James AUSTIN

1810 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	James AUSTIN  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1810	Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I259	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	James AUSTIN,   b. Abt 1780   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susan GREVILLE,   b. Warkwick Castle, England d. 1855, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1808	Ireland   [5]
  Family ID	F324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan LOWRY,   b. 1815, Crawfordsburn, Down, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. James AUSTIN,   b. 1838, Helen's Bay, Down, Northern Ireland, UK d. 14 Mar 1921, Temuka, South, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In about 1810, James Austin was born in Ballygrott, Bangor, County Down , Ireland. Family history goes that James Austin´s father met one of th e Greville sisters when he was a tutor for the Greville family in Warkw ick Castle, England. She fell in love with him and they eloped and came b ack to Ireland to live. This is not verified though as there is no ment ion of a Susan Greville being born at the castle. It may be that record s were erased. BANGOR, a parish and sea-port and market-town and post-town, chiefly in t he barony of ARDES, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER, but partly i n the barony of LOWER-CASTLEREAGH, ll.5 miles (N. E. By E.) from Belfas t, 21 miles (N.) from Downpatrick, and 9l.5 miles (N. By E.) from Dubli n; containing 9355 inhabitants, of which number, 2741 are in the town. The origin and early history of this ancient town are involved in some o bscurity, and have been variously described by different writers. The m ost authentic records concur in stating that, about the year 555, St. C omgall founded here an abbey of Regular Canons, which may have led to t he formation of a town, if one did not exist previously, and over which h e presided fifty years, and died and was enshrined in it. In 1125 the A bbey was rebuilt by Malachy O Morgair, then abbot, with the addition of a n oratory of stone, said by St. Bernard to have been the first building o f stone and lime in Ireland and from which this place, anciently called t he Vale of Angels, derived the name of Beanchoir, now Bangor, signifyin g the White Church, or Fair Choir. The town is advantageously situated on the south side of Belfast Lough o r Carrickfergus bay, and on the direct sea coast road from Belfast to D onaghadee; in 1831 it contained 563 houses, most of which are indiffere ntly built, and is much frequented for sea-bathing during the summer. T he streets are neither paved nor lighted, but are kept very clean and t he inhabitants are but indifferently supplied with water. There is a pu blic library; and an Historical Society has been recently formed in con nection with it. The cotton manufacture is carried on to a considerable e xtent in the town and neighbourhood, and affords employment to a great n umber of the inhabitants of both sexes in the weaving, sewing, and orna mental branches. The trade of the port is inconsiderable: black cattle, horses, grain, a nd flax are exported: the only imports are coal and timber. The bay is w ell sheltered, and affords good anchorage in deep water for vessels det ained by an unfavourable wind and the harbour is capable of great impro vement, although attempts made at the expense of individuals have faile d. A small pier was built about the year 1760, by means of a parliament ary grant of 500 pounds to the corporation for promoting and carrying o n the inland navigation of Ireland. The neighbouring bays produce a var iety of fish; oysters of large size are taken in abundance. The surroun ding scenery is pleasingly diversified, and enriched in some parts with s tately timber, chiefly fir and oak; and in the vicinity of the several g entlemen s seats are thriving plantations of beech, sycamore, ash and p oplar, of comparatively modern growth. Slate is found in several parts, but has been only procured in one quar ry, which has not been worked sufficiently deep to produce a quality ca pable of resisting the action of the atmosphere. There are also mines o f coal, especially on the estate of Lord Dufferin, whose father opened a nd worked them on a small scale, since which time they have been abando ned; and a lead mine was worked here to some extent about thirty years s ince, in which copper ore and manganese were also found. Extracts from The Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837 ( transcribed by Mel Lockie)

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ances try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry membe rs.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S15] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ances try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry membe rs.;), Database online. Record for James Austin [S95] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Mariages, New Zealand - Death Records, Deaths in the District of Temuka, Record for James Austin. When: 14 March 1921 at Temuka Name: James Austin Occupation: Retired Farmer Casue of Death: internal ... Father: James Austin Occupation: Farmer Mother: Susan Austin nee Lowry Burried 16 March 1921 Temuka Where born: Helens Bay, Belfast, Ireland 56 years in NZ Where married : Helens Bay, Belfast at age 26 to Mary Shanks [S17] Austin Document Extract, Sourced from Research of Moni Kelly. [S114] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for James Austin http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=142048196637&indiv=try