Marriage between Bernard Davey and Agnes McMullen

[taramcdsmall]

Please don't get hung up on the M.

When working with records that are nearly 200 years old you have been VERY lucky to have found what I am pretty sure is your family records.

Mistranscriptions, basic errors, bad handwriting, illegible records etc etc etc etc could all account for what COULD look like an M but should be an A.

Tara

[Purple Badger]

Thank you Tara you are an absolute star. That you so much for all the time and effort you have put into this.

I thought it was a bit of a coincidence that the father's name's John and Hugh were the names of the first two boys  but didn't know enough about Irish naming convention. Thank you for offering me the reassurance I needed.

[taramcdsmall]

Well it was the marriage that Myluck found that put all of the pieces together 

I'd be pretty sure that the baptisms of Bernard's other children are there too but were most likely mistranscribed somehow.

If you use the surname variations on rootsireland you will see the HUGE variations of the ways that the surname McMullen was written down by various priests or their clerks.

http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/surnames.php?letter=MCMU

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

Oh Also

Bernard & Brian / Bryan were interchangeable in parts of Ireland so do your research with all three variants.

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

There was a John Davey baptised in Loughinisland in 1833 to a Bernard Davey - I can't get a mother's name from the free index.

It MIGHT be wort a 4 euro gamble 

Tara

[Purple Badger]

oooh sounds interesting ... is this on rootsireland?

[taramcdsmall]

Yup,

I am just playing around with the free index but there are WAY too many variants of McMullen to try them all.

That's even if her name was recorded at all as it's hit and miss with that church 

Tara

[Purple Badger]

Hi Tara,

I bought a subscription to Roots Ireland to do a bit of digging and I am even more baffled. I though i would try to confirm some baptisms of Bernard and Agnes/Anne children like you suggested. English Census suggested they had a son Hugh (named after Agne's Father) c1843. There are only 3 in a 5 year range on roots Ireland and one looked really promising in terms of location which was BALLYNAHINCH Co, Down.  Fathers surname correct (Davy), mother's maiden name correct (Mcmullan) Mother first name Anne, so Agnes/Anne is a suitable variant. However the fathers first name was noted as Hugh not Bernard!!!

Are the original church records on-line anywhere in order for me to see if this is a transcription error...seems to close not to be?

 

[taramcdsmall]

Hi There

So, what correct baptisms have you gotten from the site so far ?

Tara