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He is my 3rd Gt Grandfather on the maternal line.

I have various records for him but something doesn't seem to fit. I have various spelling's of his surname, and sometimes he is Scottish and sometimes he is Irish. In the 1841 he is lodging with an Irish landlady who is an innkeeper. He is down as Irish as is the Landlady. On other records he seems to be Scottish. My instincts are saying that if the Innkeeper is Irish then she would know the difference between the accent so could other records implying he's Scottish be misunderstandings?

In 1828 I have Warehouse records for him 415 St. Georges Rd., I would like to progress this line further but my dilemma is the nationality.

His wife was Mary and they were living in Banastre St. which I believe at the time had a cholera epidemic.


Can anyone help please?

Thanks Veegeeh.

Veegeeh wrote:In the 1841 he is lodging with an Irish landlady who is an innkeeper. He is down as Irish as is the Landlady. On other records he seems to be Scottish. My instincts are saying that if the Innkeeper is Irish then she would know the difference...

Just a point on the accent. At the 1911 Irish census there were 962 'McGill's in Ireland. Nearly 200 - i.e. a concentration - were in County Antrim. Checking the areas, many were in north Antrim. Antrim is adjacent to Scotland. At the time you are researching, it was easier for the north Antrim people to travel to Scotland than to Belfast... so they did. And anyway; their ancestry was Scottish Presbyterian. So they sounded Scottish. Actually; they still sound Scottish today. I think you would be fooled. People living just a few miles away here can be fooled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iey1mTOjT3E

Thank you you have given me food for thought.

It could just be an enumerator error. I have someone on the 1871 Census who is recorded as being Irish yet he was definitely born in Liverpool to a non-Irish family.

Thank you for your guidance and the very interesting link.

1841 Census

Name: Rodger Magill
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: 1786
Occupation: Stone Mason
Where born: Ireland
Address: Banastre Street Liverpool


There are Liverpool RC baptisms and Liverpool C of E burials that say they were RCs. Ro(d)ger's wife Mary's burial:-

Name: Mary McGill
Birth Year: abt 1788
Death Age: 31
Burial Date: 1 Aug 1819
Burial Parish: St John CE Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Spouse: Roger McGill
Abode: Banister Street
Profession: Stone Mason
By whom...: "Papist"
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript


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Thank you. What a find.
Can you guide as to where you found this Bishops Transcript, I really thought I'd looked everywhere, but obviously not.

See other post where Carole has posted the image. https://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ ... =2&t=15189

Lancs Bishop's Transcripts of burials at St John CE Liverpool for the family can be found here:-

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2577


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It is a bit frustrating when for want of just that little bit of extra information, I didn't have until now, the records are there. Joining this society has been worth it's weight in gold.

Thank you