> Hello all, > > About a week or so ago I posted a question as to whether or not anyone had come across the DALZIEL whilst doing research in Ireland. I received several very welcome replies, and have now decided to post the details to see if anyone sees something familiar. Up until this point, my research on this family has been concentrated in and around Dundee, Scotland where the name appears in several forms – DALZIEL/DALZELL/DYELL/DAYELL/DE’ELL and last but not least it’s present day form in our branch of D’ALL. > > Unfortunately, I do not know where in Ireland the following events took place, but have decided to start here because it seems a logical area , geographically speaking. Ca 1823, Mary COLEMAN was born to Rebecca GIBSON & Robert COLEMAN. She married Robert DALZIEL, and their first child George was born in Ireland ca 1839. A daughter Sarah arrived ca 1841, also in Ireland. The third child Alexander who was my gg-grandfather was born in 1853, but it is not clear whether he was born in Ireland or Scotland. > > George was married in Dundee in 1857 to Elizabeth VEY and later to Susan ROBERTSON. He died in Dundee on 16 October 1910. Susan married Edward COLBERT/CORBETT in Dundee on 27 September 1861 and died 31 October 1920. The death records for both George & Sarah show place of birth as Ireland. Mary died 30 December 1887 at 223 Hilltown, Dundee. Alexander also married and died in Dundee. > > We have been unable to find any b m or d record in Scotland for Robert Dalziel, other than he was already deceased at the time of George’s marriage in 1857. It would be possible I suppose that Mary and the children left for Scotland after his death in Ireland? > > If anyone has any idea of how to go about looking for these proverbial needles in the haystack, I would really appreciate it. > > Thank you, > Helen > In Montréal >