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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: Argyll67 on Monday 13 June 11 06:31 BST (UK)
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My great great great grandfather Elliott McVittie was born in Clones Co Monaghan in 1778. At some stage he married a Miss Blake and Blake became a common christian name in my family for several succeeding generations. Their fourth child a son Robert Blake McVittie was born in Fermoy in 1817. Does anybody know anything about this Miss Blake or the family she came from? Our family crest devised by Robert Blake McVittie closely resembles that of the Blakes of Galway.
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In 1861 a Francis Blake was living in Annyart Townland, Muckno civil Parish, Co Monaghan see www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index, the valuation of house and small garden is very low. Nevertheless here is a Blake living in Co Monaghan, could he be a relative. Have you tried familysearch.com old and new. Good luck onwards, Jim
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http://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_047288/Details
You probably have these sources already, but just in case.....
PM
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In 1861 a Francis Blake was living in Annyart Townland, Muckno civil Parish, Co Monaghan see www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index, the valuation of house and small garden is very low. Nevertheless here is a Blake living in Co Monaghan, could he be a relative. Have you tried familysearch.com old and new. Good luck onwards, Jim
Thank you Jim I will follow up that link and see if we can get back to "my" Miss Blake.
Yours Malcolm
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http://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_047288/Details
You probably have these sources already, but just in case.....
PM
Thank you pm. I will follow up that link.
Yours malcolm
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Is this your Elliott McVittie? Given he's listed as pensioner it looks like a second marriage. From www.irishgenealogy.ie:
DUBLIN (COI) , Parish - ST. PETER
Marriage of ELLIOTT MCVITTIE of WATERLOO ROAD and BRIDGET DOBSON of PARK GATE ST on 14 June 1849
Husband Wife
Name ELLIOTT MCVITTIE BRIDGET DOBSON
Address WATERLOO ROAD PARK GATE ST
Occupation PENSIONER N/R
Father THOMAS MCVITTIE HUGH DOBSON
Mother N/R N/R
Husband Age FULL
Husband Marital Status W
Wife Age FULL
Wife Marital Status W
Husband's Father's Occupation FARMER
Wife's Father's Occupation FARMER
Witness 1 EDWD KEANE
Witness 3 JOHN HARRIS
Record Identifier
N/R 123 245 DU-CI-MA-53008 d-45-3-4-123
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Dear John Jenson,
Briliant! Well done and thank you. That is definitely my paternal ancestor. We know that he went to live in Dublin from 1822 onwards and Waterloo Road is a familiar address. He was CoI and the age fits. That takes me back one further generation. Now I need to find out more about Thomas McVittie, farmer, who was living in Clones in 1778 when his son Elliott was born.
Yours
Malcolm McVittie
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Here is an 1842 Dublin Directory page which includes Elliott.
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Sorry, forgot the link
http://www.failteromhat.com/dublin/people/dir39.pdf
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I presume you got much of your infirmation from the Nat Archives UK military listing
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-4021335&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CMCVITTIE&accessmethod=0&Summary=True
Did you get the full set of papers from them?