Hello Tara,
You are a gem.
I don't know where John was in 1901, he was a career soldier with 2nd Batt RDF I thought he might have been at the Boer War.
My Grandpa on my Mum's side who was also a career soldier was also missing from 1901 and thought the same about him.
On Francis and Jane cert she was listed from Lauragh her Father was Richard and he was a farmer.
It would fit that Francis was from Wicklow.
My Auntie Kath came
to visit me in the 1970's and said she was going to Ireland to visit Uncle Bill, and her cousins I have some photo's from her visit, I have been looking for them in my files, it doesn't say on the back which side of the family he was from but some of them scenes from Powers Court and Avoca which I think is Co Wicklow.
Now our problem girl Jane 1872 I also thought they were cutting it a bit fine with Francis and Jane marrying in 1972. Katherine was born 10th Oct 1973 to Francis Macdermot and Jane Dawson according to the cert south Dublin no4 they were living 1 James Terrace and he was a waiter, the only other thing I can think of Jane could have been born 1873 Jan, and Katherine in Oct 1873.
It was my cousin who got all the certs when he was over in Ireland for a visit, and he e mailed them to me in New Zealand where I had lived for 26 years, coming back to Uk 2 years ago.
Poor Mary Clements she must have been very young when she died.
It is a shame none of the senior members of the family are living to ask questions, I am the senior member now and ended up with all the photo's etc
And all the unanswered questions from both sides of our family John's wife Our Grandma Martha Ivy Fennell is another story pops up now and again and to confuse us she changed her name to Margret.
But that is the joys of researching.
Thank you again for all your help
Maureen
