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Hi all - just a quick pop back into this thread to let you know that, 8 years later, I finally found a marriage record for my Elizabeth McEvoy.

I was rooting around on Irish Newspapers Archives to see if I could find anything to do with her brother (my ggf) around the time of his death. He was an alderman and was very involved with Dublin GAA so I was hopeful that I might find something of interest... and boy did I. Included in the attendees of his funeral was on Mrs E Dowling (sister)....at which point I nearly fell off my chair.

It turned out that she got married in 1923, at the ripe of age of 58 and lived until 1947.

Hi all,

Can't believe I'm only seeing this thread now!.  My line are the Elliotts, Minnie Grace Elliott (mother of Bert, Reginald and Minnie) being my 1st cousin 3x removed).

As far as I can see Minnie Grace and Frederick Valentine never married, at least I cant find a record for it anyway. Frederick was fond of the women - he had a son by an Eliza Butler (Frederick Valentine), cant find a marriage record there either.

He then had Bert, Reginald and MInnie with Minnie Grace Elliott, she's disappeared on me after Reggies birth. He then married Catherine Upton and had another few children after that. I'm doing to head off now to check out the WELLS connection - thanks for the heads up on that.

Minnie's three kids are with him (and Catherine Upton Banks) in the 1901 census but then they seem to have been put into the Homes over the next few years. Minnie's sister Eliza Collins (nee Elliott) is mentioned as is a Mrs Elliott in various transcripts.

The last sighting I have of Minnie junior is a record dated 12 May 1909 when she was discharged from the workhouse to a Convalescent Home in Sandgate. Can find neither a 1911 census or death record for her 

Bert or Herbert - I have him in 1911 in Wales working on a farm but dont have anything for him after that. Would love to hear from the previous poster if you read this.

Reggie / Reginald - bit of an enigma for me tbh. He was christened as Reggie Alfred Banks. Once the three kids went into the Homes their names went back to Elliott. However somewhere along the way Reggie Alfred Banks became Reginald Patrick T(have seen Tarleton mentioned) Elliott. I was very sceptical that this was "my" Reggie until I noticed in this military files that this next of kin was brother Herbert and that he was born in Strood, Kent in 1898.

That's the long and short of it for me - all this is documented on my Ancestry tree here www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/4411541/person/-523491530/facts The tree is public so please feel free to take a look - I'm very open to being told that I'm wrong 

Best wishes
Denise

I've trying to find how and when my 2x great uncle arrived in America - I how why and more or less when but have never found an emigration record for him.

He joined the British Army in Dublin 2 Jul 1902 and had deserted by 4th August!!!  I have in a Salvation Army Hotel in NY in the 1905 census and he died in 1923, living in 225 The Bowery. It seems that he was working for the same firm for the duration of his time in NY and his friend, the bosses son, organised his burial.

He was Albert William Snowden (sometimes Snowdon), born in Dublin in 1879 and died in NY on 3 Nov 1923 from acute appendicitis.

I believe I have all records for him other than his immigration / emigration records and would appreciate it if anyone knew of some way of finding this last link.

Thanks in advance
Denise

I'm afraid I'm no help to you but if your Ann turned out to be the one from Oylegate then I would be very interested as I have a Carty family that I can trace back to a William and Mary (nee Quinlan) Carty who married in 1833 in Oylegate - actual address was Coolamain