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Down / Re: Place name Bally-clender?
« on: Wednesday 05 April 17 18:47 BST (UK) »
Thanks again! That looks great.
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Down / Re: Place name Bally-clender?
« on: Wednesday 05 April 17 17:24 BST (UK) »
Yes, I have just seen Ballyclander. Thanks for your reply. The link gives me a URL not found message.
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Down / Re: Place name Bally-clender?
« on: Wednesday 05 April 17 16:35 BST (UK) »
Of course, answering my own question I just found a mention in a Tithe Allotment Book, so never mind. Thanks anyway.
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Down / Place name Bally-clender?
« on: Wednesday 05 April 17 16:30 BST (UK) »
In an 1896 book about the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the Ancient Order of the Hibernians (Philadelphia pub)I came across an entry for a Nicholas McNab whose father was born in Bally-clender County Down. I can't find that place to save my life. Perchance, has anyone heard of it?
Thanks for the look.
Thanks for the look.
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Occupation Interests / Re: Maritime Records for William Reid Young Chief Engineer RMS Douro?
« on: Tuesday 05 July 16 03:53 BST (UK) »
Whoops, sorry. Thanks for the notice. Born 1832
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Occupation Interests / Maritime Records for William Reid Young Chief Engineer RMS Douro?
« on: Tuesday 05 July 16 00:10 BST (UK) »
I know that William Reid Young died in the Wreck of the Douro in 1882. I've found lots of records pertaining to the man and his family. I know he was born in Aberdeen in 1832, I know who he married and that they had their home in Southampton.
I am not by any means certain that I am a relative, but I think finding the records of his time at sea may help me determine that. Any suggestions on where to begin?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
I am not by any means certain that I am a relative, but I think finding the records of his time at sea may help me determine that. Any suggestions on where to begin?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Re 1880 US Census for New Jersey (names mcCann, Young)
« on: Thursday 25 February 16 16:20 GMT (UK) »
Hello Sandra,
Thanks for the reply. I've tried initials, no first name at all, only a first name (Alexander) with no last name. Currently, a sister and I are browsing the entire 1880 census for Newark page by page.
As for names and dates, here they are:
Alexander Young b. Manhattan, 1863 (middle name Aloysius adopted later)
parents Thomas Young b. England or Scotland, sources vary
Susan Flannagan b Ireland
Alexander and family are last seen as a family unit in Jersey City, NJ in 1870 census.
Thomas and Susan were both dead and buried in JC by 1875, whereupon the surviving children Alexander, Charles, b. NY 1864 and Susannah Elizabeth (Susie) b. NJ 1871 were all in St. Mary's Orphanage Newark, NJ. Susannah Elizabeth was still there in the 1885 NJ State Census. In 1884 Alexander married an Ann McCann in Newark and raised a family there.
We can find no other certain trace of Susie, Charles is unaccounted for after the 1880s.
I would like to know where Alexander was in 1880. He and Charles were not in the orphanage. It might make no difference, really, as he does turn up again and we know how his life proceeded after that.
As for Ann McCann's family, they settled in Brooklyn upon arriving in the US, in 1864, then resettled in Newark, NJ by the time of the 1870 Census. After that census I find traces of the family, the death certificate of son Charles in 1871, city directory listings which end by the mid 1870s, a daughter in service in Newark, (1875 NJ census) that daughter's marriage record (1877) and the birth of her 1st child.
I find nothing about Anna McCann from 1870 until her marriage in 1884. I would like to know about her. I don't know what happened to her brother Francis (b. Glasgow 1856), sister Mary or her parents John and Mary McCann (nee Hewitt).
I have gone page by page through half the 19875 NJ census for Newark (available only in the Newark library) and hope to get back there some day.
In the meantime, I would just like to know why I can't find my McCanns or Youngs in the 1880 Census, just to fill in some gaps and try to figure out what happened to John, Mary and Francis and daughter Mary McCann.
I'm not sure I have made this clear, but thanks for you attention.
Mary
Thanks for the reply. I've tried initials, no first name at all, only a first name (Alexander) with no last name. Currently, a sister and I are browsing the entire 1880 census for Newark page by page.
As for names and dates, here they are:
Alexander Young b. Manhattan, 1863 (middle name Aloysius adopted later)
parents Thomas Young b. England or Scotland, sources vary
Susan Flannagan b Ireland
Alexander and family are last seen as a family unit in Jersey City, NJ in 1870 census.
Thomas and Susan were both dead and buried in JC by 1875, whereupon the surviving children Alexander, Charles, b. NY 1864 and Susannah Elizabeth (Susie) b. NJ 1871 were all in St. Mary's Orphanage Newark, NJ. Susannah Elizabeth was still there in the 1885 NJ State Census. In 1884 Alexander married an Ann McCann in Newark and raised a family there.
We can find no other certain trace of Susie, Charles is unaccounted for after the 1880s.
I would like to know where Alexander was in 1880. He and Charles were not in the orphanage. It might make no difference, really, as he does turn up again and we know how his life proceeded after that.
As for Ann McCann's family, they settled in Brooklyn upon arriving in the US, in 1864, then resettled in Newark, NJ by the time of the 1870 Census. After that census I find traces of the family, the death certificate of son Charles in 1871, city directory listings which end by the mid 1870s, a daughter in service in Newark, (1875 NJ census) that daughter's marriage record (1877) and the birth of her 1st child.
I find nothing about Anna McCann from 1870 until her marriage in 1884. I would like to know about her. I don't know what happened to her brother Francis (b. Glasgow 1856), sister Mary or her parents John and Mary McCann (nee Hewitt).
I have gone page by page through half the 19875 NJ census for Newark (available only in the Newark library) and hope to get back there some day.
In the meantime, I would just like to know why I can't find my McCanns or Youngs in the 1880 Census, just to fill in some gaps and try to figure out what happened to John, Mary and Francis and daughter Mary McCann.
I'm not sure I have made this clear, but thanks for you attention.
Mary
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Census and Resource Discussion / Re 1880 US Census for New Jersey (names mcCann, Young)
« on: Wednesday 24 February 16 17:29 GMT (UK) »
For several years I have been looking for family in the 1880 US census. I know the persons involved lived in Newark, NJ before and after that census, as they show up in 1870 US, NJ state census 1875, 1885, and I have marriage records and birth records for family members and they were living there. Not all of them are in each records, but the two families seem to be well represented in Newark in that period. The two families are named McCann and Young. In 1880 they were not connected as yet.
I have looked for specific names, tried every spelling and misspelling I can devise, used wild cards, variants and broad parameters for age, place of birth and everything else. This has been an effort over several years. I have browsed the areas of the city where I thought they might be, yet have found no trace of them. I have looked in their former places of residence (Brooklyn or Jersey City) yet have had no success. I could possibly understand if one family was missing, but I find neither family. All I can think is that an area of the city was overlooked in compiling the census, and they coincidentally lived there.
I don't know whether anyone has familiarity with that census, but I am putting it out there. What might I be missing?
I have looked for specific names, tried every spelling and misspelling I can devise, used wild cards, variants and broad parameters for age, place of birth and everything else. This has been an effort over several years. I have browsed the areas of the city where I thought they might be, yet have found no trace of them. I have looked in their former places of residence (Brooklyn or Jersey City) yet have had no success. I could possibly understand if one family was missing, but I find neither family. All I can think is that an area of the city was overlooked in compiling the census, and they coincidentally lived there.
I don't know whether anyone has familiarity with that census, but I am putting it out there. What might I be missing?
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Aberdeenshire / Re: Young Family Aberdeen St. Clement's Memorial Stone Inscription
« on: Friday 09 October 15 20:57 BST (UK) »
Sorry, I didn't make that clear. Thomas was born to Elizabeth Humphrey and Alex Young, shipmaster. Alexander Young, ship's carpenter (d. 1853) and William Reid Young(d. 1882) were his brothers.