This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: moirastevenson58 Surnames: WEDDELL WADDELL MCGIVAN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5712.1.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: She has led me a merry dance has Jeanie what with her using all these different names. Sorry I should have said, she was Irish, from Strabane or Tyrone. On the 1871c she is recorded as being from Paisley which is where the Weddells came from. But having trawled through records in Paisley and Glasgow I know for definate that she did go to America and have Robert there and then return to Scotland. I know that in 1877 her daughters Margaret and Mary were placed in Industrial Schools in Paisley. Industrial Schools were for children who were out of control or being neglected and they were given an education there. Mary was born 1861 and I know emigrated to Pennsylvania after marriage around 1882 and she raised a family and died there. Her sister Margaret b 1862 was in a Lunatic Assylum in 1882 but it is possible that she too emigrated to Pennsylvania but I dont have convincing evidence of this yet. I'm not 100% sure if she went to the States with James Sullivan but he is mentioned on a Poor Relief record as being her son Robert Weddells father. She had another son Robert to James Weddell who died in infancy. But its likely that her children were in the Poorhouse perhaps which enabled her to go to the States around 1867 or is it possible she had them with her I wonder? Anyway hope I havent bored you to death with all this lol 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.