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/13968.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I wasn't sure if I should start a new thread because we seem to be straying away from the DICK family, but you never know...there might be a connection. For this Helen(Ellen) McHOUL I have siblings Jean, William, Janet, John, Mary, Hugh, Marion, Margaret and David with births starting in 1801. I have marriages and descendants for some of them. I have their parents as John McHOUL (1783-1845) and Jean WEIR (1783-?) married in 1801 in Mauchline. There are so many Johns that to keep them straight I had to number them. So, the John married to Jean WEIR is number 3. I have 2 siblings for him and his parents as John (#2) McHOUL and Jean REID married in 1781. Jean must have died as John #2 was married in 1783 to Ann MUIR and they had 6 children (one being named John). John #2 had 10 siblings and his father was named John (#1), born sometime before 1730. I don't have a name for his mother but his parents were married in 1758. This is just the tip of the iceberg on what I found for this line. When I first started my research someone told me that this was our family, but the age of "my" Helen just didn't seem right. Then I found her death record and her father was named as Paul McHOUL, not John. Then I found census records for a Helen living past the date of death that I had. This other Helen seemed to remain unmarried and her age on the censuses matched with the Helen born in 1822. So, then I was convinced that I was tracing the wrong woman. If you'd like to see all that I have on this I can give you a link to my online tree. 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.