Dear Joni, on Ulster Historical Foundation I have found these two births: Mary Matilda Spence 1917 ,Co. Antrim and Robert (Cecil not mentioned) Skillen 1914,Co. Antrim This is a pay per view (£6 for 5 views) their marriage wouldn't be on it as it would have been in the 30s. You would have to get someone to search at the GRO for you. www.ancestryireland.com Good luck, RosemaryJoan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joni Rabena" <joni@mcburney.ca> To: <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:18 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] (no subject) > Hi, Fellow Researchers, > > I'm looking for information for a friend of mine, Robert Hugh Skillen, who > lives in Canada. He was born in County Down, Belfast, in the 1940s. He had > two siblings, William and Ann. They were all orphans. Their father was > Robert Cecil Skillen who worked in Boyce Brothers in Finaghy. Their mother > was Mary Matilda Spence who lived in or around Woodstock Castlereagh Rd. > Area; she worked in Foster Greens Hospital. They both would have been born > around 1915. > > Both of Robert's siblings (William and Ann) have died and he has no one > left > in his family and is interested in finding out more info about his > parents. > He has no idea who his grandparents were. > > Any help, suggestions, would be very much appreciated! > > Thank you, > > Joni > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As his dad worked in Finaghy they may have lived in Finaghy. I suggest you try some of the Finaghy churches. Try the Rev Burnett (Presbyterian) and ask him for details of other probable churches in the area joni@mcburney.ca Also you might want to try to get a marriage certificate (costs money but can be done online) for his parents (This should give their father's names and where they were living) http://www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm Good luck Ella Ella Patterson Cataloguer Cataloguing Department Main Library Resources Management Division The Queen's University of Belfast University Square Belfast BT7 1LS Northern Ireland Tele: +44 28 90973639 Email: e.patterson@qub.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary Joan McCormack Sent: 30 January 2008 11:55 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] (no subject) Dear Joni, on Ulster Historical Foundation I have found these two births: Mary Matilda Spence 1917 ,Co. Antrim and Robert (Cecil not mentioned) Skillen 1914,Co. Antrim This is a pay per view (£6 for 5 views) their marriage wouldn't be on it as it would have been in the 30s. You would have to get someone to search at the GRO for you. www.ancestryireland.com Good luck, RosemaryJoan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joni Rabena" <joni@mcburney.ca> To: <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:18 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] (no subject) > Hi, Fellow Researchers, > > I'm looking for information for a friend of mine, Robert Hugh Skillen, who > lives in Canada. He was born in County Down, Belfast, in the 1940s. He had > two siblings, William and Ann. They were all orphans. Their father was > Robert Cecil Skillen who worked in Boyce Brothers in Finaghy. Their mother > was Mary Matilda Spence who lived in or around Woodstock Castlereagh Rd. > Area; she worked in Foster Greens Hospital. They both would have been born > around 1915. > > Both of Robert's siblings (William and Ann) have died and he has no one > left > in his family and is interested in finding out more info about his > parents. > He has no idea who his grandparents were. > > Any help, suggestions, would be very much appreciated! > > Thank you, > > Joni > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message