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Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« on: Wednesday 18 April 18 22:11 BST (UK) »
I have an entry in a log of weddings  where I can understand most words but not the surname of the groom's mother. There are several issues - the bride is Irish and the groom from N England so possibly difficult to understand. They were probably illiterate (mark of X) and they seem to not have even noticed that some names are misspelt (Burns rather than Byrne, Compton rather than Campion) and the birthplace of the groom, Talton, doesn't seem to be on any map I've seen. I'm guessing it's Dalston.

Mostly, I'm trying to work out the surname of the groom's mother - Jane Mouniey?? She's English, I assume, from Cumberland. And Catholic.

The names of the witnesses would also be interesting - Sebastien Pente? But with a large B in the middle? And Mary McCool?

I'm attaching the entry in two parts and also the full page in PDF, which has two other entries for more hand writing examples.

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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 22:14 BST (UK) »
Could it be Mounsey ?
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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 22:18 BST (UK) »
Agree with Carol - Mounsey
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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 22:22 BST (UK) »
Witnesses look like Sebastian Pente and Mary McCool  :-\

Added - the Sebastian - looks like LeBastion  the more I look at it  ???
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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 23:19 BST (UK) »
Could it be Mounsey ?
Carol

Agree with Carol - Mounsey

Yes! That is almost certainly it. I didn't even know that was a name. Looks like I have some French blood. And I've found a marriage between a Jane Mounsey and a John Winder in a place near Dalton-in-Furness, which looks like a possible candidate.

Thanks so much to both of you, this at least takes me back another generation and gives me a new avenue for research. I'll start looking into the witnesses too.

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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 19 April 18 00:13 BST (UK) »
There is an 1855 marriage, Victoria reg 1422, Mary McCool to Sebastien Pinto

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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 19 April 18 04:05 BST (UK) »
Well done matthew, I was looking on the Vic BDM earlier for variations of "Pente", but didn't think to look for Mary McCool.

Interesting item here in the news, probably about Sebastian:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241143937

They had at least 7 children, he died in 1890, Mary in 1911.

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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 19 April 18 15:23 BST (UK) »
There is an 1855 marriage, Victoria reg 1422, Mary McCool to Sebastien Pinto

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Well done matthew, I was looking on the Vic BDM earlier for variations of "Pente", but didn't think to look for Mary McCool.

Interesting item here in the news, probably about Sebastian:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241143937

They had at least 7 children, he died in 1890, Mary in 1911.

Fascinating. Thanks both of you for digging that up. I've done some more hunting and found their daughter on myheritage. It looks like Sebastien was from Kerala, India, which I believe was colonised by the Portugese so I guess that might explain him being labelled as "coloured" in the newspaper. I'll do a little more looking.

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Re: Surname on an Australian Wedding Register 1855
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 19 April 18 15:57 BST (UK) »
Could it be Mounsey ?
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Agree with Carol - Mounsey
Yes! That is almost certainly it. I didn't even know that was a name.

Another (belated) vote for MOUNSEY.  I met some people of that name in Western Australia 2 or 3 years ago, but hadn't come across it anywhere in UK where I lived most of my life.

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