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Ballymena Hillis Elder 1857
Sourced record accounts and possible profile identifications. Names in different events are compared together where compatible; HOLD means that identity or original-record checks remain before creating or merging profiles.
Alex Hillis
HOLD — no compatible profile established — The global Alexander Hillis search returned many automatic Hill/Hallisy variants. No reviewed profile matches the full-age Ballymena merchant, son of John Hillis, at the marriage of 7 July 1857. Alexander Hillis-1005 was born in 1929 and is excluded. The printed source additionally names the groom's father John Hillis, farmer, which should be retained.
Record fields: Name Alex Hillis; birthplace unknown. Birth date remains unknown unless explicitly stated in the record facts below. The global Alexander Hillis search returned many automatic Hill/Hallisy variants. No reviewed profile matches the full-age Ballymena merchant, son of John Hillis, at the marriage of 7 July 1857. Alexander Hillis-1005 was born in 1929 and is excluded. The printed source additionally names the groom's father John Hillis, farmer, which should be retained.
The reproduced marriage list records Alex Hillis, full-age bachelor merchant of Ballymena, marrying Annie Elder, full-age spinster of Gortereghy, on 7 July 1857. Annie's father is recorded as James Elder, farmer; witnesses were James McChesney and Robert Bell. RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families
Matches by record
- new-17sep-8b4df34b7a69 — The global Alexander Hillis search returned many automatic Hill/Hallisy variants. No reviewed profile matches the full-age Ballymena merchant, son of John Hillis, at the marriage of 7 July 1857. Alexander Hillis-1005 was born in 1929 and is excluded. The printed source additionally names the groom's father John Hillis, farmer, which should be retained.
Duplicate check and relationship limits
- Public existing-profile search and biography review completed 2026-09-30. Missing fields or an unproved extra bridge do not exclude a compatible person.
- Born on 22 January 1929, after the 1857 marriage.
- Further source and existing-profile review completed 2026-09-30; retain compatible candidates unless a concrete conflict excludes them.
Next identity test: Inspect the named original record and compare dated family evidence; retained candidates remain unproved.
Complete sourced WikiTree draft
== Biography == The reproduced marriage list records Alex Hillis, full-age bachelor merchant of Ballymena, marrying Annie Elder, full-age spinster of Gortereghy, on 7 July 1857. Annie's father is recorded as James Elder, farmer; witnesses were James McChesney and Robert Bell.<ref>RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families; https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=214109.0; . It adds another distinct Elder household in the Gortereghy area and names two witnesses for future tracing, but it does not connect Annie or James Elder to Robert Elder, whose 1871 marriage names Nathaniel Elder as father. The source is a secondary transcription and the original register remains to be inspected.</ref> == Research Notes == The global Alexander Hillis search returned many automatic Hill/Hallisy variants. No reviewed profile matches the full-age Ballymena merchant, son of John Hillis, at the marriage of 7 July 1857. Alexander Hillis-1005 was born in 1929 and is excluded. The printed source additionally names the groom's father John Hillis, farmer, which should be retained. Possible profile identities: none established within the recorded searches. Next research: Inspect the named original record and compare dated family evidence; retained candidates remain unproved. == Sources == <references />
Annie Elder
HOLD — compatible profile linked — Anna Elder-5598, born 19 May 1832 in Antrim and died 5 June 1919 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, has compatible age and locality and an unnamed husband in the biography. She is a weak surviving candidate; absence of the Hillis surname or spouse attachment is not an exclusion. Elder-7145 has named father Robert, conflicting with the 1857 bride's father James. The captured profile names Samuel Cathcart-451 as husband; a different later spouse alone does not exclude an earlier Hillis marriage. Tree-derived parent claims are not concrete exclusions.
Record fields: Name Annie Elder; birthplace unknown. Birth date remains unknown unless explicitly stated in the record facts below. Anna Elder-5598, born 19 May 1832 in Antrim and died 5 June 1919 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, has compatible age and locality and an unnamed husband in the biography. She is a weak surviving candidate; absence of the Hillis surname or spouse attachment is not an exclusion. Elder-7145 has named father Robert, conflicting with the 1857 bride's father James. The captured profile names Samuel Cathcart-451 as husband; a different later spouse alone does not exclude an earlier Hillis marriage. Tree-derived parent claims are not concrete exclusions.
The reproduced marriage list records Alex Hillis, full-age bachelor merchant of Ballymena, marrying Annie Elder, full-age spinster of Gortereghy, on 7 July 1857. Annie's father is recorded as James Elder, farmer; witnesses were James McChesney and Robert Bell. RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families
Compatible WikiTree candidates
- Elder-5598 — Current public profile compared; Anna Elder-5598, born 19 May 1832 in Antrim and died 5 June 1919 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, has compatible age and locality and an unnamed husband in the biography. She is a weak surviving candidate; absence of the Hillis surname or spouse attachment is not an exclusion. Elder-7145 has named father Robert, conflicting with the 1857 bride's father James. Profile birth 1832-05-19, death 1919-06-05; qualifiers retained in the review.
Matches by record
- new-17sep-8b4df34b7a69 — Anna Elder-5598, born 19 May 1832 in Antrim and died 5 June 1919 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, has compatible age and locality and an unnamed husband in the biography. She is a weak surviving candidate; absence of the Hillis surname or spouse attachment is not an exclusion. Elder-7145 has named father Robert, conflicting with the 1857 bride's father James. The captured profile names Samuel Cathcart-451 as husband; a different later spouse alone does not exclude an earlier Hillis marriage. Tree-derived parent claims are not concrete exclusions. Elder-5598
Duplicate check and relationship limits
- Public existing-profile search and biography review completed 2026-09-30. Missing fields or an unproved extra bridge do not exclude a compatible person.
- The profile represents a daughter of Robert Elder and Sarah Darragh; the 1857 marriage names father James Elder.
- Further source and existing-profile review completed 2026-09-30; retain compatible candidates unless a concrete conflict excludes them.
Next identity test: Inspect the named original record and compare dated family evidence; retained candidates remain unproved.
Complete sourced WikiTree draft
== Biography == The reproduced marriage list records Alex Hillis, full-age bachelor merchant of Ballymena, marrying Annie Elder, full-age spinster of Gortereghy, on 7 July 1857. Annie's father is recorded as James Elder, farmer; witnesses were James McChesney and Robert Bell.<ref>RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families; https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=214109.0; . It adds another distinct Elder household in the Gortereghy area and names two witnesses for future tracing, but it does not connect Annie or James Elder to Robert Elder, whose 1871 marriage names Nathaniel Elder as father. The source is a secondary transcription and the original register remains to be inspected.</ref> == Research Notes == Anna Elder-5598, born 19 May 1832 in Antrim and died 5 June 1919 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, has compatible age and locality and an unnamed husband in the biography. She is a weak surviving candidate; absence of the Hillis surname or spouse attachment is not an exclusion. Elder-7145 has named father Robert, conflicting with the 1857 bride's father James. The captured profile names Samuel Cathcart-451 as husband; a different later spouse alone does not exclude an earlier Hillis marriage. Tree-derived parent claims are not concrete exclusions. Possible profile identities: [[Elder-5598]]. Next research: Inspect the named original record and compare dated family evidence; retained candidates remain unproved. == Sources == <references />