Census look up please for 1861 .....

[delmarco]

Hello again,
its been a slow afternoon at work, decided to play with different spellings for Mr Feeney, I thought perhaps, "F" could have misread as L or T and.....
I was wrong yet again!!!

so to recap, Ive searched Feeney, Feeny Feaney Feanney, Finnie Finney, Linnie, leeney, leaney, tinnie, teeney teeny, and every wild card combo I could think of, I think i'm goin with the UFO abduction!!!

Seriously though, Im very appreciatinve for all the help received!!

Ta....
Karen

[delmarco]

Andy:
Do you get the impression that I just cant let go?????I wanted to tell you I just tried searching feeney, no given same and put in the year only 1866, it returned 6 results, of course none of them were my Bernard. and then I tried Feeny, it said it had 1 record, but then nothing came up, I guess I could try this approach with all the spellings, or do you think it may be futile?

just a thought....
Karen

[delmarco]

ok kids I'm feeling a little cheeky tonight, I did post this earlier but thought it deserved a place here!!

On the twelfth day of Christmas

> My true love gave to me,

> Twelve census searches,

> Eleven printer ribbons,

> Ten e-mail contacts,

> Nine headstone rubbings,

> Eight birth and death dates,

> Seven town clerks sighing,

> Six second cousins,

> Five coats of arms,

> Four GEDCOM files,

> Three old wills,

> Two CD-ROMS,

> And finally find Bernard Fee-ney !!

happy holidays to all of you!
Karen

[delmarco]

Hi Karen,
The 1861 name index has Bernard as FEENY - not FEENEY.
But this is from a census CD, and not the GROS index used on ScotlandsPeople.
Always the chance one or the other has errors.

Hope you get him! If not then just say and i'll get details at some point.
Though a copy of the original page is always more interesting than any transcription.
Jack
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ps, but there are some expert *wildcard* searchers on TS - maybe they'll have much better suggestions on finding a Feeney.

Jack,
Im just about at the end of my rope, If you or the board has some other suggestions, please let me know, I think I ve searched every possibility, other than the poor chaps name is completely wrong!
He was born 27 dec, 1838 to Bernard Feeny and Bridget Martin, in Ireland, married Catherine Cunnif nov 1859.
He is listed as deceased on his daughter elizabeth's BC in 1866, last seen in holytown on the 1861 Census, is he swimmin with Nessie?????

I know I should move on, but this is stuck in my craw!!
flabergasted in Florida!!
Karen

[DavidWW]

Karen

Back in Ireland visiting rellies when he took a bad turn , or, - can't recall his occupation, - South of the Border working when a trench collapsed on him (ain't I a happy wee soul ), - or across the Big Pond exploring the streets paved with gold when the Injuns got him , - or an involuntary immigrant to Oz , but, no!, it's maybe a bit late for that ........

Incidentally, I'll have to be very careful when I enter Oz next June for the Darwin Congress that I don't do the same as my No. 4 favourite comic (No. 1 is Chic Murray; No. 2 Dave Allen, No. 3 Tommy Cooper -"juslikethat") - Tony Hancock, who, when asked by the Australian immigration officer if he had any criminal convictions, is reported to have answered "No!, Why?, - Is it still required? !" .................

Going back to the subject of the thread........ there's still the possibility that his death wasn't registered as it should have been in Scotland, or, more likely, that it's "hiding" behind some weird and wonderful mis-registration or mis-indexing in terms of the spelling .... but, believe me, going back to my first para, you just would not believe the situations that I've come across in the last 20 years .......

David

[StewL]

David

Not totally impossible to be a prisoner of the crown sent to the colonies

In all, around 9,720 British convicts were sent directly to the colony in 43 ships between 1850-1868. Thirty seven of the voyages carried large numbers of prisoners from England, although one voyage actually collected her load in Bermuda. The remaining six ships brought smaller cargoes of military prisoners from amongst the ranks of British troops serving in India...

...of necessity, Britain was also re-assessing her criminal system and beginning to keep more of her lesser offenders at home. That being the case, it is not surprising to find that many of Western Australia's convicts were the more hardened criminals who were convicted for more serious crimes than stealing sheep and picking pockets, especially as the Western Australian chapter drew to a close.

Western Australia's convicts were sentenced to terms of 6, 7, 10, 14 and 15 years and some reports suggest that their literacy rate was around 75% as opposed to 50% for those sent to the eastern states...

Souce: Perth Dead Persons Society, Western Australian Convicts 1850-1868.

Seriously, I sympathise with you Karen for not being able to find your rellie.

[delmarco]

David:

You crack me up!!, believe me, Ive been trhough almost every case scenario with this man, it is maddening! to say the least, and I have to say
I am not the most patient person, between TS and SP my "research" was a breeze for most rellies, this Barney fellow and my Jimmy McMenemy are gonna give the the gray hairs fer sure!
I thank for for giving me the giggles tonight anyway
Karen