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Family History Beginners Board / Eliza Stewart and John McQuitty
« on: Thursday 20 July 23 16:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I have had some fantastic help from this forum in the past so I hope someone might be able to help me with my latest mystery.

Eliza Stewart married John McQuitty I believe in Belfast about 1845. I have seen a hint for this on Ancestry but can't  find the actual record on Groni, Irish Genealogy or Roots. Their first child was Eliza  born 1846 was born in Belfast and died 1902 in New Zealand. She married John Newell in Belfast in 1867. Eliza McQuitty's  sister, Agnes married James Gordon who is my granny's uncle. Jame's mother was Maria Stewart (my 2 x great granny). Could Eliza and Maria be related? Could James Gordon have married some sort of cousin? Maria married Alexander Gordon in Ballyeastion in 1848.

Eliza Stewart McQuitty died in 1881 and is buried in an unmarked grave in City Cemetery Belfast as is John McQuitty.

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Family History Beginners Board / Bernard O'Donnell and Bridget Mary Boyle
« on: Saturday 15 April 23 10:50 BST (UK)  »
I'm researching the family of Bernard O'Donnell (b. abt.  1840, possibly Glenties area Donegal) and Bridget Mary Boyle (b. abt. 1850 possibly Glenties area Donegal). I have a good tree for their descendants who were all born in Pennsylvania. I think Bernard and Bridget Mary married there abt 1870. Is it possible to find any records dating circa 1840/50 that might identify the sidings or parents of this couple? I have searched Roots Ireland and Irish Genealogy but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Any help much appreciated.   

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Family History Beginners Board / Daniel Gallagher - Glebe Tyrone
« on: Sunday 30 May 21 18:38 BST (UK)  »
Can I ask for some help again please? I'm looking for more information on Daniel Gallagher who I think died in Glebe, Tyrone in 1891aged 60. Present at death was his son in law John Devanney. John was also the executer of the will. The death certificate says that Daniel was till married at time of death so I'm looking for his wife's name.

Here is the information I have so far on Edward Gallagher who I believe was Daniel's son.

Edward married Ann McGrath, daughter of Nathaniel McGrath, in 1886 in Doneyloop. Ann was a mill girl and aged 24 at the time. Witnesses to the wedding were Edward Flanagan and Kate McGrath. 

Edward and Ann had the following children in Strabane  and were living in Church  street, Strabane in 1911.
 
Mary Gallagher born 1891 and who married Patrick McMahon

Nathaniel T Gallagher 1895-1966 ( died South Carolina)

Ann Gallagher 1901

Daniel Gallagher 1888- 1959

Edward Gallagher.


Any help with finding more info on Edward's parents would be much appreciated.

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Family History Beginners Board / Relieving Officer Exeter Devon
« on: Thursday 01 April 21 17:40 BST (UK)  »
My grandparents were married in a registry office in Exeter Devon in 1919. They both gave addresses as follows:

6 Park Lane, Longbrook, Exeter, Devon (Her) No profession given aged 19.
London Hotel, Exmouth (Him) Garage Clerk aged 23

The witnesses were G Bouch and W Bouch

Aubry R Foote was the Registar
Arthur Small the Superintendent Registrar.

Now here is my question..... when I searched for any relationship between my grandparents and the witnesses, W Bouch came up as Relieving officer.

I've done some searching and apparently that was a name given to people who worked within the Poor Law system. If my grandparents both gave an address, why would the Poor Law been evoked in their marriage? My grandfather had been living in Ireland in 1911 and as far as I know he was born there. My grandmother was born in Gloucestershire and her father had moved them to Devon where he died in 1911. The last I heard of that family the mother (my great grandmother)  was working as a housekeeper in a big house in Devon with her youngest child. Any ideas?



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May I request some further assistance please?

My 2 x great grandparents were Alexander Gordon (Tinsmith) and Maria Stewart. The earliest record I have for them is the 1851 census where they are found living in Doagh Grange, Ballyclare with their children.  This record was released after their daughter Elizabeth who married William Calderwood requested her pension and had no birth record to prove her age presumably. 

I don't have birth record for their son John who was my great grandfather, but Alexander Gordon (Tinsmith) was listed on his marriage record to Hannah Craig in Belfast as his father.

Samuel Gordon was listed on John's death record in 1907 in Everton Street, Belfast as his brother and I found a birth record for him in 1866 in Doagh Grange. Samuel's parents were listed as  Alexander Gordon  and Maria Stewart. Alexander Gordon (Tinsmith) was also listed on Samuel's marriage record as his father. Another brother David was born in 1871 in Belfast and again, mother listed as Maria Stewart.

Now... the only marriage record I can find for Alexander Gordon is to a Maria Logan in 1848 in Ballycorr, Ballyclare. John Logan was listed as Maria's father and witnesses were Matilda Baxter and William Laird, names not familiar to me. I have tried to track this couple down on all the various sites but to no avail. No children are listed to them or deaths as far as I can see.
 I feel that this must be my Maria and Alexander's marriage record but why the discrepancy in the name??  I just don't want to make an assumption without exploring as far as  I can to discount them. Any suggestions ??

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Family History Beginners Board / Margaret Roddy, Lurgan, Armagh
« on: Saturday 01 August 20 11:47 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to confirm the parents of my 2x great grandmother, Margaret Ruddy. Her marriage certificate to Thomas Killow in 1860 in Lurgan says she was born in 1836 and her father was James  Ruddy. I can't find a baptism record for her but I'm guessing she was presbyterian or Church of Ireland.

I've been using information from DNA matches trees and it looks like she could be linked to a couple called John Ruddy born 1780 in Armagh and who died in 1837 in Seagoe, Armagh. He married Elizabeth Dynes and I have Dynes matches too from that area.  I'm thinking they could be my Margaret's grandparents. They had a son called James born 1805 who married Margaret Little. I've found all their children except for Margaret. All the other trees on Ancestry confirm the children but none of them have Margaret on them. Any suggestions?

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Lanarkshire / Mary Agnes Mcghee
« on: Tuesday 24 September 19 20:52 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to find a marriage record for Jane White born about 1901 in Glasgow and who married Edward Mcghee. I found one for a Jane (Jeannie Whyte) in Scotlands People but I don't think it's the right one. They had a daughter called Mary Agnes Mcghee.   

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Gloucestershire / Street directory Gloucester 1920
« on: Thursday 25 July 19 12:29 BST (UK)  »
Would anyone have a copy of the 1920 Gloucester street directory? I'm looking for an entry for 61 Granville Street in June 1920.

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Lanarkshire / Glasgow 1923 street directory
« on: Sunday 19 May 19 14:13 BST (UK)  »
Would anyone have a 1923 street directory at hand please? I'm looking for a Anne Killow who lived at 78 George Street Whiteinch Glasgow at that time. Many thanks

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