The original researcher of this tree, John Alexander OLIVER, was a distinguished civil servant whose notable career left an indelible mark on the politics and government of Northern Ireland. As his obit in The Guardian said: He contributed enormously to radical reforms in the province's regional planning and local government structures during the turbulent decade after 1963. As he was assembling this tree, he encountered many of the same conundrums that confronted the researchers who assembled the material that I have collated under the tree of the OLIVERs of Tattykeel. Both of these Northern Irish OLIVER families were Presbyterians, and both may have had ancestors who had originated from Scotland and/or France. There are bound to be overlaps between these two trees in the earlier generations – especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is also likely that there will be errors - based on hopeful leaps of faith – made by many of these researchers (including myself). DNA may very well be the most useful tool that we have available to us to untangle the historic threads of these quite possibly intermingled trees. The John Alexander Oliver who did the initial research believed that the family originated from Scotland.
John Andrew OLIVER Family Tree – based in Limavady
NOTE: I have highlighted William JACKSON because I intend to learn more about him. 1-John OLIVER b. Abt 1670, of Derrybeg, Limavady [aka Newtownlimavady, Parish Drumachose. Barony Keenaght. Co. Londonderry,] d. 1744 ...2-James OLIVER b. Abt 1700, d. 1770 ...2-Andrew OLIVER b. Abt 1710, d. 1781 ......3-Hon. Judge John OLIVER b. Abt 1750, d. McVeytown, Pennsylvania, USA + Margaret LYON m. 1780 .........4-OLIVER ............5-Margaret Oliver CAMPBELL + James OLIVER, par. James OLIVER and Sarah LONG ......3-James OLIVER b. Abt 1760, d. 1840 + Sarah LONG .........4-James OLIVER b. 1807, d. 1891 + Margaret Oliver CAMPBELL (Duplicate line) b. 1807, d. 1891, par. Unknown and OLIVER ............5-Sarah Rachel OLIVER ............5-Rev. John Campbell OLIVER + Jennie KYLE ............5-Andrew William OLIVER ............5-Sidney Ellen OLIVER .........4-Andrew OLIVER b. 1816, d. 1890 + Martha MORRELL b. Abt 1825, Of Ballywildreck, [Ballywildrick Lower or Ballywildrick Upper, Parish Dunboe, Barony Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, m. Abt 1851, d. 1909, par. Robert MORRELL and Unknown ............5-Margaret OLIVER b. 1852, d. 1922 + George ROBINSON m. 1873 ............5-Sarah OLIVER b. 1852, d. 1923 + John CRAIG m. 8 Jan 1880, Magilligan Presbyterian Church, Newtonlimavady + William JACKSON m. 1888, d. of Bovevagh, Parish Bovevagh. Barony Keenaght, Co. Londonderry ............5-James OLIVER b. 1856, Derrybeg, Limavady, d. 1916 + Margaret BROWN b. of Fifeshire, Scotland ............5-Mary OLIVER b. 1861, d. 1901 + John CALVIN ............5-Robert John OLIVER b. 3 Nov 1869, Limavady, d. 1953 + Martha Elizabeth SHERRARD m. 2 Jun 1904, Magilligan Presbyterian Church, Newtownlimavy ...............6-Alice Birdenia OLIVER b. After 1904 + Charles McCLURE m. 1934 ...............6-Mary Elizabeth OLIVER b. After 1904 + Andrew Dunn KENNEDY m. 1933 ...............6-Rosaleen Margaret OLIVER + Gilbert Edwin LOGAN b. Of Belfast, m. 1937 ...............6-Sarah Jackson OLIVER + George W. NIXON m. 1944 ...............6-Henry Sherrard OLIVER + Elizabeth WRIGLEY b. of Yorkshire, m. 1948 ..................7-Michael Henry OLIVER ..................7-Anthony OLIVER ...............6-George Robinson OLIVER + Elizabeth WOOD m. 1948 ...............6-John Andrew OLIVER b. 25 Oct 1913, d. 28 May 2006, Cumbria + Stella Barbara Howell RITSON b. Of Cumberland, m. 1943 ..................7-Julian Patrick Ritson OLIVER ..................7-Marcus Sherrard OLIVER ..................7-Simon Morrell OLIVER ..................7-Myles Martindale Fox OLIVER ..................7-Quinton Andrew OLIVER .........4-Jane OLIVER |
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