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Down / Re: Davidson family Killough county Down
« on: Saturday 07 November 20 20:46 GMT (UK)  »
thank you very much for all that hard work. I do have most of it but it is very useful to see it all collated together like that.

For your info i am TD who supplied info to Ros davis

the later davidsons ie ralph and hazel are the children of a john william davidson who I am trying to connect to my family tree. I have met and spoken to their descendants to  try and discover a link but no luck so far. He seems to have come from Ballywooden area so was wondering if that was were my davidsons came from too. The other davidsons do all belong to my tree except the J davison , father of an illigitimate daughter who I have no idea about.

The spelling has always been davidson within the family but have always included davison as well when searching.

I just seem to have hit the proverbial brickwall with my davidson and associated families - McCullough and McDowell.

Once again thank you for your interest

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Down / Re: Davidson family Killough county Down
« on: Monday 12 October 20 12:08 BST (UK)  »
thank you all for your interest.

I did have the certificates for robert and arthurs marriages hence my assumption of them being brothers and can follow them forward down the years.

I did wonder if that Arthur was mine but wondered how useful the death certificate may be. will have to follow that up.

The person you mentioned on ros davies site is me.

thank you for the mary ann death . i did not have that. Wonder if she is the mum. shame the informant doesnt have relationship on it.

I did make a visit to Ireland about 5 years ago and wandered in their foot steps . St johns point has an unusual yellow and black lighthouse. Think it might have been very bleak in winter. Killough is now a sleepy place with wide harbour. Bustling back then though.





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Down / Davidson family Killough county Down
« on: Sunday 11 October 20 18:53 BST (UK)  »
Time for the annual dusting off  of my brickwalls to see if anything new has come up.

I start at the marriage of Robert Davidson to Eleanor McCullough on 26 February 1862 • Rathmullan Church of Ireland, Rathmullen, County down

By license. Witnesses William Murphy & Benjamin Robinson

He resided at st Johns Point Killough.His father is given as Arthur Davidson labourer.

I have also found an Arthur Davidson of St Johns Point with a father Arthur Davidson, labourer so am assuming this is his brother.  I have also found three other possible siblings Ellen, James and Mary Jane. I can follow these people forwards but am no further forward on finding Arthur senior or who was his wife or any other info going backwards. I have been to Killough and looked at the Killough church parish records and can find no Davidsons appearing earlier than these dates so think they moved into the area but where from? Downpatrick or further afield?

Eleanor McCullough father was Joseph Mccullough shoemaker of Killough. Again I have made no prgress in going backwards from her.

Any help in breaking down these brickwalls gratefully received.















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The Common Room / Re: posting from Gro to USA
« on: Thursday 16 January 20 14:58 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you everyone. I thought that was the case but just wanted to make sure.

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The Common Room / posting from Gro to USA
« on: Wednesday 15 January 20 22:03 GMT (UK)  »
Just a quick question .

I (UK) am helping someone from USA with their tree and they will  need to order a marriage certificate from the GRO. Does the standard postage  ie  cost of £11 include it being posted to their address in USA or does it cost more?

Thanks

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Down / Re: McDowell - Downpatrick
« on: Wednesday 21 June 17 13:27 BST (UK)  »
thank you for that Gerald. Your family may not be related but they certainly were friends with mine.

William Pollock and Mary Jane Davidson married  09 October 1873.

I cannot actually work out where mary jane Davidson fits in but know she does somewhere as William and Mary Jane Pollock's son Arthur lives in killough with a davidson relation later in life when his mother dies.

Wish I could sort this lot out ???

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Down / Re: McDowell - Downpatrick
« on: Monday 08 May 17 17:09 BST (UK)  »
my mistake.    ::) sorry to confuse you

sister jane McDowell married john McMullen and had cissie and albert
daughter cissie McMullen married james ennett and had albert, Barbara and william

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Down / McDowell - Downpatrick
« on: Monday 08 May 17 15:15 BST (UK)  »
Time to dust off one of my brickwalls ……

I have an eleanor mcdowell born according to her 1939  register entry  10 aug 1856 (downpatrick, County Down ireland).   she appears with her husband robert davidson (born Killough, county down ireland) and daughter annie in Warrington, Lancashire .

I have them in the 1891, 1901 and 1911 census living at 5 chester street, douglas, Isle of man. Eleanor’s  birthdate for these 3 census indicate 1862, 1863 and 1862. However her death entry in 1941 indicates 1856 too.

They claim to have been married 27 years so around 1884. Their first child named Eleanor was born 1884 at 8  chester street. I have not been able to find a marrriage for them either in I.O.M. or Ireland. They are not listed in braddon, I.O.M.  directory of 1881/82.  Her husband and 9 children are fine . I have info on them but eleanor  senior is a mystery.

I have been trying to look sideways at her siblings. I knew from a relative that eleanor had a sister Jane who married a James Ennett and had 2 children, Cissie and Albert. I have no idea what cissie was short for?  Cissie went on to marry James ennett and had 3 children – Albert, Barbara and William. The remained on I.O. M as sometime during the WW2  years my relative visited Cissie there.

Also I have two other names that I think belong to Eleanor ... siblings??

1, Elizabeth mcdowell born 1866 Downpatrick. She has a daughter elizabeth McDowell who was born in march 1890 at howe farm, bradden which is the same address at which one of eleanor;s daughters died in 1889.  Elizabeth (junior)  died of pneumonia in Sept 1890 at 8 chester street which was eleanor’s address at that time. Elizabeth (senior) appears on the 1911 census in Douglas, Isle of man as a servant  and single.

2.  Sarah McDowell born around 1869. She had a daughter Sarah on  5 July 1898. This child died 03 sept 1898 at 5 chester street which is eleanor’s address at the time. I have no other sightings of her.

However researching these three siblings gets me no closer to discovering the names of their parents or where they were before or after the events given. Can anyone help??

As far as I know all the above were church of Ireland/ England not catholic.

many thanks.


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Technical Help / Re: new pc, windows 10 etc
« on: Tuesday 14 February 17 19:14 GMT (UK)  »
just to add my twopenny worth

At xmas I ordered a Lenovo and suffered many of the problems that you describe (plus a few more) and I returned it just over one week later. I replaced it with a HP laptop and everything has been fine  - running same internet speeds etc. Much happier with the new one.

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