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Hi Australian Rootschatters,

James Joseph McCormick was born in Belfast to William McCormick and his wife Mary (probably Curran ).His date and place of death (as above) is recorded on his parents headstone in Milton Cemetery in Belfast.
I'm wondering if any of you good folk may have access to historical Sydney newspapers that may give more information on how James Joseph died.

Many thanks,
Maggie

Hi Rootchaters,

Trying to find out more about William his wife Annie and their children.

William and his family are in Belfast in 1901 this is their census return:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Victoria/Frome_Street/1218111/

On the transcript William is shown as born Yorkshire, Annie from Co Fermanagh and their elder children are shown as being born in Durham. I'm making an assumption that the couple were maybe also married in Durham.

I'd be really interested in the marriage details of the couple particularly Annie's maiden name and the names of their fathers.

Many thanks,

Mags

Hi US chatters,

Hoping somebody can help me find out about Vivian.

She's the grand daughter of John Ballentine who emigrated from Belfast, County Antrim to Manhatten and subsequently moved to Brooklyn - this is the link to a previous thread on which I received an incredible amount of info, especially from Sandra - 

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,481230.0.html

Vivian's mother was Margaretta Ballentine and her father was Otto Schildwachter.

On 29 December an announcement was made in the Long Island Star, Thursday December 29 1938, of the engagement of Vivian to Douglas Jennings Muncie, son of Dr Curtis H Muncie, of Kings Point Road and Mrs Louise K Muncie of Brooklyn.

I've discovered that in recent years Dr Curtis has been accused of medical "quackery" and he that made a fortune for a supposed revolutionary cure for deafness during the great depression -his son Douglas appears to have endorsed his work.

I can't find a marriage between Vivian and Douglas but have found on the IGI what is I believe are 2 divorces relating to Douglas from women other than Vivian.

Would love to know what happened to Vivian after her engagement to Douglas.

Thanks

Mags

Hi Scottish rootschatters,

Trying to track down William Wilson and Sarah Boyd.

They married in County Antrim NI (Buckna Pres) on 22/1/1880. I've been able to trace most of Sarah's family to the Glasgow area and have found a daughter -  Jeanie Wilson in the 1911 census aged 22 living with her uncle and aunt, Robert McSeveney and Rose (Boyd ) Easter Row Shotts Dykehead.

I think that William and Sarah may have followed the family trend of moving to Scotland because I can find nothing on them in Ireland.

Any advice on how I might use the Scottish records to help would be appreciated. Have looked at Scotlands people but the names I'm looking at are so common it would cost a fortune!.

Many thanks,

Margaret