Eighth Generation  

45. Mary Jane MOORHEAD [3734] (Thomas²¹, Matthew¹², Andrew⁸, Unknown⁵, Fergus³, Unknown², William¹) was born on Aug 3, 1885 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland, died in May 1969 at age 83, and was buried on Mar 25, 1969 in Carnmoney Cemetery Newtownabbey Belfast Northern Ireland. Another name for Mary was Jeannie.

General Notes: Known to have lived in Primrose Street, BELFAST. She was a Hotelier; but
possibly under the name of Ferguson not Greer. ...
In July 2018, Michael H U Smith found a Birth Record in the General Register Office of Northern Ireland that states that her Maiden Name was Moorhead.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census: living with her Family at 168 Old Lodge Road, Court Ward. She is employed as a Handkerchief Folder, 1901, Antrim Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 164 Old Lodge Road at the Time of her Marriage to Robert Greer, Sep 1, 1905, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Census: at 7 Dagmar Street, Court Ward, a Widow and Head of the Family, with two Children, Lalene and Robert. She was employed as a Theatre Attendant, 1911, Antrim Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 15 Dagmar Street at the Time of her 2nd Marriage, Jun 12, 1916, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 11 Primrose Street at the Time of the Death of her Father, Nov 10, 1957, Bangor Co. Down Ireland.

Mary married Robert GREER [3733], son of James GREER [113920] and Elizabeth Jane LEDGETT [113921], on Apr 1, 1905 in St John's Falls Road Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland. Robert was born on Sep 7, 1883 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland and died on Nov 20, 1909 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland at age 26.

General Notes: The Greers originated in Belfast. They were thought to be "Orengemen". ...

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: at Ferguson's Court, Sep 7, 1883, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Occupation: a general Labourer.

• Residence: at 72 Carlow Street at the time of his Marriage to Mary Jane Moorhead, Sep 1, 1905, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 15 Dagmar Street at the Time of the Birth of his Son Robert, Dec 12, 1907, Belfast Northern Ireland.

• Occupation: a Furniture Dealer at Booths 127-132 Smithfield Markets in Winetavern Street, 1908, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Death: at 15 Dagmar Street, Nov 20, 1909, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

Children from this marriage were:

   74    i. Eileen Elizabeth GREER [113919] was born on Jul 27, 1905 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland and died on May 13, 1915 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland at age 9. (Died young)

+ 75    ii. Robert GREER [3724] was born on Dec 12, 1907 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland, died on Nov 1, 1944 in Westkapelle Holland at age 36, and was buried in New Community Cemetery Oostende West-Vlaanderen Belgium.

Mary next married James FERGUSON [113936], son of William FERGUSON [114118] and Catherine McILVEEN [118911], on Jun 13, 1916 in St Anne's Cathedral Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland. James was born on May 8, 1882 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland, died in Jun 1971 at age 89, and was buried on Jun 26, 1971 in Carnmoney Cemetery Newtownabbey Belfast Northern Ireland.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: at 211 Durham Street, May 8, 1882, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 160 Grosvenor Road at the time of his Marriage, Jun 12, 1916, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 15 Dagmar Street at the Time of the Birth of his Son Brian. He was a Hairdresser, Nov 8, 1916, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 76    i. Brian FERGUSON [3673] was born on Nov 8, 1916 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland, died in Jan 1991 at age 74, and was buried on Jan 28, 1991 in Carnmoney Crematorium Newtownabbey Belfast Northern Ireland.

   77    ii. James FERGUSON [114170] was born in 1920 in Ireland.

48. Andrew MOORHEAD [113930] (Thomas²¹, Matthew¹², Andrew⁸, Unknown⁵, Fergus³, Unknown², William¹) was born on Aug 11, 1892 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland and died on Oct 27, 1969 in Belfast Northern Ireland at age 77.

General Notes: In an e-Mail from his Great-Neice, Yvonne [Todd] Lascelles, following her sending 2 Photos of Andrew, she commented as follows:
I think he is older than 60 in the second..more like 80..he was cutting hair the day before he died aged 90. He was a lay preacher i believe ..i fell out with him twice even though i never met him..first time was when i realised he never put a headstone on his wife's grave..she died tragically aged 38.. i am sure a claim was made as the driver of the horse and cart ..i have the newspaper cuttings was from a large company in Belfast ..the second time was when i discovered he sold a dog from his home a week after his wife died..was it his wife's dog ?? How did the children feel about losing a mum and dog in two weeks?? I have the newspaper clipping..nothing can be hidden from me ..haha but apparently granny loved him to pieces.. even though he was a bit of a religious bigot.. story has it he told her if she brought up her son's protestant the girls could be Roman Catholic like her husband James...so....she only had one boy..Thomas..he was baptised twice..once protestant in 1925..St Anns church..and again in 1928..same time as my mum was being baptised down in the country ..Catholic..in the mean time Thomas Moorhead had bought her a business..crafty granny.
In a subsequent e-Mail, Yvonne expalined the minor Discrepancy in his Addresses due to the Fact that his Business was beside his Home, so, 164-168 Old Lodge Road, covers both his Home and Business Addresses. She also stated that,
Andrew Moorhead 1892 son of Thomas and Mary Ann Everitt was born 168 Old Lodge road and after his Marriage to Elizabeth Willis in 1914 moved into, and died, in 23 Foreman Street.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: at 168 Old Lodge Road, Aug 11, 1892, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 168 Old Lodge Road at the Time of his Marriage, Jul 3, 1914, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 23 Foreman Street at the Time of his Father's Death, Nov 10, 1957, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Death: at 23 Foreman Street, Oct 27, 1969, Belfast Northern Ireland.

Andrew married Elizabeth WILLIS [114140], daughter of Richard WILLIS [114141], on Jul 3, 1914 in St Anne's Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland. Elizabeth was born in 1893 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland and died circa 1931 in Belfast Northern Ireland aged about 38.

Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: at 7 Formosa Street at the Time of her Marriage, Jul 3, 1914, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Death: , she was run down by a Horse and Cart, Cir. 1931, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 78    i. Samuel Willis MOORHEAD [114273] was born in 1914.

49. Ada Everett MOORHEAD [113931] (Thomas²¹, Matthew¹², Andrew⁸, Unknown⁵, Fergus³, Unknown², William¹) was born in Jan 1895 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland, died on Aug 29, 1968 in Greenisland Co. Antrim Ireland at age 73, and was buried in Milltown Cemetery Falls Road Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

General Notes: In an e-Mail received from her Grand-Daughter Yvonne [Todd] Lascelles in August 2018, Yvonne stated that,
Granny Ada also had a shop ..it was half post office and half shoe shop. Grandad Fairfield (a lovely jolly man) used to help himself to the till money on the way to the refreshment centre..no doubt run by Mary Jane [who was supposedly, according to her Grand-Daughter, Margaret [Greer] Smith, the Keeper of a Public House]. .. and granny would allegedly punch him out cold on his arrival home..no oppressed women in Belfast I would say

Noted events in her life were:

• Birth: at Old Lodge Road, Jan 1885, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at 57 Holmdene Gardens at the Time of her Father's Death, Nov 10, 1957, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Death: at GreenIsland Hospital, Aug 29, 1968, Greenisland Co. Antrim Ireland.

Ada married James FAIRFIELD [113946], son of John FAIRFIELD [114171] and Margaret HAYS [114172], in 1914 in St Mary's Killyleagh Co. Down Ireland. James was born in 1893 in Shrigley Co. Down Ireland, died circa 1965 in Ardoyne Belfast Co. Antrim Northern Ireland aged about 72, and was buried in Milltown Cemetery Falls Road Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

Noted events in his life were:

• Death: at Holmdene Gardens, Cir. 1965, Ardoyne Belfast Co. Antrim Northern Ireland.

Children from this marriage were:

   79    i. Margaret FAIRFIELD [114173] was born on Nov 30, 1906 in Ireland and died on Jul 12, 1940 in Belfast Co. Antrim Northern Ireland at age 33.

Margaret married Francis O'NEILL [114177] on Dec 25, 1938 in Belfast Co. Antrim Northern Ireland. Francis was born circa 1915 in Ireland.

+ 80    ii. Ada Everitt FAIRFIELD [114174] was born on Jan 11, 1919 in Belfast Ireland, died on May 4, 1967 in Belfast Northern Ireland at age 48, and was buried in Milltown Cemetery Falls Road Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

+ 81    iii. Thomas FAIRFIELD [114175] was born in 1920 in Belfast Ireland, was baptised in 1920 in St Anne's Cathedral Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland, died in Aug 2010 in Belfast Northern Ireland at age 90, and was buried in Aug 2010 in Roselawn Crematorium Crossnacreevy Co. Down Northern Ireland.

+ 82    iv. Maureen FAIRFIELD [114176] was born on Jun 7, 1928, was baptised on Jun 19, 1928 in Saintfield Co. Down Northern Ireland, died on Feb 19, 1995 in Belfast Co. Antrim Northern Ireland at age 66, and was buried in Roselawn Cemetery Crossnacreevy Co. Down Northern Ireland.

53. Thomas MOORHEAD [123496] (Thomas²¹, Matthew¹², Andrew⁸, Unknown⁵, Fergus³, Unknown², William¹) was born on Aug 13, 1908 in Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland and died on Aug 4, 1997 at age 88.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: at 164 Old Lodge Road, Aug 13, 1908, Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland.

• Residence: at Court Ward, Apr 2, 1911, Antrim Co. Antrim Ireland.

Thomas married Mary BROWN [123497] on Dec 25, 1940 in Fort William and McCrory Presbyterian Church Belfast Co. Antrim Ireland. Mary was born in 1911 and died in 2007 at age 96.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 83    i. Margaret Arlene MOORHEAD [123498] was born in 1948 and died in 2020 at age 72.