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Author: hallmark1194
Surnames: Carleton, Swan
Classification: queries
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June 25 1867
On the 18th April, at Melbourne, Australia, by the Rev. A. Robertson,
WILLIAM MacNEILL, eldest son of MR GOODWIN CARLETON, Buncrana, to
MARY, the second daughter of MR HUGH SWAN, of same Place
also on archiver is this post;
"To Mr. Goodwin Carteton with best wishes From the Conductor and
Members of Strand Road Choir, Londonderry, Feb. 23rd, 1894.'' and I
have a diploma that states.
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland certifies that Mr. Goodwin Henry
Carleton is hereby qualified to act as Pharmaceutical Chemist 6th May
1895. No. 502
Folk lore: my mother maintained they were descendants of Sir Guy Carleton.
He married Elizabeth Maude Holmes Born *********** Londonderry
Died 1952 Toronto
She had two brothers:
i ) "Bertie~
ii) Second brother Aubrey
Her father was a tea merchant - Hugh Holmes of Holmes and Mullen "
The Golden Tea Pot' - Waterloo Square, Londonderry.
Family lore :i) the Steele and Swan (Harry Percival Swan) ~ families
of Londonderry are all related too,
i i ) my mother also said that 'Cecil Frances Alexander',- wife of
the Bishop of Armagh of "All things bright and beautiful' fame was an
Aunt.
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