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The Common Room / Re: "Minnie"??? what's that short for?
« on: Wednesday 07 July 21 15:45 BST (UK)  »
My great aunt was registered at birth as Minnie in 1890 but showed up as "Mary Letitia" in the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses.  We always knew her as "Aunt Marie" but she was married and buried as Mary L.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Hemphill, McCallister, Eaton
« on: Friday 04 September 20 16:34 BST (UK)  »
MAGIC!  Thanks for your insight, Sinann.  I thought I had tried every version of Annabella but "Anna" is one I missed.  Every day is a learning adventure in genealogy!  Thanks VERY much!  :)

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Hemphill, McCallister, Eaton
« on: Thursday 03 September 20 23:36 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, once again, Aghadowey.  I appreciate what you passed along.  I've been on the irishgenealogy.ie website many, many times and wanted to see why I hadn't turned up what you had so I went to the site just now. I typed in Anna Bella's name (just as it was on the marriage record) and the year of the marriage record (1894) and got a "No Results Found" message.  Here was the associated link:
 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-perform-search.jsp?namefm=Anna+Bella&namel=Eaton&location=&yyfrom=1894&yyto=1894&type=M&submit=Search

You must have a special touch at that site. :)  At any rate, thank you for your help and the information you were able to access.  As far as William is concerned, I was basing his year of birth on the age (42)  I saw on the 1901 Census - obviously the census age figure was wrong, if William died 5 years later at the age of 40.  ???
      I need to digest what you sent and, also, figure out the Christopher / Thomas situation on the family tree.  I may need to post again.  I am still hoping to get some information from Mullin's notes at the Coleraine library and have been in touch with the staff there.  I've been told that, because of their Covid limitations, some items are not presently available to the public . . .  but I'll keep trying.  Many, many, many thanks!  :) :) :) 

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Hemphill, McCallister, Eaton
« on: Thursday 03 September 20 20:41 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for information on Rose Eaton.  She was shown as the informant on the 1870 Irish birth registration of Margaret Eaton who was the daughter of Robert John Eaton and Mary Jane McAllister Eaton of Ardverness, Macosquin).  In addition, Rose is shown as the informant on the 1879 Irish death registrations for Thomas Eaton (of Ardverness) and, on the same day, the death registration for Christie Eaton (also of Ardverness). I can't find Rose's connection to the family and assume she likely married an Eaton.  She shows up on the 1901 Irish Census as "mother-in-law" in the household of James Gault and Annabella Eaton Gault (age 40).  A 42 year old male named William Eaton is also listed in the household as a brother-in-law and "idiot,"(awful term!! :'() who, I assume, is Rose's son since Rose's age is given as 75.  I was not able to find a birth registration for William or Annabella so I wasn't able to find out who their father might have been.  Any suggestions on how to track her down would be GREATLY appreciated.   Many thanks!

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Scottish Birth Certificate needed for US Naturalization??
« on: Friday 17 July 20 15:35 BST (UK)  »
     Thank you, thank you, thank you, DonM!!  I believe you have hit the proverbial nail right on the head. I remember my mother quoting her own mother as saying that in "those days" births were registered the next time someone "went into town."  In James' case the birth was registered almost 2 weeks after his birth and being one day "off" on date of birth seems not to be a problem as ALL OTHER SPECIFICS are a perfect match.
      In looking into St. Rollox I found a number of RootsChat posts from last year and one mentioned The St Rollox Business & Retail Park . . .  is on the site of the old Caledonian Railway's St Rollox Locomotive & Carriage Works. (Thank you Henry7) which lends further credence to this being the correct James because my James' father lived for a time in the U.S. working for The Pullman Company (Chicago, Illinois), a company that produced railroad sleeping cars. 'Can't thank you enough, DonM!!!!!  :) :) :)

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Scottish Birth Certificate needed for US Naturalization??
« on: Friday 17 July 20 01:33 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Girl Guide.  I appreciate your efforts and your kind help.  I do have the marriage and death/burial information ~ but you were perfectly correct on everything.  Interestingly my grandparents (Sarah and James) were married in a church my minister husband later pastored in Philadelphia (near where we live) and her sister was married in another church where he later served.  Thank you for all the "leg work" you did. 
          Appreciatively,
          Littlepew

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Scottish Birth Certificate needed for US Naturalization??
« on: Tuesday 14 July 20 03:10 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Dundee.  I believe you found the correct  couple's marriage registration ~ wonderful!!  As for the 2 Dennistoun "Jameses,"  I checked both and neither of the fathers matched the name of my grandfather's dad.  Also, the marriage dates shown for the parents don't match my greatgrandfather's either.  (It's interesting that the marriage date of each couple was included in birth registrations then.) In any case, it was a GREAT lead and I really appreciate your very, very kind help.   :)   

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Scottish Birth Certificate needed for US Naturalization??
« on: Tuesday 14 July 20 00:44 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your LIGHTNING FAST response!  His name was James W. (Wylie or Wiley) Ferguson and I have mostly seen his birthplace as Glasgow (according to the 1881 Census, his birth county was Lanarkshire and the town was Glasgow ~ Down Street) although I have seen Edinburgh once on a ship's manifest:-\     D.O.B. was 12 May 1878. Parents were William Ferguson and Margaret/Mary Wylie/Wiley ~ both emigrated to the U.S. around 1910 but James had preceded them to the U.S.  James' paternal grandparents were James Ferguson and Maltilda Mitchell Ferguson.  Maternal grandparents were James Wylie/Wiley and Mary Young Wylie/Wiley.     Thanks you again for your incredibly speedy response . . .  I look forward GREATLY to any clues you can share.   :)

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Census and Resource Discussion / Scottish Birth Certificate needed for US Naturalization??
« on: Monday 13 July 20 23:21 BST (UK)  »

Would an "alien" have needed to provide a birth certificate from their country of birth (Scotland, 1878) in order to have become a naturalized American citizen (1907)?  I ask because I have a copy of my Scottish grandfather's U.S. Petition for Naturalization but have unsuccessfully searched  every site I can think of  trying to find a Scottish birth certificate/registration.  Perhaps there isn't one???

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