Sinnan, the only members in the census of Scotland I can find are Bridget and Margaret on the 1901 census, they were the only children of William and Margaret who married in Ireland and appear to have moved to Scotland with their husbands prior to their mother and father and other siblings moving to Scotland. It looks like their parents and other siblings moved just after census taken.
Re 1911 census, I can’t find anything again for any of them again apart from their 2 daughters and that may tie in with the story that after William died in 1902 in Scotland that she went back to Ireland with her younger children. They definitely came back to Scotland before 1914 by the looks of it as Mary Anne married in Scotland 1914 and John was recorded as missing in action in 1915 during the First World War, later presumed dead but found later.
However perhaps they didn't go back at all. I will recheck again in case of further spelling errors but I’m sure I tried all the variations of spellings before
Due to all the name variants it’s a bit of a nightmare
Thank you all for your help.
The main thing I’m looking for is details of Wm (Valentine) Bestal b1862 parents who was William senior the farmer related to and did he have any siblings and any siblings of William Valentine junior b1862. If I get any info re them it may make the whole thing a lot easier.
I’m also trying to get any info on John Corcoran and Rose Carroll. When Margaret their daughter married she lived at Bariniskey. I know the surnames if Corcoran and Caroll are going to be tricky due to the immense amount of people with these surnames. Only thing I know is Brigida Corcoran is mentioned on the marriage cert. I don’t know if she is Margaret’s sister, Aunty, cousin or even a niece
