Hello everybody!
Just to keep you informed, I received the birth certificate of
Hetty Howard, and yes!! my
grandmother Mary Howard had a younger sister! She was not sent to Canada to be adopted cause in 1901, she is living with her aunt Elizabeth Malone-Summersgil and is 14 years old.
I am now trying to find out if she married someone... it would mean that she has grand-children my age living today....
I also received the birth certificate of Mary Ellen Malone-Howard, my grand-mother's mother; it confirms also the maiden nam of her mother: Mary Dunn.
I know now that
Wiiliam Malone and Mary Dunn are my G-G grand-parents on the Malone side.
From the 1871 census, it said that
William came fron Ireland, county Cork, and
Mary Dunn from Ireland, county Queens. I don't know if the were married in Ireland or in Manchester..... All their children are said to be born in Manchester. Work ahead...
In 1861, Wiiliam is 35 years old, Mary 28, and the eldest child John is 13 and Mary Ellen 9 years old. and William is a shoemaker.
I finally found the birth certificate of James Howard, my grand mother's father!! It confirms the maiden name of his mother: Mary Ann Reynolds, born around 1802. So I know now that John Howard (warper, b. around 1801) and Mary Ann Reynolds are the parents of James Howard my g-grandfather. (b. in 1839) The oldest child of John and Mary, Josiah Howrd, is said to be born around 1833...
I am now looking for the marriage certificate of John Howard and Mary Ann Reynolds, around 1830-32 ... work ahead again
Thank you again very much to all you out there who are so dedicated in helping people like me find their roots in England!!
regards
jacques fortier, Province of Quebec, Canada