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Family History Beginners Board / Re: STRABANE WORKHOUDE 1895 - 1911
« on: Sunday 04 June 17 12:36 BST (UK)  »
Yes, I know he died in Belfast in 1956 but he wasn't called Magee then. He was informally adopted or rented out it seems between 1895 and 1911 when he turned up in Drumnahoe as James Black boarder which is why it makes it complicated. I have looked at Scotland records and it's complicated by so many variations of the Magee, Mcgee and Mcghee names.

I'm not even sure Mary Magee Devlin is the right mother but the birth record matches his date of birth  and links back to that family via DNA matching has given me a new lead to explore.


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: STRABANE WORKHOUDE 1895 - 1911
« on: Sunday 04 June 17 12:25 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks
That's very helpful

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Family History Beginners Board / STRABANE WORKHOUSE 1895 - 1911.
« on: Sunday 04 June 17 11:59 BST (UK)  »
Hello

Can anyone direct me to where I can find records for people living in the Strabane workhouse between 1895 and 1911? Are they held at Proni and if so, where on the site can they be found. I've had a look today and it's not clear to me.

Also, would people living in the workhouse at that time have been counted on the 1901 census? Again, I've looked under the names I'm interested in but nothing has come up.

I have a possible birth record for one of my ancesters born in Ballyfatten Tyrone in 1895 to a Mary Magee but no father listed. I'm thinking he might have gone to the workhouse as no cenus record for a James Magee in that area has come up that fits. Mary went on to marry a Jonny Devlin in 1897 but James wasn't with her in 1901 or woth any of the extended family. I haven't found a death record either.


Thanks if anyone can help!





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The Common Room / Re: 1895-96 Belfast Street Directory
« on: Sunday 12 February 17 17:23 GMT (UK)  »
Many many thanks

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The Common Room / 1895-96 Belfast Street Directory
« on: Sunday 12 February 17 17:10 GMT (UK)  »
Would anyone have a Belfast Street Directory for 1895 and 1896. I'm looking for Craigs or Gordons who may ahve lived at 15 Lebanon street in those years.

Thanks

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The Common Room / Re: Omagh Co Tyrone Army Recruiting 1918
« on: Saturday 09 July 16 18:26 BST (UK)  »
thanks Blue.  :)

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The Common Room / Re: Omagh Co Tyrone Army Recruiting 1918
« on: Thursday 07 July 16 19:30 BST (UK)  »
Yes www.cotyroneireland.com


Irish Recruitment Council (Omagh area)
Belfast Evening Telegraph 04/10/1918:
Part 3




James BLACK, jun., Douglas Bridge, Strabane, not a'cpted for s'vice;

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The Common Room / Re: Omagh Co Tyrone Army Recruiting 1918
« on: Wednesday 06 July 16 11:45 BST (UK)  »
would thay not have formed part of the historical records of that time?

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The Common Room / Re: Omagh Co Tyrone Army Recruiting 1918
« on: Wednesday 06 July 16 10:48 BST (UK)  »
No, it's not straight forward at all! My grandfather James Stephen Black was born 22 Aug 1895 or 96 as far as I can tell. I got that info from a 1941 ration card I managed to come across. I'm interested in where the records of the recruiting unit in Omagh at that time would be held. Which corps or regiments where recruiting in that area or was it a general army recruitment drive.

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