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Can anyone help with this?  I am looking for any information on Thomas Leech/Leitch who married Winifred Whalen/Wheland December 1859 in Kilkenny.  Thomas and Winifred came over to Ayshire Scotland around 1860 and had 6 children, Catherine, Margaret, Bridget, John, Patrick, and Thomas, their parents marriage info (above) is on their birth certs.    Any information or advice on Thomas & Winifred  would be a great help to me.
Thanks
Glencoe

Hi Chris,
Perhaps a long shot here, but would you have in you family tree a marriage of Charles Coopey to Mary Kilty (my ancestor) 24th July 1862 Westbury on Severn, Mary and Charles had 12 children, mostly born in the Huntley area.  She died 19th June 1926 Westbury on Severn.

I registered with the Forest of Dean site and although I saw quite a lot of postings for the Coopey name, these were old posts so no reply's so far, but a lot of help with the Coopey family info from one of the members, including probate records etc.

Kind Regards

Glencoe

Hi Pat,
I saw your reply on the above Killops name, they are also connected to my ancestors, Kilty/ Kelty/ Keilty, tried the two email addresses at Ross's site, both failed.  The following info may be of some to use to someone else out there:

Discovered recently that there is the strong possibility that my ancestors are from Down, the man that I have traced furthest back is Barnard/Bernard Kilty/Kelty/Keilty. On the 1841 census for Wigtownshire Scotland, he is described as a flax dresser born in Ireland, his grandsons in-laws are the Killops family, from Inch Down.

James Killops & Elizabeth Killops ms Dougan Mar: 04/Nov/1848 Inch Down.
Children: Annabella 26th/April/1850 Down patrick Down. Elizabeth Jane or Elizabeth Louise 27th/Jan/1851 Inch Down. Elizabeth 28th Jan/1852 Inch Down. Mary 26th/Oct/1853 Inch Down. John 28th/Jan/1856 Inch Down. Elen 15th/July/1858 Killyleagh Down. Emily 30th/Jan/1861 Killyleagh Down.

On the 1871 Census in Inch Wigtownshire, James and his wife Elizabeth's surviving children are: Elizabeth Jane/ Mary/ John/ Helen/ Emily, and a further 3 boys born in Inch Wigtown Scotland: Samuel born 1864. William 1868. James 1870. 
Annabella Killops married Mark/Martin Kilty 22nd Nov.1869 Inch Wigtown, Mark Kilty is the grandson of Barnard/ Bernard Kilty Flax Dresser from perhaps the Lurgan region? Down.  I have further info on the Killops family.

On arrival in Wigtownshire, Scotland about 1863/4 the Killops family lived in Stoneykirk as did Barnard Kilty's family. Any help with further info for these two family's in Ireland would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Baz,

Tell them not to go to any trouble over this, I was just curious as to how they knew about the connection.  Jimmy was my grandmothers oldest brother, he was also a very keen golfer, his wife was Scottish Baz, I was just looking at his marriage certificate the other day, 1913, I was looking at the time for my Grandmothers marriage certificate to find out her address when she lived in King Street, 1915.

There were quite a number of Kiltie's lived in both King Street and Craigmiller Building, I found all this out while doing the family tree.

Glencoe