McBeath, James^[1]

1828 - 1884  (56 years)

• Name	McBeath, James
  Birth	13 Apr 1828	Malta
  Christening	15 Apr 1828	Malta
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Oct 1884	At Sea.- North Channel/Irish Sea.
  Person ID	I272	Wilkinson
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	McBeath, James,   b. c. 23 Jul 1795, Cumber,Parish of Cymber,Co. Londonderry,NI. d. 3 Dec 1845, Cymber,Londonderry,NI. (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Denniston, Mary,   b. ~1792   d. 18 Jun 1871, Edenballymore,Cumber,Londonderry,Ireland (Age ~ 78 years)
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miller, Margaret,   b. 1830, Londonderry,Ireland. d. 12 Feb 1906, Strabane,Tyrone,Ireland (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1862	Registrar's Office,City of Londonderry,Templemore Parish,Londonderry, Ireland
  Notes	Marriage registered 9/3/1883. James McBeath was a Lieut. Sergeant, 99th Regiment. (Ref. Thos Wilkinson, c.1987) James McBeath (Father listed as James McBeth, labourer, in marriage cert) was living in Tumnamore (Probably Tamnymore), Parish of Lower Cumber, Londonderry at time of marriage. Foyle Street is just east of Templemore Park, same side of river. Parish of Templemore was Presbyterian. Margaret Millar (father listed as James Miller, bookseller, in marriage cert) was living in Foyle Street, City of Londonderry at time of marriage. Civil wedding. {http://www.emeraldancestors.com/search/marriages/viewdetails.asp?ID=467506} ------------ MCBEATH & MILLER. August 26, in the Derry District Registrar's Office, Mr. James McBeath, late Sergeant 9th Regiment, to Miss Margaret Miller, Foyle Street, Londonderry. <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/marriages/londonderry.html> ______________ [2]
  Children	1. McBeath, Isabella,   b. 26 Jun 1863, East Wall,Londonderry,Ireland d. 7 Jan 1930, 38 Moorfield St.,Belfast,NI (Age 66 years)   2. McBeath, Mary,   b. 26 Jun 1865, Lifford,Clonleigh Parish,Donegal,Ireland d. 1887, Coleraine,Londonderry,Ireland. (Age 21 years)   3. McBeath, James,   b. 19 Oct 1867, 32 Fergusons Lane,Londonderry City,Ireland d. 16 May 1871, 20 Ferguson Lane,Londonderry City,Ireland (Age 3 years)   4. McBeath, William,   b. 9 Jan 1870, 32 Ferguson St.,Londonderry City,Londonderry,Ireland d. 16 Jan 1870, 32 Ferguson St.,Londonderry City,Londonderry,NI. (Age 0 years)   5. McBeath, Elizabeth,   b. 27 Feb 1871, 20 Ferguson Street,Londonderry,Ireland d. 11 Dec 1917, 38 Moorfield St.,Belfast,NI (Age 46 years)   6. McBeath, Margaret West,   b. 3 Jan 1874, 15 William St.,Cowcaddens,Glasgow,Scotland d. 4 Jan 1938, 51 Lisham Row,Belfast,Co Down,NI. (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bill told Chris Morrow that James McBeath died (drowned at sea) on the wedding day of his daughter who can only be Isabella; have the date, 10 Oct 1884, from "Freeman's Journal" newspaper. Overboard from Ferry en route from Londonderry to Liverpool. Rough crossing - so rough, the ferry had to anchor overnight in Moville Bay before proceeding. Record in PRO (public records office) lists his service in the 91st Foot in India in 1850's. He finished as a COlour Sargeant, came to Londonderry and got married very fast. James and family lived at 233 Thistle St., Govan, 1/3/1878, age 49. Application by wife for medical relief 1/3/1878 - "Brain Paralysis" (stroke?) Paid house rental 16/3 month in Mar 1878. BIOGRAPHY: Language teacher "Brass Plate and all" (WJM notes,tbc), Colour Sergeant, Commercial Traveller (James III birth cert), Insurance Clerk. Occupation - Traveller (son Wiliam's birth cert) BIOGRAPHY: James Mcbeath was my GGGrandfather. He was born in Malta when his father (also James McBeath/McBeth b.1796 d c1843) was there as a gunner in the Royal artillery. His father did his 21 years + 3 months in the artillery and then moved back to Londonderry (Cumber), Northern Ireland. James jnr was one of 8 children. One brother, William McBeth moved to the US and became a pioneer of Polk County Nebraska.- A biography of him appears on the web and his wife was Sarah Melissa Seaburg. This name was given to my mother, Millie (Sarah Melissa Seaberg Morrow) ? a granddaughter of James Mcbeath Jnr ---------------- 91st Regiment of foot, Sergeant. Cork, Zante, Malta between Dec7 1851 and Apr 10 1862. Known residences (as at 4/3/1878): from Aug 1877 - 233 Thistle St, Govan, Scotland. May 1875 - 241 Thistle St., Govan May 1874, 1875 - 4 Murray St, Barony, Scotland Oct 1873 - 15 William St., Cowcadders, Glasgow 1 Mar 1878 - 233 Thhistle St., Govan,Scotland. 1867 - 32 Ferguson's Lane, Derry 1870 - 20 Ferguson's Lane, Derry 1865 - Londonderry, Ireland. 1864 - Co Donegal, Ireland 1862 - Londonderry, Ireland 1868 - Ferguson St., Londonderry. (ref. Londonderry Sentinel, 29/9/1868, col. 5) 1871 - 20 Ferguson St., Londonderry. James McBeath in William?s biography is said to be a soldier and had been to the Crimean War. There was a James McBeath in the Royal Artillery who was wounded at in the Crimea but it is not 'my' James McBeath (wrong regt, wrong dob, elsewhere during Crimean war, ...). Our James McBeath enrolled in the 91 st regiment of the foot (highlanders) in 7 Dec 1851 in Glasgow (WO12/9289) and for most of the Crimean war he was on Spike Island off Cork. Then onto Zante, Greece and by 1858 he was in India. He was a well behaved soldier. He would often try to send a pound back to his mother Mary in Londonderry. He was discharged in 10 April 1862 at Londonderry as a colour sergeant. So he did his 10 years before ending on the Casualty returns (can't find records) but he did not get a Chelsea pension unlike his father. He got out of the army and married in a couple of months. He then lived around Londonderry having three daughters before moving to Glasgow as a clerk. There Margaret McBeath was born and then married a Morrow. McBeath is a common family middle name. He fell on hard times in 1878 and applied for poor relief. No more is known but family rumour is that he died on Isabella McBeath's wedding day drowning. I have not been able to confirm this yet. ---------------------------------------------- 10/4/2011 (from Chris Morrow.) I've shared a map with you called James McBeath's travels: You can view and edit this map at http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&vps=2&jsv=329b&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=208753030480659009402.0004a08db6e687fd3ed62 --------------------- CHRISTENING: Baptised 15 April 1828, Malta by Rev'd J. H. Lemesurier BIRTH: Copy of birth cert."JamesMcBeathMalta1828birth.bmp" Family mythology that he died on the wedding day of his daughter http://website.lineone.net/~remosliema/bap13.htm Sargent in 91st Argyll shire regiment regimental number 3246. Sevice in India PRO W097/1657 Brain weakness (Stroke?) poor relief application Move from Londonderry to Glasgow Rev J H Lemesurier witnessed by Capt Charles Otway OCCUPATION: Apr-Nov 1854: Spike Island, Cork, Ireland. Apr 1855: Salamis Bay, Greece. 26 Nov 1857: Zante, Ionian Islands. 30 Jun 1858: Poonamalee, India. 1 Mar 1860: Maspatam, India. 23 Aug 1861: Sutabuldee, India. 28 Feb 1862: Bombay, India. 31 Mar 1862: Mhandralia, India. 1 Apr 1862: Emmigration from India. 10 Apr 1862: Left Military. (Mil service, 10 yr 4 mo) from 1865: Colour Sergeant, Lifford, Ireland. 25 Nov 1865, Londonderry Standard. Presentaton of cup to retiring Regimental Major Joseph Hayes. James McBeath is listed as Colour Sergeant on the Permanent staff of the Prince of Wales' Own Donegal Militia. 1870 - From son James' death cert, was a 'Travelling Salesman' in 1870. 1878 - clerk. Your interest in Anglo ? Indian information is also interesting. His daughter born in Glasgow was named Margaret West McBeath. I cant find any reason for West except perhaps Sir Raymond West who was big in India after the mutiny (I can find no ministers of religion who may have christened her giving her their name). Perhaps James McBeath was impressed with West. It was his fourth daughter. DEATH: Family wisdom has him dying on daughter's wedding day - by drowning - Actually the crossing was from Londonderry to Liverpool (see inquist report - Liverpool Mercury, 13 Oct, 1884). Death cert has him drowned accidentally by falling into the sea (10 Oct 1884) - boat (the steamship "Telegraphic") landed Liverpool. Inquest held, Liverpool, 14 Oct 1884 From Bill Morrow's notes: James McBeath was a languages teacher (Brass plate and all)." ------------- From the Londonderry Sentinel, Tuesday Morning, September 29, 1868. Londonderry Revision Sessions, under Lord Claud John HAMMILTON and committee, convened to "... revise the lists of persons claiming to be registered as voters for the Burough of Londonderry." Column 5, under the heading: Rated Occupiers (Old) List. Viz: (First Day, Friday)"Mr James M'Beath, Ferguson Street, objected to by the liberals. Struck out for the present." Second Day, Saturday: Column 6, "Rated Occupiers (Old List)" Viz: "Mr James McBeath (Conservative), Ferguson's (sic) Street, claimed as rated occupier of a house at ?9. There was no objection raised and the name was retained."

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Chris Morrow, GEDCOM File : NEWEXPORT.ged, 27 Feb 2004 (Reliability: 3). [S10] Chris Morrow, GEDCOM File : NEWEXPORT.ged.