MC ELWEE

wildeagle · Post by **wildeagle** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:18 am

CAN ANYONE HELP ME TRACE MY G G GRANDMOTHER MC ELWEE WHO MOVED TO SCOTLAND WHEN HER HUSBAND DIED IN IRELAND AND TOOK HER CHILDREN WITH HER ONLY LEAVING HER OLDEST SON IN
IRELAND MY G GRANDFATHER ARCHIBALD MC ELWEE
ALL I KNOW IS SHE SETTLED IN LANARKSHIRE AREA AM NOT SURE IF SHE REMARRIED
PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME
THANKYOU

KEITH WRIGHT

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:31 am

Hi Keith
Welcome to Talking Scot

So that we can try to help, can you please give us some indication of dates? Do you know her first name at all? Any names for the children?

Best wishes
Lesley

wildeagle · Post by **wildeagle** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:53 am

HEY THANKYOU FOR WELCOME ME TO TALKING SCOT

HERE IS NAMES THAT I HAVE

G G GRANDMOTHER MARGARET MC ELWEE MAIDE NAME CURRIE/CURRY
HER HUSBAND WAS JOSEPH MC ELWEE DIED IN IRELAND G G GRANDFATHER

CHILDREN THAT WENT TO SCOTLAND WITH HER
JANE MC ELWEE BORN 18 /4 1891
JANET MC ELWEE BORN ? /4/1897
JOESPH MC ELWEE BORN ?/3/1899
JAMES MC ELWEE BORN 3OR5/1/1901

MY G GRANDFATHER STAYED IN DERRY IRELAND
ARCHIBALD MC ELWEE BORN 26/6/1895

THANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP AS I AM TRYING TO FIND ANY INFO ON ALL ABOVE AND MAY BE ANY DESENDANTS OF ABOVE

I HAVE ALSO9 BEEN TOLD THAT MARGARET IS SCOTTISH HERSELF AND JOESPH MEET HER DUE TO BEING IN ARMY NOT SURE IF THIS IS TRUE AND DONT KNOW IF SHE REMARRIED

NOT SURE WHEN SHE WENT TO SCOTLAND BUT I CAN CHECK JOESPH
DEATH THEN WORK FORM THERE

HOPE THIS IS SOME HELP

KEITH WRIGHT

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:08 am

Hi Keith,

I found Janet McElwee's marriage cert. on SP. She married John Stevenson Thomson on November 21, 1918 in the Parish of Dalziel. I can't read the place name, but it is Craig something Manse, Craig something.

Her father is given as Joesph McElwee Sculptor deceased and her mother is Margaret McElwee, subsequently McAulay ms. Currie.

Janet was 21 and a munition worker. John was 20 and a Private 3rd Battalion Highland Light Infantry.

Carol

Post by **AndrewP** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:43 am

speleobat2 wrote:I can't read the place name, but it is Craig something Manse, Craig something.

The place name was Craigneuk.

All the best,

AndrewP

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:03 am

Hi Keith
You will be able to download a copy of Janet's original marriage entry which Carol found from the Scotlands People web site: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

You'll need to wait until the 1911 census is out by the looks of things, before you can see the family in Scotland, if they were here by then. It will be available in 2011. In the meantime it would be worth visiting the Irish census project at the National Archives of Ireland site to look at those who stayed in Ireland and perhaps the whole family together in 1901. Both the 1911 and 1901 census will be there soon, being released bit by bit:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

Best wishes
Lesley

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:53 am

Thanks Andrew,

I'm just not that familiar with Lanarkshire to start guessing at the names there!

Carol