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i am trying my best to find out if there is a direct link in these names. my name is pauline muir but i have only heard these names before and have no info on these people and who they are, if anything to me. i would like to know if anyone out there knows or recognises any of these names dating back to 1873 approx

what names??

Pauline you have started another thread

http://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1195136

so you should delete this one

the names are bridget whittington/ michael whittington 1873
james o brien helen o brien/ barrett
patrick noon winifred noon/ reilly 1898
mary ann o brien

Pauline in your other thread you refer to the names Muir and something else. Is this two different searches you are doing?

In both cases you really need to say more if someone is to help you. The chance that anyone who reads this will recognise the names is very very low. Other members may be able to help you but first you need to give all the information you already have and say what you are looking to find out.

If you see a line at the top of the Trying to Find board that says something like 'to list the entire trying to find board click here' then that is because you are looking at a board for a single surname. But everyone else is looking at the entire board so if you click there you will see how your posts appear among all the others and get separated.

Where did these people live and what is their relationship to you and what is the source of your information please?

'bridget whittington/ michael whittington 1873' does not make sense to an outsider for example. Were they married or were they brother and sister etc?

Also proofreading and accuracy helps, he was not Michael Whittington


BRIDGET WITTINGTON

Marriages:
Spouse: MICHAEL O'BRIEN
Marriage: 27 OCT 1873 Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.

Source Information:
Batch No.: M119341


in the International Genealogy Index
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/igi/search_igi.asp


1881 Scotland census

Name: Bridget O Brien
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : Michl
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland

Name: Michl O Brien
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Bridget
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland

Registration Number: 644/11
Registration district: Hutchesontown
Civil parish: Glasgow Hutchesontown
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 40 Rose St

Michl O Brien 35
Bridget O Brien 25
John O Brien 5
Thos O Brien 3

1901 Scotland census

Name: Helen Obrien
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : James
Gender: Female
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Name: James Obrien
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Helen
Gender: Male
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Registration Number: 644/14A
Registration district: Kinning Park Landward
Civil parish: Glasgow Govan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 119 Henderson St

James Obrien 22
Helen Obrien 28
Hugh Obrien 5 mo


but if you do not know what these people are to you why are you investigating them?

You can find those marriages at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and buy credits to view the original documents which will give the names of the parents of the bride and groom.

There is also a related thread on the Surname Information board

http://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1195019

so there is just too much risk of people spending time on searches that have already been done

bruce thanks for this information. i believe these people to be my ggparents. i have also checked the next msg you sent but i have not heard of hugh o brien so i am a bit lost now. i will try to find out. i dont understand what 5 mo means?

thank you for providing this info to me. now i must try to place them in some sort of order that will make sense and that will help on my fathers side. unfortunately, my mother is dead and i never knew any of her family personally. my father provided me some names but alas i do not know my grandfather age only name clark.
this has been so difficult with very few people to in my life to confirm.

thanks anyway.

Start with your father's birth certificate - this will give you his parents' names.

Then, look for their marriage. This should give you their ages plus their fathers' names and occupations.

Work your way back one generation at a time - proving it as you go with certs and baptisms etc. Don't try and leap back two or three generations with just a muddled collection of names.

Take your time - the muddled collection of names will slot into place as you work your way back.

Jill

1901
James Obrien 22
Helen Obrien 28
Hugh Obrien 5 mo

You had asked about James O'Brien and Helen Barrett and I think this is them?

Hugh is their son, 5 months old.

He may not have survived early childhood and that could be why you had never heard of him. Unfortunately Scotland is not releasing the 1911 census anytime soon so the household makeup then can't be checked.

thanks jill,
i have my fathers line or some of it anyway. its my mothers side whom i unfortunately know nothing of except her name and her mothers narried name which is the same as mine muir. any tips on how to find would be appreciated. i know her name was margaret leslie kinloch morwood clark then finally muir and my gmother was margaret clark. my mother was born glasgow 1932. thats about it really. oh, i do believe she had a sister i think called isobel and 2 brothers robert and david. all glasgow. thats about it but many thanks.

thanks for getting back to me