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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / First name of new born
« on: Thursday 14 March 24 10:20 GMT (UK)  »
I have found a record for a Doyle but cannot make out the first name of the newborn.  (See left on image.) 

What confuses the issue is another record from Ancestry claiming John Doyle was baptised at Bellaghy on the same date.  I cannot find the record under the registers under Ballyscullion/Bellaghy. 
(See right side of image.)

Are they one in the same person or should I be looking at a different registry for the Ancestry record?

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Australia / Re: Possible change of name opinion sort
« on: Friday 17 November 23 05:13 GMT (UK)  »
William Bowden married Bridget McQueeney/McAweeney on the 26th December in Brisbane - St Stephens Cathedral 1849.  One of his marriage witnesses was a convict who arrived in 1830.  (James Cash.)  I have been advised they were good mates. 

The whole family has little knowledge of William prior to his marriage except what we have been told - i.e. he arrived in Australia in 1833 parents supposed to be John and Ellen.  He and John were miners'.  Claimed to have hailed from Chester, Cheshire.  Also unknown if he was a convict.

Why I'm proposing the earlier mentioned William Bowden is that he arrived in the same year and from 1839 onwards the person who married Bridget could have assumed his identity.

No one despite years of searching and some who have had a DNA done haven't had any matches. 

Any suggestions welcome as there are a lot of people looking for this person.

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Australia / Possible change of name opinion sort
« on: Friday 17 November 23 02:02 GMT (UK)  »
Many family members have been looking for this relative and my latest find could suggest our missing person has changed his name at some point.

Information to date (still unconfirmed):
Our hard to find relative is William Bowden born 1818 Chester, Cheshire.  Parents John and Ellen.
Supposedly arrived approx 1833 with both he and his father being miners'.

No one has been able to find out how he got to Australia.  We have records from December 1849 on - after his marriage.

I found a record of a William Bowden who arrived in 1833 as a convict on the James Laing, but died in about 1839 or so the record suggests.

I am wondering if this could be a possibility as a few of the details seem to match.

I would like your experienced opinions on this possibility.

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Antrim / Re: Douglas, Clark, McEwen, McKee, McMillan
« on: Wednesday 08 November 23 04:34 GMT (UK)  »
I found this post today and am curious about your McKee. 

The McKee you have listed I have found this option:  Francis McKee b 1828 M Margaret Mullen 15 May 1868 Benburg, Tyrone.

Francis' father is listed as Thomas.

I have McKee's on both sides of my family from around this area so, if you need any other suggestions let me know.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Any Idea what the town is
« on: Tuesday 22 August 23 08:40 BST (UK)  »
Is there a Carlile/Carlyle?

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Derry (Londonderry) / Assistance with fathers first name
« on: Saturday 05 August 23 10:07 BST (UK)  »
I have found a record of a marriage and cannot decipher the first name of the grooms father.

I have attached the record of the marriage (pdf)- look at the first one between Hugh Mackle and Mary Doyle. 

The surname is crucial to finding out the correct Mary.

2 Mary Doyle's were married at the same church within 5 weeks of each other and both of their fathers' names were Louis.

Thank you in anticipation.

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The Common Room / Family connection relationship dilema
« on: Thursday 03 August 23 05:36 BST (UK)  »
I would like someone to explain what to call the children's relationship i.e what sort of cousin if possible.

On my mothers' side is my gg grandmothers sister who married a man who is on my fathers' side - my gg grandfathers' brother son.

Both have had children.  What relationship are they to me other than some sort of cousin?

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Down / Re: Coulter, McKee, Welsh, McMullan and McCann
« on: Saturday 10 June 23 23:46 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for the responses and suggestions thus far.  I have ventured down all of those paths with no definite success.  Any further suggestions are welcome.  I can provide further details if necessary.

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Down / Coulter, McKee, Welsh, McMullan and McCann
« on: Tuesday 23 May 23 00:37 BST (UK)  »
I have the following surnames Coulter, McKee, Welsh, McMullan and McCann all interlinking in Down around the Kircubbin area in the early 1800's.

To begin I have a gravestone with the following for a William Coulter:

COULTER
Erected by
William Coulter
in memory of his father
WILLIAM COULTER,
late of Rureagh, who died
16th July 1831, aged 78 yrs.
Also his wife
MARY COULTER alias WALSH
who died 7th January 1838,
aged 65 yrs.

The only confusion lies is which William is Mary the wife of - the father or the son?

I have found a marriage record in 1801 for a William Coulter and Mary Welsh but that does not clarify which William.  (Marriage 23 Aug 1801 • Presbyterian, Kircubbin,Down,Ireland)

There are also other William's in the area.

There is also a William who married a Jane.

William had a daughter Esther who married a William McKee.  This family then extends out to include the surnames of McMullan and McCann.

The same issue occurs with the McKee's there are many William's.

If anyone has any of these surnames from around the same area in the early 1800's I'm happy to provide more details to help sort who is who.


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