Workman/Boyd

[sweet caroline]

Rev. Robert WORKMAN . Knockbreda b. 1835; son of Robert Workman & Marion Turnbull Kier of Belfast; grandson of Robert Workman & Elizabeth Boyd of Saltcoats, Scotland; husband of Sarah Peile Davis (d. 1882); father of Marion Elizabeth b. 1861 (married Robert Henry Allen) & Harold Robert b. 1863 (d. 1865) & Genevieve Sarah Peile b. 1866 (married Edward Brile Killen) & Robert b. 29 Apr 1868 (married Francis Mary Osborne Brown) & Norah b. 1871 & Emily Davis b. 1873 (married James William Corry) & Maurice William b. 1874 (d. 1874) & Josephine b. 1878 & Theodora Sarah Peile Murray b. 1882; 2nd wife Anna Dittler was children's governess; father of Franz b. 1886 & Edward Gerald b. 1890; ordained 16 Apr 1862; minister of Newtownbreda Presbyterian Church; died 1921, Newtownbreda


sweet caroline

[Jim McCreadie]

Further to above.
John Workman Snr was born 1775/1776, son of Robert Workman of Saltcoats and Elizabeth Boyd. He married Helen Millar of Saltcoats and went to Belfast in 1800 with twenty-thousand pounds from his father to set up in business. In Belfast, he lived at 9 Donegal Square East, a terrace which he built. His younger brother Robert (1790-1860) joined him in 1807 and they set up as muslin manufacturers with a warehouse in Upper Arthur Street. This Robert was the father of Rev. Robert Workman of Knockbreda.

John Workman had two sons; Robert (1804-1870) married Jane Service (1815-1895) in 1833. They had 15 children, most of whom survived and married. John (1807-1867) married Maria Watts (1807-1871). They lived at Edgecomb, Strandtown, Belfast.

Extracted from "Old Belfast Families - The New Burying Ground".