Hi June and List, re the ongoing thread re McKay and your answer, below, Oh what a tangled web etc etc... I guess you must have tried Kennedy, for Kenn(ey) which came to mind straight away... Apparently my new aquaintance has studied gaelic for 10 years and her grandmother was a McKay. She says that Mc Aodha /Mc Hugh, McKay etc, is the Irish translation of 'son of Hugh'... fascinating. If I can think of any other variations or happen to find the missing Kenneys etc on the relevant censuses, I will certainly inform you and the list.One never knows who else might be looking for them...it's only taken 8 years to track down Great Grandmother Catherine/Kate McKay, so hope springs eternal. Kindest regards, Josephine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "June Chatterton" <[email protected]> To: "Josephine Laxton" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] Fw: "James McKay" > Hi Josephine > > I think I have a similar problem with my husband's great grandmother. Sarah > Ellen KENN(EY). She was born in 1869 at Spring Street, Sheffield and I have > found her on the 1871 census at Spring Street with her parents and older > brother and later on the 1881 census with her widowed mother and older and > younger brothers at Spring Street. She gave birth to her daughter Sarah Ann > KENN(E)Y at 8 Cross Love Street Sheffield. She married an Edward CLASBY on > 1 October 1889 and gives her address as 8 Cross Love Street. In December > 1889 Sarah Ellen's mother also, Sarah (nee POWELL) died and the death was > registed by Sarah Ellen living at 8 Cross Love Street. However, I cannot > find Sarah Ellen or her husband or daughter on the 1891 census. I can > however find Sarah Ellen's brother John and his wife Emmelyne with James, > Sarah Ellen's younger brother living at 8 Cross Love Street on the 1891 > Census. I cannot find them or even Sarah Ann on the 1901 census either. I > have tried to search with variations on the name but without success. I did > find a Sarah Ellen Kenny as a domestic on the 1891 census which makes her > too young but maybe she was lying about her age and marriage to get the job > or maybe it was just wasnt her. It is understood she was married 3 times > and from the grandaughters of one of these marriages in the name of MOORE, > the other names were Connor and Gillespie. On Sarah Ann's first marriage > certificate to Rueben BENSON in 1908 she does not give a fathers name but in > her second marriage (after Rueben's death) she states her father as Edward > CONNOR. So I tried looking under this but nothing fits. > Has anyone any ideas on what I should do. > June Chatterton > Sheffield > www.junechatterton.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk > Tracing relatives of BRADFORD, HAWLEY, LEMONS AND MITCHELL > and CHATTERTON, BENSON, FIELDSEND, KENNY/KENNEY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josephine Laxton" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 5:37 PM > Subject: [SHEFF] Fw: "James McKay" > > > > Hi List, > > Thought I would forward this latest update (see below) which was sent > to me from some kind person in AOL land. > > It is peculiar that the name on Ancestry was written as McHague and > McKague, and I inadvertently read it as McHugh... obviously my great > grandmother was wanting to be found...food for thought. I also think this > points out the fact that one has to look at all possibilities re spelling on > censuses etc. nothing is simple. Now if I could only find the family on the > 1861 Sheffield census I would be really happy. Wonder what they are > masquerading as on that one... Kindest regards, Josephine M. Laxton. > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 8:38 AM > > Subject: "James McKay" > > > > > > McHugh is actually the Irish equivalent of McKay - Mc Aodha. > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > >