"Thanks for your replies -if you can find more info about the approx date both your Smith and Turner families left Ireland I might be able to find out more for you. Did your grandparents marry in the US or in Ireland - if it is Ireland I might be…"
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"ok :) i talked to my mum and i also found a paper i had with names of my grandparents,it was a school project for my son and nieces N nephews. any ways my grandfather is a smith but his ex wife's 'my dads mum' her maiden name was…"
"i ran out of room :) thank you very much any other info you have would be great,im not really much of a reader,but i am now :) thanks again
Aidan Smith"
"sadly i have none.so i guess im going in this blind kinda of? :) thank you for your help it means alot :) im trying to get a hold of my uncles since my father is no longer alive :(
im hoping they have some info about it.
on me mums side i have more…"
Joan Smith left a comment for aidan smith"It is unfortunate that Smith is such a common surname isn't it? A lot of the Irish who live in Ulster were orginally from Scotland - they were protestants who were given land. There is a Smith tartan and some more info here -…"
"thanks :)
but i dont really have any info,i do know that when i have looked up the smith name in ireland it kept coming back in ulster but im not sure that is correct? cavan also came up. i know smith is from a little place in ireland but i can not…"
Joan Smith left a comment for aidan smith"If you let me know what information you already have I will try to point you in the right direction"
Joan Smith replied to Mary Preston's discussion Is his name James Ervin or Irving? in the group COLLINSWORTH"Attached are copies of the Civil War pension application for James Collinsworth (and his widow Nancy) also the 1890 Veterans census schedule for Menifee County Kentucky - his name is recorded as James E Collingworth"
Joan Smith replied to Mary Preston's discussion Is his name James Ervin or Irving? in the group COLLINSWORTH"I have added the following files - 1850 census record"
Joan Smith replied to Mary Preston's discussion Is his name James Ervin or Irving? in the group COLLINSWORTH"I have just been looking at a copy of the 1890 Veterans Schedules Record for Menifee County Kentucky - his name appears as James I Collingworth. I compared the writing to other names on the schedule and it definitely not an E.
However on the…"
Joan Smith replied to Mary Preston's discussion Is his name James Ervin or Irving? in the group COLLINSWORTH"Still trying to work out if Matilda Kilgore was the mother of James Erwin (who married Nancy Kilgore). I have just found out the follwing about her 3rd husband - Daniel Adams born 07-16-1799 died 01-09-1885
s/o Stephen & Martha Webb Adams
h/o 1)…"
Mary Preston left a comment for Joan Smith"I would love to hear some about the Hager side of the family."
Joan Smith left a comment for Mary Preston"Thanks for the invite, I only found your email,yesterday as it had gone into my spam box (along with several other important messages). I haven't done any more Macon research but have been contacted recently by a Hager relative. We are in the…"
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- What surnames are you interested in researching?
- Collinsworth
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Macon
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- USA
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- Intermediate Family History Researcher
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 3:17pm on March 19, 2010,
aidan smith said…
- ok :) i talked to my mum and i also found a paper i had with names of my grandparents,it was a school project for my son and nieces N nephews. any ways my grandfather is a smith but his ex wife's 'my dads mum' her maiden name was turner?
so i looked it up this is what i found :)
The surname Turner in Ireland was brought to the country by settlers from both England and Scotland as early as the 15th Century. Ulster was the main settlement point.
- At 1:01pm on March 19, 2010,
- i ran out of room :) thank you very much any other info you have would be great,im not really much of a reader,but i am now :) thanks again
Aidan Smith
- At 12:59pm on March 19, 2010,
- sadly i have none.so i guess im going in this blind kinda of? :) thank you for your help it means alot :) im trying to get a hold of my uncles since my father is no longer alive :(
im hoping they have some info about it.
on me mums side i have more info she is german and british and my grandmother gave me alot of history on them and surnames etc..but dad not so much lol..
smith is very common kinda sucks :) all i know is we are from a small town in ireland. i will keep you posted when i talk to my uncles hopefully they will have something :) thanks
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- At 6:48pm on March 18, 2010,
- thanks :)
but i dont really have any info,i do know that when i have looked up the smith name in ireland it kept coming back in ulster but im not sure that is correct? cavan also came up. i know smith is from a little place in ireland but i can not remember where :( so i started searching again..i guess im just trying to pin point the exact city where the smith name came from in ireland
- At 11:25pm on August 1, 2009, Mary Preston said…
- I would love to hear some about the Hager side of the family.
- At 5:27pm on August 1, 2009, Mary Preston said…
- How are you doing on the Macon side? I don't know if you know that Martha Macon married Nathaniel West after Gideon died. Have you found any proof yet?
- At 5:24pm on August 1, 2009, Mary Preston said…
- Welcome Joan I see that you got my invite.
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