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ALEXANDER MARSHALL RODGERS 1816

Tyrone

HELLO,

AM RESEARCHING MY 2ND GR. GRANDFATHER ALEXANDER MARSHALL RODGERS

BORN 1816 (APRIL)IN NORTHERN IRELAND. I THINK HIS FATHER'S NAME MAY BE JAMES

BUT I HAVE NO MOTHERS NAME .

I DO KNOW HE HAD A SISTER NAMED ELLEN BORN ABOUT 1837. SHE AND ALEXANDER

BOTH CAME TO THE U.S. TO LIVE . I BELIEVE THEY CAME SEPARATELY.

I KNOW THEY HAD A NIECE NAMED NELL O'DONNELL THAT I FOUND CAME TO THE U.S.

IN THE LATER 1800'S..I BELIEVE NELL WAS BORN IN THE 1870'S.

ALEXANDER HAD A SON NAMED MORGAN FLEMING AND WITH ALEXANDER'S MIDDLE

NAME OF MARSHALL I THOUGHT MAYBE THESE COULD BE MOTHER'S, GRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAMES...

I HAVE NO FURTHER INFO. ON HIM EXCEPT HE WAS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND AND I

NEED TO PINPOINT HIS BIRTH LOCATION SO I CAN FURTHER MY RESEARCH.

THANK YOU.

CRISS

IrelandXO member

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Dear Criss

I see that Roger has responded to a similar post by you earlier in the week.

Good luck with your research!

Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support

IrelandXO member

HI CLARE,

 

YES HE DID AND I REALLY APPRECIATED IT..BUT I CHECKED ON ALL HE SENT ME

BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE THAT I CAN TRULY SAY IS THE ONE I THINK COULD BE

ALEX.  IT'S A FATHER NAMED JAMES AND ABOUT THE SAME YEAR ALEX WAS BORN..

ALL THE OTHER INFO. DID NOT PAN OUT...MY PROBLEM IS HOW DO I GO ABOUT

RESEARCHING THAT ONE ?  IT MAY NOT BE THEM BUT THEN AGAIN IT MAY.

SOME YEARS BACK, I HAD FOUND THAT INFO. ON ALEX. AND JAMES HIS FATHER

ON FAMILY SEARCH AFFLIATED WITH UTAH MORMONS... ..AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE ALONG

WITH  THAT INFO. THAT HE WAS BORN IN CARNMONEY...AND THAT INFO. WAS

A CENSUS WITH ALEX. AND HIS FAMILY IN IT...ONLY IT WAS A CENSUS OF WHEN HE

WAS LIVING HERE IN THE STATES AND I HAD THAT FOR HIM ALREADY..I THOUGHT SINCE

IT SEEMED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE BIRTH/CHRISTENING OF ALEXANDER AND HIS

FATHER'S NAME THAT IT WAS TRULY THE PLACE HE WAS BORN....DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU?  ANYWAY, I WILL NOT GIVE UP AND IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ANY  KIND OF

GUIDANCE ON THIS I WOULD APPRECIATE IT..

THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD TO GO ON WAS A DNA TEST

THAT I HAD A 

COUSIN OF MINE (MALE) DONE  AND IT HAD SHOWED AN AREA CLOSE TO COOKSTOWN, IRELAND

THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM...AND I SEE COOKSTOWN IS A DIFFERENT COUNTY

BUT NOT THAT FAR FROM CARNMONEY...SO I MAY BE IN THE RIGHT AREA ..

ANYWAY, THANKS AGAIN...

CRISS

IrelandXO member

Hi Criss
You could check out the other details and using them see if there are siblings. If there are siblings for this 'other Alex' as we'll call him, the names of sponsors on baptism records might ring a bell with you in terms of research you have done already.

Best wishes
Clare
Genealogy Support

IrelandXO member

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