1861 census look up for New Monkland .....

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:16 pm

Here's my final word for the afternoon-- really!

I see there are a few people who have this family in his tree on rootsweb/ancestry. They say that Felix died 14 May 1904 in Youngstown and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery

His wife, Elizabeth McGill died 20 Jul 1903 in Youngstown

Have a look at those family trees, if you haven't already. There are some interesting details.

All the best,
Sarah

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:27 pm

Well Sarah

What can I say but

=D> =D> =D>

Maggie will be impressed when she joins us.

Well done on a magnificent job.

Best wishes
Jean

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:29 pm

Great bit of work Sarah,

And a very well deserved =D> for your dedication!

I'm so glad the "McShane" family didn't go to Ireland....
As will Margaret!
Cheers - Jack

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:01 pm

Thanks, Jean & Jack

As you can imagine, I had a lot of fun

I was about to give up and decide they had gone to Ireland (the best excuse for not finding them!) Just sent my mother an email telling her I had been poking around Youngstown in 1920 and found her toddling around and looking very cute

She'll think on that for a bit

(Always good to keep the nonagenarians on their toes

)
Regards,
Sarah

Lorna Allison · Post by **Lorna Allison** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:06 am

Hi Sarah

I have to ask - How did you DO that? Where do you go for American (Canadian?) info like that? I have rellies over there that I just gave up on because I can't join Ancestry.com. Is there another way in?

Lorna

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:22 am

Hi Lorna,
Got to admit that I'm still enjoying my last year of ancestry paid for when I was still earning a salary... It's coming up for renewal next month and I have to think long and hard about whether to continue, but I do use it almost daily. That is where the census info comes from (although some of the Canadian censuses are free online). I am very spoiled by being accustomed to looking at images on the spur of the moment, to check things, that I would never look at if I had to pay a £ a view! So I do get my money's worth! Other things, like the online Ohio death index, etc. I know about from hunting down my own lot in the U.S. and can be found by googling. But that's part of what these genealogy forums are for, is getting help from folk who have more experience in different parts of the world, and we are all people who enjoy figuring out genealogical puzzles!

So... if you want to throw out a few names and dates for your American rellies, I'm sure there will be many of us who will gleefully grab them and run...

All the best,
Sarah

Lorna Allison · Post by **Lorna Allison** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:22 pm

Ah Sarah

So the answer IS Ancestry.com. I might have known. Come June I should be "student free" and have a bit more disposable income. I might be able to think about it then. If any other offspring comes along and says "I've decided to go back to Uni and do an MSc" I will S - C - R - E - A - M

No pressure to anyone - but if there is a soul out there who feels inclined here is the family I am interested in:

Agnes MIDDLEMAS b. Glendale, Northumberland, Jan-Mar 1878 to John Middlemas and Margaret ms Hume moved back with her family to Crailing, Roxburghshire ca. 1886.

From my 3 free days on Ancestry: Agnes MIDDLEMAS (31) m. Andrew Scott (29) in county of York, Div. of Toronto 18 June 1909.

1911 Census of Canada: They are living in Toronto Centre, Ontario, District No 124, Sub Dist. Ward Four No 32, Place of Habitation: 153 Augusta, Census 1911, Page 8. - and - they have a daughter Margaret Scott aged 1.

I would very much like to know if they subsequently had any other children.

Agnes' older brother Adam b. 1875 Glendale, Northumberland having worked as a ploughman for his father at Brownrigg, Crailing, Rox. followed his sister to Canada and then went on to Johnson, Wyoming in 1913. Young sister Jessie b. 06 May 1891, Crailing, Rox., went out to Canada in 1917 and brother Adam must have come up to Canada to meet her, then they both crossed the Canada/USA border at Detroit in 1918.

In 1920 US Census, Jessie (28) is living with Adam (44) and wife Isabelle (42) in Election District 1, Johnson, Wyoming.

I think that Adam did not have children, but wondered if there was any way of tracing Jessie? Very possibly not.

Anyway that is our little transatlantic family mystery. I remember that during and after the war the Canadian family used to send my grandmother parcels and whatever else they contained they included CHICLETS. Boy did I enjoy that gum! (One of my EARLIEST memories)

Sadly, after my grandmother's demise the link lapsed.

Cheers

Lorna

Lorna Allison · Post by **Lorna Allison** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:27 pm

Sorry

Jessie's age should read 28

Lorna

Lorna Allison · Post by **Lorna Allison** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:52 pm

Yes, yes before anyone gently chides me, I should have started another thread - and - I see that Ancestry Canada is on another free (but as far as I can see I can't get further datewise than I have already, so probably that means I am into "living persons" Oh dear.

I am going away to hide for a good long while.

Bye now!

Lorna

Post by **SarahND** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:47 am

Hi Lorna,

Do you have Adam in 1930? Not that it helps any, he is in the same place farming with his wife.

Also, is the Thomas Middlemas in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming yours? He was born in Scotland abt 1878 and is the circulation manager for the Tribune, I assume the newspaper, and came to the U.S. in 1907. His wife, Janet L., was also born in Scotland and came over in 1911.

Don't have time now to look any further. I'm on the road and the hotel surprisingly has wifi, but must go have breakfast and drive to my sister-in-law's , who doesn't have internet at all

If no one has picked this up in the interim, I'll have another look in a few days.

And if you'd like me to send you some chiclets when I get back to the U.S., just say the word

Cheers,
Sarah