I am searching for descendants of Thomas McKee who are still living in Northern Ireland.
Thomas was born in Saintfield in 1868 to William McKee (1814-1893) and Eliza Currie (1821-1897). He married Mary Catherine (Minnie) Fitzsimmons at Second Saintfield Presbyterian Church 22 April 1889.
Thomas and Minnie had five children: Robert (1891), William (1893), Georgina (1895), Thomas (1898), and Samuel (1901). Minnie died four days after Samuel’s birth and Samuel’s aunt (Thomas’ oldest sister, Sarah McKee Massey Gabbey) took Samuel to raise.
Thomas married Agnes McFerran 26 June 1902 at First Larne Presbyterian Church. Thomas and Agnes had three children: twins John and Catherine (1903), and James Holden (1907). Thomas became a contractor and owned Thomas McKee & Sons Builders located in Belfast. Thomas died 12 June 1945 and is buried in the cemetery at Second Saintfield Presbyterian with his parents and first wife.
When Thomas’ sister Sarah came to the United States in 1905 to be near her children who had emigrated earlier, she brought Sam Mckee with her. He was four years old. Sam only saw his dad once after leaving Ireland and that was when Thomas made a trip to the US in 1923 to visit his extended family.
Descendants of Sam are now living in several states in the US but have lost contact with their relatives in Northern Ireland. Any information provided to help us make contact would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for any help you can provide,
Jeffrey Bullins
North Carolina, USA
[POSTED 26/01/2019]
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