Genealogy of William Crooks and of his wife Annie Weir

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Dunmore, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Surnames/tags: Crooks Weir Cookstown

Contents 1 Genealogy of William Crooks and of his wife Annie Weir 1.1 Available at these locations: 1.2 Editions 1.3 Table of Contents 1.4 Errata 1.5 Summary of pages 1.6 WikiTree Syntax

Genealogy of William Crooks and of his wife Annie Weir

Title: Genealogy of William Crooks and of his wife Annie Weir : Dunmore, Lissan, Cookstown, Northern Ireland.

Author: Walter H. "Bertie" Crooks.

Publisher: self-published Jan 1998; earlier revisions Jan 1992, Aug 1984.

Description: 278p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

The book is affectionately known as "the Bertie Book".

Available at these locations:

• Linen Hall Library, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Genealogy section 929.2/CROO, consultation only.
  • Library search page

Editions

The revision history "self-published Jan 1998; earlier revisions Jan 1992, Aug 1984" comes from the Linen Hall catalog. On WikiTree we have used "VLH" to refer to the Linen Hall edition, which is typed. We use "V1" to refer to an earlier handwritten edition in circulation (not sure if that is 1992 or 1984)

Table of Contents

Bibliography Includes name index. Index not available online (please update this section if you have access to the TOC or index).

Errata

Given the monumental task that Bertie has accepted it is inevitable that some errors will have crept in . This research was done by visiting homes in the area and speaking to relatives; and it is clear that in many cases, original parish registers were looked up to obtain birth details.

At this time the civil registration was not available online; and study of the civil registration entries do reveal that Bertie's research contains many instances of conflating people (mixing up two people of the same name), as well as incorrect birth years.

I hope that combining Bertie's work with primary sources and documenting the result on WikiTree will lead us as close as possible to the true story.

I would strongly urge anyone editing WikiTree profiles based on this book to reference this Source space; and to mark all data as uncertain if not also backed by primary sources. -- McNabb-412

• P14: William James Crooks (b. 22/9/1912) is given birth date 22/9/1913.
• P16: There are several mistakes in the Bell ancestors on this page:
  • James Bell (bef.1805-) is conflated with one of the Robert Bell of Dunmore. Possibly Robert Bell and James Bell were brothers but I have not found evidence to confirm that.
  • James's son George has incorrect wife listed.
  • Thomas James Bell (abt.1841-1912) (son of John; m. Jane Crooks) and Thomas James Bell (1868-1935) (son of George; m. Nancy Walls/Mitchell) are conflated.
  • Martha Bell (1876-) is conflated with Margaret (Bell) Espie (1880-).
  • Robert Bell (1842-1900) of Drumgrass (m. Mary Jane Jordan) is not the son of James Bell of Dunmore; nor does he have a son George Graham Bell. George Graham Bell (abt.1865-1935) is the grandson of James Bell of Dunmore but his father was called Thomas John Bell.
• P59: David Mitchell's wife was Ellen/Eleanor Hartley, not Eliza Hartley.
• P126: Annie Cahoon is described as "nee Rankin"; however Cahoon was her maiden name and Rankin the name of her first husband who died. She remarried as widow Annie Rankin.
• P165: surname Puttick is misspelt.

Summary of pages

McNabb-412 has copies of the following pages:

• P14-15. "Relations and descendants of Eileen Bell m. William James CROOKS (both Dunmore)"
  • These pages show two generations of ancestors and two of descendants for the named couple.
• P16 "Some further relationships of ditto."
  • This shows a partial tree of descendants of James Bell (bef.1805-).
• P59 "Descendants of David MITCHELL (Lr Ballynagilly 1821-1899) m Eliza Hartley (1824-1901)"
• P126 "Relationships and Descendants of Henry Creighton m. Annie Cahoon (nee Rankin)".
• P162 "Descendants of Robert GRAHAM (1836-1916){Claggan} m. Barbara McClintock"
• P163 "Descendants of James CROOKS (1827-1915) m. Mary Ann Bell (1832-1906) and of Eliza Jane Crooks m David BURNS and Eleanor(Ellen)Crooks m John KENNEDY"
• P165 "Descendants of James CROOKS (1827-1915) m. Mary Ann Bell (1832-1906) and of their son George CROOKS (1863-1903) {New Zealand} m Annie Douglas"

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