Hi aghadowey and majm
Aghadowey, I realise what you were saying about the births and the spelling as heard when being recorded. However, through researching my father's side of my family, his great grandad was a military man and two of his children were born in Ireland whilst the family was stationed there but their births are registered in England not Ireland. So I do wonder if Deborah's birth was registered back in Ireland when the family returned as they were not in England very long. If this is the case then maybe just maybe her record was destroyed in the big fire of 1922.
I have tried putting in all kinds of spellings for her surname but to no avail. I did learn through my research that De-bor-ah is a very English way of spelling her name while the Irish use Deb-or-a.
majm, Yes I am aware that births are only recorded up to 1916, marriages up to 1943 and deaths up to 1981. Death certs are really good as they have a lot of information recorded on them. As for the great grandchildren of John and Deborah, I have quite a few names through marriages and the deaths of their parents being recorded on Trove (which do match with the names I have) and it is these children that I am trying to find. I should mention that my Aunt, who died just recently, and her niece (my cousin), still living, have been very helpful with the names of family members. As my Aunt was the last of the grandchildren, it is the great grandchildren that I am trying to contact as I will not put their name on here or anywhere as they are still living. My hope is that they see my post and recognise a person as being their grandad or grandma and will contact me through the site.
Once again I do appreciate the input that you have both provided.
Cheers from Jenny