Author Topic: Rachael Madeline CLIFFORD - looking for parents please  (Read 2108 times)

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Re: Rachael Madeline CLIFFORD - looking for parents please
« Reply #18 on: Friday 08 June 18 04:57 BST (UK) »
The death certificate seems to give the wrong parents for Charles Hugh CLIFFORD.
It is John Eary CLIFFORD not George CLIFFORD and Elizabeth (Lily) nee Curran CLIFFORD not Lillian.

Elizabeth (Lily) nee Curran CLIFFORD is my greatgrand mothers sister.
I do not have much information on the CURRANS.

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KT
O'BRIEN, Castlemaine, Country Kerry, Ireland to Blenheim NZ.
O'SULLIVAN, Co Kerry, Ireland, to Blenheim, NZ.
WALSH, Weatherstown, Glemore, Ireland  to Waikato -Auckland - & other parts NZ and now NSW & QSLD
CURRAN - County Mayo to Waikato
FOSTER - Devonport, Eng -other parts of NZ
WILLIAMS - Devonshire, Eng to Dunedin NZ and other parts of NZ
McCORMACK - Tipperary -to AUS to NZ
ANDERTON - Eng - AUS- NZ (Hawkes Bay - Auckland)

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Re: Rachael Madeline CLIFFORD - looking for parents please
« Reply #19 on: Friday 08 June 18 11:31 BST (UK) »
Hi KT

Have to say I didn't look too closely at the parent's names when posting the link to death certificate, though did notice that the father of Charles Hugh, had also been a Policeman (- my interest was in finding the parents of Rachael Madeline.)   ;)

But yes you are correct with the name "John" for father, although he was actually "John Eric CLIFFORD" - some indexes have "Eric" mis-spelt as "Eary" / "Airey" and "Eyre".
(The same name was given to the son known as Jack, of Charles Hugh and Annie Elizabeth CLIFFORD).   And "Lily" likewise, sometimes spelled as "Lilly" and also named as "Elizabeth" in the death notice of her husband.

Following is the Obituary for John Eric CLIFFORD.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19081104.2.17

[There was a Probate file for this man (1908), but it appears to be in a batch which has missed being photographed ??]

    ~ Lu

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Re: Rachael Madeline CLIFFORD - looking for parents please
« Reply #20 on: Friday 08 June 18 23:56 BST (UK) »
John Eary CLIFFORD is correct as it comes from maternal grandmother Lucy EARY, yes he used Eric plus the different spellings of EARY.

If the researcher was going backwards with the family they might have a hard time finding him.

This research was done by a granddaughter of Charles Hugh CLIFFORD  and passed on to me.

KT
O'BRIEN, Castlemaine, Country Kerry, Ireland to Blenheim NZ.
O'SULLIVAN, Co Kerry, Ireland, to Blenheim, NZ.
WALSH, Weatherstown, Glemore, Ireland  to Waikato -Auckland - & other parts NZ and now NSW & QSLD
CURRAN - County Mayo to Waikato
FOSTER - Devonport, Eng -other parts of NZ
WILLIAMS - Devonshire, Eng to Dunedin NZ and other parts of NZ
McCORMACK - Tipperary -to AUS to NZ
ANDERTON - Eng - AUS- NZ (Hawkes Bay - Auckland)