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I’m interested in the Boyce family of Ballydugan (or Ballydougan), County Down. John Boyce (1815-1897), son of John Boyce and Mary McCormick, was my Gt Gt Grandfather. He married Sarah Ann Forsyth (1820-1902), daughter of William Forsyth and Isabella Harvey, from Dromore, Co Down in Gilford, Co Down on 18th Nov 1844.
John and Sarah moved to Ayrshire, Scotland and lived their lives there in Girvan, Troon, Saltcoats and Ardrossan, having 11 known children along the way between 1843 and 1862. Among them was my Gt Grandmother, Mary Boyce (1846-1915), who married James Welsh in Glasgow in 1877.
A poor relief application made late in life in Ardrossan by John Boyce indicates he was from the parish of Ballydongan, Co Down, Ireland. However, I am sure the reference should be to Ballydugan, close to both Gilford and Dromore.
Trying to get some verification of the marriages of John Boyce/Mary McCormick and John Boyce/Sarah Ann Forsyth, and to establish if John Boyce and Mary McCormick had any other offspring.

Happy to share info and appreciative of any help. (David in Aberdeen, Scotland)

You probably have these but it helps other helpers

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Doune Park, Front Street, Girvan, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland

John Boyce Head Married Male 30 1821 Agricultural Labourer Ireland Transcription
Salley Boyce Wife Married Female 28 1823 Field Work Ireland Transcription
Isabella Boyce Daughter - Female 8 1843 - Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
Mary Boyce Daughter - Female 5 1846 - Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
Jean Boyce Daughter - Female 3. 1848. - Girvan, Ayrshire



1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Paisley Street, New Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Print transcription Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Beckett Head Married Male 62 1809 Silk Weaver (Unemployd) Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
Mary Beckett Wife Married Female 54 1817 - Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
William Beckett Son Unmarried Male 22 1849 Ship Block Maker Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
John Boyce Head Married Male 55 1816 Labourer Ireland Transcription
Sarah Boyce Wife - Female 48 1823 - Ireland Transcription
John Boyce Son Unmarried Male 22 1849 Moulder Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
Robert Boyce Son - Male 11 1860 Scholar Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
Annie Boyce Daughter - Female 9 1862 Scholar Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland Transcription
John Boyce Grand Son - Male 1. 1870. Ardrossan


Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 No Image
Name: Robert Boyse
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Oct 1859
Birth Place: Ardrossan,Ayr,Scotland
Father: John Boyse
Mother: Sarah Forsyth
FHL Film Number: 6035516

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
21, Paisley Street, Ardrossan, New Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
John Boyce Head Married Male 65 1816 Labourer (Agricultural) Ireland Transcription
Sarah Boyce Wife Married Female 59 1822 - Ireland Transcription
John Boyce Grandson - Male 11. Scholor. Ardrossan Ayrshire Scotland

On ancestry

http://mv.ancestry.co.uk/viewer/4fb1539e-65f5-4a3d-a82a-701bbc2c3b26/100122302/300000750378

Also from a tree on there
John Boyce
Birth: 1812 - Ireland
Death: 6 Apr 1897 - Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents: Mary McCormick


Death cert , grandson John reg the death

http://mv.ancestry.co.uk/viewer/d0f8c413-bfba-428f-ae27-4bc52c3b312e/100122302/300000750378

Hi Shirley, thanks for posting. These all relate, and you can see from the poor relief application why what has been taken as Ballydongan can easily be Ballydougan!

David

Name
Hugh Boyce
Birth Date
1826
Age
25
Spouse's Name
Mary Jane Mccormick
Spouse's Birth Date
1830
Spouse's Age
21
Event Date
06 Dec 1851
Event Place
Newtownards, Down, Ire
Father's Name
John Boyce
Spouse's Father's Name
James Mccormick

Thank you malyon. Interesting other connection of the Boyce and McCormick families. I will keep it in mind.

David

A bit of fresh information on dates here. An 1862 birth record of their son Thomas shows that John Boyce and Sarah (or Sally) Anne Forsyth married in Gilford, County Down in November or December 1840, not 1844. The earlier date is far more plausible as John and Sarah’s first child arrived in Girvan in 1842/1843, and the info comes from John Boyce himself as the birth informant.

David in Aberdeen