Disappointed or what? .....

Tom-W · Post by **Tom-W** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:54 pm

Hi Mary

I sympathise as none of my irish lines ever gave any answer other than Ireland on the censuses but I have narrowed down the area for three lines.

Were they married in Ireland? If so the birth certificates of the children may tell you where in Ireland they married. I don't always prioritise collecting the birth certificates of siblings but when I looked at the brothers and sisters of my irish born great granny, I was able to get an idea of the area of Ireland the family came from.

I got another of my lines through a poor relief application as suggested already.

For another line I found a brother who also came to Scotland and he always stated the exact place of birth at every census.

Hope you manage to find something.

Tom

Post by **emanday** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:20 pm

I thought about the kids' BC's Tom, but there were EIGHT of them. However, at five credits per image I am holding fire until I receive a flash of inspiration and pick the right one. I know that information is not on my direct ancestor's BC, but maybe, as you say, it is on one of them...

k ...but which one

k

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:17 am

I too have some Irish ancestors but they are a bit far back, prior to Statutory Registration so I have not ventured down that path as yet. In the meantime I have been collecting births, marriages and some deaths for the siblings of my direct lines, which has filled in the gaps nicely. Thanks Jack for convincing me of the merits of censuses

In fact I think now that I have filled in the direct lines going back to my GGgrandfathers/mothers on both sides

(maybe this should be in success stories

) Now just have a couple of marriages of uncles and aunts to find.

As for the Irish connection, I have tried on the rare occasion, but with no luck, I suspect that my "Irish" connections may actually be English who went over there. So will put them on hold for a while.

And It Makes Me Shine · Post by **And It Makes Me Shine** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:18 pm

I had some success as I eventually found in the 1851 Census. Two families next door to each other with the county named Leitrum. Its a small county but the McGarry's and the Devines are rife in the county.
So I am no further forward. Being honest and I am sure that there are more qualified people to answer this but even with the county I have found it near impossible.

Post by **emanday** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:48 am

Bit of an update...

First, John Bonner was actually shown as UNmarried in 1881; sorry I misled you there

I've got his marriage to Martha McAdams in 1882 in Calton, Glasgow (picked the right child's BC

)

So, they weren't married when the 1881 census was done, but there is no sign of Martha anywhere in Scotland that year, nor of her parents.

I know John Bonner was born in Ireland and came to Glasgow with his parents (when he was only three it is told - but I might check further back censuses to confirm that).

So, I'm thinking! John still had family back in Ireland and he might have met Martha during a visit. She might have come to Glasgow to get married here?

Whatever way it happened, I'm still scuppered without knowing where in Ireland they came from.

Ah, well