William McConnell and Jane Anderson
William McConnell & Jane Anderson
This webpage is a work in progress. At present, I know very little about this couple except for their names, which came from their daughter’s marriage and death certificate. Also from the same sources we know that William was a blacksmith.
More information will be added to this page when time permits further research.
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The location of William McConnel’s Forge on the 1830 OS Map. Image courtesy of National Library of Scotland.
Helen’s Bay
The other circumstantial evidence we have is from Griffiths Valuation that a William McConnell rented a forge at Plot 8b Seahill Road, in the Glencraig area of County Down, Northern Ireland. We also know that his son was the gardener at Tordeevra, in Helen’s Bay.
In the map opposite, the location of William McConnell’s forge is marked with a red circle.Â