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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: McGoohan's, McGouchan,McOgh,McGowen Uphall,Broxburn Winchburgh
« on: Monday 05 July 10 15:05 BST (UK)  »
Mary Jane McMenemy, who I mention, was the wife of Dennis Gallacher and the mother of Ellen Gallagher who married James McGeown (born in Keady, Armagh, died 1951) in 1907; Ellen died in 1921 from childbirth in 1921.  Hence, there is a definite connection to the McGeown line.  I agree with you about Mary Ann McArdle.  My entry was made due the mention of a 'Mary Jane' in a recent posting.

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: McGoohan's, McGouchan,McOgh,McGowen Uphall,Broxburn Winchburgh
« on: Monday 05 July 10 08:08 BST (UK)  »
The only Mary Jane to figure in my McGeown researches is Mary Jane McMenemy who was the wife of  Dennis Gallagher.  Dennis died when 61 of erysipelas at the Fever Hospital in Linlithgow, not at his home at 22 Niddry Rows, Winchburgh.  His death was registered by his son Edward of 4 Niddry Rows but he didn’t seem to know the names of his paternal grandparents, naming them both as Gallagher.  One of their daughters, Ellen, married James McGeown Gallagher.  Siblings of Ellen other than Edward were Kate, Bella, Mary and Frank.  In later life Kate lived in Millgate, Winchburgh; she used to wear a surgical boot on her left foot and became Mrs Kate McKenzie.  She had two daughters: Mary, whose married name was McPhillips, and Cathy, who became Mrs Stevens.  Kate's grandson is/was John Stevens; her great-grandsons are/were Kevin and Terry Philbin who lived in Winchburgh.
Frank remained a bachelor and lived with Kate and her husband.  Edward Gallagher had a son Bob who remained a bachelor and lived in Dalkeith.  Bob's brother Dennis died aged 12 as a result of a football injury and there is apparently a headstone in Winchburgh cemetery erected by his schoolmates.
There is some confusion from the records as to whether the surname is Gallagher or Gallacher.

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: McGoohan's, McGouchan,McOgh,McGowen Uphall,Broxburn Winchburgh
« on: Sunday 04 July 10 21:24 BST (UK)  »
It looks as though we may all be related in some way through the McGeowns, Devines, Donoghues, Obriens, McArldes, Gallaghers, Barretts, etc.
Have you seen the old post http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=42b3c170pjgud477pmsum4nt92&topic=203610.0;prev_next=prev
which I only came across today, despite it beign a reply to me in 2006!

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Technical Help / DVD drive switching to cd drive
« on: Tuesday 03 March 09 20:54 GMT (UK)  »
I have a combined cd/dvd-rw drive.  However, if I put a blank dvd (of the right type) in the drive it switches to a cd drive only and will only write sufficient data to fill a cd, not a dvd.  If anyone has come across this before how did you fix it?
Thanks

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: Broxburn Cricket Club
« on: Tuesday 03 March 09 08:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Mosstrooper,
As far as I am aware, the Philbin connection is that Kevin and Terry Philbin are/were the great grandchildren of Kate Gallagher who lived in Millgate, Winchburgh; apparently Kate used to wear a surgical boot on her left foot.  She was the sister of Ellen Gallagher; Ellen died during childbirth in 1921.
Kate became Kate McKenzie and had two daughters who became Mary McKenzie McPhillips and Cathy McKenzie Stevens.  I do not know how Philbin entered the equation and can only presume that Mary or Cathy had daughters who married a Philbin.
I have never met any of these and only know of their existence thanks to a now deceased aunt who used to live in the Uphall/Broxburn/Winchburhg areas.
 :)

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: Broxburn Cricket Club
« on: Monday 02 March 09 20:23 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Mosstrooper James for the useful link.  :)

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Broxburn Cricket Club
« on: Monday 02 March 09 10:58 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone know anything of Broxbun Cricket Club and, more particularly if there are any records of who played for them?
 :)

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: McGoohan's, McGouchan,McOgh,McGowen Uphall,Broxburn Winchburgh
« on: Sunday 01 March 09 21:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Lyndyloo6,
I have pretty much hit a roadblock on my Irish ancestors due to the Irish Governments destruction of census records and the fire during the civil war that destroyed many other genealogical records.  Fortunately, an elderly relative thought that the family had lived in Keady and a letter to the local church there prompted a very welcome confirmation as they scoured their parish records to give me much valuable information.  I have good information on the members of the family who went to Broxburn; John, Thomas, Sarah, Catherine and James Stephen, but nothing on those who remained in Ireland.  Marriages in Broxburn or Winchburgh brought in surnames such as Donoghue, Mcmenemy, Gallagher, McArdle, Mckenzie, Stevens, Barrett, Philbin, Devine and O'Brien.  Mary & Rose Donoghue, children of Sarah McGeown Donoghue, both worked in a lowly capacity (chambermaid and laundress) for the Royal Family in London (George V and the late Queen Mother).
 :)

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: McGoohan's, McGouchan,McOgh,McGowen Uphall,Broxburn Winchburgh
« on: Sunday 01 March 09 20:51 GMT (UK)  »
As your subject suggests, there are many variations on the spelling of McGoohan.  I am researching the McGeown branch that came from Derrynoose, Keady, Co. Armagh to West Lothian in 1890 or thereabouts.  The parish records from Keady show surnames as McGeough, McGeon, and McGone although all children definitely have the same parents in Stephen McGeown and Mary Kirk; my guess is that the parents had no idea how to spell their own surname and the entries to the parish registers are based on how the name sounded when spoken.
Interestingly, of those who came over, John (11 October 1857) and his brother Thomas (25 May 1862) lived with their sister Sarah (15 February 1860) who became Sarah Donoghue and who lived at 98 Greendykes Road; that detail comes from the 1891 census.  Their siblings were Ellen (29 April 1865), Margaret (21 July 1867), Catherine (13 February 1870), Stephen Patrick (24 March 1872), Henry (25 August 1874), and James (14 July 1878).
It may be that the McGeowns that I am looking at are related to your McGoohans who seem to have come to Scotland in the earlier years of the shale oil boom.
Have a look at http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/130.html for an excerpt from the 1918 Royal Commission Report on Housing that describes housing in Greendykes Road.  The report also has descriptions of Niddire (Winchburgh) and other local housing.   

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