Cant find Mary Gavin living with a Mary Barrett in the townland of Ballygreaney

[aghadowey]

You have to take irish ages on the census with a pinch of salt, often they would give the wrong age, because I think of the English rule.

English rule 

It was quite common for people to not know their own date of birth so it's not surprising that there can be variations on census forms, certificates, etc.

[Kerrill]

Hi everyone, I am back searching for Mary Gavin once again but this time I have a bit of meat on the bone, Mary who I have on the 1901 and 1911 census living with a Mary Barrett in Ballygraney Townland in Galway close to Gurteen, she had a sister called Anne (info from local man) whom I have found was born along with her two brothers Patrick and James in Doonane to a Michael Gavin and Margaret Kelly. I have searched all my resorces for Mary's birth cert or Baptism to no avail I have her age as 75 on her death cert in 1941 also in the census it is not so clear as in 1901 it says 40 and in 1911 it says 55 years of age. 

[CaroleW]

Should this be linked to your previous topics about Mary to prevent duplication of info/efforts?

[Rosinish]

Should this be linked to your previous topics about Mary to prevent duplication of info/efforts?

Yes Carole,

Here's one of a few...

topic merged

Annie

[Kerrill]

Yes I totally agree, as I said in the opening lines ( I am back searching )  but had a long think and came up with which one should I add it ?  If I put it on the first one someone would comment on the second one and so on .  With the new info I have found (sisters birth ) and new found brother's I thought I would be brave and just go ahead and do it.

[heywood]

I have seen the posts in the past but have not reread them today - I perhaps should 

May I just ask re the siblings, I see these records - Mount Bellew

Catherine 1864
Patrick 1865
Anne 1867
James 1870
Catherine 1872

How do you know that Mary is part of this family? If she was born before 1864, you would need the parish record. Have you searched there?

[heywood]

There is a marriage here - indexed as December 1851 on Ancestry but could be 1852?
Michael Gavin and Margaret Kelly
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632052#page/82/mode/1up

[Kerrill]

 Thanks heywood thats great,   the marriage is 01/02/1852 which leaves a big gap between Anne and the others we have found but I dont know if we can take anything from that. Margaret seems to have died in 1873 so maybe he married again and then had Mary?
                                                                                                                                           
 Back in 2004 I went knocking on doors around the area and was delighted with the responce I got, when someone mentioned Anne being her sister it went straight over my head as at the time I was very new to doing ancestry research, it was just recently that someone commented again that Mary had a sister who worked for the Kelly family and lived in Doonane that I started to search for Anne and even found which graveyard she was in but still nothing on Mary.   

[aghadowey]

Hi everyone, I am back searching for Mary Gavin once again but this time I have a bit of meat on the bone, Mary who I have on the 1901 and 1911 census living with a Mary Barrett in Ballygraney Townland in Galway close to Gurteen, she had a sister called Anne (info from local man) whom I have found was born along with her two brothers Patrick and James in Doonane to a Michael Gavin and Margaret Kelly. I have searched all my resorces for Mary's birth cert or Baptism to no avail I have her age as 75 on her death cert in 1941 also in the census it is not so clear as in 1901 it says 40 and in 1911 it says 55 years of age. 

For reference-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Cappalusk/Ballygreany/1385635/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Cappalusk/Ballygrany/462663/