebeke, Zantvoorde and Gheluvelt and other smaller cemeteries. There are now 5923 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried, or commemorated, in the cemetery. Of these, 3579 are unidentified.

Below is a picture of the Tyne Cot Memorial:

The image below supposedly comes from the Belfast Evening Telegraph of 24th January 1918 and says that he was not killed. Sadly, this proved to be erroneous.

The document below is from Ancestry’s Register of Soldiers’ Effects. It shows the money paid to Edwin’s mother and sister after he died. This would include any backpay owed and a gratuity. There was also a £10 gratuity paid after the war ended to the nominated next of kin.

Below is the entry for Edwin in Ireland’s book of those killed in WW1.

According to an article in the Newsletter of 9th August that year, there is a plaque deducated to Edwin at St George’s Church in Ypres. This was unveiled in 2000. Unf0rtunately the images are unclear. The context of the article is the connection between the rector taking a service there being from Carrickfergus herself and a relation to Edwin Millikin Patton. She is actually a daughter of Eric Windsor, whose family is outlined on this page below.

Winnifred Patton was born 3rd September 1895 at 83 Hillman Street. She was to marry Frederick Edward John Patten, a ship’s steward, on 20th April 1920. Their marriage record is below. As can be seen, the Patton home was now 34 Lendrick Street.

An unusual event occurred at their home in April 1924, reported in several newspapers at the time. Police were investigating an accident in which the house had nearly been destroyed in an explosion. The account below is taken from the Ballymena Observer:

Frederick survived this close encounter with death and died on 22nd October 1955. At the time of death he was working as a storeman. The couple’s address then was 66 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus. Winnifred was left £747-12 shillings.

Frederick Patten’s mother Priscilla died in 1944. The newspaper report below explains that her husband had been the Chief Officer of the Coastguard.

The couple had a son named Frederick Patten who served in the RAF as a Flight Sergeant. He was killed when his bomber was brought down in a raid on Stuttgart in July 1944.

His full name was Frederick Hubert Patten. He served in the RAF with flight number 2211183 in the 75th squadron.

The Belfast Telegraph account below shows that he was posted as missing, then as presumed killed but doubtless his poor parents and family clung to hope as long as no body was found.

The image from the Larne Times in 1947 highlights the anguish for those who lost loved ones in both world wars as, in this case, it could be months or years before they knew the true fate of their family member. Many, of course, were never identified.

The newspaper clipping below from the Belfast Telegraph in February 1982 records Winnifred’s burial arrangements:

Their surviving son Stanley Patten lived with his wife Noreen in Greenisland until their deaths. Stanley had an interest in model railways and the author visited them one Saturday afternoon around 2010 with his wife (Stanley’s second cousin). Stanley had cataracts by this stage and was unable to follow through on his plans for a permanent track in the garage but took pleasure in describing what he aimed to achieve.

The next child of Samuel Patton (i) and Agnes Florence Milliken or Millikin was Elizabeth Florence Patton. She was born on 30th October 1898.

Elizabeth Patton had met a postman named married William Perry, when and where is unknown. Their wedding occurred on 17th April 1922. Elizabeth was living at her mother’s home at 34 Lendrick St in Belfast at the time and William Warkworth Street.

The marriage did not last long. William was diagnosed as suffering TB which probably made him unfit to continue as a postman. He was described as a motor driver at the time of his death. He died on 23rd May 1924, having been married less than 2 years. Note that his address was 207 Newtownards Rd by this time.

Elizabeth (known as Elsie] was to marry a second time and did not talk about her first husband. To illustrate this, once her daughter Joan saw Elsie looking at a photo of a man in a uniform and enquired as to his identity. Her mother would not answer and threw the photo on the fire. This both illustrated the tight-lipped nature of her mother and demonstrates in part why Joan was unwilling to ask the sort of questions that those pursuing family histories years later encounter and find so hard to resolve. She claimed to have been told of her mother’s first marriage by an older cousin only when she was an adult.

William was a member of the Orange Order which inserted a death notice in the newspaper expressing condolences and instructing members of his lodge to attend the funeral. William had died at an aunt’s home on 207 Newtownards Rd.

Samuel Patton (ii) was born to Samuel Patton (i) and Agnes Florence Millikin in 1900 as shown above. I understand from my wife that he married twice and that he had a daughter who died before him

Samuel is buried at Roselawn Cemetery near Belfast at F10. His address at that time was 75 Tildarg St. My wife recalls visiting him there. His death came on 26th March 1982. Also in the grave are his first wife, Margaret, who died on11th November 1965 at the age of 65 and Louise Stevenson who died on 23rd May 1987 at the age of 72.

His sister May Eileen Patton married a Thomas Green. They have a daughter who is still alive. The couple lived in East Belfast, including on Park Avenue.

Thomas Green had been born at Ballyknock to a cambric weaver in April 1904. He died on 1st October 1969 and is buried at Dundonald Cemetery with his wife and other family members. May died on 15th June 1965.

The very brief life of Agnes Patton in 1909 has already been described as above.

The final child of Samuel Patton (i) and Agnes Florence Millikin was Hugh Ferguson Patton (ii) who was born in 1910. Hugh’s birth is shown below:

He was born at 33 Maymount Street in Belfast. His mother registered the birth. Hugh married Sarah Galbraith who was around 10 years younger than himself. The wedding was at Windsor Baptist Church in Belfast on 17th September 1941. Hugh was living at 62 Park Avenue at the time; his wife’s father was dead. Hugh was a compositor.

The couple had three children. I have information from newspapers about this interesting family but as they are all still living do not wish to present it yet. None of it is negative, I hasten to add. Below is a death notice for Sarah’s brother’s wife.

Sarah died in 1980 and Hugh in 1998.

Returning to the first Hugh Ferguson Patton and his wife Sarah Perry, here is the census for their family in 1901 once again:

It shows that that only one child was still at home with the father and his second wife; Hugh the son was a lithographic painter and still at home at 148 Corporation Street. Nonetheless, the Pattons maintained a Scottish servant. Perhaps she had been with the family for many years but we cannot know this due to the loss of the previous censuses.

Sarah Maria Patton was born on 1st January 1871 at what looks like 18 North Ann St in Belfast to Hugh Ferguson Patton (i) and Sarah Perry.

Sarah went on to marry a clerk named John Lutton on 23rd October 1893. Their marriage record is below along with a newspaper announcement of the event.

John worked for an accountancy firm, probably, as he was described as a retired accountant when he died on 18th March 1925. John is buried at Belfast City Cemetery, at plot D2 402.

The couple were living at 29 Kingsmere Avenue, Cliftonville, Belfast, and this is where Sarah lived until her own death.

John’s will cannot be viewed online but probate was granted to his widow and he left £4121. According to one conversion site online, this is equivalent to £314,284.25 in 2024.

Sarah Maria Lutton died on 18th January 1961 at the family home. Probate of £3525 was granted to her son in law George Cyril Holt.

Family of John Lutton and Sarah Maria Patton:

James Alfred Lutton, 16th November 1894-

Sarah Lutton, 13th July 1896-

John Lutton, 1898- 29th January 1901

Hugh Lutton, 2nd July 1901- 14th August 1971

John Lutton, 28th November 1903-24th August 1954 (birth below)

As Joan’s daughter Helen Hanna has taken a DNA test with Ancestry, it is possible to confirm the research with DNA connections to descendants of Sarah Maria Patton. Through this, photographs have been acquired which help give greater breadth to the research.

The photo below, thanks to Susie Holt, shows Sarah Maria, her daughter and son in law and their children.

Her daughter, also Sarah, is wearing white and is seated. The uniformed figure is the younger Sarah Patton’s husband George Cyril Holt. Standing is John Lutton, flanked by his sons Hugh and James Alfred. The picture may have been taken on the couple’s wedding day (15th August 1917).

The author’s mother in law, Joan Hanna, recognised the picture and could identify Dollie (Sarah) as the woman seated in dark clothing.

The marriage certificate for George and Sarah shows that he was an officer based at Sunnyland Camp, Carrickfergus. He was a second lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, having previously been a private in the Black Watch.

The photo above shows George Holt in later life. My apologies for not citing the source: I need to check, though I’m fairly confident it is Susie Holt. His medal card is shown below:

Sarah Maria Patton and John Lutton had 5 children that I have located, the three above and a boy named John.

Below, death notice for Sarah or Dollie Holt, nee Patton, giving her address in Clifton-Upon-Teme, Worcestershire.

The couple’s eldest child was James Alfred, born on 16th November 1894 at 37 Oldpark Avenue.

Their second child was named Sarah. She was born on 13th July 1896:

John was born in October 1898 but died in January 1901. He is buried with his parents. John was born at 14 Annalee Street in Belfast, which is also where Sarah was born.

The death certificate for John Lutton shows that he died of an abcess on the brain at home on 29th January 1901.

The Lutton family on the 1901 census was not quite complete- Sarah was pregnant at the time.

What the census shows is not just that the family were Methodist but that there had been 5 children born, and 4 were alive.

The fourth member of the family was Hugh Ferguson Lutton, born on 2nd July 1901 at home.

This Hugh died on 14th August 1971 and was buried with his parents. The burial record suggests the name Musson was also used by him.

Between the two census dates another John was born, shown below.

Susie Holt’s online tree on Ancestry shows that Sarah and George had three children:
John Cyril Holt, born on 8th September 1918 in Belfast, followed by Vera in 1923 and Marie in 1925. Both these girls died in 2008. I have seen the birth registrations of John and Vera.

As for the other Lutton children, James Alfred moved to Canada before WW1 but visited home in 1923, as he returned to Canada on 4th September 1923 at St John’s.

James stood 5ft 8 inches tall and had brown hair and eyes. He gave his next of kin as his wife Elizabeth (Bertha Elizabeth Griffiths).

The document above is from Ancestry and gives a rough description of James as well as information about his brother John, already in America.

James had served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in WW1, enliisting at Fredericton, New Brunswick. His Attestation Papers have survived.

It includes a description, including that he had a scar on his left shin.The army said he had grey eyes, whereas the 1923 travel document says they were brown.

James was examined and found physically fit on 17th January 1917.There are no records to say what branch of the services he was placed in or volunteered for or if he served overseas.

The wedding certificate says that his mother was Sarah Martha rather than Sarah Maria. Doubtless he misremembered. The couple were living at 271 Duke Street, St John. This occurred on 12th August 1922.

I have not yet explored to see if James Alfred Lutton and Bertha Elizabeth Griffiths had children.

James’s brother John Lutton also crossed the Atlantic. He sailed on the SS Melita in July 1920, sailing from Liverpool. On arrival he completed forms, giving his mother as next of kin. John was travelling to settle in America. He also declared that none of the family had been in an asylum and that he did not have TB or epilepsy.

The travel document includes a description so we know that John was said to be 5ft 6 inches tall, had fair complexion, grey eyes and brown hair. He did not travel alone- his father came as well. John was also apparently intending to live in Canada permanently, stating that he would be going to his son James at 88 Lancaster Avenue, St John.

We are left to ponder, did he intend for his wife to follow once he was settled or had they separated? Sarah was certainly in Belfast as he gave her as next of kin and their home address. Perhaps other family members can clarify this. Perhaps I am merely misunderstanding the document and it really means that only the younger son was intending to stay.

Whatever the way of it, John Lutton the elder died in Belfast at 29 Kingsmere Avenue in March 1925. He left a reasonably large sum of money behind but it is not possible to view the image of the will.

Sarah Maria, his wife, lived on many years and died at the same address in January 1961. She, too left a decent sum of money behind.

The couple’s daughter Sarah had married George Cyril Holt in August 1917. At this time he was an army officer encamped at Carrickfergus. His signature shows that he was a 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles.

A photograph further above shows him in his uniform.

Returning to John Lutton and Sarah Maria Patton’s youngest son John, we saw above how he travelled to America. John seems to have lived an interesting life. My thanks to Susie Holt for some of the information about him, much of which is conformed by Ancestry and Find my Past documents.

John married three times. HIs first wife was Mildred Walters who died in 1987.

The federal census of 1930 saw John as a boarder at 2210 Corunna Rd, Genesee, Michigan. John was a labourer in a paper warehouse. He said he was naturalised in 1923.

John and Mildred married in 1934 in Angola, Indiana and divorced on 1st September 1940 in Michigan. You can read for yourself what is cited as the reason.

Prior to the divorce the couple and their children were living at 2234 Tiffin St in Flint. Their children were named John and Ingrid. John was now a superintendent in a warehouse.

Nonetheless, the couple had two children together and I am aware that there were grandchildren. If any of them would like to add details, photos etc they would be most welcome.

John married again, this time to Hazel Ruth Kluck. This marriage did not last long and after divorcing her John went on to marry Beulah Stewart Christenson. This marriage endured until John’s premature death in Flint, Genesee Michigan on 24th August 1954.

I have not found details about the second marriage and divorce except through the third marriage certificate reference and references on Ancestry from other people’s trees. As you can see, the wedding took place on 5th September 1947. His third wife was also on her third marriage, though it seems that she was widowed twice.

John was called up when in November or December 1942. His draft card showed that John was living at 2013 Detroit St in Flint. He did not give his former wife as a contact but someone named Pauline Taylor. Whether she was another lady friend or a relative is not known.

After John’s death his third wife applied for a military headstone and this was granted.

The headstone confirms what the application card says, that John served in the HQ Company of the 2nd Battalion 45th Armored (sic) Regiment. John was not long with the colours, being with the regiment from 3rd December 1942 until 7th April 1943.

The next child born to Hugh Ferguson Patton (i) and Sarah Perry was a boy who came to be called Hugh Ferguson Patton but at the time of birth registration no name had been decided. He had been born on 9th September 1875 at 18 North Ann Street.

Technically, as he is the elder and from an earlier generation I should label him as Hugh Ferguson Patton ii but as there is little information on his family as yet I will resist that hassle.

Here is the census for Hugh Ferguson Patton and Sarah Perry’s family in 1901 once again:

It shows that this Hugh was a lithographic painter and still at home at 148 Corporation Street.

Hugh married Minnie Deans on 12th July 1905 at Frederick St Methodist Church.

The 1911 census saw the couple living at house on Buller St. They had had no children born alive, they said, and both said they could speak Irish.

The couple had a son named Hugh Alexander Patton, born in 1912 at their Buller St home, as shown above. This Hugh died in 1998. Belfast City Council have done a wonderful job in digitising their burial records but there is a simple transcription in his Christian name: “High” instead of Hugh.

Missing from the plot is Minnie’s husband Hugh; I have not yet located his death. Hugh Alexander was living at 7 Sloan Court off the Lisburn Road at the time of his death. Mother Minnie had been living at 3 Tasmania St when she died, although she actually died at the Mater Hospital. On March 2nd 1956 young Hugh placed a memorial to his mother in a newspaper.

STILL TO COME: Frederick Patton and Margaret Gibson’s Family

The Millikens WORK IN PROGRESS AND UNDER REORGANISATION!

Let’s look at Samuel Patton (i)’s wife Agnes Florence Milliken and her family now. The first thing to note is that the spelling varies from person to person and record to record; it may be Millikin or Milliken.

The earliest back I have traced is to a watchmaker named Thomas Milliken. I know nothing of his wife or any other children, only that this was the name of Samuel Milliken’s father. Samuel Milliken was born around 1805 and married Eliza Hyndman or Hindman. Samuel was a publican in Carrickfergus.

At the time of the wedding he described himself as a grocer. I understand that grocers could sell spirits then. She could not write her name but he could write his. Samuel’s father was a watchmaker named Thomas, her father was described as a mariner named Robert.

Kate and Ellen were the other two daughters of Eliza Milliken. They were living with her in 1901 at her Carrickfergus home. Kate was a nurse and Ellen a music teacher. Eliza herself was a grocer and draper. Her name will probably be found in the Street Directory.

The entry below from the 1911 census shows the family. Again, Eliza is shown as head of the family. With her again are Ellen and Kate and Edwin. There is also Eliza’s son Thomas Millikin who is aged 42. This means his birth should be recorded on civil records. There is also a grandson named Eric Windsor, born in England around 1905.

One down-side to marriages before 1864 is the likelihood of children whose births are not recorded on civic records, though churches may have records. As the wedding occurred at Ballycarry Presbyterian Church it is possible that there are records of children there.

The eldest child was apparently Ellen Jane Milliken and she must have been born between 1861 and 1863 as she does not appear on the 1864 birth records. The burial notice by Eric Windsor in 1931 describes her as the eldest daughter of the couple.

The document below shows the birth of Thomas in March 1869. He seems to be the fourth child.

They had another child named Maria Hanna in 1864 whilst living at Lower Woodbourne in Carrickfergus. Samuel described himself as a grocer and spirit dealer. Maria Milliken died aged 23 in 1887:

Catherine Gordon Millikin was born to the couple in 1867. The registrar cannot have thought that anyone 150 years later would want to read his writing. Even the year is hard to decypher. Father was a shopkeeper now.

Agnes Florence Millikin (Florrie) was born in March 1871 at the same address.

Samuel Milliken died on 3rd October 1880 at Lower Woodhouse. The cause of death was stricture of the urethra.

His widow Eliza lived many years afterwards, as she died on 24th December 1927 at Lower Woodhouse, Carrickfergus of influenza. She was said to 83 years old. Probate was granted in March 1928 to a merchant named David Bell. She left effects valued at £81-5-3. The image is not available to view. The person registering the death was Eric Windsor, grandson.

One key thing to note about Samuel Milliken and his wife Eliza Hyndman is the discrepancy in their ages combined with his age at the time these children were born. In fact, Samuel’s will makes clear that he had been married previously and that he had a son named John from that marriage. I have not been able to trace this marriage successfully, unfortunately, as it was before civil registration began (1845).

Samuel Millliken was an Orangeman and newspapers in July 1873 and 1874 described how he led the local lodge at the Twelth of July celebrations:

Eliza’s name also appeared in the newspaper in her own right, being the victim of a crime. This is taken from the Belfast Newsletter but I did not record the year:

Turning back once again to Samuel Milliken’s first family, we are most fortunate to have a successful penson application record for a daughter.

The Liberal Government of 1906-1910 had brought in an entitlement to pensions throughout the UK, albeit not as sweeping as later came to be the case. People who were claiming entitlement had to state where they were born and as much as they could remember about their parents. Civil servants then searched the 1841 or 1851 census papers. In some cases all we have is a surname for the person applying and handwritten message that nothing was found.

In other cases information which would otherwise have been lost is found. This is the case with the Millikens, the form below showing that Samuel’s first wife was a Jane Holmes and they had married in 1835.

It does not include all the census information (it doesn’t actually state the year but we can deduce 1851 from the year of marriage and son George’s age being 15) but tells us that the couple had three more children as well as John. John was born around 1847. George was born around 1836, Ann 1838 and Jane 1844.

We do not know when or how Samuel’s first wife died, unfortunately, and we do not know what became of the eldest three children. John must have been alive when his father’s will was written. This is an area still to explore.

There is no sign of any of these births among the 600,000 records transcribed and available to view on the Ulster Historical Foundation website, unfortunately.

There must have been another child, Mary, born after the 1851 census. Evidence for this comes from her marriage certificate. She was a minor when she married 26 year old Joseph Young.

There can be no doubt that her father is the same Samuel Milliken given his job. Mary must have been 19 years old at most.

On the 1901 census we see the Young couple had several children and that her brother John was boarding with the family. If Mary’s age of 48 is accurate then she would have been born around 1853.

From Samuel’s second marriage registration we know that his father was named Thomas and was a watchmaker. I have found a reference to his work in the Belfast Commercial Chronicle in November 1806 as someone who had bought one of his watches had lost it. Hopefully they were reunited.

Where did the Millikens live?

The map below from www.askaboutireland.ie relates to Griffith’s valuation of 1864. A Samuel Milliken is shown as occupying three places in Carrickfergus St Nicholas. Firstly, a house and garden at 187a, shown on the map immediately below. In all he had 3 rods of land and paid £3 a year to the landlord, John Owden.

He also rented a garden of 1 rod 20 perches from a John Legg at 230c. This cost him £1 a year. The next entry, immediately below, shows that he held house offices and land at 231 in his own right. This was worth £11-10 shillings a year.

Presumably one of the two houses was the grocer’s shop but I would need to take time to go through the Revised Valuation books to work out which for sure. My instinct is that 231 was the shop because of it’s rates vale.

One other point to note is that beside Samuel’s house is a Margaret Milliken, at 230b. She paid 10 shillings for her house. Could this be Samuel’s elderly mother?

One other point to note is that beside Samuel’s house is a Margaret Milliken, at 230b. She paid 10 shillings for her house. Could this be Samuel’s elderly mother?

If not a mother, it might be an unmarried sister. Records show the death of a Margaret Milliken at Pound Lane in February 1881. As she is desribed as a widow she could be a sister in law. If her age is at all accurate she cannot be Samuel’s mother.

The map confirms that this area is Gallows Green.

Membership of the Ulster Historical Foundation gives access to scanned images of Ulster Graveyard Inscriptions. The Church of St Nicholas in Carrickfergus is a beautiful Elizabethan church.

The graveyard includes:

                            The Windsors

Searching again now for an Eric Windsor on Ancestry we can see the indexed birth of Eric Milliken Windsor at Chorlton in Lancashire in the second quarter of 1905. A long search also helped me establish that he was the son of Catherine Gordon Milliken as she married John George Windsor at Chorlton in the second quarter of 1903.

The Windsors on the 1911 census were living at Didsbury in England. We see that father John and elder child John Gordon were born in Lancashire but Catherine, of course was born in County Antrim as was 4 year old Eileen.

Eileen may have been born at Lower Woodburn, perhaps on a visit home, but her father’s address was given as 90 Duffield St, Moss-side, Manchester. At this time he was a constable.

When Eric Windsor had a family of his own, his daughter was named Eileen like her aunt. Eric married Margaretta (sometimes Margretta) Jane Charters, the daughter of a school master. This was in 1932. She was one of five children in the family. In fact, her father was headmaster of Commons Primary School for forty years and had a strong interest in music. Margaretta’s mother had been a teacher.

Eric and Margaretta’s daughter Eileen married James Randall Caters. This was in August 1961, the newspaper report coming from the Belfast Telegraph and describing them as members of Carrickfergus Sailing Club.

My wife, Helen Hanna, recalled that the Windsors lived at a posh house at Rhanbuoy later. The map above shows that this is just beside where Samuel and Eliza had their shop.

The couple were living at 34 Henbury Street, Moss-side, Manchester at the time of the 1911 census. With them were 7 year old John Gordon Windsor and 4 year old Eileen Windsor. Catherine’s husband was a policeman who had been born in Lancashire.

Eileen was born in Carrickfergus, presumably at her grandmother’s house. Her father was a police constable and her actual address was given as what looks like Duffield St in Moss-side. She was born on 24th July 1906. Catherine died in Manchester in March 1959.

Here are the Windsors in 1939 when the National Register was taken. This has served as a substitute for the 1941 census which did not take place.

Eric Windsor and family have left their mark in the newspapers. For instance, his daughter Patricia was involved in drama in Belfast Lough in 1959. Like her father and sister Eileen, she was a member of the Carrckfergus Sailing Club. The report below comes from the Belfast Telegraph on 26th August 1959.

Eric Windsor’s son Terence married at the First Carrickfergus Prebyterian Church and this was reported in the newspaper on March 23rd 1965. The boating story above tells us that he and Patricia were twins.

Another family married in 1968 at Carrickfergus Congregational Church and also had a reception at Abbeylands Hotel. This was another daughter, Jennifer Sarah Windsor. She married David Henry Gorman, as reported in the Belfast Telegraph on 15th August.

Eric also featured for his work in education and his interest in music and the arts as well as membership of a lodge. I know little about lodges and societies and confess I find it difficult to understand what each society is.

For instance, the Larne Times in Sept 1953 referred to Eric as Chief Templar of the Havelock Pioneer IOGT Lodge Number 68. The lodge was inaugurated in 1871, it added. The internet tells me this is something called the International Organisation of Good Templars.

The Larne Times of 29th May 1926 carried a review of a comedy called General John Regan, performed by Carrickfergus Repertory Players. One of these was Eric.

The Belfast Telegraph on 24th Sepember 1954 carried a paragraph telling that Eric Windsor had been appointed to a job where he was responsible for £1 million of equipment in 250 County Antrim schools.

Eric held a post with Carrickfergus Congregational Church but one role was more unusual, as reported below. This was on 26th February 1953’s newspaper. Presumably his early interest in theatre had not gone altogether.

Eric was a bass singer and was reported to have entered competitions in the 1920s and 1930s.

On 27th March 1952 Eric was one of the chief mourners at the funeral of David Samuel Milliken Bell. The middle names suggest the possibility that they were related but there could be a social connection. The newspaper report is hard to read.