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Marriage record help
« on: Wednesday 27 August 14 23:09 BST (UK) »
Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to find a record for the marriage of a Mary Jane Siberry to a McDermott.
He was Roman Catholic , and she wasn't. She was ostracised from her family and moved to America around the 1900s.
I've been trying to find a record for her marriage but I've been unable to find anything, she was born in 1879 (I'm not sure where abouts in Ireland she was born but her family lived in Sligo, Co Roscommon and Liethrm for sometime.

Thanks for any help that can be given.

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Re: Marriage record help
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 27 August 14 23:21 BST (UK) »
Hello -

This does not answer your query, but there is a Mary Jane Siberry buried in the Old Section of Sligo Cemetery. She was the daughter of Thomas Siberry and died on 27th September, 1900, aged 14.

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Re: Marriage record help
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 28 August 14 00:02 BST (UK) »
Is this the girl that you thought might be pregnant going to America?
I seem to remember looking for her before.

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Re: Marriage record help
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 28 August 14 00:05 BST (UK) »
Is this the girl that you thought might be pregnant going to America?
I seem to remember looking for her before.

Yeah the same girl, my great uncle now thinks she left for America not because she was pregnant but because she married a Roman Catholic. 


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Re: Marriage record help
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 28 August 14 00:35 BST (UK) »
There is this Mary Jane in Leitrim but I can't find a matching McDermott
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYZ7-5Y9

And this but it's Londonderry and the name is a bit off
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYH6-2NY
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYHX-B28
Of course just because they are on the same page doesn't mean they married each other.


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Re: Marriage record help
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 28 August 14 09:07 BST (UK) »
And this but it's Londonderry and the name is a bit off
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYH6-2NY
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYHX-B28
Of course just because they are on the same page doesn't mean they married each other.

It looks like that John McDermott married Margaret & Mary Saberry married John Sweeney.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Marriage record help
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 28 August 14 10:01 BST (UK) »
And this but it's Londonderry and the name is a bit off
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYH6-2NY
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYHX-B28
Of course just because they are on the same page doesn't mean they married each other.

It looks like that John McDermott married Margaret & Mary Saberry married John Sweeney.

How do you work that out, is it possible on FamilySearch or do you need a sub somewhere, or is it because it's Londonderry so on one of the Northern Ireland sites? I always struggle with this matching business.

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Re: Marriage record help
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 28 August 14 10:23 BST (UK) »
"We search for information, but the burden of proof is always with the thread owner"

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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 28 August 14 10:46 BST (UK) »
How do you work that out, is it possible on FamilySearch or do you need a sub somewhere, or is it because it's Londonderry so on one of the Northern Ireland sites? I always struggle with this matching business.

It's a combination of database searches. In this case I started with free search on www.emeraldancestors.com (covers N.I. only)- marriage for 'Mary Saberry' gave year, registration district & groom's 1st name (John). The searched for 'John McDermott' which gave wife's 1st name as Margaret.
Then to www.familysearch.org. Looked up Mary Saberry's marriage to get quarter, volume & page number (already had year & registration district) and then searched for 'John@ with matching details. Two results- John McDermott & John Sweeney- and already found that John McDermott married a Margaret not a Mary.

Regarding the new U.S. thread- it's New Haven (2 words not one) which is both the name of the city and its county.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!