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Family History Beginners Board / McNEILLY FAMILY
« on: Saturday 28 February 04 20:54 GMT (UK) »
HI NAME JIM O'HARA(MOTHER GRACE BOWMAN McNEILLY)
SHE WAS BORN IN GRENADA B.W.I. 1893. MY GRAND PARENTS JOHN & JESSIE CAME FROM SCOTLAND APPROX 1850 OR 1860 TO GRENADA. I THINK THEY CAME FROM AYR COUNTY. ONLY PROOF IS THAT MY MOTHER RETURNED THERE TO SCHOOL (GRAMMER PUBLIC SCHOOL AYR CERTIFICATE OF MERIT DEC, 1909 16yrs.
SHE ALSO STUDIED 3 yrs OF NURSING @ AYR COUNTY HOSPITAL 6/19/1914 TO 6/16/1917. SHE BECAME A REGISTERED NURSE:REG # 12720; GENERAL NURSING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND & WALES 16th MARCH 1923. AS I AM A TRUE BEGINNER OF GENEALOGY @ 77yrs,SO I WOULD GUESS WITH LIMITED RESEARCH TIME, I'M TRYING TO CUT TO THE HEART OT THE MATTER AND GET THE FASESTED AND BEST WAY TO GATHER INF. ANY AND ALL HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED
MY WIFE.OF 56yrs,LIVE IN A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN WALNUT CREEK CALIFORNIA ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF SAN FRANCISCO.WAITING TO HEAR AND THANKING YOU. SHAMUS JIM O'HARA
SHE WAS BORN IN GRENADA B.W.I. 1893. MY GRAND PARENTS JOHN & JESSIE CAME FROM SCOTLAND APPROX 1850 OR 1860 TO GRENADA. I THINK THEY CAME FROM AYR COUNTY. ONLY PROOF IS THAT MY MOTHER RETURNED THERE TO SCHOOL (GRAMMER PUBLIC SCHOOL AYR CERTIFICATE OF MERIT DEC, 1909 16yrs.
SHE ALSO STUDIED 3 yrs OF NURSING @ AYR COUNTY HOSPITAL 6/19/1914 TO 6/16/1917. SHE BECAME A REGISTERED NURSE:REG # 12720; GENERAL NURSING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND & WALES 16th MARCH 1923. AS I AM A TRUE BEGINNER OF GENEALOGY @ 77yrs,SO I WOULD GUESS WITH LIMITED RESEARCH TIME, I'M TRYING TO CUT TO THE HEART OT THE MATTER AND GET THE FASESTED AND BEST WAY TO GATHER INF. ANY AND ALL HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED
MY WIFE.OF 56yrs,LIVE IN A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN WALNUT CREEK CALIFORNIA ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF SAN FRANCISCO.WAITING TO HEAR AND THANKING YOU. SHAMUS JIM O'HARA