Hello Listers, I am new to Scotland research and this list. I hope this an appropriate email. Hoping somebody can direct me gor further information. Here is my story... James Sewell was born in Ireland about 1826. The next document I have on him is a marriage record which I obtained from the General Register Office for Scotland extracted from a Register of Proclamations and Banns or Marriages (online). It reads: "James Shuall, (aka James Sewell in the USA) Iron Puddler in Glascow, to Elizabeth Morton residing there, 24 of November, 1851,by Rev. Allan Maclean, Minister of the Parish of Cotton." Parish of Glasgow; County of Lanark. (The family practiced Roman Catholicism in USA.) They had a son, John Sewell, in 1853 prior to immigration. I ws unable to find his BC at this web site. The goal of this research is to find where in Ireland James was from. The reason is because James Sewell's sister, Mary Sewell, married a Daniel McCue, both born in Ireland. James and Mary McCue were my gggGrandparents. BTW, I found no marriage record for the McCues but know their first born son, John James was born in Scotland. My questions are:1. Can I assume that James lived in Glascow as well, or could he have commuted from Ireland? 2. How could I find what Church and religious affiliation that Rev. MacLean ministered to. 3. Any suggestions for my next step? Thank you for reading this wordy email. I hope everybody is still awake. Thanking you for any help. Maura McCormick, Cleveland, OH Researching the James Sewell/Elizabeth Morton and Daniel McCue/Mary Sewell lines.

Mr Maclean was the minister of the Parish of Cotton, that is he was the minister of the Parish. However this means actually nothing. It was a legal necessity for the Banns to be called in the Parish Church. Thus the banns were called in one Church, and the marriage could have taken place in another one, in this case probably the Roman Catholic one. (By the way are you sure that the parish is Cotton, and not Carlton? While I haven't got the requisite Fasti, there was a McLean the minister there about that time (or a bit earlier) Remember that the Civil Registration of events didn't start until 1855. For the Parish of Carlton, you are talking about the Gorbals. You are I think speaking about one RC church - and this is before the reestablishment of the hierarchy and there were not a lot of Churches about. Glasgow was I believe at that time under a Mission. It depends what you mean by Commuted from Ireland. If you mean would ha have travelled daily? I suggest that you look at http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/ where you will find maps. Even today it is unusual for people to commute in the 1850s impossible. However if you are asking whether the family might have practiced transhumance, then the answer is yes. Every year lots of Irish went from Ireland to Scotland (and England) where they worked as agricultural labourers. Many Irish also travelled intermittently to Britain to work as Navies. However given that James is down as an iron puddler, it is reasonable to assume that he was a resident of Glasgow, more specifically the Gorbals. You have to remember that your Ancestors, being post famine Irish were probably the poorest of the poor. They could have come from anywhere in the Northern part of Ireland. There is a possibility if you find the records in the Mission records that there will be more than Ireland listed. In fact someone trying to get back to Ireland from Scotland in the absence of some family oral tradition is pretty poor. People came and went, and there have never been ship lists (I wonder if the lists for safety purposes which there now are of people travelling on ferries are kept or dumped after every trip?) Post famine they flooded over of all persuasions and from everywhere. Many of them stayed long enough to gather up the boat fare to America. Why didn't they go directly from Ireland? Probably they were too poor. Edward Andrews St. Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Visit our Web site http://www.btinternet.com/~stnicholas.buccleuch/index.htm > > Hoping somebody can direct me gor further information. Here is my story... > James Sewell was born in Ireland about 1826. The next document I > have on him > is a marriage record which I obtained from the General Register Office for > Scotland extracted from a Register of Proclamations and Banns or Marriages > (online). It reads: "James Shuall, (aka James Sewell in the USA) Iron > Puddler in Glascow, to Elizabeth Morton residing there, 24 of November, > 1851,by Rev. Allan Maclean, Minister of the Parish of Cotton." Parish of > Glasgow; County of Lanark. (The family practiced Roman > Catholicism in USA.) > They had a son, John Sewell, in 1853 prior to immigration. I ws unable to > find his BC at this web site. > > The goal of this research is to find where in Ireland James was from. The > reason is because James Sewell's sister, Mary Sewell, married a Daniel > McCue, both born in Ireland. James and Mary McCue were my gggGrandparents. > BTW, I found no marriage record for the McCues but know their first born > son, John James was born in Scotland. > > My questions are:1. Can I assume that James lived in Glascow as well, or > could he have commuted from Ireland? > 2. How could I find what Church and religious affiliation that > Rev. MacLean > ministered to. > 3. Any suggestions for my next step? > > Thank you for reading this wordy email. I hope everybody is still awake. > Thanking you for any help. > > Maura McCormick, Cleveland, OH > Researching the James Sewell/Elizabeth Morton and Daniel McCue/Mary Sewell > lines. > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > All mail to the list must be addressed to; [email protected] > if you don't follow the above example, it will end up in the trash can. > >

Sorry, in Last post I didn't make it clear that in Scotland Parish Church means Church of Scotland, which is reformed in Theology, Catholic in outlook, and Presbyterian in government. Edward Andrews St. Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Visit our Web site http://www.btinternet.com/~stnicholas.buccleuch/index.htm