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Title: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: tink13 on Friday 26 March 10 14:12 GMT (UK)
Hi

Just wondering if anyone can help work out from his marriage certificate what Robert Stirlings mothers, Mary Stirling, maiden name was?? I really have no idea.

Many thanks

Chris
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Title: Re: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: angelan on Friday 26 March 10 14:50 GMT (UK)
I think it begins with U. I thought it might be Unwin at first, but not sure. The dots on the i on the rest of the page seem to be some distance from the rest of the letter, so trying to work out from this.

Angela
Title: Re: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: greenrig on Friday 26 March 10 15:05 GMT (UK)
On Robert and Mary's 1855 marriage in Port Glasgow it's transcribed as IRVEN .

Port Glasgow / Renfrew / 574/01 0023

Doug.
Title: Re: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: angelan on Friday 26 March 10 15:32 GMT (UK)
Quote from: greenrig on Friday 26 March 10 15:05 GMT (UK)
On Robert and Mary's 1855 marriage in Port Glasgow it's transcribed as IRVEN .

Port Glasgow / Renfrew / 574/01 0023

Doug.


You should be able to confirm this from Robert's birth or death record which should both give names of his mother and father.

Angela
Title: Re: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: Lyn S on Friday 26 March 10 16:55 GMT (UK)
My first thought was MIRREN.

However,  I can see that what appears to be the first letter of the surname in question is not at all like any of the other capital Ms on the document!

Lyn S
Title: Re: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: tink13 on Friday 26 March 10 19:37 GMT (UK)
Hi

Thanks for all your help.

Greenrig, looking at Robert Stirling marriage cert it says his parents were James and Mary so i'm confused about the details you found for a marriage for Robert and Mary. Probably me, so fed up with looking at this document :o

I can't find his birth cert, i found him on the census and it states he is from Ireland. As for his death, again, still no luck. He moved to West Ham, London (he was a sugarhouse labourer) and can't find him after 1901,I believe he was still alive in 1912.

Thanks

Chris
Title: Re: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: BridgetM on Friday 26 March 10 20:50 GMT (UK)
Could it be Urwin?
Title: Re: Help needed reading Mothers Maiden Name
Post by: Maggie1895 on Friday 26 March 10 20:57 GMT (UK)
Just to be awkward, I read it as Urwen