Genealogy Chat

Karen The IGI lists 19 George McKinley's most from Armagh and there are 6 marriages which are taken from the records (not submitted by LDS members). However they are all too early to be the one you are looking for. There are 26 Elizabeth Irwin(Erwin/Irwen) which I have not checked individually as yet - all from Armagh. Do you have her father's name? If you let me know this I will first check online and then I can check the film at the LDS sometime within the next week or so if this is any help? The lisima bit could be Lismadill which is a Parish in Armagh Kathleen

The name George and the church of Ireland would suggest a protestant rather than catholic link.

George was a tailor....... What years were the potato famine?

My gt grandparents married at a Church of Ireland church......does that mean they were not so hated?? I am really feeling sorry for these rellies......they ended up in the dregs of Leeds apparently, dying a month apart...Elizabeth getting run over by a car in 1935.

Following on from Peter, I did know a girl called Feon (thats how she spelt it) it can rhyme with Leonor phenetically Feean.

I do not know how its spelt but phaneticly its FEEAN This is a name I know to be Irish, I think its spelt FIEN or FIAN Some one I knew years back was called it.

A lot of the Irish came over with nothing, especialy during the gt famine. Imagine if now thousands of people came over here, without a penny to their names, filthy dirty, some ill with the fever and were willing to work for pennies compared to what their English contempories worked for? An awful lot of English looked on the Irish as the dregs of society.

I just googled Irish names and yes Finn is a male Irish name. Yes, there was quite a lot of ill feeling between the English and Irish, pariticularly those who were Roman Catholics.

Was it bad to be Irish if you lived in England??? It could be Finne....is that a real name??? There is no 'y'

his name is george on the 1891 & 1901 census. I was wondering if it was not his real name because I couldn't any trace if him, but now I have his marriage cert, I know he really did exist.

Do you think he could have changed his name sos not to draw attention to being a 'Paddy'? Hey the Irish one - not Fynne i suppose?

I don't understand....is George an unusual Irish name? He was definitely born in Ireland according to the 1891 & 1901 census. They moved to Bradford then Leeds after they married.

At that time in Ireland (ie when he was born), a man would not be given a 'Celtic' name unless his family wanted to make a political point. George Mc Kinley from Bradford does not sound the type. I would look for a distinctly 'English' name that fitted, not an 'Irish' one.

Karen I would be interested to know whether you can search for free on the site you mentioned. Thanks Lyn

No problem, meant to say, type 'McKinley' in their search facility and it will also list any free to view records they have with that name....there are a few as I have had a quick look for you.

thanks Margaret...I'll go & have a peek I am soo happy to find this marriage !! woohooooooo

You may find the following site helpful: http://lurganancestry.net/introduction.asp then if you need a fee based search, this page http://lurganancestry.net/researchdept/civilrequest.html It has some very good info on the Lurgan area for family tree research as well as a fee based search service and a general forum.

yep...Lurgan & Shankill look good ! Thanks don't think it's sean because the first letter is not the same as the s in Shankill. Could be an f fiane??? maybe it's Isaac

Is the name possibly Sean?

Parish might be shankhill