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He came over from Belfast to settle in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Mid 1920's he was born 1894 died 1955. Worked as a carpenter on ships . Met my widowed grandmother Jane Sword and married and raised her two children and had 3 more one being my mother. Dont know where he was born in Ireland but think it was Belfast. So little information to hand about his past. Left Belfast to escape the troubles as he was a devout Catholic. Can anyone help?

Name: Eugene Markie
Registration district: Belfast
Record type: BIRTHS
Registration date - quarter and year: Jan - Mar 1891
Estimated birth year:
Age:
Mother's surnames:
Film number: 101063
Volume: 1
Page: 342
Digital GS number: 4193977
Image number: 00382
Collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958

Surname Forename Age Sex
Markie Eugene 49 Male
Markie Mary 50 Female
Markie Ellen 22 Female
Markie Eugene 20 Male
Markie Charles John 16 Male
Markie Maude 13 Female
Markie Morris 8 Male
Pinkey Sarah Anne 27 Female
Pinkey Thomas James 5 Male

living in Cromac, Antrim (don't know where that it, but it's only Eugene Markie in 1911 - all were born in Belfast except wife in Fermanaugh

father Eugene was a joiner, so fits with Eugene jnr being a carpenter

what does it say on his marriage certificate about his father?

Thankyou so much for this. It has made my Christmas.... I dont have the marriage certificate as yet but I will go on line and purchase. I am only a novice at this and have obtained a lot of information for remembering what I was told as a child. But it is correct as I remember a Sarah Ann being mentioned often. This will give me the push to investigate further. Many thanks again it is appreciated.

Linda (Melbourne Australia)

cagsie really should have said where she got her info from - my guess is:

To look up the ref info for Irish BMDs, go to:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=1
You can buy their b.certs thru GRONI, but it's cheaper to buy UNCERTIFIED copies of their b.regos. See:
http://www.groireland.ie/

To get the 1911 census image(s):
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
However, you'll want to go back there as they say:

The site is being re-developed to include full transcription of all of the data on the household forms for 1911, including religion, occupation, relationship to head of family, literacy status, county or country of origin, Irish language proficiency, specified illnesses, and child survival information. This additional information will be launched online on 29/30 December 2009.

1901 Census material, with all data transcribed, will be launched between early and mid-2010.

nope, not pilot search, i just looked at the 1911 ireland
but you're right i forgot to state my source - thank you for slapping my wrists, mgnv !!