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Ballymoney Elder Mccaughey 1887

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Robert Elder

HOLD — compatible profile linked — Robert Elder-3949, son of James Elder and Mary Jane McAughin, was born on 21 September 1858 in the local Gortereghy/Ballymoney family. His live biography gives no conflicting spouse or later chronology. He is compatible with the full-age Ballymoney labourer in 1887 whose father James was a labourer; an occupational change does not exclude him. Identification remains unproved without an original marital-status and address chain. James Elder-3946 is a possible father identity for the marriage clause, but that identity and mother Mary Jane are not proved by the 1887 marriage alone.

Record fields: Name Robert Elder; birthplace unknown. Birth date remains unknown unless explicitly stated in the record facts below. Robert Elder-3949, son of James Elder and Mary Jane McAughin, was born on 21 September 1858 in the local Gortereghy/Ballymoney family. His live biography gives no conflicting spouse or later chronology. He is compatible with the full-age Ballymoney labourer in 1887 whose father James was a labourer; an occupational change does not exclude him. Identification remains unproved without an original marital-status and address chain. James Elder-3946 is a possible father identity for the marriage clause, but that identity and mother Mary Jane are not proved by the 1887 marriage alone.

The reproduced Third Portglenone Presbyterian marriage list records Robert Elder, full-age bachelor labourer of Ballymoney, marrying Jane Adams McCaughey, full-age spinster of Garvaghey, on 13 July 1887. Robert's father is recorded as James Elder, labourer; Jane's father as William McCaughey, labourer. RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families

Compatible WikiTree candidates

Elder-3949 — Current public profile compared; Robert Elder-3949, son of James Elder and Mary Jane McAughin, was born on 21 September 1858 in the local Gortereghy/Ballymoney family. His live biography gives no conflicting spouse or later chronology. He is compatible with the full-age Ballymoney labourer in 1887 whose father James was a labourer; an occupational change does not exclude him. Identification remains unproved without an original marital-status and address chain. Profile birth 1858-09-21, death 0000-00-00; qualifiers retained in the review.

Matches by record

new-17sep-b0598d53220a — Robert Elder-3949, son of James Elder and Mary Jane McAughin, was born on 21 September 1858 in the local Gortereghy/Ballymoney family. His live biography gives no conflicting spouse or later chronology. He is compatible with the full-age Ballymoney labourer in 1887 whose father James was a labourer; an occupational change does not exclude him. Identification remains unproved without an original marital-status and address chain. James Elder-3946 is a possible father identity for the marriage clause, but that identity and mother Mary Jane are not proved by the 1887 marriage alone. Elder-3949

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.
Mary Glasgow's husband in 1871 has named father Nathaniel, while the 1887 groom has father James. Keep these men separate.
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 Third Portglenone Presbyterian marriage list records Robert Elder, full-age bachelor labourer of Ballymoney, marrying Jane Adams McCaughey, full-age spinster of Garvaghey, on 13 July 1887. Robert's father is recorded as James Elder, labourer; Jane's father as William McCaughey, labourer.<ref>RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families; https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=214109.0; . The witnesses were Archie McCaughey and Lizzie Connaghy. It is useful chiefly as a confirmed namesake-separation record: this Robert should not be merged with Robert Elder, Mary's 1871 husband, whose father was recorded as Nathaniel Elder and whose occupation was farmer. The source is a secondary transcription and the original register remains to be inspected.</ref>

== Research Notes ==

Robert Elder-3949, son of James Elder and Mary Jane McAughin, was born on 21 September 1858 in the local Gortereghy/Ballymoney family. His live biography gives no conflicting spouse or later chronology. He is compatible with the full-age Ballymoney labourer in 1887 whose father James was a labourer; an occupational change does not exclude him. Identification remains unproved without an original marital-status and address chain. James Elder-3946 is a possible father identity for the marriage clause, but that identity and mother Mary Jane are not proved by the 1887 marriage alone.

Possible profile identities: [[Elder-3949]].

Next research: Inspect the named original record and compare dated family evidence; retained candidates remain unproved.

== Sources ==

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Jane Adams McCaughey

HOLD — no compatible profile established — No compatible separate Jane Adams McCaughey profile was identified in the completed Jane McCaughey/McCaughe searches. The similarly aged McCaughey-347 represents a Montreal woman whose profile lacks the named William/Garvaghey connection. It remains a name-only lead, not a proved exclusion.

Record fields: Name Jane Adams McCaughey; birthplace unknown. Birth date remains unknown unless explicitly stated in the record facts below. No compatible separate Jane Adams McCaughey profile was identified in the completed Jane McCaughey/McCaughe searches. The similarly aged McCaughey-347 represents a Montreal woman whose profile lacks the named William/Garvaghey connection. It remains a name-only lead, not a proved exclusion.

Matches by record

new-17sep-b0598d53220a — No compatible separate Jane Adams McCaughey profile was identified in the completed Jane McCaughey/McCaughe searches. The similarly aged McCaughey-347 represents a Montreal woman whose profile lacks the named William/Garvaghey connection. It remains a name-only lead, not a proved exclusion.

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.
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 Third Portglenone Presbyterian marriage list records Robert Elder, full-age bachelor labourer of Ballymoney, marrying Jane Adams McCaughey, full-age spinster of Garvaghey, on 13 July 1887. Robert's father is recorded as James Elder, labourer; Jane's father as William McCaughey, labourer.<ref>RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families; https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=214109.0; . The witnesses were Archie McCaughey and Lizzie Connaghy. It is useful chiefly as a confirmed namesake-separation record: this Robert should not be merged with Robert Elder, Mary's 1871 husband, whose father was recorded as Nathaniel Elder and whose occupation was farmer. The source is a secondary transcription and the original register remains to be inspected.</ref>

== Research Notes ==

No compatible separate Jane Adams McCaughey profile was identified in the completed Jane McCaughey/McCaughe searches. The similarly aged McCaughey-347 represents a Montreal woman whose profile lacks the named William/Garvaghey connection. It remains a name-only lead, not a proved exclusion.

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 ==

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William McCaughey

HOLD — no compatible profile established — No supported William McCaughey profile was identified for the father named in Jane Adams's 1887 marriage. Completed William McCaughey/McCaughe searches include William McCaughey-350, born in 1860 and son of James, and an unplaced eighteenth-century William McCaughey-204. Neither has a sourced match to a Garvaghey daughter Jane Adams. Unplaced profiles are not excluded merely for absent fields.

Record fields: Name William McCaughey; birthplace unknown. Birth date remains unknown unless explicitly stated in the record facts below. No supported William McCaughey profile was identified for the father named in Jane Adams's 1887 marriage. Completed William McCaughey/McCaughe searches include William McCaughey-350, born in 1860 and son of James, and an unplaced eighteenth-century William McCaughey-204. Neither has a sourced match to a Garvaghey daughter Jane Adams. Unplaced profiles are not excluded merely for absent fields.

Matches by record

new-17sep-b0598d53220a — No supported William McCaughey profile was identified for the father named in Jane Adams's 1887 marriage. Completed William McCaughey/McCaughe searches include William McCaughey-350, born in 1860 and son of James, and an unplaced eighteenth-century William McCaughey-204. Neither has a sourced match to a Garvaghey daughter Jane Adams. Unplaced profiles are not excluded merely for absent fields.

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.
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 Third Portglenone Presbyterian marriage list records Robert Elder, full-age bachelor labourer of Ballymoney, marrying Jane Adams McCaughey, full-age spinster of Garvaghey, on 13 July 1887. Robert's father is recorded as James Elder, labourer; Jane's father as William McCaughey, labourer.<ref>RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families; https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=214109.0; . The witnesses were Archie McCaughey and Lizzie Connaghy. It is useful chiefly as a confirmed namesake-separation record: this Robert should not be merged with Robert Elder, Mary's 1871 husband, whose father was recorded as Nathaniel Elder and whose occupation was farmer. The source is a secondary transcription and the original register remains to be inspected.</ref>

== Research Notes ==

No supported William McCaughey profile was identified for the father named in Jane Adams's 1887 marriage. Completed William McCaughey/McCaughe searches include William McCaughey-350, born in 1860 and son of James, and an unplaced eighteenth-century William McCaughey-204. Neither has a sourced match to a Garvaghey daughter Jane Adams. Unplaced profiles are not excluded merely for absent fields.

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 ==

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