Thomas Blunden

[grizzly1]

Dont mean to confuse the matter but I have some info on the Blunden family from 'Castle Blunden' In Kilkenny, who also had various address's in Dublin in the early to mid 19th century.

[dathai]

Thomas Clohessy married Ellen Monks/Blunden 22 June 1913 Dublin North.

[Oliverd]

Hi Dathai

That Trevor Blunden - Ellen Monks marriage looks good! There is the question of why her son would be with an Uncle & Aunt and not his Mother, but I suppose that could be because of her position/employment/

Thanks very much for your help.

Regards

Ian

It can be for a variety of reasons as you say employment of parents, parents having medical / alcohol problems so child reared elsewhere, depression, too many children, original parents incapabable, poverty or possibly because Uncle is in a job where he guarantee someone else in household be taken on.

Also could be that while child is registered as the child of his/her mothers and husband, it may not be husbands. Sending to live elsewher was often a way of avoiding day to day reminder of rape or something ele that had occurred. 

I have found this with relatives where child reared elsewhere and in 1 case that was in living memory it was because they were childless and were able to assist family.

[dathai]

unnamed Blunden born 16th June 1890 Parents Trevor Blunden and Ellen Monks 63 Patrick St
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1890/02431/1905398

parents marriage 26th Oct 1885, Balrothery
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1885/10883/5974889