This is a big help, Deirdre. Thank you so much. I was most interested in his YOB and his wife's maiden name, so you've given me a great deal. Thanks again. Nan Begin forwarded message: > From: "McEvoy, Deirdre" <deirdre.mcevoy@ibicorporatefinance.ie> > Date: August 19, 2011 5:20:32 AM CDT > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Mark McCartan Aughnahoory death 1934. > Reply-To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > > HI Nan > > Unfortunately, I don't know much about this Mark but I see he wasn't > living in Aughnahoory in 1911 so he may have returned there after > living elsewhere. With that in mind, I found a marriage for a Mark > McCartin to a Catherine Rooney in 1891 on FREEBMD and on this > website I found their marriage and 2 of their children, John and > Margaret Teresa : http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/liverpoolrcbaptisms/baptisms.php > > Unfortunately it doesn't give the exact date or the names of the > father's of the bride and groom but I will keep looking. > > Here is the family in 1901 : > > Name: Mark Macartan > Age: 32 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 > Relation: Head > Spouse's Name: Catherine Macartan > Gender: Male > Where born: Ireland > Civil parish: Poulton Cum Seacombe > Ecclesiastical parish: Seacombe St Paul > County/Island: Cheshire > Registration district: Birkenhead > Sub-registration district: Wallasey > ED, institution, or vessel: 34 > Household schedule number: 237 > Piece: 3405 > Folio: 133 > Page Number: 45 > Household Members: Name Age > Mark Macartan 32 Steamship storekeeper > Catherine Macartan 34 b. Ireland > John Macartan 9 > Maggie T Macartan 7 > Mark P J Macartan 3 > William W S Macartan 2 Months > Sarah Doran 22 Boarder > > They are still in Birkenhead in 1911. > > Not sure if steamship storekeeper is the same as stevedore though > and they may not be the people you are looking for. > > I can't find a death for this Mark in England but I did find a death > for his son Mark P J in the Wirral in 1944 - maybe Mark and > Catherine moved back to Ireland after his retirement (if this is the > right couple of course!) leaving their children behind. > > Will keep looking for you. > > Deirdre > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com > ] On Behalf Of Nan Brennan > Sent: 19 August 2011 08:05 > To: McCartan List; nir-down@rootsweb.com; countyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Mark McCartan Aughnahoory death 1934. > > Does anyone have anything further on this Mark McCartan? > > I liked to know his age at death, ie date of birth and any other > info---marriage date to Catherine, Catherine's surname. Anything at > all. > > From Irish Wills Proni > > McCartan Mark of Aughnahoory County Down retired stevdore died 1 Feb > 1934 > Administration Belfast 17 April to Catherine McCartan the Widow. > Effects £586 15s > > From National Probate Calendar, England > > McCartan Mark of "Anghnahoory" county Down died 1 February 1934 > Administration to Catherine McCartan Widow. > Effects £190 13s in England. > Sealed London 17 April. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 441 list members as of 1 Aug 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL > blocked RootsWeb in December 2010, and even more when AT&T blocked > RootsWeb in January 2011. 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