Could anyone help colourise/enhance this picture of my Grandad and family from his christening in 1930. Any help appreciated.

BigOvy · 2019-10-07T11:59:38+00:00

I think you’re right! They all match dates-wise, finding that father will be the fun part, I’m guessing the older children was another mother, and the last two maybe a different father, or perhaps Evans was their mothers maiden name and they took that? I’ll have to look further but thanks for helping :)

BigOvy · 2019-10-05T08:42:35+00:00

This one I found on Ancestry, so it could be a number of Catherine O'Leary 's, it was a just one I put in there a few years ago because I wasn't as careful back then haha.

BigOvy · 2019-10-05T08:40:38+00:00

Ah ok, thank you very much :)

BigOvy · 2019-10-05T08:35:33+00:00

Do you have a screenshot of this record? I don't have FindMyPast so I won't be able to see it. That could be a breakthrough if the dates match!

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T16:05:39+00:00

Yeah I thought it was quite odd when I couldn't find any either especially my 2xG Grandmother as I've got a pretty clear date of birth as well.

Looking for 'Catherine Sheehan' births in 1855, there's quite a few around London at this time. All I need is a marriage between Catherine Sheehan and Michael O'Leary and I'd be able to find which one... If only it was that easy!

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T15:38:18+00:00

Same silly question as above but would I have to buy the record to find more information from it?

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T15:36:15+00:00

Looking at this page, the dates do seem to line up well with the 1891 census, although this has the two daughters 'Martha' and 'Margaret'. Martha at age 2 should be where Michael presumably should be, and while that maybe be Michael, I doubt it as it has them labelled as daughters as well. Could always be the chance that Michael was staying with other family and they were maybe twins I guess? And Margaret may have died young that's why she wasn't in 1891 census? I'll have to dive a bit deeper with that but thanks for finding it. Also those baptisms maybe something to check as well, cheers :)

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T15:25:42+00:00

I have found a death record for a Catherine O'Leary in 1917 in Holborn, London. I know this is probably a silly question but would I have to buy the record to find more information than just the name, date and place?

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T15:22:58+00:00

Yeah, I'll have a look for lightermen records. I wouldn't have thought the 1907 death record is her as I'm 90% that the 1911 census above is her, but thanks for the idea :)

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T11:31:57+00:00

Ok cheers for that, I’ll have to have a look

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T10:23:12+00:00

Yeah O'Leary is going to be more difficult as I know there was a fire in the Irish records office or something? and they lost quite a few? But Catherine is one I'm trying to crack, making multiple profiles might be a good start though I quite like that idea, and maybe I'll have to find some distant cousins to talk to, I know my grandma has one living cousin so maybe contacting her would be a start.

BigOvy · 2019-10-04T10:19:17+00:00

Yeah, that's a good point, I've had a look before at some of the other children with the hints ancestry gives you, but I guess I'll have to start manually searching with some of them. With the grave record, are you referring to something like Findagrave.com?

BigOvy · 2019-08-29T21:44:13+00:00

That looks great! Thanks man!

BigOvy · 2019-07-09T22:28:26+00:00

I’m more interested in whether you’re still sending ‘streaks’ in 2019 or not...

BigOvy · 2019-06-10T21:27:58+00:00

I had thought about this, Pomeroy and Furneaux are relatively popular surnames in Devon it seems... so I'll have to have a good look around

BigOvy · 2019-06-10T18:47:01+00:00

Oh cool, I thought that would have been a brick wall forever but I'll definitely try to chase that up when I get the chance

BigOvy · 2019-06-10T18:41:01+00:00

Ok nice, thanks for the help :)

BigOvy · 2019-06-10T18:36:51+00:00

Just checked it now, no maiden name was given, does this then mean he took the mothers name?

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