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Hi Lisa,

We always presumed that William was born in Ireland. At the age of 6 or 7 he was put into an Industrial School by his mother and she went to America, got married and stayed there for the rest of her days.

Since I started looking into to it I have found Margaret on boats into US from as early as 1904 and she was over and back every couple of years until about 1914 or so.

She is in the 1910 and 1920 censuses as Margaret Boohan, then is got married to Smith in 1929, he was killed in a car crash very soon after they got married and she's is in the 1930 census as Margeret Boohan Smith.

We have a blank from 1920 to 1929, we dont know if she came back to Ireland before or after William was born and if after, then did she come home purely to leave him here and go back to marry Smith.

If he was born in Ireland there are no records of the birth..but that would not have been unusual for a birth outside of marriage, particularly in rural Ireland at that time.

Best wishes
Denise

Hi,

I wonder could some kind soul see if they can find a birth for a male (possibly call William), born to a Margaret Boohan in 1922.

Margaret lived in Alleghany, Wilkinsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1910, 1920 & 1930 (Margaret Boohan Smith) censuses, though she may have been back in Ireland at the time of his birth.

She definitely had a son called William born at this time but I dont know if he was born in PA or Ireland...if it was Ireland  then there are no birth or church records for him as he tried to find one in the 1980s to get a passport.

Best wishes
Denise

Thank you ladies - I am currently speaking to a lovely lady in the GRO who is taking my details....hopefully this is my man, I'll let you know how I get on.

many thanks
Denise

Hi, if its not too much to ask could some kind soul who is looking up birth records see if they can get me any information (ideally parents names) for JOHN E FEARY - I'm hoping to confirm that he is my GG grandfather.

His birth was recorded during Q4 of 1866 in Shoreditch, Middlesex and the reference is Vol 1c, Page 99.

I am in Ireland so checking it out myself is a bit difficult I have spent a lot of time on Ancestry.co.uk and I "think" I may have figured out who his parents and siblings were but this would hopefully confirm it for me.

Thank you so much in advance,
Denise Feary McNamara