http://www.dawnann.com/blog/the-kirkpatrickrosslyn-connection/ Finding my identity through my family's history Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:52:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.dawnann.com/blog/the-kirkpatrickrosslyn-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-4390 Dawn-Ann Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:14:21 +0000 http://www.dawnann.com/blog/?p=400#comment-4390 Wow - thanks for this, David. That is so interesting! Yes, the Scots did seem to keep much better records in those days. I know a lot of Irish records have been lost over the years, as well. Wow – thanks for this, David. That is so interesting! Yes, the Scots did seem to keep much better records in those days. I know a lot of Irish records have been lost over the years, as well.

]]> http://www.dawnann.com/blog/the-kirkpatrickrosslyn-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-4389 David Palmer Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:25:55 +0000 http://www.dawnann.com/blog/?p=400#comment-4389 Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, gave my gg grandmother, Leana Sinclaire, Belfast, Northern Ireland, a locket containing a picture of Eugenie. My 94 year old mother still has it here in Australia. Apparently Eugenie and Leana corresponded calling each other cousin. But I suspect they were quite distant cousins, probably dating from the Thomas Kirkpatrick/Margaret Sinclair marriage mentioned here. I can find no connection between the two families in Ireland but of course such things were much better documented in Scotland. Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, gave my gg grandmother, Leana Sinclaire, Belfast, Northern Ireland, a locket containing a picture of Eugenie. My 94 year old mother still has it here in Australia.
Apparently Eugenie and Leana corresponded calling each other cousin. But I suspect they were quite distant cousins, probably dating from the Thomas Kirkpatrick/Margaret Sinclair marriage mentioned here.
I can find no connection between the two families in Ireland but of course such things were much better documented in Scotland.

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