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Cork / An American Working in Skiberdeen

« on: Thursday 14 June 07 03:58 BST (UK) »

My husband's great-grandfather, Sidney Gott, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA in 1864. In about 1893 he moved his family to Skiberdeen, County Cork, Ireland to persue a career as a fish merchant. He stayed there until about 1908 before moving on to England. What paperwork would he have to file with the Irish government in order to be an alien working and living in Ireland? If there was required registration of some sort with the Irish government, where would I find those documents?

Aberdeenshire / Scottish Naming Conventions/1800's

« on: Thursday 31 May 07 05:40 BST (UK) »

My husband's great-grandfather was born in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire in 1858. His parents were quite poor; they were unlanded and his father was a ploughman. This great-grandfather of my husbands was named James Ferguson Blaikie King. This seems like an awfully grand name for the 6th child in a family of 8 children born to poor parents. On the birth record, his name is shown as James King. Would his name be shown in official records as James King, when his whole name was James Ferguson Blaikie King? Ferguson and Blaikie are not family names, as I have been able to determine. Was this common practice in the mid-1800's in Scotland, to have such involved names? Since he came to America, there have been two of his descendants named James Ferguson Blaikie King(2nd and 3rd). Family story has it that the Blaikie was named after a well known professor at University of Edinburgh. Seems unlikely in a poor family with minimal education. Any ideas on the name or naming conventions?

Cheshire Completed Lookup Requests / Need suggestion/direction/assistance

« on: Wednesday 30 May 07 02:02 BST (UK) »

My husband's great-grandparents were born in the United States in the 1860's but they moved to Europe in about 1893/94 to pursue a fish merchant business. They both died in England. I obtained a death record for my husband's great-grandfather, Sidney Ulysses Grant Gott for 17 August 1923 in Birkenhead with the help of someone on this board. English directories show Sidney living in the Birkenhead area from about 1908 to 1923. It is his wife I still can't find. Her name was Emma Florence Gott but she went by the name of Florence. Her granddaughter, who is still alive at 92 years old, says that her grandmother also died in England in about 1932. Her granddaughter also believes that Florence may have remarried. I can't find any death record or a re-marrige record in the BMD index, but maybe it hasn't been transcribed yet. Any suggestions or assistance in finding her death record would be appreciated.

England / How to find? Not sure what to do next.

« on: Friday 11 May 07 00:59 BST (UK) »

My husband's great-great grandparents, Sidney Ulysses Grant Gott and Florence Roberts Gott, were both born in the United States (Gloucester, Massachusetts). Sidney was a fish merchant and they moved first to Skiberdeen, Ireland (in about 1893). At some point they seperated and divorced. The last record of Sidney that I find in Skiberdeen is that he was the Grand Mason of Skiberdeen Mason Lodge #15 in 1901 and 1902. Both Sidney and Florence ended up in England and both died in England. Sidney shows up in English directories in 1908 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England and last shows up in 1923 in those directories. With the help of someone on this board, I found his death record info and have ordered it(he died in 1923). But I don't know how to find a death record for Florence since she remarried. I don't have a name of her 2nd husband or a marriage date for the 2nd marriage except I believe it was between 1900 and 1915. The death year I have for Florence, provided by her granddaughter(now 92 years old) is 1932 in England. I ordered a marriage record for a Florence Gott for a marriage which took place in 1903, but it was the wrong Florence Gott. Any suggestions of how to go about my search?

Lancashire Lookup Requests / 1908 - 1926 An American in Lancashire County

« on: Sunday 06 May 07 05:17 BST (UK) »

My husband's great-grandfather, Sidney Grant Gott, was a fish merchant from Gloucester, Massachusetts born 26 May 1864. He moved with his wife and son to Skiberdeen, County Cork, Ireland in about 1893 and then to England around 1908. He engaged in the fish merchant business this whole time. I find him listed in English directories from 1908 to 1923 living in Liverpool, Birkenhead, Lancashire, England. I have a death year for him as 1926 and have been told he died in England. I can't find a death record for him in the BMD index on-line. Would any of you on the ground in Lancashire be able to find a death date for me for Sidney? I would appreciate it.

Cork / 1893-1906 An American in Skiberdeen

« on: Sunday 06 May 07 05:06 BST (UK) »

My husband's great-grandfather, Sidney Grant Gott, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts (USA) in 1864. His father, Abner, owned 7 schooners I understand. Sidney became a fish merchant and moved with his wife, Florence, and son, Herbert, to Skiberdeen, Ireland to engage in the fish merchant business. Sidney and Florence also had a daughter, also named Florence, but I am not sure where or when she were born. Herbert was about 6 or 7 years old when they moved from Massachusetts to County Cork, which would mean they moved about 1893 or so. Sidney and Florence eventually divorced and they both ended up in England where they both died. I am trying to find any records I can of this family in Skiberdeen. Does anyone have access to the 1901 Irish census, that could do a look-up for me? The only records I can find on-line are records from the Skiberdeen Masonic Lodge that show Sidney Grant Gott as the Master of Skiberdeen Mason Lodge #15 in 1901 and 1902. I would appreciate any help finding records of this family in Skiberdeen.

Cavan / Thomas Plunkett-From Caven but where?

« on: Monday 09 April 07 02:39 BST (UK) »

My g-g-g grandfather was named Thomas Plunkett and he came from Cavan County, Ireland. He was born about 1794/1795. He was married to Mary Ann Rogers about 1819 in Cavan County. I assume that Mary Ann was from Cavan County, too, since they were married there. They came to England sometime between 1819 and 1821. Their first child, Joseph Roger Plunkett was born in Walton, England in 1821. They stayed in Walton, England from that time to about 1833(their 4th child, James Francis Plunkett, was born there in 1832). Thomas, Mary Ann and the 4 children then came to America, and settled in Saratoga Springs, New York. The two youngest children were born there, Sarah Jane in 1834 and Thomas Contstantine in 1835. The father, Thomas, died in 1836, at age 42, in Saratoga Springs. So I know Thomas was from Cavan County, but not what parish, town or city. Is there some set of records in Cavan County, back into the early 1800's, that I could access that might tell me where in Cavan County Thomas Plunkett and Mary Ann Rogers were from?

United States of America / Cattle from Scotland, to US, through Quebec, Canada

« on: Sunday 08 April 07 15:46 BST (UK) »

Hi-

My husband's great-grandfather grew up in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. At age 20, in 1878, he was hired to bring the first herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle to America. He sailed on the ship SS Canadian, an Allan Lines ship, with a herd of 6 cattle(one bull and 5 cows). The ship left Glasgow on 16 Aug 1878 and arrived in Quebec on 29 Aug 1878, with a stop in Liverpool. Does anyone know anything about the importation of livestock into the US in this time-period? I am trying to trace James and the herd, after they arrived in Quebec. Would they have been quarantined there? We believe James and the herd went through the Erie Canal, through the Great Lakes and through Chicago, before arriving at the final destination, Lake Forest, Illinois. If he and the cattle came this route, what would have been the port-of-entry into the United States from Canada? Would the cattle again have been quarantined? What conveyances would have been used to move the cattle from Quebec to the Erie Canal; through the Erie Canal; through the Great Lakes to Chicago? Would the cattle have to have been changed from one conveyance to another at each of these segments of the trips? I am going to try and find records of the herd as they were moved but I don't know where to start. Hope you can help me understand the importation of livestock better.

Thanks-Jeanne

Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Helen Gibson, closed the door on her past

« on: Sunday 08 April 07 15:27 BST (UK) »

Hi-

My husband's great-grandmother was named Helen Gibson. It is our understanding that she was born on 28 Oct 1857 in Sedgley or Cosley, Staffordshire, England. The parents we have for her are Alfred Gibson and Helen Galbraith, both of whom were supposedly born in Staffordshire. We know this, only from her death certificate. I live in California and using the databases available on-line, I cannot find any of these people in the 1800's in Staffordshire. Helen met her husband, James King, as he stopped in England on the way to America from Scotland, with a herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in 1878. It was the first herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle to be brought to the US. James settled in Lake Forest, Illinois and when he was able to support a wife, he sent for Helen in England. They married in New York City in 1882. James would talk about his youth in Scotland and about his family there. Helen closed the door on her youth and family in England. Would never talk about her family there or her experiences growing up, so we know nothing about her heritage in England. Could someone suggest some research ideas for me, that I can do on-line to gather some knowledge of Helen in Staffordshire? Or if you are on the ground in Stafforshire, can you do some lookups for me on Helen and her parents.?

Thanks-Jeanne