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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Kilkenny => Topic started by: tilly25 on Saturday 12 June 10 21:25 BST (UK)
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Hi
I am trying to research a William Brett born 1875 in Kilkenny, Coal miner hewer and widower according to the english 1911 census where he was a boarder in Durham.
I wonder if he may have returned to Ireland to re marry, as I am looking for a wife named Ethel to a william Brett around 1911-1915 when they were in Wrexham for the birth of a child in 1915
Any help would be appreciated
Judy
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The civil registration index is available on the Pilot Search on www.familysearch.org. You can cross match the vol & page numbers to try to get a match. Have you searched the UK records for a marriage?
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Also post on Lancashire board-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=462003.new#new
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Hi
Think I have found William Brett born 3/4/1876 Johntown Kilkenny father John Brett and mother Catherine Brett Slattery on Family research, but haven't yet found any marriage there, heres hoping
Judy
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Have you found William on any English or Irish census returns before 1911 ?
Shane
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another idea to help find the marriage... I've checked freebmd for 1915 Brett births in Wrexham registration district and there's only one....does this fit the details of the child you mentioned ?
Births - Sep 1915
James Brett / Wrexham / 11b / 45[56] / Beddowes
(name / Registration district / volume / page / mother's maiden surname)
I think the number in bracket means the the page number is unclear in the index
If so a birth cert would confirm parents and Ethel's maiden name and make the marriage search easier..
Shane
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Hi Shane
yes that right but i am trying to find william and his parents.
1911 British census show William born in kilkenny as a boarded in Durham, coal miner hewer and a widower.
Judy
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The reason I mentioned the marriage is that a cert will give a name for William's father.. which can be used to confirm or rule out any births you find.
Shane
p.s. you said in your first post that you were looking for detail of his wife ?
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...if he may have returned to Ireland to re marry, as I am looking for a wife named Ethel to a william Brett around 1911-1915 .....
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Hi
I can't find any marriage between William Brett and Ethel Beddowes, hence Iam going off at a tangent looking at other William Bretts born about 1876 who are cola miner hewers.
Judy
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The name Brett was very often written as Britt. It may be worth checking for a marriage certificate for William under this name.
Also, what were William and Ethel's eldest son and daughter called?
There were Bretts living in the Kilmanagh area in the north west of Kilkenny. Directly across the county border (in Co. Tipperary) from Kilmanagh is Ballingarry, where there were coal mines. Plenty of people from Kilmanagh would have worked in the mines.
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Not sure if this helps but I am aware of Bretts in Durrow Co. Laois, let me know if you wish to pursue this line of enquiry
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Hi
Thanks for the offer, but at present I think he may have been born in lancashire, not definate.
Judy
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okay Judy, keep in touch.
Mrs Brett in Durrow was a widow and very well spoken she kept a lovely house and had one beautiful daughter called (*) whom I know. She has more of an English demeanour and looks rather than Irish and I guess Bretts would not be of Irish extraction. I will try and get a picture and send it to you so you may be able to spot a likeness. I will ask her anyway when I see her of her ancestry and if it links with yours I will let you know.
Good Luck with the search.
Margaret
Moderator Note : Details of living person removed as per RootsChat policy
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Callan (Kilbride)cemetery
James Brett; Clonmel rd Callan
24/12/1974 (66)
wife-Mary;
5/6/1986 (75)
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Jack