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Coming back to the "Harwoods/Waringstown" heading of this thread, I have something which may be of interest.  It's taken me a while to go back through my files as I was distracted by wanting to find a good website for family history - I've now settled on MyHeritage.com and while I'm not sure what you can see when unregistered I spend the last while putting up my tree at http://adamsons.myheritage.com

Some time ago Ronnie Harwood faxed me with notes about his history and a relationship to the local Adamsons.  KatC you may have seen this in another form?

It's kind of hard to read in parts, but other parts are clear.

For example the Great Grandfather (Paternal) James McCartney married Mary Gracey brn Scotland died age 84.

(There is a record in the Rosalind Davies site as follows "Miss Mary GRACEY, Donaghcloney, married James McCartney 2 May 1856 at Magheralin Church of Ireand; mother of Mary b. 1871 (regd. Waringstown).")

Great Grandfather (Maternal) Moore - Unknown Data (sic) married Agnes Anna Moore (nee Adamson) died Waringstown.

That would be Joshua Moore.

Ronnie lists his mother as Agnes Anna McCartney born 1899 Waringstown Co Down Northern Island.

The part marked "Father" is one of the spots where I have trouble deciphering the handwriting and where I'm sure others would help because of their knowledge, it seems to be "George something Farrell brn something 14 1892 died JAN something 1936 brn Bainbridge Co Down".

Ronnie lists aunts and uncles.

I'm not sure how Farrell is the father of Ronnie when his mother is listed as a McCartney but that's because I'm missing something in all the valuable information supplied by Ronnie.

If you haven't heard this before from Ronnie I can post the images of the fax, and if we wish to decipher together to get a complete transcription I can set up a wiki page with access for people to edit the details until we get it all clear.  Let me know if that is of interest.

Ronnie's address on the fax is (*)

I've attached a reduced quality image of one page (because of file size upload limitations) of the of the fax.  Reducing the two to fit the upload made them too hard to read.  I can send both full quality to those interested or create the wiki and post them there as I mentioned above.

Walter Adamson
Melbourne, Australia

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I'm concentrating on the Moore/Harwood connection.  Its seems to me that my Great Grandfather John Hamilton Adamson was the brother of the Adamson that married Joshua Moore from where Elizabeth Moore sprang and married William John Harwood.

Otherwise why would have my father Henry James have returned to the inheritance related to the Post Office run by the two Harwood sisters?

There must be a connection there from the Harwoods to my Adamsons.

So if anyone can shed light on the marriage details of Joshua Moore and then Elizabeth Moore with William John Harwood that would be fabulous.

Thanks, Walter Adamson

I found this post searching Google last night.

It was my father who went back to claim some kind of inheritance re the Harwoods and the Aunts and "the Post Office" at Waringstown.

At the time we had no great interest and actually we thought that we was just doing one of his many adventures overseas and it only came out later that he had been to Ireland.  Not being a close family has its drawbacks when the interest to research the links takes hold !!

My father's father was John Hamilton Adamson born about 1879 - this is the name shown on my father's birth certificate, and I believe born in the Borough of Craigavon and in Waringstown.

There must be a linkage into the Harwoods from my father's side which I guess is related to his father.

I'd certainly like to find the documented link from my father - Henry James Adamson born 11th April 1910 in Sydney Australia to John Hamilton and Blanche Mildred Hatton who John Hamilton appears to have married in South Africa - Cape Town - on 1st October 1906 en route to Australia.

On the date of that birth (11/4/10) Blanche Mildred was 31 years old, and born in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia (descended from early settlers I believe).

Why Blanche Mildred was on the boat coming from the UK to Australia is a mystery.

Any help in tracking down John Hamilton Adamson of County Down would be most appreciated. 

One specific point that I would like to know is how to find a marriage certificate for that marriage in Cape Town in 1906?

Thanks in Advance,
Walter Adamson

Moderator comment: image removed.  Only small portions of certificates may be posted to assist with handwriting etc.