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I think this is my grand father (or maybe great grand father but not likely).  Name is James Thompson (or not very likely McKnight) from Raphoe area in Donegal, Ireland.  I am thinking late 1800s or early 1900s.  Any help in dating photograph would be appreciated.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Jamieson?Jamison Waterside Londonderry
« on: Friday 17 June 16 18:06 BST (UK)  »
Hello familyroutes.  I am beginning to think you are right and that Kathleen is in fact Catherine.  I take on board that Cassie is also a diminutive of Kathleen.  Your suggestion that the minister at the wedding may not have been impressed by someone giving her name as Cassie and 'suggesting' Kathleen might be more appropriate is interesting.  The marriage certificate actually has the bride and groom signing the document.  In other words it is not a transcribed copy.  This means she will have signed it as Kathleen knowing she was 'born' a Catherine.  People do take on new names for whatever reason and she may have done this some time before 1920.  Maybe that happened in this case.  Interestingly I have just (literally) come across the death cert of the father of the siblings which shows a Kathleen Jamieson daughter as being present at death.  I think that confirms that there was a Kathleen in the family and was probably 'Catherine'. Thank you for your help.  It is always useful to get other thoughts on a subject.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Jamieson?Jamison Waterside Londonderry
« on: Thursday 16 June 16 18:31 BST (UK)  »
Thank you gaffy and familyroutes for you quick reply.  We have the birth details for all (?) the Grieve(s) children born to Thomas and Eliza Mary Hart(e) living in Windmill Terrace for the 1901/11 census.  They had 14 in the end (last one in 1916 my father). Catherine is one of  them and there is no record of her marrying anyone.  As you did, I also wondered if Kathleen was actually Catherine.  The problem is that apparently the family knew her as Cassie.  In fact she was a witness to a sisters marriage in 1916 and signed as Cassie Grieve.  Also on the Kathleen Grieve/ James Andrew Jamieson marriage certificate 1920 Kathleen quite clearly signs as Kathleen.  This is why I was trying to approach the problem from the Jamieson side to see if anyone had any information and knew of the marriage.  Maybe something will pop up.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Jamieson?Jamison Waterside Londonderry
« on: Thursday 16 June 16 15:58 BST (UK)  »
I am interested in a James Andrew Jamieson who married a Kathleen Grieve 29 July 1920, Great James St Presbyterian Church Londonderry.  His father is listed as George on the certificate.  This fits in with the Jamiesons in Duke St 1911 census.  The rest of the information on the certificate - witness names and Kathleen's father's name and occupation would point to Kathleen being an Aunt of mine.  The only problem is that she does not appear to be recorded by the family nor is there a birth record on the GRONI site.  Age is 'full' on the certificate so she must have been born between 1889ish and 1899.  When the Grieve(s) siblings were getting married they lived at 32 Spencer Rd. Duke St and Spencer Rd have been mentioned before in the thread as being close.   Does anyone have any information on this couple?  Rob Elliott did mention earlier in the thread that a Andrew J and a Herbert Jamieson (brothers) were in the Ebrington area after WW! 

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