James AUSTIN

1810 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	James AUSTIN  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1810	Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I259	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	James AUSTIN,   b. Abt 1780,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Susan GREVILLE,   b. Warkwick Castle, England
  Family ID	F324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan LOWRY,   b. 1815, Crawfordsburn, Down, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. James AUSTIN,   b. 1838, Helen's Bay, Down, Northern Ireland, UK ,   d. 14 Mar 1921, Temuka, South, Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In about 1810, James Austin was born in Ballygrott, Bangor, County Dow n , Ireland. Family history goes that James Austin´s father met one o f th e Greville sisters when he was a tutor for the Greville family i n Warkw ick Castle, England. She fell in love with him and they elope d and came b ack to Ireland to live. This is not verified though as th ere is no ment ion of a Susan Greville being born at the castle. It ma y be that record s were erased. BANGOR, a parish and sea-port and market-town and post-town, chiefly i n t he barony of ARDES, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER, but pa rtly i n the barony of LOWER-CASTLEREAGH, ll.5 miles (N. E. By E.) fro m Belfas t, 21 miles (N.) from Downpatrick, and 9l.5 miles (N. By E. ) from Dubli n; containing 9355 inhabitants, of which number, 2741 ar e in the town. The origin and early history of this ancient town are involved in som e o bscurity, and have been variously described by different writers . The m ost authentic records concur in stating that, about the year 5 55, St. C omgall founded here an abbey of Regular Canons, which may ha ve led to t he formation of a town, if one did not exist previously, a nd over which h e presided fifty years, and died and was enshrined i n it. In 1125 the A bbey was rebuilt by Malachy O Morgair, then abbot , with the addition of a n oratory of stone, said by St. Bernard to ha ve been the first building o f stone and lime in Ireland and from whic h this place, anciently called t he Vale of Angels, derived the name o f Beanchoir, now Bangor, signifyin g the White Church, or Fair Choir. The town is advantageously situated on the south side of Belfast Loug h o r Carrickfergus bay, and on the direct sea coast road from Belfas t to D onaghadee; in 1831 it contained 563 houses, most of which are i ndiffere ntly built, and is much frequented for sea-bathing during th e summer. T he streets are neither paved nor lighted, but are kept ver y clean and t he inhabitants are but indifferently supplied with water . There is a pu blic library; and an Historical Society has been recen tly formed in con nection with it. The cotton manufacture is carried o n to a considerable e xtent in the town and neighbourhood, and afford s employment to a great n umber of the inhabitants of both sexes in th e weaving, sewing, and orna mental branches. The trade of the port is inconsiderable: black cattle, horses, grain , a nd flax are exported: the only imports are coal and timber. The ba y is w ell sheltered, and affords good anchorage in deep water for ves sels det ained by an unfavourable wind and the harbour is capable of g reat impro vement, although attempts made at the expense of individual s have faile d. A small pier was built about the year 1760, by means o f a parliament ary grant of 500 pounds to the corporation for promotin g and carrying o n the inland navigation of Ireland. The neighbourin g bays produce a var iety of fish; oysters of large size are taken i n abundance. The surroun ding scenery is pleasingly diversified, and e nriched in some parts with s tately timber, chiefly fir and oak; and i n the vicinity of the several g entlemen s seats are thriving plantati ons of beech, sycamore, ash and p oplar, of comparatively modern growt h. Slate is found in several parts, but has been only procured in one qua r ry, which has not been worked sufficiently deep to produce a qualit y ca pable of resisting the action of the atmosphere. There are also m ines o f coal, especially on the estate of Lord Dufferin, whose fathe r opened a nd worked them on a small scale, since which time they hav e been abando ned; and a lead mine was worked here to some extent abou t thirty years s ince, in which copper ore and manganese were also fou nd. Extracts from The Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 183 7 ( transcribed by Mel Lockie)

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ance s try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry me mbe rs.;), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 0). [S21] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ance s try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry me mbe rs.;), Database online. (Reliability: 0). Record for James Austin [S109] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Mariages, New Zealand - Death Records, Deaths in the District of Temuka, Record for James Austin (Reliability: 0). When: 14 March 1921 at Temuka Name: James Austin Occupation: Retired Farmer Casue of Death: internal ... Father: James Austin Occupation: Farmer Mother: Susan Austin nee Lowry Burried 16 March 1921 Temuka Where born: Helens Bay, Belfast, Ireland 56 years in NZ Where married : Helens Bay, Belfast at age 26 to Mary Shanks [S23] Austin Document Extract, Sourced from Research of Moni Kelly (Reliability: 0).