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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: information on christie family of 15-17
« on: Tuesday 05 May 09 20:08 BST (UK)  »
wow how exciting, lots of family.

would definately be up for a family visit to learn more about the christies in scotland. we live in north wales and have never visited linlithgow. i have 2 small children but could make it a nice camping trip, you are of course welcome in north wales too if you head this way.
i will set to adding all these new names to my family tree

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Tyrone / Re: Christys of fivemile town
« on: Thursday 09 April 09 18:05 BST (UK)  »
can i confirm i have the right marriage before ordering a transcript?

wow those could be the parents of my 2, where did you find them???
kim

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Tyrone / Christys of fivemile town
« on: Wednesday 08 April 09 18:21 BST (UK)  »
Hello

we have traced my great grandfather to fivemile town in county tyrone. he married a Margaret gibson in 1900, his name was william christie b c 1870 but we think it may have been christy when he was in ireland. we would love to find out more information about margaret and william.
we believe that william was born in the workhouse and went to work on a farm when he was 10 years old, we are told that it was there he met margaret. apparently william was a gamekeeper and margaret a cook though this is only family story and we have no evidence to support this.
can anyone tell me how i would go about finding more information about these 2 ancestors. i think i have a marriage reference for them
Married on 5th july 1900 in fivemiletown county tyrone NI clogher parish church of ireland                but i have no idea how to use this tiny bit of information to actually order a marriage certificate, especially as we are not sure of the surname spelling.
can anyone help guide me in the right direction?
They left NI in approx 1902-1908. the family story is that they left ireland on a boat set for america but that there was a huge storm and the boat was damaged and blown off course ( i know its one of those family tales ) it eventually came to land in paisley scotland ( which is not on the coast as such) the family couldnt afford to wait for the boat to be fixed so they went inland to work and eventually settled in linlithgow (near edinburgh).  though apparently margarets brother did continue onto ireland when the time came.

william and margaret went on to have 7 children and over 30 grandchildren, so there are lots of decendents from these 2 people it would be lovely to be able to find out more about where we all come from.
robert

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: information on christie family of 15-17
« on: Tuesday 07 April 09 20:56 BST (UK)  »
hello
we have many stories about robert christie i wonder if any are true.
we have it that he was the elder brother of harry (obviously untrue). he was a jp and a councillor and an mp and that it was through his influence that harrys family were able to aquire a bigger house in a nicer part of town.
we also believe that he wrote a book about the crossing of william and margaret. the story holds that they were on the way to america when they had to make shore in paisley and that the family couldnt afford to wait for the boat to be fixed so had to move more inland to earn money. is any of this true?
we have siblings 
Robert 1900, Henry 1902 ( harry), susan 1908-1909, Mary 1912-1914, Mary 1915-1916, William 1924-1924.
siblings after henry are from the burial records and we assume that there were more surviving siblings, if you know any names that would be great.
we have no information on william and margaret other than what we have gathered from burial records and i did find a possible marriage between the 2 in county tyrone.
Married on 5th july 1900 in fivemiletown county tyrone NI clogher parish church of ireland

can you fill in any gaps??

rob

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Armed Forces / Re: e webb died on hms captain in 1870
« on: Wednesday 12 November 08 21:26 GMT (UK)  »
i cant find edwards record either. i have ordered edwins ( my dad will want to see it anyway) and james francis ( his half brother and my ancestor).
any ideas where do i go from here??
kim

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Armed Forces / Re: e webb died on hms captain in 1870
« on: Wednesday 12 November 08 21:04 GMT (UK)  »
thanks valda.
i will order edwards full record and see if he was on the hms captain.
Is the edwin that you found in the seaman records definately the edwin from our family?
it is quite understandable how after 80 years the wrong brothers name was put to the E webb hms captain, if it turns out to be edward my dad will be a tad dissapointed, he is mad about the sea and old ships and wreck diving. he loves telling us all how he is named after a relative that died on Hms captain.
ohh well thats the chance you take when you look into things.!!
thank you so much i would never have come this far without your help!!!
kim

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Armed Forces / Re: e webb died on hms captain in 1870
« on: Tuesday 11 November 08 19:43 GMT (UK)  »
Hello
still thrilled to have found the connection( again many thanks). almost definately the right family. i am going to order the marriage certificate of james frances and sarah douglas so i can continue to trac the family tree. am worried  it may not be the right e webb as our e webb died in 1870, so couldnt have been married in 1881.
hopefully i can find the edwin webb that went down on the ship.
kim

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Armed Forces / Re: e webb died on hms captain in 1870
« on: Tuesday 11 November 08 13:51 GMT (UK)  »
hello Valda and everyone else.
sorry i lost the link to rootschats and then couldnt find my message ( i forgot about it being moved to armed forces). I am so excited to see your messages.
since last replying on roots chat i have ordered and recieved the marriage certificate for james francis webb and emily james. this discounted the john webb family as his father is listed as a james frnacis webb. but i then ordered his birth certificate to just to be sure, and it lists his father as james francis webb wheelwright and sarah ann webb (nee douglass) as his mother ( so definately not the john webb family). but at this point i hit a wall and i have been completely unable to trace the family in any census.
but to see your messages valda i see you have found them, i have not had a lot of time to look in any detail yet ( my 2 toddlers are on high alert at the moment!). i also notice an edwin webb ( which i hope will lead me to hms captain!!)
thank you i will keep looking and organise what you have found and then get back to you.
kim
ps this time i will bookmark this page!!

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Armed Forces / Re: e webb died on hms captain in 1870
« on: Saturday 25 October 08 12:24 BST (UK)  »
hello
since my last email i have done some more hunting ( though still cant find anything in the 1881 census!). i have found a possible father, mother and siblings for a james francis webb born march 1849 in greenwich. i will have to order some certificates to be certain of the link but i thought i should tell you about it so you dont spend time researching anything i have already found.
John webb married mary ann (Turner or douglass) in greenwich 1838 december vol5 pg322
they have children
walter,c1840
william c 1842 ( who is in the 1851 census but not the 1861 census so may have died young)
mary ann c 1847
eliza c1848
James c 1849 ( my ancestor hopefully)
emily webb c 1856
ellen c 1857
charles 1861 ( could be the charles on my great grandfathers marriage certificate)
Amelia c 1862

i hope this is the right family. however there are still no e webb boys, so its not helping owards the hms captain link.
my father is pretty sure it is correct he has a hand made tapestry of the hms captain which has been handed down to him through his family- which is wierd to have if there is no truth in it!
kim

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