The Brown Tree » Joshua MCNEICE (1849-????)

Personal data Joshua MCNEICE 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Joshua MCNEICE

He is married to Mary Isabella Wilson.

They got married on July 28, 1878 at Shankill C.of I. Lurgan, he was 29 years old.Source 8


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Ann Claybourn  ± 1840-1915
  2. Elizabeth McNEICE  1882-1955 
  3. Joshua /McNEICE L  1889-1950 
  4. Margaret Jane McNEICE  1892-1942 


Notes about Joshua MCNEICE

1 UID 174BD6A03A6DA642B7FC51C1156133FCD1FE 1 UID FF15B7C15DADEB43809B0BCA33B3A5135201 M'NEICE -- In loving memory of our dear brothers, N0. 5115 L-Corpl. J. W. (Wilson) M'Neice, 2nd R.I. Rifles, died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, of wounds received in action on October 5, 1915; also Pte. William M'Neice, 1/8 City of London Post Office Rifles, killed in action on the 8th October, 1916. Ever remembered by their Sisters and Brothers, Mrs. E. SHARKEY, Mrs. ANNIE BROWN, Miss FLORRIE M'NEICE, ALBERT M'NEICE, JOSHUA M'NEICE. Also their Brothers-in-law, S. SHARKEY and W. G. BROWN. 1901 Joshua was a fitter;C.of I.aged 52 living at george street with TEN in the house 1912 28 Sept 1912 signed the Ulster Covenant McNeice Joshua 34 George Street Armagh: North Lurgan Town Hall Malcolm, H C Joshua McNeice dark.lots of hair colourful character;hated injustice;fought for the millworkers;trees in Hill Street in his honour Member of town Board Town councillor Poor Law Guardian "the amelioration of the poor" Carpenter; walter brown helped him in carpentry Lived at George Street . later 181 John Street Hairdresser Had 8 children Lurgan Poor Law Union was formed on the 16th January 1839, and covered an area of 125 square miles. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 25 in number, representing its 19 electoral divisions as listed below (figures in brackets indicate numbers of Guardians if more than one): Co. Armagh: Breagh, Brownlow's Derry, Carrowbrack, Drumcree, Kernan, Lurgan (2), Montiaghs, Portadown (3), Tartaraghan (2).Co. Armagh and Co. Down: Cornakinegar.Co. Down: Ballyleny, Donaghcloney, Magheralin, Moira (2), Tullylish (2), Waringstown.Co. Antrim: Aghagallon, Aghalee, Ballinderry. The Board also included 4 ex officio Guardians, making a total of 29. The Guardians met each week at 11am on Thursday. The population falling within the union at the 1831 census had been 62,259 with divisions ranging in size from Aghalee (population 1,411) to Lurgan itself (5,615). The new workhouse, built in 1840, was designed by George Wilkinson. It occupied a six-acre site to the south-west of Lurgan and could accommodate 800 inmates. The cost of the building was 'a38,581 plus 'a31,319 for fixtures and fittings etc. It was declared fit for the admission of paupers on 1st January 1841, and admitted its first inmates seven weeks later on the 22nd February 1841. 1 UID E43431C424BA874AB49169C1C741A210E581 1 UID 2C251694F7E10540AFE130B2E0245EF3DF28 1 UID 174BD6A03A6DA642B7FC51C1156133FCD1FE 1 UID FF15B7C15DADEB43809B0BCA33B3A5135201 M'NEICE -- In loving memory of our dear brothers, N0. 5115 L-Corpl. J. W. (Wilson) M'Neice, 2nd R.I. Rifles, died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, of wounds received in action on October 5, 1915; also Pte. William M'Neice, 1/8 City of London Post Office Rifles, killed in action on the 8th October, 1916. Ever remembered by their Sisters and Brothers, Mrs. E. SHARKEY, Mrs. ANNIE BROWN, Miss FLORRIE M'NEICE, ALBERT M'NEICE, JOSHUA M'NEICE. Also their Brothers-in-law, S. SHARKEY and W. G. BROWN. 1901 Joshua was a fitter;C.of I.aged 52 living at george street with TEN in the house 1912 28 Sept 1912 signed the Ulster Covenant McNeice Joshua 34 George Street Armagh: North Lurgan Town Hall Malcolm, H C Joshua McNeice dark.lots of hair colourful character;hated injustice;fought for the millworkers;trees in Hill Street in his honour Member of town Board Town councillor Poor Law Guardian "the amelioration of the poor" Carpenter; walter brown helped him in carpentry Lived at George Street . later 181 John Street Hairdresser Had 8 children Lurgan Poor Law Union was formed on the 16th January 1839, and covered an area of 125 square miles. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 25 in number, representing its 19 electoral divisions as listed below (figures in brackets indicate numbers of Guardians if more than one): Co. Armagh: Breagh, Brownlow's Derry, Carrowbrack, Drumcree, Kernan, Lurgan (2), Montiaghs, Portadown (3), Tartaraghan (2).Co. Armagh and Co. Down: Cornakinegar.Co. Down: Ballyleny, Donaghcloney, Magheralin, Moira (2), Tullylish (2), Waringstown.Co. Antrim: Aghagallon, Aghalee, Ballinderry. The Board also included 4 ex officio Guardians, making a total of 29. The Guardians met each week at 11am on Thursday. The population falling within the union at the 1831 census had been 62,259 with divisions ranging in size from Aghalee (population 1,411) to Lurgan itself (5,615). The new workhouse, built in 1840, was designed by George Wilkinson. It occupied a six-acre site to the south-west of Lurgan and could accommodate 800 inmates. The cost of the building was 'a38,581 plus 'a31,319 for fixtures and fittings etc. It was declared fit for the admission of paupers on 1st January 1841, and admitted its first inmates seven weeks later on the 22nd February 1841. 1 UID E43431C424BA874AB49169C1C741A210E581 1 UID 2C251694F7E10540AFE130B2E0245EF3DF28 1901 Irish census McNeice http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=5e142553-8c31-44d4-8760-5d9f9467b25c&tid=43985463&pid=34 joshua mcneice census 1911 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=2e991d68-bdd5-4989-b3f1-9b354845ba74&tid=43985463&pid=34 1 UID FF298ED6A58F014296714F076E517159E9E0

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  2. Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Web: Ireland, Census, 1901, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1857-1962, Ancestry.com, The Mitchell Library; Glasgow, Scotland; Reference Number: C115798 / Ancestry.com
  6. Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Class: RG14
    birth date: 1848 Name: Joshua M'Neece residence date: 2 April 1911 residence place: Lurgan Urban, Armagh, Ireland
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Historical events

  • The temperature on July 28, 1878 was about 18.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
  • The temperature on January 6, 1916 was between 4.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
    • April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
    • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

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