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Tyrone / Re: McCormacks (Michael or Phillip)
« on: Tuesday 28 May 13 00:07 BST (UK)  »
Amendment to last post.  Should have rechecked my facts! the Alice who was my great-Aunt was still alive for the Census of 1911, so the one whose Will you located is a different person. Sorry to mislead - back to the Wills for a thorough look!

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Tyrone / Re: McCormacks (Michael or Phillip)
« on: Monday 27 May 13 23:55 BST (UK)  »
Thanks you again for all your help.
To the last comment first: Chris Owen is my sister & our search is a shared one, including independent visits to Ireland.
Re the Wills:
The one for Alice is exciting, because I haven't picked it up before - she may have been only discovered to be one of the family after I last looked at the Wills. The rest will need the usual guesswork as to who is whom, within the typical family where the same names are recycled! Alice certainly died between 1901 & 1911, but the beneficiary is a little surprising.  You are right to say the Revision Books can be confusing, but can provide some gems. The hunt goes on.

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Tyrone / Re: McCormacks (Michael or Phillip)
« on: Monday 27 May 13 05:32 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for that.  Have previously seen the Will extract re John who died in 1896, but don't know if he is "ours" as we have no record him having a son named John.   Mary who died in 1921, and left her farm to Cecilia Keenan, is a story I am familiar with, but they are not directly within our family; likewise Peter & Michael McCormick.  All these people are probably part of the wider family, but the relationship is unknown.  Since I posted the message of 2011, we have discovered that our grandfather, Michael, had a brother Patrick who went to the USA, and a brother & sister, Philip (aka Felix) and Alice, who both remained single & stayed in Tyrone. If there was also a John...?? That would provide evidence for the movement of the "Estate" following the death in Dec 1896 - our great grandfather John's wife, Anne, was listed as a widow in the 1901 census, living with Philip & Alice.  I have looked online at the Revision books, which show many amendments of ownership of land in Gorticashel Upper, but I have not yet been able to "translate" all that information as it relates to my people.
Any further thoughts are very welcome.
Nellie Nolan

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Tyrone / Re: Patrick Keenan & Cecilia Campbell, Gortin
« on: Saturday 20 April 13 04:52 BST (UK)  »
Hello, I have an interest in your wife's family. I have 'intersected' with them while researching my McCormack family, also from Gorticashel Upper.  My great grandparents were John McCormack & his wife, Anne (McSwiggan). Their children were Michael (my grandfather) who left for Australia in about 1874, Patrick, who married Mary McCullagh in 1885 and moved to New York, Phillip [aka Felix] and Alice. These latter two (both single) stayed on the land, and later, reared two "nephews" (2 of the 13 children of Patrick's sister-in-law, Hannah McCullagh) , Edward & Charles O'Hagan, after the death of their mother sometime after 1906 -  a somewhat similar scenario to the Campbell girls' story!  Edward O'Hagan eventually inherited the McCormack land, and it still remains in that family.   I have long assumed that Patrick McCormack & his sister Mary, who reared the Campbell girls, were most likely to be related to "my" McCormacks  (also living in the same Townland).  If you are still hunting information about your wife's grandparents, I can look through the notes I have to find any extra "bits & pieces". Also, if you know any extra information which you can share with me as you progress your research, please make contact (email- *)

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Tyrone / McCormacks (Michael or Phillip)
« on: Monday 21 March 11 04:43 GMT (UK)  »
I am seeking information about Michael McCormack, born in Gorticashel in approx 1855. His parents were John & Anne (McSwiggan). He left Ireland (no shipping records) when, perhaps, 19yo, and arrived in Victoria (Aust), worked for a while in Portland on the railway construction, then went to Rochester, where his Uncle Phillip McCormack was resident. There, he was married to Sarah O'Connor from Tarnagulla, had a son, was widowed, married again, to Mary Jane Foley from Cappoquin in Co Waterford, and had another 8 children, of whom 6 survived. He ran a Hotel (The Commercial) in Rochester until he died in 1907. So... lots of Australian information, but precious little in Ireland. Did he have siblings?? Was he related to any (and which?) of the McCormack or McSwiggan families who show up in the GV or the Censuses of Tyrone in 1901/11?? Desparately seeking clues!! 

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US Completed Requests / Re: Passenger lists: Peter BONNER about 1828
« on: Sunday 20 March 11 23:43 GMT (UK)  »
I am totally new to this site, but because I googled Phillip McCormack, I got led to your posts of last August re IVEY family. If you still have any interest in this matter, I have knowledge of the McCormack side of Caroline Ivey's history. Let me know if you want.

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US Completed Requests / Re: Passenger lists: Peter BONNER about 1828
« on: Sunday 20 March 11 23:40 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Philcandy on Thursday 17 March 11 09:29 GMT (UK)
Hi Sandra

That wasn't exactly the news I was hoping for, but I suspect you're right!

Thanks for checking and taking the time to write

Kind regards. Philip

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