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My great grandfather worked as a Mineral Water engineer according to his 1901 census - he worked in Cantrell & Cochrane (C&C), so you might add this to your list of companies.

Denise

Aw thank you all so much 

I  have to agree in hindsight that Emma more than likely is the boat and that Feary was her captain

re her background - Emma was born in Middlesex, the eldest of four and her mother died when she was 10 (1870). Emma is with the family in 1871 census and that's the last I can find of her. Funnily enough, her younger brother became a fisherman and died a young man in none other than Hull. His wife died shortly after him, both in their 30s and their children then went to live in the Home for Fishermens Children in Hull.

Thanks again to all for your input, its much appreciated,
Denise

Hi all,

It took quite a lot of looking but I eventually managed to find some concrete details for my 2x Gr grandparents William & Elizabeth McEvoy.

I initially got their names from marriage data for my great grandfather, and from census data I knew that they had at least three children: John, James & Elizabeth but I'm really curious to know now if they had any more children. This is a synopsis of the information I have at the  moment:

William McEvoy (b. 1823) married Elizabeth ? (b. 1821) - dont have date of marriage

William    d. 15 Nov 1868 at 79 Meath Street and is buried in Glasnevin. He was a Mercantile Clerk.
Elizabeth d. 19 Dec 1887 at 5 James' Street North, North Wall, buried in same grave (Infant grandchildren and others unknown also in grave)

Children (dobs differ from 1901, 1911 and death):

John       b, 1853-1857 Dublin City
James     b. 1859-1863 Dublin City
Elizabeth b. 1865-1868 Dublin City

As you can see there is plenty of time for other siblings to have been born so I'm wondering if anyone else out there is looking into this family too - I have loads of info to share

Best wishes
Denise

Thanks for all this Lisa. The death matches my Alberts age already so I'll order the death cert and see if looks like its him - I'll let you know how I get on.

Best wishes
Denise

Hi all,

Could some kind soul see if they can unearth my great grand uncle Albert please

I have found him in the NY 1905 Census and I have his WW1 Draft Registration Card but cannot find him in either 1910 or 1920 censuses.

His details are:

Albert William Snowdon      b. 20 Aug 1879 in Dublin Ireland

1901 Census - living at home with parents in Dublin
July 1902 he enlisted in and almost immediately deserted the British Army in Dublin
1905 Census - 18 Chatham Sq, Manhattan  (Salvation Army house)
Sep 1918 - WW1 Draft - 15 Bowery, Manhattan NY (flophouse, I think) - worked in JY Watkins on Catherine St.

Only yesterday I found a site which shows NYC deaths and there is a death for an Albert Snowdon on 3 Nov 1922, it is the right age for him but has no other details.

I have searched on Ancestry for him in 1910 and 1920 censuses to no avail so hopefully someone there could take a look and see if they can find anything that i might be missing.

Thanks in advance
Denise