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Hi guys
Hit the brick wall big time!
Can find no trace of HELEN GEEKIE on the 1861 census in Dundee.
She died at Perth Road Dundee in 1867 'widow of John Geekie, ploughman and daughter of William Mill joiner, and Janet Millar who were married at Longforgan in 1781.
The last census record I could find for John Geekie and and Helen Mill was 1841 at Step Row Dundee. John died about 1845.
Can find no entry in 1851 for Helen or her son John Geekie born 1827 but know they must be in Dundee as John married Ann Storrier in 1856 and his address then is Perth Road Dundee
Where have they been hiding?
Any help would be most appreciated
Jen

DAVID STORMONT and ANN ROBERTSON from Scotland moved to Co. Wicklow circa 1864, they had several children born in Perthshire, but most had died in childhood before the family came to Ireland
The following children were born in Co Wicklow -

David Tindal   Stormont 1864  either Rathdrum or Annamoe
Jessie Beattie Stormont 1866      Annamoe
Barbara         Stormont 1868      Annamoe
Helen Roger   Stormont 1870      Annamoe

the family were back in Scotland by 1871
David and Ann had a daughter born in Perthshire in 1862 also named Jessie Beattie, but she had obviously died before her younger sister Jessie was born in Annamoe in 1866.   I have been unable to find a death for this child in Scotland so think she might have died in Ireland between 1864 and 1866.  Is there anyway I could find this on any Irish records?

Jessie Beattie married an Irish lad Patrick Phillip Starrs born c1859 (I don't know what part of Ireland he hailed from)  He was an exciseman with the Inland Revenue and they married in Broughty Ferry Dundee Scotland in 1886, moved to Dunmow Essex England where their 2 children Patrick and Norah were born but they moved back to Scotland before 1901.  Patrick jnr was a chief engineer with the Merchant Navy and was killed aboard the SS Kingsland in January 1946.  Norah became a teacher but never married and died an old lady in Dundee in 1987.
It would be interesting to find out why the Stormont family moved to Ireland for such a short time, I have no idea what David did for a living in his earlier days, but back in Dundee he became a game dealer and potato merchant! 
A' the Best from Jenc

looking for any information on Dominic Hopper who married Winifred McGowan, probably in Sligo.  Their sons Dominic, John and Malachi were born 1820-1830 in Ireland before they moved to Scotland
Jen

Hi
Long shot here but I am stuck on Patrick Long or Laing who was born c.1826 on his son Peter's birth certificate Patrick's birthplace is given as Dublin.
He married Mary Horan in Londonderry in 1845 and they moved to Scotland c. 1846. In 1851 he was an iron miner in Carluke and staying with his wife Mary's family. Mary's father was Michael Horan who was born somewhere in Ireland c.1802 and was a brickmaker.
If anyone can point me in any direction I would be most grateful
Jen

Hi Guys
Sadly,  found my 3 x great grandmother Amelia Fyfe born in Forfar on the 18th June 1803, lived most of her adult life in the Royal Dundee Lunatic Asylum.  Found her on the 1841 as in inmate and still there through the decades and trying to find out ' why' ? She may have been ' incarcerated' before 1841.
She married John Grindlay in Forfar in 1826 Her youngest child David was born in Forfar in 1835. Could this be a clue....was she a victim of post natal depression, cured nowadays but a life sentence in Victorian times.
She lived to be an old lady and died in 1887 in Liff Hospital from ' senile decay'.  By that time  Dundee Asylum had been moved to the more modern Liff.
From her death certificate there is no mention of any family members being present, seems poor Amelia had been forgotten, and the informant was ' an attendant'
 What I would really love to know is where she is buried.......even though I know it probably is a ' common grave '  I would dearly love to go there ' wherever' and acknowledge her as family....that's what it's all about at the end of day....Any clues will be much appreciated
Regards Jenc