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hi can anyone help me get further back
im helping my sis in law with her tree and were stuck...

dennis o'mara born burnley 1866
died 1936
married ellen hilshaw barnes, 1888 burnley

im working from his son michael omara born 1907

ive found 2 census's with his wife and children on
but he dissapears and i cannot get further back on him

poss because of irish roots

the only other o'mara , ( appart form wife and children )i could find was michael o'mara b 1839 ireland
living in a boarding house on the 1961 census, but no way of linking him

any help would be gratfully appreciated :)
xxx

Buy the marriage cert....for father's details

1911 census

Person: OMARA, Michael Address: 7 Maltkiln St Burnley

OMARA, Denis Head Married M 44 1867 Slaters Labour Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, Ellen Wife Married24 years F 43 1868 Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, William Son Single M 23 1888 Slater Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, James Son Single M 21 1890 Slaters Labour Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, Norah Daughter F 13 1898 Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, John Son M 11 1900 Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, Thisea Daughter F 9 1902 Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, Lawrence Son M 7 1904 Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, Michael Son M 3 1908 Lancashire Burnley VIEW
OMARA, Ellen Daughter F 1 1910 Lancashire Burnley VIEW
BARNS, Martha Niece F 11 1900 Lancashire Blackburn VIEW

1891 census


Person: OMARA, Dennis Address: 25 1/2, Salmon Street, Burnley


OMARA, Dennis Head Married M 24 1867 Cotton Spinner
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
OMARA, Ellen Wife Married F 23 1868 Weaver Cotton
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
OMARA, William Son M 3 1888
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
OMARA, James Son M 0 (3M) 1891
Burnley, Lancashire

Not C of E, so Lancs OPC won't be of any use

BARNES Ellen Kilshaw MEARA Denis Burnley Register Office or Registrar Attended Preston

1881 census


Person: MARA, Denis Address: 12, Engine St, Burnley

MARA, Michael Head Married M 38 1843 Gas Stoker
Ireland VIEW
MARA, Ann Wife Married F 42 1839 House Keeper
Ireland VIEW
MARA, Bridget Daughter Single F 16 1865 Throstle Spinner
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
MARA, Denis Son Single M 14 1867 Mule Spinner
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
MARA, Mary Daughter Single F 13 1868 Cotton Weaver
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
MARA, William Son Single M 12 1869 Mule Spinner
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
MARA, Elenn Daughter Single F 9 1872 Scholar
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
MARA, James Son Single M 7 1874 Scholar
Burnley, Lancashire VIEW
CROMPTON, Mary Lodger Married F 40 1841 Rover Cotton
Ireland VIEW
CROW, Peter Lodger Single M 43 1838 Labourer
Ireland

1871 census

Person: MAKER, Dennis Address: Edward Street, Burnley

MAKER, Michael Head M 31 1840 Ireland VIEW
MAKER, Ann Wife F 29 1842 Ireland VIEW
HOGHAN, John Relative M 21 1850 Ireland VIEW
CROMPTON, George Boarder M 21 1850 Ireland VIEW
CROMPTON, Mary Wife F 20 1851 Ireland VIEW
MAKER, Bridget Daughter F 6 1865 Lancashire VIEW
MAKER, Dennis Son M 4 1867 Lancashire VIEW
MAKER, Mary Ann Daughter F 3 1868 Lancashire VIEW
MAKER, William Son M 2 1869 Lancashire VIEW Piece: 4147 Folio: 137 Page: 62 Registration District: Burnley Civil Parish: Burnley Municipal Borough: Burnley

Michael, Ann and John born Tipperary

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1907
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
O'MARA Michael Burnley East Preston BARNES BUE/35/25

thank you, the MARA/ MAKER are intresting


my sis in law going to buy his cert, but wanted wait on see if could
get further 1st

Possible link for mmn, if the family proves to be correct - from Lancashirebmd:

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1874
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
MARA James Burnley Preston INGARTY BU/103/7

Also, Ellen born 1872 shows same mmn as does Theresa 1878 but I see she isn't on the 1881 census posted for the family so may have died.

Deaths Sep 1879 (>99%)
Mara Theresa 1 Burnley 8e 105

thank yo flip and reggie :)
this is really appreciated xx

Another child for Dennis/Ellen, not sure if you already have this?

Births Dec 1912 (>99%)
O'Mara Nancy Barnes Burnley 8e 252

Don't know if you have this but Lancs OPC shows Dennis's burial and another one for a Denis who must have been his son as the address is the same as census details:

Burial: 10 Mar 1896 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Denis OMara -
Age: 2yrs
Abode: Salmon St
Grave: A16203
Gender: M
Register: Burials 1895 - 1899, Page 86, Entry 47861
Source: Original Registers Book 7

Burial: 16 Jul 1936 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Dennis O'Mara -
Age: 70yrs
Abode: Municipal Hospital
Grave: A18806
Gender: M
Register: Burials 1933 - 1940, Page 142, Entry 108148
Source: Original Registers Book 14

Dea x

You really need to try the Lancashirebmd website, it gives mmn for Burnley registrations.

http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

It shows a number of name variations, including William Meara 1888, John Mara 1899, I think Alice Ann Mara 1892 (presume she died).

They had 13 children, 9 of which survived to 1911, in addition to the death posted by Dea another death will probably be John O'mara born in 1890 as they had a later child born in 1899.

Go take a look, and when searching use both parents names but click on the "vague" button - it still doesn't bring up all their children though.

thank you,
yes found the young child death
had a look threw all burials, think theres a couple of babys

just been looking at the images of the census's for mara and maker
cant see a thinkg on one, ... could be they didnt nderstand there accents and wrote maker
thank you for all your replys
ill have to sit and search threw it all and see what i can make of it :)
just got go for children at school and will be back soon x



children, i have
mary j
william
james
norah
john
thresa
lawrence
michael
ellen


william is buried with parents dennis and ellen, and also looks like his wife is too
x

Well there you go, yet another variation, James was registered as O'Hara:

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1891
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
O'HARA James Burnley Preston BARNES BU/197/57

Shouldn't have been the accent he was born local!! It's them registration people, cant spell and most of the informants couldn't either ;-)

James O'Mara (or as posted above O'Hara) married 21/12/1912 Burnley St Peter parish church to Mary Ann Madden, named his father as Dennis O'Mara, slater, lived 7 Maekin st Burnley. witnesses were Eliza Short & William O'Mara. This would confirm his birth year as he was a 21 year old bachelor, labourer.

On Ancestry, but the link isn't correct if you try to look at it you need to go to page 453 - the link takes you to earlier pages.

Another siblings marriage:

Nora O'mara (winder)
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1897
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 3 Jun 1919
Parish: Burnley, St James
Spouse:
William Call Wilkie (labourer)
Spouse Age: 23
Father: Denis O'mara (slater)
Spouse Father: William Call Wilkie (labourer)
Reference Number: PR 3103/1/10

him of 9 Barnes Court, her of 14 Barnes Street, witnesses John O'Mara and Mary Ann Wilkie.

thank you soooo much for the extra info
mummy dutys now, hopefully i can get time tonight, or will be tomorrow
and i can sit and have a good look and work out

thank you xxx :-D