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The Common Room / Gilbert McCall 1765 Monkton
« on: Wednesday 06 December 17 00:30 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find out who the parents of Gilbert McCall are?  I think that he was born in 1765 in Monkton, Ayrshire possibly to an Alexander (McCaul).  Gilbert married Margaret Neil in 1794 in Dundonald.  Am I right in thinking there will only be ledger entries for these dates and no actual paper certificates?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help finding location of farm/house from last will dated 1811 - Berkshire
« on: Saturday 02 December 17 01:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I'm trying to get some information from this will for John Ellaway in East Hendred in Berkshire regarding where he lived.  I've found details in the Berkshire Records Office on a plot of land allocated in the Enclosure process but this does not help me with where he lived.  I'm hopeless trying to read some of this.  I've deciphered a number of the monetary bequests but nothing sensible on the names of places.  Anyone with better eyesight or more practice out there?  Keen to get names of places and also anything on toll roads in the bequests.  These are the first two of five pages. Pages three and four have information on them but I can't upload them within the limits of the site.

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Family History Beginners Board / Tracing George Bird, gun maker of St George in the East or thereabouts
« on: Thursday 16 March 17 00:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I'm trying to trace the origins of George Bird who lived in or around St George in the East and Shoreditch with a birth year of about 1793 or 1796 (depending on census review). 

There are some very significant inconsistencies between the two relevant census returns (1851 - Elizabeth Street, St George in the East - and 1841 - Smith's Arms Place, St George in the East) for what must surely be the same family.  In both returns George is noted as a gun maker (the transcription is mi-interpreted from a very faded image in 1841) and most of the children match (the ones that overlap) including their employment as either gun makers, cigar makers or umbrella makers, but there are significant inconsistencies in birth years. 

One of George's sons was Thomas Bird (umbrella maker) who was father to Edward Bird (boiler makers labourer) who was father to John Albert Bird "Bert" (policeman) who was my grandfather.

It looks to me as though George may have remarried resulting in a blended family with a lot of adult children noted in the 1851 census (most of the son's being married but with no spouse in the household). 

There are a few options I've found that could be George Bird and one side line that takes note of a census comment in 1851 that his wife Mary is from Birmingham.  I'm speculating that George might have been apprentice in the Gun Quarter in Birmingham at the time but this is just guess work.  There is a marriage record for a George and Mary in Birmingham close to the gun quarter from about the right time.

Any pointers would be most welcome.  I live in NZ so cannot just nip down to records offices and cemeteries.

Thanks

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Family History Beginners Board / Finding where John Concannon of Bilston came from in Ireland
« on: Thursday 16 March 17 00:00 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone know the likely origins of John Concannon who moved to Bilston and was an Iron works labourer?  He married Bridget McDonough, passed away in 1906 and is buried in Bilston cemetery. 

The relevant census returns are confusing suggesting birth years of 1851,1847 and 1841 with place of origin as Galway or Mayo.  Currently I think he may be the son of John and Mary (Diskin) Concannon of Tuam, Galway, but I have no way of confirming this.

Thanks for your help - anyone.

PS my interest is that John is a great grandfather on the distaff side of my family.


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