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I haven't checked into Rootschat for some time and missed your posts below. Have you managed to resolve your query?

William Wood b.1829 was my 2nd great grandfather. I too have struggled with this family, however through Ancestry DNA I made contact with a distant cousin who suggested William was baptised in Cramlington and his mother was Mary Ann Moore, perhaps Robert's first wife as she said there was also a burial record for a Mary Ann Wood?

Would be good to make contact, Ayashi, to compare trees.

Hi Scott
Let me know if you continue to have problems sending your files.  Do you have my personal email?  I can always sort out a dropbox folder or similar to which you can upload them.
Thanks for this additional info.  I presume Jack was your grandfather John.
Also are all these families, other than Joseph who moved to Wales, based in Glasgow/Scotland?  I ask because I find Scotlandspeople website a struggle to use effectively without spending large amounts chasing red herrings!  Unfortunately there are really no real alternatives when researching Scottish families.
Hopefully my Ancestry tree will give you a good start on your Cumiskey links.  Sadly I think you may find your Welsh family history a bigger challenge as it seems to be a common name in Glasgow.  That said, I can tell you that your great grandfather John had a brother Alexander who had a wife Jeanie and daughter Catherine (1901 census for Commerce Street Glasgow).
Chris

Many thanks shellyesq!  Thomas' journey to the US and his immigration data had eluded my so far.  I'll need to check if John Commisky was related to Thomas or just a friend.

I have Thomas' birth certificate and his dob was 24 June 1886 in Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath.  His parents were Patrick Comaskey and Jane Lawler.

Further research has identified that Thomas Cummiskey married Maria Byrne in Kells on 22 Sept 1913.  He was enlisted in the Leinster Regiment in the British Army and served through WW1.  Maria was the 2nd daughter of Edward Byrne and Mary Carr; both of Kells.  Maria's sisters Margaret and Ellen married brothers Joseph and Patrick Dolan.  Thomas and Maria had four children (listed in previous post) who grew up in Kells.  Thomas left the army as a Sergeant Major in about 1922 with a pension but emigrated to New York in 1928 leaving the family in Kells.  He suffered in the US depression in 1929.  I'm not sure if he ever returned to Ireland.  I'd be interested to hear from anyone with links to these families.