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They both have enough posts to use the PM (Personal Message) system@Pennines and @aghadowey - I didn't know there was a PM option. I'll use it now, thanks. Also thanks for the mine of information you have provided! I'll let you know of any progress once I have processed it all. I'm also trying to find some information from family, but memories are vague, sadly!
william and mary ann are my grandparents your grandad matt and my father were brothers .ive been going at this for quite a long while and am stuck with the same problem, and i have the marriage certificate and it doesnt reveal much.Are you Campbell, by any chance?
From 1901 and 1911 census returns it looks like William Tosh was born around the time civil registration of births started so there may not be a birth registration for him. Coleraine is on the Co. Antrim border so he may have been from just outside the town.Great suggestion about the marriage certificate - many thanks!
Details from his marriage certificate may help to trace his parents- residence? father's occupation? names of witnesses?
Alexander Christie married Margaret Ann Dunn on 13/9/1904 at Great James St. He was a Sailor.
As you say - his father was Samuel.
Her father was George Dunn, labourer.
Witnesses Martha McArthar and Lizzie Orr
(From RootsIreland website)
In that case you will find them both on the free 1911 census of ireland (1901 is also free).Thanks. I have that information though. It's their predecessors I am having trouble finding - earlier than their grandparents.
Matthew's with father William aged 45 - mother Mary 45 and about 8 or 9 siblings.
See
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002806846/
Do you have any approximate birth years for your grandparents please?Matt was born in 1907, and Margaret was born in 1909, both in Coleraine.
Your grandfather wasn't the Matt Tosh who taught woodworking at the Tech by any chance?Yes he was that Matt Tosh.
I'm a great grandson of William Tosh (1866) and Mary Ann. I believe that William's father was James Tosh (1840), but I'm struggling to find any further information on the Tosh line of the family. Any information that could help me over that hurdle would be much appreciated!
Welcome to Rootschat. To avoid your query getting lost in this Gransha/McCandless thread you might be better off starting a new topic on this board (if your Tosh family were the Coleraine/Londonderry ones). Be sure to tell us all the information you have so far and exactly what we can help you with
