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Hi Ronnie G

Of course William was also a link, and I never thought of John, just thought of Joseph.

All of Joseph John's children were born in Scotland, so maybe Moses was named after an uncle in Ireland.

Thanks for the web-sites, will check them out.

Cannuck

Hi Loryann and Ronnie G,

Thanks for replying.

I only know that the Woods or Wood family were Protestant from somewhere in Armagh.

I have no more information  other than what I wrote in my initial inquiry.

I know my grandfather was Thomas Woods, as I have his birth, marriage and death certificates, from Scotland's People.  On all his certificates his father is Joseph John Woods, but on the marriage cert of Joseph John the name is Wood, and it shows his father as William Wood. I don't think William went to Scotland.

Joseph John married a Janet Kerr in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1877, and according to his death certificate would have been born about 1855.

William Wood (a farmer) was married to a Jane Troughton.

I know that Wood could have been an error made by the registrar at the time, and the name likely is Woods.

Cannuck

Hi again,

Thanks again for that info.

They must have been Protestant, as todays Stewarts are.

I have learned more about the Stewarts in the last 10 minutes from you, than we ever knew, so we have no idea what church they would have went to.

I will have a look at the Bann Valley website. Do you have the actual web address?

Is Bann Valley the area that they may have lived in?

Would I get the civil records from the PRONI site?

Sorry to ask so many questions, but I find trying to get Irish info very hard, as I had no clue as to where the ancestors came from. which is a big stumbling block.

Again, thanks very much.

Cannuck

Hi,

I am trying to trace my wife, Sandra Stewart's family from somewhere in Ireland.

I have no idea whatever, where in Ireland they came from, only their names and some dates.  I know this is a long shot, but maybe somebody may know of them.

Joseph Stewart was a copper worker who was married to Matilda Martin. He was born in Ireland in 1870 and she was born in 1868.  They were married in Ireland, then went to Scotland, again I don't know when.

Joseph's father was also called Joseph. He was a farm laborer and married Elizabeth  McAteer, who may have been born in1834.

Matilda's parents were Jamieson Martin, a shoemaker,  and Martha Getty.

All the information I have gotten is from the death certificates of Joseph (1915) and Matilda (1920) in Glasgow, Scotland.

The 1901 census shows Elizabeth living with her son Joseph in Glasgow.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Cannuck