hi all
i was wondering if anyone out there had any ideas on the following
my great great aunt bynah pilcher was born in tramore waterford ,i have 2 records for birth for her
1/ bynah pilcher born 2.9/1872 reg date 23/9/1872 by father stephen pilcher
2/abigail pilcher bapt 22/9/1872 both certs same address
3/ 1901 census - bynah pilcher barronstrands st waterford working as a draper born waterford
4/ 1911 census - abigail pilcher melrose st antrim visitor working as draper assistant born waterford
i can find no marriage cert but i know she married martin bourke ,im not sure when but i know that they must have known each other in waterford ,he emigrated to canada very early 1900 s and she went out to be with him after her mother died 1906 ,but i know she was still in ireland 1911 census
5/i have a death cert for her - abigail pilcher it says 22/9/1880 ,but i think that though the day is right her husband martin may not have known the year (or she fibbed)
2750 waterloo st canada for 51 years
husband - martin bourke
father - stephen pilcher
mother - mary pilcher ..........these names are all correct
died vancouver 27/10/1963 in ocean view burial park
6/martin bourke died 24/1/1973 vancouver canada age 91
born 8/10/1881 killorgin killarney kerry
widowed - wife abigail pilcher
father - martin bourke
mother -ellen o neill
now i know all the info above is true ,i have photo s of them both and letters written to my nan ,they re great niece
im just confused as to the connection between the names bynah and abigail ,they dont sound or look that similar ,and as to the bith reg and bapt cert i would have thought if any it would have been bynah on the bapt cert rather than abigail as they were catholics ,maybe there was a st abigail ??
one other connection though is this ,her mothers maiden name was mary verling and her parents names were william verling and abigail keefe ,they were all from cobh cork ,could the fact that her grandmothers name was abigail have any bearing on the matter
any theories most welcome
thanks for reading cathie