Hi Vicky and Noami. This is Colm again, Mary Elliot Nelis' grandson. I hope you are all keeping well. I know this is really late but am so sorry to hear about your dad, Vicky, and about Aunt Aggie, of course. Unfortunately, Sister Ursula McHugh, who my grandma mentioned to you before, passed away in December 2010. I have since made it a personal task to build up a complete family tree from her research. It now includes nearly 650 people and goes back to the 4th century CE, through the Elliotts and the McLaughlins, namely Edward Elliott and his wife, Mary Agnes (Molly) McLaughlin. I am reviewing all the previous messages here to try to make sense of it and see where everyone fits in. I would love to get in touch with you and anyone else in the Elliot family so that we can exchange info and keep everyone in touch. I am on Facebook and if you guys could PM me, I can send you links and any documents I may have. Grandma is doing well. I hope everyone here is well too. Look forward to hearing from you.
Colm
Hi All,
Gina from Australia bringing you news of yet another Catholic Elliott branch that DNA Matching ( Ancestry, My Heritage, FTDNA & Gedmatch) has indicated links to the Fountain Hill Elliott clan.
My great grandfather, John Elliott Jnr b 1831 in Faughanvale, nr Eglington, Derry, came to Australia in the 1850's, with his brother & married sister (Rosanna Gallagher) Their emigration shipping records gave the details of their lives to date. The 1841& 1851 Census in Lennoxtown, Scotland, confirmed the details.
Their parents, John Elliott Snr & Mary (nee Mullan) had moved their family from Faughanvale to Lennoxtown, Campsie, Scotland around 1838. The 3 sons ( Edward, James & John Jnr all became Coal Miners). Only Edward remained in Scotland after his siblings left for the Gold Fields of Australia.
Thanks to the records available through Scotland's People I'm able to identify another generation back. John Elliott Snr's Death Registration in 1865 reveals his father to be an Edward Elliott, Blacksmith, deceased & his mother to be Mary McShane, deceased.
From my searching it seems highly likely that Edward & Mary had a Forge at Slaughtmanus, Derry. It's my conjecture that somehow, the Elliott men who had the later Forges link back to this Edward Elliott & Mary McShane. Their son, my 2xgreat grandfather, appears to have worked as an agricultural labourer all of his life. Perhaps there was not enough work for them all in their father's forge.
My great grandfather told of his Elliott Family Story as being exiled from the Scottish Borders because of their Catholicism. According to the Elliott Clan Chief in Scotland, this dates the exile as far back as 1605 ( the accession of James VI of Scotland to also being James I of England). Any Elliott wanting to remain in the Borders after this time would have had to renounce their Catholic Faith. She said, you'll not find any Catholic Elliotts here!
Interestingly, when I also visited Lennoxtown on that trip I was told that it was a safe place for Irish Catholics & that there was a high proportion of them living/ working there still today.
There's a lot of generations to fill in between 1606 & the Edward Elliott bc 1765 that married to Mary McShane bc 1770.
Regards,
Gina Gedmatch Kit JT9859871