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Im helping a friend out with her family tree. In her tree her ancestor is Daniel Lynch who married Mary Blair on 25 May 1848 in Monk-Wearmouth, Durham, England. Ive got Daniel in the 1851,61 and 81 census in Durham.

In the 1851 census he says he was born in West Minster; St Giles in 1826 and he is a Cordwainer
IN the 1861 census London, Middlesex, England he is a dairyman
In the 81 census London, London, Middlesex, England and he is a boltmaker.

Can anyone find his birth in London? or where he was in the 1841 census?

Birth about 1826
Death 23 DEC 1890 • 22 Nile Street, Sunderland, Durham, England

Hi!

Im looking for any baptism, marriage and death information for Margaret Drysdale.

Margaret married Roger Martin and they had multiple children between 1787 and 1799

John  - baptised Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
James  - baptised Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Roger  - baptised Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Jean  - baptised Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Margaret  - baptised Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
John  - baptised Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Christian - baptised Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

It looks like Margaret was married to Roger Martin before he left for the USA to fight and she had a child with John Muir while working for him in 1782. Margarets marriage to Roger then would have been around 1780/1781.

I have another thread exploring my ancestor John Muir https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=876080.msg7479719#msg7479719:

Compeared upon Citation Margaret Drysdale Spouse to Roger Martine a Soldier who has been Several years in America and Acknowledged that John Muir Cowfeeder in the Parish of West Kirk in whose Service She had been before Martinmas eighty one was the only true father of the Child She brought forth Last year  She declared that the Said John Muir Died in January Seventeen hundred & eighty two And Produced an Extract from the Records of Mortality from the Parish of West Kirk Certifying the above Fact  She also Produced a Paper Dated Portsburgh 28th Febr. 1783 Signed James Somerville Bearing that the Said John Muir at the time of His Death was by Habit & Repute a Married Man

See Torryburn kirk session, Minutes (1777-1848), CH2/355/7  (ScotlandsPeople Virtual Volumes)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi

My ancestor Michael McMahon was born in Kildysart around 1813 to John McMahon and Ellen. They were Catholics. No one researching him have been able to find what happened to his parents and on ancestry people have copied any record possible as link to him so there not a lot of reliable info. I found the attached article but theres probably a lot of John McMahons and the one writing to the paper may be much younger. Any help would be appreciated.

He married Bridget O'Loughlin (also known as Biddy and Maria) on 18 Jun 1838 • Kildysart, County Clare, Ireland.

When he emigrated to Australia in 1855 with his young family he names his parents as John McMahon and Ellen and they were alive at that time. Bridget names her parents as Thomas O'Loughlin and Mary and they were also alive. Michael and Ellen could read and write.

Im hoping they were still alive to be included in the civil records.

DNA links us to multiple McMahon families. Speculatively some may be sibling to Michael McM.

Patrick McMahon (B1807) who married Mary Reirdy. Patrick moved to the USA. His children born in Kildysart.
Bryan McMahon who married Mary Doyle. Bryan lived in Kilmurry, Co Clare. Its about 38km from Kildysart.
James McMahon (B 1806) who married Bridget Moran. James born in Black Hills, Kildysart. First born son was named Bernard Bryan McMahon.
Ellen McMahon who married John Curtis. They moved to the USA.

Hi - Im hoping someone would be able to lookup the following file at PROV. Im trying to rule in/out that is my cousins ancestor shortly before he married. He told his son to never go to Melbourne (and he never has) but Im wondering if there was a reason why.

Thank you in advance!

part of:

    Criminal Presentments and Final Orders, Melbourne (VPRS17020)

Jul 1940 / 4A
Eric Stratton
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VPRS 17020/P0003, Jul 1940 / 4A
1940-07-01 - 1940-07-01
Open, Physical
North Melbourne

Hi

This photo was in an album of photos belonging to my cousin Thomas Lewis Singleton, 1847-1922. It has no copyright restrictions.

To me it looks like American civil war photography which would make it a mutual cousin or is it fancy dress from a more recent period?