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I'm researching the family of Joseph REID and his wife Margaret Boyd. They are found in the 1861 census for Rama, Simcoe Co. Ontario aged 60, weaver (Joseph) and wife Margaret age 35. Both born Ireland.

 i have reason to believe that Joseph was married previously to Roseanne Brown and had at least two sons (robert and Dickson/Dixon) both born Co. Tyrone Ireland.

Joseph disappears from census records between 1861 and 1871 but so far no death record has turned up. If he died before 1869 it is in the period when death registration was not in place.

Basically I hope to find out more about Joseph's origins in Ireland. I believe his 2nd wife Margaret was part of the Boyd family from Kilea, Co. Derry, Ireland. No proof and I'm still working on finding more.

Joseph's dob is circa 1801, died 1862-1871.
Margaret was born ca 1824 died 1885 in Simcoe Co. I believe her parents may have been john Boyd & Esther/Essie Coates.

Children all born Ontario:
Henry md Elizabeth Heavener
Joseph James md Christina/Christie McInnes/McGinnis
Jane md Joshua Switzer
Esther md. Thomas Boyd s/o John Boyd & Esther Coates
Adam md Laura Emma Walker

Any info appreciated!

Hello

I am researching my twin grandchildren's ancestry and have managed to get back to Fred Lee b ca 1920. His 1940 marriage record to Jessie Clarke in Durham Co. England shows as his rank or profession

     Private no. 5679489 in Somerset Light Infantry (General Labourer)

He and Jessie are shown as living at 13 Gomer Terrace, Bishop Auckland. Unfortunately the space for his parents' names is blank!

I live in Canada and have never tried to find WW2 service records. How would I go about it? I've been to the National Archives for UK website and read their leaflets but honestly am no further ahead in understanding IF the records exist and how to obtain them


Thanks for any help!

I am looking for ancestors of Susan Pemberton b ca 1853 Hunselt Yorkshire who married Richard HILL b ca 1849 Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Susan's father was, I believe, Richard Pemberton of Scotland, her mother Martha Westerman of Wakefield Yorkshire

I don't know Martha's or Richard's parents

Richard & Susan (Pemberton) Hill had a son Rowland Hill b ca 1881 who md Kate Wormald, d/o George, a coalminer. I cannot find Kate in any cencus records. All I know of her is that she was born ca 1881 perhaps in Pontefract.

At Kate's wedding to Rowland in 1905 she is listed as " 23, spinster living Loyd Place Northowram"

Her father George was deceased at the time of her marriage. The only George Wormald I find in the census who is a coalminer, does not have a daughter Kate in the household. I'm at a complete loss as to how to find Kate's birth, her father (George) and mother (name unknown)

Thanks for any help or suggestions

Link: Antrim Emigration lists 1833-1839

Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim are now indexed online.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/irish1833-1839a.htm

The purpose of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland was to map the whole country. These lists have been extracted and they identify the emigrant's destination and his place of origin in Ireland.
The age, town and address, year of emigration, and religious denomination are given for each emigrant. This is an INDEX to these records with source information for obtaining full
details

Found this while searching for something else and thought it might be of interest

 LANG & SCOTT Family Bible, England, New Hampshire & New York  (William Lang born Bilsdale, Yorkshire, England February 2 1777. Emigrated 1802 to USA)

http://familybibles.blogspot.com/2004/11/lang-scott-family-bible-england-new.html