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Hi Macca
Have been meaning to reply to your message for some time
I am researching the Somerville line but I may have some info of interest to you

Youngson Somerville married 12/07/1886 at Moira Methodist Church to Elizabeth Emmerson both were over the age of 21 a widower and widow Youngson's father Percy ( really Pierce ) and Elizabeth's father was Richard Gilpin both father's occupations said Weavers, witness's were William George Hawkins and Elizabeth Jane Aspital.

Youngson had 3 children that I know of to his first wife Elizabeth Dynes namely William b 1856 Stephen b 1863 and Elizabeth b 1867

Is there any indication when Thos. Emmerson and Elizabeth Dynes died?

I don't know when Thomas Emmerson died but Elizabeth Dynes must have died sometime between 1868 and 1886.

My grandmother filled in Eliz Somervilles death details, now I play the whatif game. Whatif she did marry at 22 (as stated on cert) and that was to Emmerson and then Somerville later. Maybe that was the only one my Granny knew about.

If somerville died in 1907 and She came to Australia in June 1908 that wud fit in. Don't know where Canade comes into the equation. Maybe a family furphey.

There still may be something in the Canada story as Youngson's eldest son William went to Canada and married there in 1885 to a Fanny Rankin, also Youngson had a elder brother called Sloan, Sloan had a daughter called Mary who married a John Tremaine in 1873 in Canada.
So Youngson may have went to Canada at sometime, but he must have returned to Ireland, Youngson's other two children namely Stephen and Elizabeth ended up in Australia, Stephen dying in Melbourne in 1943 and Elizabeth d 1904.
Hope this is of some help
Dav

ps was you grandmother a daughter of Youngson Somerville and Elizabeth Gilpin?

Hello I am trying to find out some more info on my Best ancestors, I know very little of them,they seem to come from the Bocombra Seagoe Portadown area, there was a James Best born probably in the early 1800s his wife's name was Jane and they had 3 children that I know of ( I am sure there would have been others) namely Mary b about 1841 d about 1914, Anne Jane b 1849 d 1878 and Emma or Eliza.
Mary Best married John McCord on the 03/08/1875 in Portadown and they had 2 sons John Ritchie McCord b 1878 and Thomas David Best McCord b 18/03/1881 at Bocombra.
Anne Jane Best married a Joseph Somerville in 1875 at Portadown and went to New Zealand where she died in 1878.
I think James Best died in the 1850s and that his wife may have remarried to a man called Thomas Hall.
Thany you
Dav

This is a two pronged question, I had an ancestor called Sir Richard Ratcliffe who fought in the Battle of Bosworth ( I think Aug 1483 ) unfortunately for Sir Richard  he was on the wrong side and he also killed.
He was promptly Attainted, I assume this means his land and titles etc foreited to the crown and that his family also lost their rights to the land.
Sir Richard had a son called Richard who had the Attainter removed some ten years later, but I think this Richard would have still been quite young maybe only 16 to 18 he may have even been younger , or could some one else have had the attainter removed on his behalf?
sorry about the long windness of the question.
Thanks Dav

Hello  I was wondering if anybody could translate the following bit of Latin it is from quite a long document written about 1530 and it has lots of abbreviations but I don't know how to put the lines in above abbreviated words.
I think someone is 40 years old or more but I don't know who.
Thanks
Dav

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Et dicunt jur pdci sup sacrm sui qd pdci Mandia