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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: identify old uniform
« on: Tuesday 17 November 20 19:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Joe

Are you connected or have any links to the McCorkell family who were at Primity, Newbuildings?  Includes Major D R A McCorkell who was Police Superintendent in Burma.

Best

Dave

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: identify old uniform
« on: Tuesday 17 November 20 18:49 GMT (UK)  »
PS.  There is a reason why Sergeant William Newton Woodmansee popped up as a hospital sergeant in Kieskamahoek in South Africa, in the 96th Regiment.   The regiment spent some time training and acclimatising in South Africa's Eastern Cape region, en route to India. 

This illustrates how sometimes genealogical information can be found in amongst South African records, or through the South African Archives online search catalogue (NAAIRS), even for folks who never "settled" in South Africa, or were only passing through. (And especially if a family member passed away as the family - or their regiment - passed through!)

Dave Mitchell
Cape Town
South Africa

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: identify old uniform
« on: Tuesday 17 November 20 18:39 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Joe

I'm researching MITCHELL families from County Londonderry & Tyrone, especially the Glendermott Valley and including the townlands of Killymallaght, Cullion, Castlemellon, Tirkeeveny, Craigtown, Drumcorran and Cloghore-Greerstown.

Thanks for finding the photo of Hamilton Mitchell, the Brigade Surgeon -- also for the stuff that you and "the team" have posted on him.  I appreciate also the medal ribbon detective work!

If I can help anyone with further information, please do contact me.

Any chance of chatting to the lady who found the photograph?  With her Mitchell connection?

Warm regards

Dave Mitchell
Cape Town
South Africa

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Presbyterian Doherty, Dogherty, Dougherty of Glendermott
« on: Wednesday 20 August 14 20:52 BST (UK)  »
Hello Linda

Please feel free to contact me directly -- (*)

I have also been working on the Doherty's and Semples at Cromkill.  I was recently in touch with a member of Robert James Semple's family in Canada, so can give you some later information.

Also I have studied several of these Doherty wills at PRONI and the details on the Revaluation Lists.

My belief is that the Jane Doherty who married John Semple at Glendermott in 1867 was a relative of mine, through her mother.  This information comes from an unpublished letter from a cousin of hers dated 1857, which refers to a visit to Cromkill, coupled with some fairly complex deductive reasoning to build an argument using indirect evidence.  I would be very keen to run my views and arguments past you, so as to test these conclusions!

I have a copy death certificate for Samuel Mitchell Semple, died 1946 aged 73, who was most surely one of Robert James Semple's brothers.

Kind regards

Dave Mitchell
Cape Town
South Africa

researching Mitchell of Killymallaght, co. Londonderry 

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Abraham Phillips from Glendermott nr Carn
« on: Monday 03 December 12 09:05 GMT (UK)  »
The 1833 Tithe Applotment Book shows a James Phillips at Drumnagore, also in Clondermott (Glendermott) parish although towards the south-western end of the parish.  His son/nephew/close relative (?)  Allan Phillips (who later held this same land) was described as a "strong Covenanter" (as was his wife Eliza Mitchell) .  Kind regards, Dave Mitchell, Cape Town, South Africa

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South Africa / Re: FELLOWES Arthur Reginald
« on: Friday 17 June 11 21:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi Dennis

Have just been looking at your post, together with my old friend Trevor Fellowes of Rondebosch, Cape Town, who is Arthur's grandson.

His email is *  

How could we contact you?

Kind regards


Dave Mitchell
Rondebosch
South Africa

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