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how do i find an irish maiden name?

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Yummy-Mummy

Yummy-Mummy Report 3 Jun 2007 19:26

hi and thanks. i didnt think of the kids birth cert. that could well be the marriage. i was going along the line of marriage in female birth or home town etc. will keep info and get birth cert to check.

Janet in Yorkshire

Janet in Yorkshire Report 3 Jun 2007 19:18

Wouldn't mmn be on the birth cert? If not registered and IF they were Roman Catholic, mother's maiden name may well be in the baptism register. Jay

Yummy-Mummy

Yummy-Mummy Report 3 Jun 2007 19:14

hi, how do i find an irish maiden name? the lady is ellen m ? she was born abt 1841 in ballymena ireland. she married a daniel cooke. her daughter elizabeth rose was born in middlesex in 1867.

Janet in Yorkshire

Janet in Yorkshire Report 3 Jun 2007 19:14

Could this be the marriage? Sept qtr 1865 - Marylebone Daniel Cooke Ellen Dill Mary Hughes Jay