Greetings!! I now have serious vision issues, so am unable to do a lot of searches now. My GG Grandfather was John McMullan a shoemaker. I found he and David Skillen were both shoemakers and likely friends (perhaps related?) at Downpatrick. David's wife was Grace. David was at Whitehaven on the 1851 census, but his wife showed as Rose? (I believe my John had a sister Rose McMullan, but she married a John Skilen at Downpatrick?). I thought Rose may have been helping David in 1851, but not sure where Grace was? Later census at Whitehaven show David a shoemaker with wife Grace. In 1861 David shows as a master shoemaker at Quay Street. There is an 1861 census at Whitehaven for a John McMillin shows as born abt 1819, is Irish, master shoemaker on Quay Street also, spouse Catherine. My John McMullan was married to Margaret Orr at Downaptrick in 1844, and John was shown as John Mullen, shoemaker at Hull, Quebec on the Canada 1852 census. Margaret had a son, David at Kingston, Ontario about 1853, but not sure who David's father was for sure. By 1861 John McMullan's wife Margaret had remarried to a John Hinds and they were at Toronto. I haven't found my John McMullan's fate after 1852 in Canada? I only see the John McMillin on the 1861 census at Whitehaven, and not sure of his status before or after 1861? I don't know who Catherine his spouse was, or where they married? I do have a DNA match for a person that has a Skillen on their family tree, an Ethel Skillen born abt 1886 at Whitehaven who married a Ralph Whittle, but can't be sure what name I match for? I think her parents may have been a William Skillen and perhaps a Sarah. I'm hoping to find out more about the John McMillin shown on the 1861 census at Whitehaven if at all possible. (Note: there was another different John McMullen with a spouse Catherine in the Cumberland, England area also, but I think was a laborer so not the same John.) Any thoughts or help appreciated very much!! Thanks so much!! Tom McMillan (State of Washington, USA)
