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Offline aghadowey

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Re: Dead End - Any Help?
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 14 August 16 10:51 BST (UK) »
The John who served in WW2 from Mass definitely wasn't my John. He was in Glasgow in 1930 and 1939 and 1947 (marriage, census and death).
Yes, posted the details so he could be eliminated.

Now for this one-
Dwyer   Tobin   Cousins ?
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ1W-VK6
Possible WWI draft registration- John J. Tobin, 237 East 8th St. N.Y., born 12 July 1892 Co. Waterford, clerk A & P. Grocery Co., brown eyes, black hair
Can't see him in WWI draft registration (which is good) but not yet found his arrival in U.S. to see details of nearest relative back home.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Dead End - Any Help?
« Reply #37 on: Sunday 14 August 16 11:36 BST (UK) »
There's John Tobin (parent's Patrick and Alice Flynn) born 1892 Waterford. DOB on civil register says 6 Aug but his baptism was 31 Jul so the date is probably off. And the Flynn mother might connect him to that Dwyer/Flynn cousins in the US.

http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/view_detail.php?recordid=245374&type=bch&recordCentre=waterford&page=1

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Re: Dead End - Any Help?
« Reply #38 on: Monday 12 June 17 21:19 BST (UK) »
Just wanted to update and thank everyone for their help on this problem.

My husband was granted his Irish Foreign Birth status on the basis of the Edmond Tobin/Margaret Maher birth certificate. I'm still not 100% sold that this is the right family, but it's the closest we've been able to find and the government asked no questions. So we're safe from Brexit for the mean time.

I'm still trying to trace the family so any new info appreciated.
Thanks again.