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Offline kelsmell

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Irish name question
« on: Thursday 30 March 17 17:26 BST (UK) »
I have an ancestor whose middle name was Cankel or Cankil.

Thomas O'connor b.16th - bapt 24th July 1893

http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633505#page/96/mode/1up

Some of my Scottish ancestors have used family surnames as a middle name for their children.

I can’t find the name via the internet I was wondering was it an old Irish name or word someone might have come across before?

Winship/Simpson/Addison from Durham.
Wade from Lancashire & Durham.
Johnson/Johnstone from Bellingham Northumberland & Durham.
Beattie from Angus & Durham.
Dicky/Low From Kincardineshire Scotland.
Smyth/Doyle/O'Connor/Connolly from Dublin.

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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 30 March 17 17:34 BST (UK) »
Looks more like Cantil to me which is an Irish surname.
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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 30 March 17 20:27 BST (UK) »

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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 30 March 17 20:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: kelsmell on Thursday 30 March 17 17:26 BST (UK)
I have an ancestor whose middle name was Cankel or Cankil.

Thomas O'connor b.16th - bapt 24th July 1893

http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633505#page/96/mode/1up

Some of my Scottish ancestors have used family surnames as a middle name for their children.

I can’t find the name via the internet I was wondering was it an old Irish name or word someone might have come across before?



I presume you are referring to the address 23 Wicklow St....
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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 30 March 17 20:40 BST (UK) »
Francis Connor, 23 Wicklow St
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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 30 March 17 21:03 BST (UK) »
Yes thats correct Francis o'connor father of Thomas of Wicklow St.
Winship/Simpson/Addison from Durham.
Wade from Lancashire & Durham.
Johnson/Johnstone from Bellingham Northumberland & Durham.
Beattie from Angus & Durham.
Dicky/Low From Kincardineshire Scotland.
Smyth/Doyle/O'Connor/Connolly from Dublin.

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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 30 March 17 21:19 BST (UK) »
So where is Cankel or Cankil?
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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 30 March 17 21:21 BST (UK) »
Sorry... it's on Church one!!   ::) me
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Re: Irish name question
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 30 March 17 21:26 BST (UK) »
Quote from: hallmark on Thursday 30 March 17 21:21 BST (UK)
Sorry... it's on Church one!!   ::) me
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Can't make it out either....
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