This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: joblom99 Surnames: McHOUL,McHAUL, McCOOL,McCOLL,McCALL,McCAUL,McCUMHAIL,BARRISKILL,BARRISKELL Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13968.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mary, I am picking up on your McHOUL. My GGG-GM was Helen (Ellen?) McHOUL, married to William BARRISKILL. He was from Ballyworkan, Co Armagh, N.Ireland, but I'm not 100% sure about her. I cannot find their marriage and the earliest Scottish birth I could find for Helen McHOUL was 1822 in Mauchline. In the hope that she was mine, I traced quite a large tree for her (which I'd be happy to share....she might not be mine, but she might be yours). But based on the births of my Helen's children (starting in 1829), she had to have been older. The 1851 census for Glasgow, Lanark lists her as widowed and 43 years of age, so that would put her birth more like 1808. Her death in 1867 in the District of High Church in Glasgow lists her age as 51 (making her birth to be 1816). My other dilemma is the actual spelling of her surname. I know that most often names were recorded as they sounded so this one has manifested in many different ways. On the various documents I have found where she is named the spelling has been McHOUL, McHAUL, McCOOL, McCOLL, McCALL, McCAUL. Somewhere I even read that it could be COULSON or McCUMHAIL. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.