April 2019 – Close Ancestry

Martin McDowell – April 2019

Many thanks to Martin McDowell for sending us a bunch of stuff on the Close's of Northern Ireland. As usual they didn't stay put and roamed into America, Australia and Canada (at least). Everything starts with John Close (1797) in…

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16 April 2019

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Died On Active Service / Hall of Fame / Martin McDowell / World War 1 1914 to 1918

John Close (1886) – World War 1

John Close (1886) was born in Belfast, Ireland, the son of John Close (1850) and Mary Jane Bell. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in 1901 and served on a number of ships before and through World War 1. He…

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Hall of Fame / Martin McDowell / World War 1 1914 to 1918

Robert Close (1878) – World War 1

Robert Close (1878) was born in Belfast, Ireland, the son of John Close (1850) and Mary Jane Bell. He was drafted into the Royal Irish Rifles in 1914, but subsequently discharged as medically unfit.

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