A few wee questions

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:00 pm

Hannah Nidler?

hg · Post by hg » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:01 pm

Lesley,

Can you read my mind? Thats what I was thinking.

Helen

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:05 pm

Lesley, Can you read my mind?

But of course, Helen!!

You're just thinking a cup of tea would go down a treat...

hg · Post by hg » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:06 pm

wow, that's impressive

Robert1893 · Post by **Robert1893** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:07 pm

Andy, how did you manage to find that photo of Poplar Street? Is there a collection of NY photographs of that period somewhere on the net? I have Morrisons in New York around that time.

Robert

Post by **AndrewP** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:12 pm

LesleyB wrote:Can we not attack old Hannah from a different angle
- how old is she? where was she born?
...I'm not really sure what her relationship is given as either- I'm maybe just having one of those "blind" moments.... is it clear to anyone?

Going back to Ancestry, Hannah was 3 years old, and was born in Derry, Ireland.

All the best,

AndrewP

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:14 pm

Hannah was 3 years old, and was born in Derry, Ireland

oh bother....

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:58 am

LesleyB wrote:Can we not attack old Hannah from a different angle
- how old is she? where was she born?
...I'm not really sure what her relationship is given as either- I'm maybe just having one of those "blind" moments.... :roll: is it clear to anyone?

Hi Y'all,

Thanks for the help. Hannah's relationship to Head is "Relation" born in Derry. I originally thought Hannah's age was "5" but, on closer inspection, it is probably "3" .

While far from uniform, I'm basing my initial "M" on two Matthews down the page, their surname McIlice (probably should be McAleece). The occupations listed Machinist plus various examples from the page before and after.

The last letter could equally be R, N or W based on loads of examples.

A Scotland's People search using *LL* (the only VERY clear letters) give her name as Mullen.

I've hunted for Hannah in Irish records using birth dates from 1895 - 1899 under Mullen, Mallen, Mellon, Millen, Miller, Moller ............ Found ONE in Londonderry but she died in 1900!!!! Even tried Donegal.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:01 am

Robert1893 wrote:Andy, how did you manage to find that photo of Poplar Street? Is there a collection of NY photographs of that period somewhere on the net? I have Morrisons in New York around that time.

Robert

Hi Robert,

No magic involved I Googled "Poplar Street" Brooklyn clicked photos and Bob's your ... well ...YOU!

Robert1893 · Post by **Robert1893** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:59 pm

Thanks Andy. I'll give that a try. I have tried Google maps and Satellite view before but of course the localities have been modernised in many cases.