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Cork / Re: Looking for info on Army units based in Ballincollig in 1866 & Harding ancestors
« on: Thursday 16 August 12 23:37 BST (UK) »
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the reply!
Mike
Thanks for the reply!
Mike
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Cork / Re: Looking for info on Army units based in Ballincollig in 1866 & Harding ancestors
« on: Thursday 16 August 12 23:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the reply!
Mike
Thanks for the reply!
Mike
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Cork / Re: Looking for info on Army units based in Ballincollig in 1866 & Harding ancestors
« on: Thursday 16 August 12 06:33 BST (UK) »
Hi to all my previous RootsChat friends and to a new cousin, "Embryo"! I can't believe that it is actually 6 years since I posted on this site - but a lot has happened in that time (including a heart attack and a multiple by-pass op...!) 
Daisy - still going strong, I see! Thank you so much for all your valuable help.
I'm now in direct touch with "Embryo" and have a lot more information about our mutual great-grandfather, but your post on the marriage of Arthur and Ellen has REALLY got my interest! To explain - I have always understood that my grandfather (Arthur Harding jnr, born in Ballincollig) and my grandmother, Minnie Allsop, were first cousins. For that to have been the case, Arthur snr's father's name must have been "James Harding" (Minnie's grandfather).
But then I got a copy of the certificate of Arthur and Margaret Long's marriage in Cork which blew that idea out of the water because it shows Arthur snr's father's name as also being "Arthur", occupation "Law Clerk"....
I have been totally unable to get any further because of this anomaly, but I have often wondered if in fact there was an error in the marriage record, not only in the name, but also in the occupation shown of "Law Clerk" - that has come right out of left field and doesn't seem to match any other occupational information that I can find about the Harding family. Now if in fact Arthur's father's name WAS "James" then my search is back on the rails again!
BTW, my RootsChat name is now "Mike A1" because I have changed my email address since 2006 and had completely forgotten any previous passwords, so I found it impossible to re-register under "Mike A" because that name was already "taken" It was just easier to register as a new poster.....! (If the administrator can suggest how I can get back to being just "Mike A" that would be good!).
Daisy - still going strong, I see! Thank you so much for all your valuable help.
I'm now in direct touch with "Embryo" and have a lot more information about our mutual great-grandfather, but your post on the marriage of Arthur and Ellen has REALLY got my interest! To explain - I have always understood that my grandfather (Arthur Harding jnr, born in Ballincollig) and my grandmother, Minnie Allsop, were first cousins. For that to have been the case, Arthur snr's father's name must have been "James Harding" (Minnie's grandfather).
But then I got a copy of the certificate of Arthur and Margaret Long's marriage in Cork which blew that idea out of the water because it shows Arthur snr's father's name as also being "Arthur", occupation "Law Clerk"....
I have been totally unable to get any further because of this anomaly, but I have often wondered if in fact there was an error in the marriage record, not only in the name, but also in the occupation shown of "Law Clerk" - that has come right out of left field and doesn't seem to match any other occupational information that I can find about the Harding family. Now if in fact Arthur's father's name WAS "James" then my search is back on the rails again!BTW, my RootsChat name is now "Mike A1" because I have changed my email address since 2006 and had completely forgotten any previous passwords, so I found it impossible to re-register under "Mike A" because that name was already "taken"
It was just easier to register as a new poster.....! (If the administrator can suggest how I can get back to being just "Mike A" that would be good!).
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