Hugh Sloan

Birth Name Hugh Sloan
Gender male
Age at Death 75 years, 4 months, 15 days

Narrative

Mary Rorke ... married Hugh Sloan in Killowen church on 3 April 1914. This couple had only 1 son called William Sloan, who was born on 6 September 1917 in Killowen. William moved to Church St, Rostrevor where he had a taxi service and married Emily Tinnelly in 1945.They have 3 children, Peggy, Gerry and Hugh.

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth December 27, 1877 Ballincurry Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
Births
December 27, 1877, Ballincurry
Hugh [son of] William Sloan, a farmer of Ballincurry, and Alice Sloan, formerly Brennan. informant: the father.

 

Baptism December 27, 1877 Kilbroney Catholic Parish, County Down, Ireland   2a
Event Note

27 December 1877
Hugh [son] of William Sloan and Alice Brennan, sponsors Peter Doran, Bridget Farrell
note: Married in the Catholic Church, Rostrevor, to Mary O'Rourke, April 30, 1914

Census (Son) March 31, 1901 Ballincurry Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   3a
Event Note

1901 Census of Ireland
31 March 1901
Residents of a house 8 in Ballinacurry (Killowen, Down)
Sloan, William, 70, Male, Head of Family, Farmer, Widower
Sloan, William, 26, Male, Son, Farmer's Son, Not Married
Sloan, Hugh, 22, Male, Son, Farmer's Son, Not Married
All Roman Catholic, all born in County Down, all could read and write English.

Residence April 30, 1914 Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   4a
Event Note

Hugh was "of Killowen" when he married.

Death May 11, 1953     5 6a
Burial   Kilbroney Cemetery, Rostrevor, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father William Sloanabout 1830March 25, 1909
Mother Alice Brennanabout 1834February 25, 1901
    Sister     Rose Sloan
    Sister     Mary Sloan about March 9, 1863
    Sister     Jane Sloan about June 22, 1864 April 25, 1943
    Sister     Bridget Sloan about August 17, 1866
    Brother     William Sloan about 1875
         Hugh Sloan December 27, 1877 May 11, 1953

Families

Family of Hugh Sloan and Mary Ann O'Rourke
Married Wife Mary Ann O'Rourke ( b. April 25, 1880 d. October 27, 1972 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage April 30, 1914 Rostrevor, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   4a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
Roman Catholic Chapel of Rostrevor
Marriages
April 30, 1914
Hugh Sloan, of full age, a bachelor farmer of Killowen, son of William Sloan, a farmer, deceased
Mary O'Rorke, of full age, a spinster of Killowen, daughter of William O'Rorke, a farmer, deceased
witnesses: Peter Sloan and Margaret O'Rorke

Source References

  1. Irish Civil Registration Records, Births
      • Page: Hugh Sloan, December 27, 1877, Ballincurry
  2. Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
      • Page: 27 December 1877, Hugh Sloan
  3. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 8 in Ballinacurry (Killowen, Down)
  4. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Sloan-Brennan marriage, April 30, 1914, Kilkeel, RD: Rostrevor
  5. email August 2019
  6. Headstones, Kilbroney Cemetery, Rostrevor, Co Down, Ireland
      • Page: photo of grave of Hugh Sloan and his wife Mary O'Rourke, and 2 sons and a daughter in law. photo taken September 2023