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Mair:
Hi again.
Robert Dolan Civil Birth Record
dob: 14 Nov 1881
Date of Baptism: 21 Nov 1881
Address: Mary Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
Father: Michael Dolan
Mother: Margaret Nicol
Sponsor 1: Mary

from LondonDerry Diamond War Memorial
Regimental Sergeant Major Robert Dolan
'C' Company, 7/8th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Regimental Number 13133
Born: ---- Died: 1918-03-27 Aged: 36 Enlisted: Enlisted Glasgow.

Name recorded on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Name also commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial.

Husband of Mary Bridget Dolan, 8, Dillon Street, Tipperary. Brother of Mrs James Coyle, 78, Duke Street, Waterside, Derry.

Regimental Sergeant Major Dolan was through the Boer campaign, and in the First World War was twice wounded. He served with the 1st Battalion Inniskillings throughout the South African campaign, and held the King's and Queen's South African medals. Shortly after his death, members of his family placed the following lines in a Derry newspaper:

'O, Blessed Mother Mary,
On him your prayers extol.
O, Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Have mercy on his soul.'
On the second anniversary of the death of Robert Dolan, his sisters and brothers, and brother-in-law, 78, Duke Street, had the following sentiments inserted in a Derry newspaper:

'He was a brother true and kind,
Loved by those he left behind;
Forget him, no, we never will,
As years roll on we love him still.'

Robert Dolan in his Regimental Papers notes a brother, John but I have yet to find anything on him records-wise.

Mrs. James Coyle was Robert's sister, Jane. Their Civil Marriage Record
25 May 1902
Parish/District: Glendermot or Waterside Urban.
County: Derry
Husband: James Coyle
Address: Waterside Derry
Occupation: Labourer
Bachelor
Wife:
Jane Dolan
Waterside Derry
Servant Girl
Spinster
Husband's Father: Hugh Coyle, Farmer
Wife's Father: Michael Dolan, Labourer
Witness 1: B. Heaney
Witness 2: Maggie Fitzgerald
Notes: St. Columba's RC.

My grandmother when she was a child lived with James & Jane & their family (see 1911 Irish Census. Londonderry No. 5 Urban, Duke Street # 53). Lizzie, Margaret & Frank Dolan were half-siblings of Robert, Jane & John.

I've also had correspondence with relative of Margaret McAleer d. 1901 at 8 Bishop Street in Glasgow.
Maggie McAleer's brother, John b. Newtownstewart married Sarah Malloch d. about 1911, Ireland. Her siblings were Maggie (Mick Dolan's 2nd wife & my greatgrandmother), Sarah Jane, Francis, Edward, James, Mary Ann & Ellen. John & Sarah's children were John, Ruby, Lily, & James.
Lily was born at 8 Bishop Street, Glasgow (where Maggie McAleer died). Her sister (which one?) married Patrick Dolan (was this Patrick a brother to Robert?).

I know Mary Bridget & Robert married in 1915, had a son Robert (your partner's grandfather) & a daughter, Brigid (?) born 1916 & 1917 (?). What is their story?

Thank you,
Siobhan

Andy
I'd really appreciate the ged file.
Thank you

Thank you that's the only one I've found as well. It was just that Frank was supposedly born in Newtownstewart and Michael was married in Newtownstewart that I thought I'd check.
I really want to come to the UK and spend it in the. National archives to get all the documents I need. 

Thank you. Yes I have the marriage certificate and it shows MIck Dolan as father but no place of birth. I already have lots of info on Maggie McAleer father, John and mother, Sarah Carr. What I need .is to determine Michaels place of birth and mother's name. I also have conflicting years of birth for Michael: 1867 or 1869. I can't find a Michael son of Michael born in 1869 in Newtownstewart.

I believe Michael was cousins with Jane Coyle and with Frank Dolan who was a RSM in WW1 and is commemorated on Londonderry monument but info says he was born in Newtownstewart Co. Tyrone. Frank enlisted in Glasgow. His father may be Joseph or Hugh.
Thank you again.