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Title: rooney ,completed
Post by: sucram on Tuesday 06 May 08 20:05 BST (UK)

looking for parent`s of  laurence rooney born c1864  father may have been patrick?  and sarah maguire, maguiresbridge co fermanagh
laurence  rooney married 1887 meigh ,newry
sarah maguire

many thanks

Title: Re: rooney
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 06 May 08 20:59 BST (UK)

Marriage certificate should list the father's name unless he was illegitimate. Civil registration of births began 1864 and wasn't compulsory until 1870 so if he was born c1864 there might not be a birth certificate.