My dad Robert Moore Beattie, his parents and siblings came to Canada in 1926 from rural County Down just south of Bangor in a small area called the Cottown. If you look on a map of County Down it is near Ballygrainey about 3 or so miles from Bangor. My grandparents were James Beattie and Maggie Allen. James was the son of Hugh Beatty and Agnes Gilmore of Herdstown/Cottown and had siblings Charles, John, Eleanor, Christina and Agnes. I'm sure that we have many relatives in County Down but have had no luck as of yet in contacting any. If anyone out there is from that area or has family from there I'd love to hear from you.
