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Bill749
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I have a Margaret McCann married Samuel Purdy at St John's, Preston, Lancashire, on 4th May 1857. We know from census returns that she was born in Ireland around 1839.
I have found a baptism that seems to fit at Killoe, Co Longford, in April 1839, the daughter of Francis McCann and Rose Reilly.
Can anyone offer any evidence to support or refute this possible link? 
Thanks
Bill
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Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Cark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA
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Bill749
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Oh dear - her marriage certificate shows father's name as John 
Back to the drawing board!
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Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Cark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA
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Christopher
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Hello Bill,
I've linked this thread to your Purdy / McCann thread.
What denomination were these families?
You'll have to rely on Church records as civil registration in Ireland was not introduced until 1864. Non Catholic marriages were registered from 1845 onwards. When registration for BDMS started in 1864 some people didn't bother with the registration for a few years after that date. Keep your fingers crossed that the church records still exist.
Christopher
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Bill749
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Hi Christopher
This is a major puzzle! I have it on good authority that all the male offspring from this family were brought up as protestants and all the females as catholics, so my guess would be that they were RC. I know that Samuel Purdy was born in Magherafelt in Co. Derry, but I don't know where Margaret McCann was born.
Bill
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Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Cark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA
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aghadowey
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Where did the marriage take place- England or Ireland? church or registry office?
If children were raised 2 different religions it sounds as though it could have been a mixed marriage.
Was Samuel Purdy born in Magherafelt itself or in the Magherafelt area?
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Bill749
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They were married at St John's Church, Preston, Lancashire, on 4th May 1857; he was stationed nearby at Fullwood Barracks.
His place of birth is given in his discharge papers as Magherafelt, Co. Derry, and he was 19 (or said he was) when he joined the 6th Royal Regt. of Foot on 18th December 1844 - this is all I have to go on.
I first thought that it was probably a mixed marriage, but then I found out that Irish Catholic families often brought their sons up as Protestants to improve their chances of getting a good job.
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Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Cark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA
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