This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: betty0909 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/4922.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, John. Thanks for responding. Give me a few days, and I will prepare a family history report and send it your way along with photographs. My records do differ from yours in that my dad's cousin, who is close to 90 now, told me that Aunt Annabell married John McVeigh and moved to CA. I don't know what happened to Sarah, but I do have a copy of the IL Dept. of Public Health death index, and it lists a Sarah Jamieson dying on July 19, 1945 in Rock Island, IL. However, since she was not in the obituaries of Robert, or her brother, Henry, who died in 1941, I assume she died before 1925 and the Sarah in the index is not her. My husband is using the computer, so I can't get to my family history program at the moment. I'm trying to go through my paper records. James died when he was 19 in the Great Cherry Mine disaster. It was one of the largest US mining disasters and hundreds of men died. I have seen a copy of the settlement for $250 Robert received to settle his son's death. Robert Jamieson, Robert, Jr. and Cox and McElvaney graves are at Oakwood Cemetery near LaSalle, IL. Robert, Sr. has no headstone, but the cemetery caretaker showed me where his grave is. Catherine Carney, Henry, his wife, Eliza, and James are buried at the Old Miller Cemetery in Spring Valley, IL. I believe there is a headstone for Henry and his wife, but Catherine's and James's are gone. My dad's cousin said she knew they were there once, but must have deteriorated and were removed. They were not there when I visited. Another interesting thing I found was that Robert and Catherine followed the Scottish naming pattern in the naming of their first eight children: 1. Mary (Mother's mother) 2. Hannah (father's mother) 3. Robert (father's father) 4. Katherine (mother) 5. Henry (mother's father) 6. Sarah (father's second eldest sister-his eldest was Hannah and they used that name already) 7. Robert (father) 8. James (father's eldest brother) 9. Annabell (according to the naming pattern, this name should have been Jean for mother's second eldest sister, but since Catherine died in childbirth, the family must have just decided on Annabell). It doesn't always work, but I've found that the naming pattern has often helped me identify Scottish ancestors. I will send you the report and photos hopefully in the next few days. Actually I'll send you a report for the Jamiesons and one for the Carneys. I haven't yet gone further than Robert in Lisburn, Ireland and Henry Carney, He was born in Ireland, but I don't know where. I've had some good leads, but haven't found anything definite yet. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Sue 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.