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Looking for any details (Birth/marriage/death/children) of a Bernard McCaull (or McCaul), father of Michael McCaull, schoolmaster at Kingstown, Co Dublin (b Abt 1794 Co Monaghan, d. 2.12.1839 Kingstown - now Dun Laoghaire)

A reference to Bernard McCaull can be found in the Trinity College alumni online, here:
https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/70795b624?locale=en
page 526
under McCaull, Michael, as being Michael's father, and described as being a "generosus"
https://www.wordsense.eu/generosus/
Unsure exactly what the title 'generosus' exactly refers to in this case, but on ancestry.com there appears to have been a J.P. in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, by the name of Bernard McCaul in the mid to late 1800s, possibly a descendant.

Bernard's son, Michael McCaull, was born Abt. 1794 in Monaghan, Co Monaghan, Ireland and served as the schoolmaster at Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) from at least 1829 ("Saunders's News-Letter", Dublin, 16 March, 1829)
until at least 1836 (from an article in Saunders' Newsletter of 29/9/1836, Michael McCaul's "Infant School" was located in York St., Kingstown - Dun Laoghaire) possibly until his death in 1839.

Any help appreciated.

There is a record for a burial of John Hodder 7 Aug 1783 Ugborough

Are there any clues if this was John Hodder bap 30 Jul 1756 Ugborough
(married Mary Pyne 25 Nov 1781 • Tavistock, Devon) - Mary died in Ugborough 1795

or his father John Hodder bap 30 Dec 1726 Ugborough (married Sarah Crocker, 23 Mar 1754 • Dartmouth, St Saviour, Devon) - Sarah died in 1783 in Ugborough

I'm looking for a burial date for both Johns

thanks

Looking for information on birth / siblings and parents of John Hodder, b abt 1896, possibly Ugborough.

This is what I have pieced together so far

John Hodder's marriage entry to Ann Widdecombe on 15 May 1818 in Ugborough has him listed as a Yeoman, and this title stays with him on all of his children's baptism entries. In the 1841 census, he is living in Buckland Monachorum parish, in the village of Crapstone, 'age 45'. His wife, Ann, is also listed as the same age; however, I believe, findmypast has her baptised in Sep 1791 in Ugborough; father John, mother, Jenny. I suspect this couple (Ann's parents) were married in May 1774 in Ugborough, with the wife's name being Joan Martin (Jenny being a possible variant of Joan).

The 1851 census has the Hodder family living in Modbury and has Ann's place of birth as Ugborough.  John Hodder's death is registered in Kingsbridge in Mar 1844 and he is not on this census form.

Here is the info I have found for John and Ann Hodder's children, sourced either from findmypast or the 1851 census entries:
Ann Hodder (1819– b Ugborough)
Jane Hodder (1821– b Ugborough)
Elizabeth Hodder (1823– b Buckland Monachorum parish)
John Hodder (1827–1901 b Buckland Monachorum parish)
Catherine Hodder (1834–1897 b Buckland Monachorum parish)

The puzzling part comes with the witnesses to John & Ann's Wedding in 1818 (see attached). They appear to be:
Eliza Hodder, Jenny Widdecombe (hard to read - could even be "Peggy"); Servington Hodder and John Widdecombe. One would surmise they are probably close relatives.

With such an unusual name as Servington Hodder, I would have thought he would be easy to track down.

I checked with the Public trees on ancestry.com and one tree has the following:
Servington HODDER bap 25 Jul 1761, Ugborough m Elizabeth PAIN (b abt 1770) on 25 Mar 1791 in Ugborough.
Children:
John HODDER
bap 11 Mar 1792, Ugborough

Eliza HODDER
bap 3 Dec 1793, Ugborough

Sarah HODDER
bap 22 Jul 1795, Ugborough d.1802 Ugborough

Mary HODDER
bap 18 Aug 1797, Ugborough

Catherine HODDER
bap 27 Sep 1801, Ugborough

Servington HODDER
bap 12 Feb 1804, Ugborough d Mar 1874 Totnes

Jane HODDER
bap 12 Feb 1806, Ugborough

William HODDER
bap 12 Oct 1808, Ugborough

Critically, I cannot find the baptism entry cited for John Hodder 1892 anywhere online, however all baptism dates are that specific that one suspects they must have come from somewhere reliable.

I am wondering if the John Hodder here baptised in 1792 might be one and the same person as the Yeoman who was married in 1818 in Ugborough, given the connection to the name Servington on his marriage certificate. I am unsure of where the ancestry user got the information from, as he does not cite his sources. Many of the names would fit with the family and you can see there are some instances of John & Ann's children being given the same names as the children or parent (in the case of Elizabeth) in this ancestry.com constructed family.

I gather a Yeoman is a hereditary title. This should also mean John who was married in 1818's father had the same title?

If this is the correct family, I could see that either the parents Servington & Elizabeth (shortened to Eliza) or the siblings Servington & Eliza being witnesses to the marriage.
I submit the graphic from the marriage entry of the witnesses signatures.

I am also told by a relative that this branch of the family had a connection to the wine making industry (as might be surmised from the info on the 1851 census "Farming 278 acres, employing 6 labs" living at Edmeston house - now a heritage listed building) and according to my relative, the family supplied wine to the English courts for centuries. I note that one of the meanings of Yeoman is "a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder."

All help appreciated to untangle this jigsaw puzzle

I have an unwanted death certificate to give away, an Alexander McDonald who died in Kilmore Victoria, after being thrown from a dogcart aged 57 in 1861. Place of birth Scotland, married in Melbourne in 1859, no children
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164780774/alexander-mcdonald

Hello,

I am looking to see who might have been living with a Mary McDonald (aged 19, living in Arden St North Melbourne at the time of her marriage in 1859 according to her marriage certificate - see excerpt from certificate attached). I suspect she may have been living with her parents Alexander and Ann. We cannot so far pin down her arrival date in Melbourne from Scotland, although she appears to be on the 1851 Scottish census. I suspect she may have come out together with her parents, as they are not on the 1861 Scottish census. Her husband Henry Michael McCaull (from Kingstown, Dublin) arrived in Melbourne from Britain on the "Miles Barton" in 1854 and was living in Geelong at the time of marriage - that begs the question how did they meet? An Alexander McDonald is a witness at her wedding. I'm wading through Sands-McDougall's 1860 Melbourne directory to see if an Alexander McDonald was still living in Arden St at the time, as the father seemed to have a business as a Calico printer - nope just found Arden St on page 85 and he is not there https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE13647144&mode=browse

A relative of mine also has been chasing this one up in the past. https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=855371.0