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McCormicks Cumbria

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Vicky (Victoria)

Vicky (Victoria) Report 7 Oct 2007 19:42

I havent got the birth certificate

Vicky (Victoria)

Vicky (Victoria) Report 7 Oct 2007 19:41

It looks like she had a twin There is also twins in my family

Joan

Joan Report 7 Oct 2007 19:40

Hi Margaret.
Looks like Ellen and Jane were twins. Both regiustered in Cockermouth Dec 1850 25 107 according to freebmd.
Looks like Ellen died June 1852.

Victoria , have you got this certificate ? Joan

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Oct 2007 19:01

1851 census
Nelson St., Maryport, Cumberland
John McCormick, head, 48, mariner
Jane, wife, 47
Catherine, dau, 24
John, son, 13, apprentice tailor
Ellen, grandau, 3 months
Jane, grandau, 3 months
(Possible Jane an illegitimate daughter of Catherine? Did she have a twin sister?)

Vicky (Victoria)

Vicky (Victoria) Report 7 Oct 2007 18:58

thank you all so much this has really helped me with the links to Birkenhead xxx

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Oct 2007 18:49

I believe this is her in 1861. Last name is Cormick with middle name Mc.
Fletcher Square, Crosscanonby, Maryport, Cumberland
Catherine Thomas, wife, 34, sailor's wife
Margaret, dau, 4
Eliza, dau, 10 months
Jane McCormick, dau, 10
All born Maryport. (Looks like Jane is a daughter of Catherine from a previous marriage or an illegitimate daughter)

Next door
Jane McCormick, wife, 51, sailor's wife
John, son 23, blacksmith
Both born Maryport.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Oct 2007 18:38

1871 census
31 Thomas St., Birkenhead, Cheshire
John McCormick, head, 33, blacksmith, born Cumberland
Sarah, wife, 32, born Cumberland
Ann W., dau, 3, born Birkenhead
John, father, 70, mariner, born Cumberland
Jane, mother, 70, born Cumberland
Jane, niece, 20, born Cumberland
Plus 1 lodger.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Oct 2007 18:31

1891 census
8 Bentinck Terr, Birkenhead, Cheshire
James Howard, head, 42, general labourer, born Liverpool
Jane, wife, 40, born Maryport, Cumb
John, son, 15, boilermaker's assistant, born Maryport Cumb
Catherine, dau, 8, scholar, born Birkenhead
Jane, dau, 5 months, born Birkenhead

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Oct 2007 18:21

I guess this is them in 1881?
59 Thomas St., Birkenhead, Cheshire
James Howard, head, 32, labourer in iron works, born Liverpool
Jane, wife, 30
John, son, 5, scholar
Jane Mccormick, grandmother, widow, 79
All born Maryport, Cumberland except James.

Vicky (Victoria)

Vicky (Victoria) Report 7 Oct 2007 16:52

Lost the link from ancestor Jane McCormick Cumbria born about 1861 who married James Howard from Liverpool and lived at 59 Thomas St Birkenhead in 1881. It states the grandmother of Jane living at this address, also same name Jane McCormick but she was 79 at the time.
On a birth cerificate they had Jane Howard 21.10.1890 at 8 Bentinck Terrace Birkenhead and strangely a Catherine Watterson in2 0.10.1882 at 2 Fox Street Birkenhead. Think her name was also Catherine Howard. I have got stuck now so would appreciate any help.