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• Occupation: Farmer in Holymount then Ballydonnety
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1901, Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; Farmer
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland
• Occupation: 1911, Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; Farmer
• Religion: 1911, Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; Unitarian
• Residence: 1911, Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland
• Emigration: 20 Apr 1929, Belfast, , Antrim, Northern Ireland
• Immigration: 29 Apr 1929, Montreal, , Qu
• Occupation: 1931, Toronto, , Ontario, Canada; Shipping Receiver Department Store
• Residence: 1931, Toronto, , Ontario, Canada; 12 Mount Allen
• Residence: 1929-1932, Canada
• Immigration: May 1932, Ireland

Notes:

He was on the 1907 Downpatrick Unitarian Church Committee

Owing to depressing times in the farming industry, and to heavy financial involvement in a new farm in Ballydonnety, sometime in the late 1920's Tom Kinnear sold out, and took his younger eight children to Canada. There they established a home, the older ones caring for the younger ones. Later Tom re-married, came back to Ireland where he later died. The whole family have made good.

Aunt Annie also thought that Thomas may have been a cousin of her grandfather James Kinner.

Surname: Kinnear Given name: Thomas Age: 68 Sex: M Nationality: Ir Date of arrival: 1929/04/29 (YYYY/MM/DD) Port of arrival: Quebec , Quebec Ship: ATHENIA , Anchor Donaldson Reference: RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a Volume: 1929 volume 2 Page: 178 Microfilm reel: T-14751

In 1898 or 1899 when Thomas Albert was 37 (he literally had to wait until his mother passed away in order to bring his bride into the family farm, hence his age at first marriage), he married his wife Annie DICKSON. Annie was born in 1874 in Down and died on 11 6 1921, aged 47. Buried in Downpatrick Unitarian. In the 1901 census Thomas aged 39 is living with Annie age 36 and their daughter Lizzie aged 1 year and 3 months.

Residence:
A built private dwelling with 9 outbuildings, brick walls, 5 rooms, 3 front windows. 2nd class house with 5 rooms.

Residence:
1 Built Private Dwelling Home on property
- 6 rooms
- 3 Windows in front of house
11 other farm related buildings
- 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 calf house, 1 dairy, 2 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 boiling house, 1 barn, 1 potato house, 1 shed

Thomas also owened another property that John Murphy and family were living on. 3 rooms, 5 people in the family, 3 windows in front of house. With 2 farm related buildings (a piggery and a fowl house).


Immigration:
Leaving Belfast 20 April 1929

Immigration:
On 15 May 1932 on board the SS Athenia, Thomas and his wife Elizabeth docked in Glasgow, Scotland on their way from Montreal to Belfast. His occupation was listed as retired. Their address was listed as 9, Cowpen Rd, Rathmine, Dartry, Dublin.

This evening in the Library, using a set of street directories, I found that the occupier of this house was Harold E. Richardson. His wife Meta Fryday Richardson, was the eldest daughter of Elizabeth and her first husband William Fryday.

Died:
About 20 minutes past 12 noon

Thomas married Annie DICKSON on 15 Nov 1898 in Belfast, , Antrim, Northern Ireland. Annie (daughter of Robert DICKSON and Eliza MCCOMBE) was born in 1874 in County Down, Northern Ireland; died on 11 Jun 1921 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was buried in Downpatrick Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
or Downpatrick Unitarian
he reason he didn't marry until he was 37 was because he had to literally wait until his mother had passed away before he was able to bring a wife home to the farm.

1. Elizabeth Lily KINNEAR was born on 2 Jan 1900 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was christened on 14 Feb 1900 in Downpatrick Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; died on 5 Oct 1934.
2. Annie Jane KINNEAR was born on 21 Mar 1901 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was christened on 30 Jun 1901 in Downpatrick Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; died on 26 Dec 1989 in Ireland.
3. Louisa Ellen KINNEAR was born on 28 Jul 1902 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was christened on 19 Oct 1903; died on 19 Aug 1907 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland.
4. William John KINNEAR was born on 17 Apr 1904 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was christened in Jun 1904; died in in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada.
5. Thomas Dickson KINNEAR was born on 10 Apr 1906 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was christened on 1 Jun 1906; died in in Toronto, , Ontario, Canada.
6. Robert James KINNEAR was born on 9 Feb 1908 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was christened on 16 Apr 1908; died on 25 Feb 1976 in Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada.
7. David KINNEAR was born on 25 Nov 1909 in Ballydonnety, County Down, Northern Ireland; was christened on 15 Feb 1910; died on 24 Nov 2003 in Ontario, Canada.
8. Ethel KINNEAR was born on 15 May 1913 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; died on 22 Apr 2005 in Stouffville, , Ontario, Canada.
9. Laura KINNEAR was born on 24 May 1915 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; died on 28 Dec 1924 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland.
10. Winnifred Dickson KINNEAR was born on 7 Nov 1917 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; died on 20 Nov 2002 in North York, Ontario, Canada.
11. Samuel KINNEAR was born on 22 Aug 1920 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; was christened in in Downpatrick Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland; died on 5 Jun 1999 in Etobicoke, York County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pine Lake, Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.

Thomas married Elizabeth Anne Preston WAYLAND in 1932 in Toronto, , Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born on 6 Aug 1864 in Ireland; died in 1942 in Toronto, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer On Annie's Birth & Marriage Certificate and also his own death

Notes:

In the letter written about Thomas Albert's Death by his 2nd wife tells of three sisters of Thomas. Mrs Sloane visiting from London in Belfast at the time is the one named in the letter.

Headstone in Downpatrick Unitarian Church:

John Kinnear, Holymount died 21/9/1897 His wife Eliza died 18/10/1894 son Joseph d 30/9/1872 and 2 children who died young also Annie, beloved wife of Thomas Kinnear d 11/6/1921 and their daughter Louisa Ellen died 19/8/1907 and daughter Laura died 28/12/1924

Thomas Albert Kinnear d 7/5/1936 interred at Jerretzpass, Co. Down and his brother Matt Kinnear d 30/6/1936.

Died:
Aged 85 a widower, Passing Reported By Thomas Kinnear, son, Present

John married Elizabeth MCGIBBEN on 16 Feb 1846 in Parish of Magheradroll, Down, Northern Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of John MCGIBBEN) was born in 1827; died on 18 Oct 1894 in Hollymount, Downpatrick, , Down, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Surname spelling varries, others are: MCGIBBON, MCKIBBEN, MC GIBNEY

Signed her mark as McGibbon on Female's Birth Cert

Notes:

Married:
On 16 2 1846 when John was 34, he married Elizabeth McGIBBEN, aged 19, daughter of John McGIBBEN, in Magheradrool, Witnessed by James Dickson & John McGibbon

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• _UID: F880186872A24F419E3D01C885B45A4114F3
• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

William's wife's name is not known they had at least one child:

Birth:
Between 1775-1785

Died:
Before 1835 (Downpatrick Unitarian church records in November 1835 refer to "Wm Kinner Deceased".)

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Notes:

We do not know who his wife was or exactly how many children they had. However, there is evidence to suggest that he had, at least, the following

We know that John(2) and William(3) were brothers as two of their sons are referred to as cousins in later marriage records of Downpatrick Unitarian church. In turn, descendants of William and James (4) were known by Mum and Aunt Annie to be fairly closely related. The old baptismal records for the Downpatrick Unitarian church show a James Kinnear born to William in 1779. Based on this and the above, I have assumed that they were all brothers and sons of William (1)

Note William is as far back as I have managed to trace the links.

Here is a record however from 2 generations earlier to a John Kinner. There's every chance that this John was an earlier relative of our William Kinner, perhaps even his grandfather as the family name "John" is repeated in later generations:

John Kinner and ANN CARSON Family Marriage: 02 MAY 1717 Downpatrick, Down, Ireland

Source: The Down/Downpatrick Parish Church, county Down, Northern Ireland : baptisms 1733-1854, marriages 1700-1875, burials 1719-1867 Stmnt.Resp. extracted from the original by Edward Rea ; copied by David Stewart, 1930, and by Z. Mettam, 1966