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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Antrim => Topic started by: sss65 on Sunday 13 February 11 01:42 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
Robert McCaw married Catherine McCahghan (sic) in Rasharkin Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney on 14 Aug 1885. I have no information on the children.
Regards
I came across this message reply- I am connected to the Robert McCaw you mentioned and am trying to find out more about his brother Hugh and their parents Hugh and Letitia nee Adams.
Have you any more info? I know they were in Glasgow by 1901 but cannot find them there before this.
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Hi,
Welcome to Rootschat. On 11 Feb 1859 Hugh McCaw, father William, married Letitia Adams, father Robert, in Finvoy Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney. Some of the children , born in Dirraw, Co. Antrim were James 7 Sept 1865
Mary Serah 16 Apr 1868
Jane 12 Feb 1870
Hugh 18 Oct 1872.
Regards
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That's great info thankyou.
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All I need to find now is any evidence of when Hugh jnr and his brothers came to glasgow. They were there by 1900 as Hugh married in glasgow that year his brother Robert married in Ireland - Catherine Mccaughern as mentioned in the other topic. but I can't find info as to when they left Ireland.
Any further info you can get about Hugh seniors parents and letitia's would be excellent.
Thank again,
Sue
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Hi
My friend Tommy McCaw from Glasgow has just started researching his tree. His Dad is Thomas McCaw, grandad was Hugh McCaw and Martha McKerracher, and great grandparents Robert McCaw and Catherine McCaughern. Any info would be gratefully received.
Kind regards
Linda
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will send you a private message to reply.
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thanks very much, that would be great, they are back off home next week. Kind regards Linda
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hi,
I am joseph(joe) mccaw and i live in sydney australia. my great grandparents on my dads side were robert mccaw and catherine mccaughern. roberts parents were hugh mccaw and letitia adams. Thomas's grandparents hugh and martha were i believe married in 1907 in rasharkin county antrim ireland. i have no records of any children at present to this couple as i have been concentrating on the main line back. My grandparents were joseph bonar mccaw( hughs younger brother) and rose kane.
this may or may not help. however since it appears that thomas and i are related i would look forward to the opportunity to communicate with him.
joe
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Hi Joe
Have passed you message on to Tommy. I did a bit of research, and was able to hook up with some on ancestry.com, which was fantastic as they had photos, I think i have saved them, if you want copies. So your Grandfather and Tommy's were brothers, which makes you second cousins. What a shame didn't find you earlier, they were out from Scotland in March and we took them to Sydney!!
My email for all things family history related is:
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I can send you what I found out for Tommy if you like.
kind regards
Linda
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Hi Linda,
Appreciate your offer very much re info from Thommy. Unfortunately I have lost the reply you sent (having a lot of trouble navigating this site). They blocked your email address so perhaps you can send it again some other way.
joe
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Hi,
Click on the little green scroll underneath the name of the person you want to contact. This will allow you to send a personal message (PM).
Regards
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Thanks for the heads up. I am a little closer to understanding how to navigate around now.May I ask what your relationship to Robert McCaw might be?
regards, Joe
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On 11 Feb 1859 Hugh McCaw, father William, married Letitia Adams, father Robert, in Finvoy Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney.
Hello there,
Since retiring recently, I have just started to look into family history and am so pleased to have at last found a link to my family tree!
My great grandmother was Mary Serah Mc Caw born to Hugh and Letitia born on 16th April 1868. She married my great grandfather John Curry 27 Dec 1888 of Lismorrity in Trinity church Ballymoney and they had one son my grandfather John Curry born 10 Dec 1893. The family of 3 are in the 1901 census living there but by the 1911 census she had died though as yet i have not found a date of death or where she is buried! Lismorrity is where my grandfather who married Anna Mary Adams 22nd Aug 1919 lived and where my mum was born. she says that, as a result of the mum Mary Serah dying when he was a young boy, her dad was able to knit and sew , turn the heel of a sock, and had to cook and clean. Certainly his school record is VERY patchy as i have found that in PRONI office recently. Any more information on Hugh Letitia and Mary Serah would be wonderful!
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Hi there ballygal- we are 3rd cousins!
I will PM you my email address, :D
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New members usually need 2/3 posts before they can send & receive PMs.
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Oh- i have sent aPM - so that means I cannot exchange emails? :'(
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How exciting is this! I cannot believe that through this forum I have found relatives! My mother, now 88 will be so pleased when i go to see her tomorrow, as she has had so little information over the years about her grandmother! If you would post up here any little snippet of info that I could pass on to her i would be grateful! That would keep me happy till we are allowed to PM! I would also be so interested to hear where you live! Reply soon third cousin!
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My father was born in Glasgow and is the grandson ( on his mother's side) of Hugh McCaw born 18 oct 1872 who was Mary Serah's youngest brother. Hugh had twin girls Letitia and Sarah and sarah was my dad's mum . Hugh Mcaw - Mary Serah's youngest brother- went to Canada in 1911 and sadly died a few months after arriving there with his third wife and only son james Mccaw- he left the girls behind and they were brought up in Glasgow by their uncle Robert Mccaw ( mary's oldest brother).
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Wonderful! Thank you so much! I will copy the photo and take it with me tomorrow! I will now have to process all this new information out in my brain overnight! Good night from Larne, Jennie
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After having had a very late night because i was having difficulty working out all this information i think i have found out that we are NOT related and am so sad!! Sorry folks!!I had been given some information to start me off by other people with an interest in geneology and who had large data bases of north antrim people. And my mum had confirmed that as a child her father had gone to dirraw to see relatives. BUT i have just been up at PRONI a few days ago and had seen the actual entry of John Curry and Mary Mc Caw's marriage and it states that her father was a Samuel Mc Caw of Craignamaddy which is a different townland. So she was probably not Mary Serah as I thought last night and later i found a death of a Mary Eliza Curry in 1902 which may tie in!
It may be of help to anyone who is not living in NI to know that the most recent Ordinance survey maps 1:50,000 Discoverer series on the back have a simpe road layout overlaid with all the townlands. I find it so useful even i come from nearby so if anyone is doing research from a distance i know it would be of help. Ballycastle is Sheet 5 and Ballymoney is sheet 8 and you can buy them online. Hope this makes up for my error and confusing folk!
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On 11 Feb 1859 Hugh McCaw, father William, married Letitia Adams, father Robert, in Finvoy Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney.
Hello there,
Since retiring recently, I have just started to look into family history and am so pleased to have at last found a link to my family tree!
My great grandmother was Mary Serah Mc Caw born to Hugh and Letitia born on 16th April 1868. She married my great grandfather John Curry 27 Dec 1888 of Lismorrity in Trinity church Ballymoney and they had one son my grandfather John Curry born 10 Dec 1893. The family of 3 are in the 1901 census living there but by the 1911 census she had died though as yet i have not found a date of death or where she is buried! Lismorrity is where my grandfather who married Anna Mary Adams 22nd Aug 1919 lived and where my mum was born. she says that, as a result of the mum Mary Serah dying when he was a young boy, her dad was able to knit and sew , turn the heel of a sock, and had to cook and clean. Certainly his school record is VERY patchy as i have found that in PRONI office recently. Any more information on Hugh Letitia and Mary Serah would be wonderful!
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Hi there. My name is Janine McCaw. Thomas McCaw (1916) is/was my grandfather, my father is/was Hugh McCaw, who moved to Canada from Scotland. Two of my brothers are Hugh and Tom, so I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same family here. Feel free to facebook me. I live in Vancouver.
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Maybe I can help. My name is Janine McCaw. I live in Vancouver, Canada. My father (deceased) is Hugh McCaw. He emigrated from Scotland. His father, Thomas McCaw married Margaret Kennedy. Thomas went to war as part of the 15'th Highland Infantry and was killed in France in 1916. His name is on the memorial at Somme. Two of my three brothers will have familiar names to you, being named Hugh and Colin Thomas (Tom). So, I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same family. It's nice to meet you. You can find me on facebook. :)
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Hi there. I am descended from Hugh and Letitia McCaw. If you message me I can let you know how we are connected.