Also, I have some McGann 's in my family which would sound the same. They were in Pennsylvania in the 1800's. Just a thought... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Kelly" <[email protected]> To: "Craig Ryan" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 12:02:24 PM Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] McGachans of Gargadis, County Tyrone 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 ------------- 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 -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I support the National Inclusion Project "Creating inclusive communities where ALL children can belong, ALL children can participate."    Check it out at www.inclusionproject.org !