Is Lissan what was Lisnaneen. This appears on my mother-in-laws birth certificate. Can anyone clarify - the family seem to come from the Cookstown area.
Saturday 24th Aug 2013, 01:29PM
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There is a parish of Lissan within Co Tyrone and also a townland of that same name within the parish. I cannot find Lisnaneen but there is a townland called Lisnanane which is possibly what you have found. It?s a separate place, in a different parish (Desertcreat) but again close to Cookstown.
Note that there are 3 townlands called Lissan, as well as the parish, all in Co Tyrone so when checking records make sure you go for the correct one.
Ahoghill Antrim
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Thankyou for clarifying that. I have checked again and it is actually Lisnanane on the birth certificate. Is there anyway I could find out about the Dr. in attendance - a Dr. Elliott. It was in Feb. 1920. There is mystery surrounding the family and I am trying to unraval it (along with a relative in Australia). Any ideas/help would be appreciated.
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The 1918 street directory for Cookstown lists a Dr Alfred M Elliott MB B.Ch living at Loy St. I would imagine this is him as a student in 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Strabane/Castle_Street/1753842/
Can?t see him in the 1911 census so he was possibly in Scotland or England either working, or obtaining a postgraduate qualification.
Ahoghill Antrim
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I have checked the birth certificate again and it is a Dr A M Elliott, so thank you for this information . I presume that he was working/living in Cookstown/Lisnanane in 1920 when she was born.
Thanks again for your help.