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The Powerscourt Papers available online from the National Library don't have any references to McMullen that I can find, but there are references to Monastery (spelled Monastry in it) so maybe you could find some other family names

https://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/124_Powerscourt.pdf

There are a couple of McMullens buried in the local CoI graveyard, which is part of Powerscourt Parish, but they are recent. One in the 1950's and one in the 1990s. You can check through the text files. There may be other names that are familiar to you.

http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/wicklow/photos/tombstones/enniskerry-ndx.htm

There are a small number of links to McMullen Marriages and Baptisms both Church of Ireland and Catholic in and around the Enniskerry area. Some are under the Powerscourt CoI parish,some Enniskerry Parish (RC) Some are in Bray and give Frumpstown (normally spelled Phromstown  but pronounced frump) which is a townland to the North of Monastery.  I guess you may have already found these though

Over a year since I posted this. With the 1939 register on Ancestry now, I've found them.  I revisited it this week as I'm writing the whole family up for other family members.

I found them by looking for Bryan Sutcliffe. He's listed as Brian, but living with Patricia S Sutcliffe and Bridget M O'Toole. Selina's second name was Patricia. So Selina P as noted previously.  In Crosby. Brian was a hotel barman.

James died in 1940 in the British American Hospital in Valparais, He was in the merchant navy. Had an address still in Woodland Rd, number 2

Thanks again everyone for your help

Hi,

I've found a branch of my Irish family originally came from Dalkeith.

I found Henry Tolmie in the 1841 census with his father William, brother William and mother Jean. His mother is Jean Porteous. Her parents (as far as I can work out) are James Porteous and Isabel Cummings. Henry's grandparents on his father's side (again as far as I can work out) are John Tolmie and Elizabeth Canker.

From his first marriage to Ann Maxwell (1852) they had one child Christina. Ann died at some point before 1861, when Christina is found living with Henry's brother William.

Christina married William Warrington circa 1893/4 in Edinburgh. They had (an illegitimate) daughter Christina in 1893. Christina (sr) and William both died in the first couple of years of 1900's. Christina Warrington then married Jame Crichton a miner from Dalkeith. I think Christine Crichton died in 1974.

So, I've found a fair bit although some of it, especially the older links, aren't 100% certain.

I was just hoping somebody might have a few extra sources for the Tolmie or Porteous families working back, or even the Crichtons.

Thanks in advance,

Paul

Thanks Carole. It was a bit of a long shot - Thanks for looking though. Much appreciated