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Hi,

Looking for information about my ancestor Margaret Gilchrist b. 1860 County Down, daughter of James.

Married Robert Robinson 1879, Portadown County Armagh and have all information about their children.

Father James Gilchrist, mother possibly Catherine Ann Cultra

Was hoping for any confirmation that Margaret's mother is Catherine Cultra (father William Cultra) , and if so any information about the family. Know very little about the name or if there are other spellings such as CLUTRA/CULTRAGH/COULTER

Also if our James Gilchrist's father is Hugh Gilchrist, any further information.

Appreciate the difficulty so far back, but very grateful for any information. MANY THANKS

Wondering if anyone could help me sort out the linage of my Robinson family and if there is a connection JOHNSTON. This is related to the following post:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=740980.msg5874614#msg5874614

However not strictly about the same family.

I have got George Robinson and wife as Mary Robinson (possibly nee Johnston, or Johnson)

They were married in 1841

They have a son Robert Robinson abt. 1851-1932 Ardmore, Armagh, Northern Ireland

George Robinson abt. 1806-1892  Ardmore, Armagh Northern Ireland

Mary Johnston abt. 1820-1889 Castleraw, Armagh Northern Ireland


My problem is that I don’t know if it is the right Mary who was married to George. There is a will of Robert Johnston 1787-1864 naming a Mary Robinson as his daughter and the dates work out reasonably well, but is based on assumption that this Mary of the Johnston family is our Mary Robinson. I haven’t been able to find any documentation.

Robert Johnston and his wife Sarah are buried in Friends Burial Ground, Richhill, Co. Armagh, and a lot of ancestors from other families of ours have a connection to the Friends Meeting house in Richill.

However, my doubt comes from finding another person with the Johnston family tree on Ancestry.com

This person states that Robert and Sarah Johnston had a daughter Mary that married a Robert Robinson (not a George Robinson as in my records), but there is no date, Adress or further info and I haven’t been able to contact the owner.

In this persons records, this Robert Robinson and a Mary (nee Johnston) had a daughter Mary Robinson (abt. 1850-1948) who Married and Isaac Stevenson (abt. 1844)

Now my questions is if our Marys are the same Mary i.e. Mary Johnston? In which case Robert  Robinson Sr and George Robinson are the same person, but used different names.

Furthermore daughter Mary b. abt 1850 and son Robert b. abt 1851 are siblings.


I haven’t been able to find any wedding announcements or documentation for the marriage of Robert/George Robinson to Mary Johnston.

It is a certainty that my Robinsons lived in Ardmore, but I would like to know if I actually have Johnston ancestry.

Sorry if this does not make any sense, can hardly make sense of it myself.

THANKS!

Is anyone related to or has information about the following family:

Robert Robinson (father)
Margaret Robinson (mother)

Children:
John
James
Mary Catherine
Mary Agnes (my ggrandmother, not sure if it's the same person as Mary Catherine)
Annie
Joseph
Thomas Arthur
Sarah Beatrice
William Albert
Alfred Harold (died age 9)
Gretta
Gerald Johnston
Maurice or Morris
Walter

I know that some of them died in infancy. Some emigrated to America. I have their birth certificates and the birth certificate + marriage certificate of Margaret and Robert.


Keep me posted, thanks!