McMinn Mystery Deepens...

[Daisy Loo]

Monica...thanks for your posts 

The lady was very helpful, but I don't think it's actually her that checkes the records, she mentioned something about a "sacristan"  (sorry if I've got that madly wrong)...and she was telling me that one lady had waited four months for him to confirm something, and he had said it wasn't there!  It was in the end!

I've sent a detailed email, lets just hope that gets answered.  It may mean I'll have to go down there myself, and see what's what...but we'll see

[MonicaL]

When dealing with Church records at source, it is the land that time forgot unfortunately!

From the cert, occupation looks like plumber and glazier to me.

Just realised, the male witness was a George Patrick, had him down as a Horton too. A bit faint on the Horton, can't think at this point what else it could be though.

[Daisy Loo]

That other link you gave me, deals mainly with Northern Ireland...have just gone through their databases...they have very few of Southern Ireland, and those they have, the dates are a bit off to when we are looking at.

I haven't ruled out yet that service record that you saw in TNA.  The kids could either have been fibbed to, or they all fibbed...who knows...

I still haven't managed anyone who can really help with the Royal Artillery side of things.  On Emily's MC, she says he was a Sergeant Major, but on her birth cert, yes, he was a sergenat major, but he was a pensioner.  He could well have been dead when she got married.

[MonicaL]

Alexander Snr. certainly deceased by 1886 when son Alexander John married in Glasgow.

[Daisy Loo]

Look, for now, I am going to apply for the MC.  This should give Alexander's age (and Bridget Cleary's) and his occupation.  I am still waiting of that death cert for the Alexander in Woolwich, was it 1878?

Once I have those, if I need to, I'll have a look at what more I need to order.

I am going to give this McMinn a rest now, because, amazingly, I have had contact from some Canadians on the Hilsden side of my family...and am in email contact, and a cousin of my father, who I have never met, she is seriously ill, and battling luekemia, has written to me, today saying she would be very happy to help...so I need to do a bit of catch up there too.

I'll pm you

[Daisy Loo]

Famous last words..."I'm going to give it a rest!"  HA!

Another little golden nugget has just come through my door!

Want to know what it is? 


Added:

Okay, was just scanning the death cert   Yup, the death cert of Alexander McMinn  Died: 19th December 1878, at 4 Catherine Square at the age of 71 years, Occupation: Staff Sergeant Major Pensioner RA.

[Daisy Loo]

2 things, first one... Monica, does the address ring any bells of where he died?  And, 2ndly, something very odd about this fella's occupation!  Because he must be the one you found at TNA, surely?

Lastly...here's a peek at the informant

[MonicaL]

George Patrick comes to mind from that poss. 1881 census entry me thinks 

I can't believe it comes together like that....

[Daisy Loo]

Incredible, isn't it?  what do you make of Elizabeth's address?  I can't quite get it all.