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Title: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Tuesday 13 December 11 19:14 GMT (UK)
my great grandmother was maryann miskimmin and great grand father was james miskimmin they lived in ballyvester near donaghadee  records list maryann's  maiden name as o'neill but on a mormon site they have her as pollock   my grand mother martha miskimmin married a robert pollock and my mother said they were cousins this could  explain it anyone with any info  please
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: kingskerswell on Tuesday 13 December 11 19:38 GMT (UK)
Hi,
   According to two seperate sources your grandmothers maiden name was MISKIMMINS. However I cannot find a Miskimmin/Miskimmins marriage to an O'Neill or a Pollock.

Regards
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Wednesday 14 December 11 08:18 GMT (UK)
hi, thanks for replying the problem is miskimmin has been spelt so many different ways the marriage of maryann and james is on one site as miskimmings where her maiden name is o'neill.
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: rathmore on Wednesday 14 December 11 12:29 GMT (UK)
1911 census of ireland http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie

Miskimmin Grandma and grandchildren Pollock living at 33 Ballhay Donaghadee (Rural)

also Miskimmin living at Ballyvester

it might just be a typing error, or how the census returns were filled in.  It might have something to do with who was named as the head of the family at that time.

also came across McGimpsey
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: ddee on Thursday 15 December 11 04:42 GMT (UK)
Hi Zion

My g-grandma was Ellen Jane Miskimmins  who was James Miskimmins sister. Their parents were Hugh Miskimmins & Elizabeth Hastings.

James married Mary Ann O'Neill on 5th Jan 1874 at Newtownards Registry Office. I had come across the same problem O'Neill or Pollock but Newtownards Registry can only find a marriage for Mary Ann O'Neill,so I think Pollock is a mistake on the Morman site.

My cousin and I have been researching the Miskimmins of Donaghadee for years , so if you send me a personal message I can share our research.

Regards Dee
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Thursday 15 December 11 07:49 GMT (UK)
hi, thanks for info
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: rathmore on Thursday 15 December 11 11:57 GMT (UK)
on the census of 1911 - Mary Ann and James Miskimmons living at 36 Ballyhay, Donaghadee, Rural, Down
with family including a Martha Miskimmons age 17

O'Neill family living at 36 Ballyvester, Donaghadee, Rural, Down
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Thursday 15 December 11 14:00 GMT (UK)
thanks
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: barbarax33 on Tuesday 12 March 13 21:38 GMT (UK)
hi just sent for my grandfathers birth certificate father James Miskimmin mother Maryann Pollock yet the marriage between james and maryann puts her maiden name as o'neill...............confusing!!
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 12 March 13 21:48 GMT (UK)
hi just sent for my grandfathers birth certificate father James Miskimmin mother Maryann Pollock yet the marriage between james and maryann puts her maiden name as o'neill...............confusing!!

The same family as mentioned in zion's post at the start of the thread?

my great grandmother was maryann miskimmin and great grand father was james miskimmin they lived in ballyvester near donaghadee  records list maryann's  maiden name as o'neill but on a mormon site they have her as pollock   my grand mother martha miskimmin married a robert pollock and my mother said they were cousins this could  explain it anyone with any info  please

If these records are all for the same couple then could Maryann have been married previously?
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: barbarax33 on Tuesday 12 March 13 22:10 GMT (UK)
hi Perry isn't it I haven't received the certificate yet was speaking with the girl in the GRO, so I was thinking the same thing did she marry after James died??  If I find anything out will be in touch couldnt find your email address, but I remember you talking with me before about the same thing
regards
Barbara
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 12 March 13 22:47 GMT (UK)
Here's the 1911 census entry with Pollock grandchildren in household of Eliza Miskimmin:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Donaghadee_Rural/Ballyhay/264222

There seems quite an age range between the 3 Pollock children- Robert John (31), Samuel (19) and Mary (16).

Same family in 1901-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Ballycross/Ballyhay/1255674/
Pollock children: Robert Jno (22), James (17), William (15), Samuel (12), Jane (12) and Mary (6).

If James Miskimmin married Maryann O'Neill in 1874 why are these children born c1879 and later called Pollock whilst in the Miskimmin household?
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Wednesday 13 March 13 07:30 GMT (UK)
HI, I HAVE SEEN THAT AS WELL BUT ON THE 1911 CENSUS IT HAS MY GREATGRAND PARENTS SPELT WRONG IT HAS POLLICK  INSTEAD OF POLLOCK MY GRANDFATHER ROBERT POLLOCK DOES NOT APPEAR BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE ARMY AND OVERSEAS AT THE TIME SAME FIRST NAMES BUT TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IF THEY HAD THE SAME FATHER SEEMS UNLIKELY TO GIVE THEM THE SAME FIRST NAME?  ZION
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: barbarax33 on Friday 15 March 13 19:04 GMT (UK)
Perry sent you an email received the birth certificate today
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Saturday 16 March 13 09:55 GMT (UK)
HI barbara, i got the e mail but you have not told me what the certificate said
perry
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: barbarax33 on Saturday 16 March 13 17:17 GMT (UK)
checking first that you had got it in case you had changed your email it is Pollock with a Sarah McGimpsey present at the birth also registered the birth
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Saturday 16 March 13 18:00 GMT (UK)
HI, DO YOU MEAN MARYANN IS LISTED AS POLLOCK MAIDEN NAME  YOU SEE THE SARAH MCGIMPSEY SHE IS ON THE 1901 CENSUS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO MY GRANDFATHER HUGH MOORE AND THE TWO MOORE CHILDREN IN HER HOUSE WHEN CESUS DONE ARE LISTED AS GRANDCHILDREN BUT HER SON IS SURNAME CAMPBELL THE MOORE KIDS ARE HUGH AND ELIZABETH MOORES CHILDREN MY DADS BROTHER AND SISTER IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED
SO IS WHAT THIS MEANS IS MARYANN AND MY GREATGRANDA WERE BROTHER AND SISTER?
THANKS FOR INFO PERRY
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 16 March 13 18:11 GMT (UK)
If you could try not to type in all capitals, that would be much appreciated - it looks like you are shouting at us!   :o ;D
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Saturday 16 March 13 18:26 GMT (UK)
Sorry if you thought i was shouting, zion
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: barbarax33 on Saturday 16 March 13 19:48 GMT (UK)
Perry probably best if we do this through email its becoming very complicated...........
 ???
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Saturday 16 March 13 20:45 GMT (UK)
Hi,i think you are right
Title: Re: miskimmin
Post by: zion on Wednesday 20 March 13 09:06 GMT (UK)
Hi Barbara,just checking if you got my last e mail. have a look again at the date of birth of james miskimmin and james pollock in your records, is one not 1876 and one 1877
zion