Hello Mike, thanks a lot for the help. At this point of research, I'm slightly further forward - but not fully there yet! Plus point - I finally found the wedding record of William and Mary. The names are listed in Scotland's People database as follows: Gulielmus William McGachie married Maria Mary Cumming. The date is listed as 3rd January 1853. That ties in with their first born child (my great great grandfather) James McGachan on 29th December 1853. Their marriage, and his baptism were both recorded in St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are listed as County Tyrone, Ireland, but in the (barely) legible electronic copy I have it does look like her maiden surname is Cunningham. I might have to visit the chapel itself. I have searched Scotland's People site for deaths of both of them, without success. As mentioned, my last trace of them is Lanarkshire in the 1881 census. I have found no deaths with anyone similar in the Glasgow/Lanarkshire area with names of Gahan, McGahan, McGachan, McGachie, McGaehen etc from 1881 to 1921. I have paid for some records only to find they are not who I am looking for. My next point of call will be to check records in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, or even check passenger lists. Maybe they went back to County Tyrone in later life? I do need a death certificate to try and source parents names. That will take me back to County Tyrone and solve it once and for all. Thanks again for the help. Nearly there I suppose. Craig. ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.21450) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

Have you ever considered they may have returned to Tyrone at some point after 1881. Have you checked death registers there just to be sure. What if the the G in McGahan was mistaken for a C by a transcription error? Just some things to consider Regards, Michael Kelly Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States of America -----Original Message----- From: Craig Ryan Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] McGachans of Gargadis, County Tyrone Hello Mike, thanks a lot for the help. At this point of research, I'm slightly further forward - but not fully there yet! Plus point - I finally found the wedding record of William and Mary. The names are listed in Scotland's People database as follows: Gulielmus William McGachie married Maria Mary Cumming. The date is listed as 3rd January 1853. That ties in with their first born child (my great great grandfather) James McGachan on 29th December 1853. Their marriage, and his baptism were both recorded in St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are listed as County Tyrone, Ireland, but in the (barely) legible electronic copy I have it does look like her maiden surname is Cunningham. I might have to visit the chapel itself. I have searched Scotland's People site for deaths of both of them, without success. As mentioned, my last trace of them is Lanarkshire in the 1881 census. I have found no deaths with anyone similar in the Glasgow/Lanarkshire area with names of Gahan, McGahan, McGachan, McGachie, McGaehen etc from 1881 to 1921. I have paid for some records only to find they are not who I am looking for. My next point of call will be to check records in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, or even check passenger lists. Maybe they went back to County Tyrone in later life? I do need a death certificate to try and source parents names. That will take me back to County Tyrone and solve it once and for all. Thanks again for the help. Nearly there I suppose. Craig. ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.21450) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Craig, I went onto Scotland's People and went to the Statutory Registers. There I chose deaths, entered the surname McGahan with Fuzzy match option, the forename William, chose male with years ranging from 1881 -1921, Birth year 1832 + or - 5 years, enterd All Records under city etc, and Airdrie for District. It gave back 1 match. I tried using the name Maria and it give no matches at all. Then again for Mary, but I used surname variants as the option for her still using McGahan. Birth year 1836 + or - 5 years, chose female with the same year range 1881 -1921, same district Airdrie, no specified city just all records. I got one match. I do not have credits with the site to tell you how close these matches are, but I thought you may find them yourself using the same format. Regards, Michael Kelly Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States of America -----Original Message----- From: Craig Ryan Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] McGachans of Gargadis, County Tyrone Hello Mike, thanks a lot for the help. At this point of research, I'm slightly further forward - but not fully there yet! Plus point - I finally found the wedding record of William and Mary. The names are listed in Scotland's People database as follows: Gulielmus William McGachie married Maria Mary Cumming. The date is listed as 3rd January 1853. That ties in with their first born child (my great great grandfather) James McGachan on 29th December 1853. Their marriage, and his baptism were both recorded in St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are listed as County Tyrone, Ireland, but in the (barely) legible electronic copy I have it does look like her maiden surname is Cunningham. I might have to visit the chapel itself. I have searched Scotland's People site for deaths of both of them, without success. As mentioned, my last trace of them is Lanarkshire in the 1881 census. I have found no deaths with anyone similar in the Glasgow/Lanarkshire area with names of Gahan, McGahan, McGachan, McGachie, McGaehen etc from 1881 to 1921. I have paid for some records only to find they are not who I am looking for. My next point of call will be to check records in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, or even check passenger lists. Maybe they went back to County Tyrone in later life? I do need a death certificate to try and source parents names. That will take me back to County Tyrone and solve it once and for all. Thanks again for the help. Nearly there I suppose. Craig. ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.21450) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message