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Mayo / Re: My last hope - Bernard (Bryan/Brian) McNamara and Anne Hester (Hestor)
« on: Sunday 23 March 25 10:14 GMT (UK) »
Anybody available to help with this?
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Mayo / Re: My last hope - Bernard (Bryan/Brian) McNamara and Anne Hester (Hestor)
« on: Thursday 20 March 25 15:05 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, that's the one I found. He is the only Brian McNamara I have found.
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Mayo / My last hope - Bernard (Bryan/Brian) McNamara and Anne Hester (Hestor)
« on: Thursday 20 March 25 14:29 GMT (UK) »
Hi guys
This couple are my Great Great grandparents, who moved to Liverpool around 1847 - 1851. They had 3 kids born in Ireland Margaret 1841, James 1843, and Bridget 1847. They first appeared on the England census in 1851. Their life in Ireland is a mystery to me, I have only managed to locate County Mayo down to evidence from my DNA matches and it looks like they may have lived in Louisburg (I think Anne's family are from there) and Inishturk or Clare Island.
One DNA match has found the Griffiths Valuation for Garranty, (Timothy McNamara). He has better documentation than I because his family went to Massachusetts, USA and death records etc contain much more detail. I'm not 100% convinced his tree is my direct bloodline, purely because nobody named Bernard are to be found in his tree, were as every generation of my family has at least one Bernard.
I also have a load of matches with O'Toole and O'Malley on Clare Island and there a Brian McNamara living in Fawnglass in 1901. Is there any way I can narrow this down to the exact location? I'm visiting Ireland in June and plan to visit the islands, it would be really nice to know more before then.
This couple are my Great Great grandparents, who moved to Liverpool around 1847 - 1851. They had 3 kids born in Ireland Margaret 1841, James 1843, and Bridget 1847. They first appeared on the England census in 1851. Their life in Ireland is a mystery to me, I have only managed to locate County Mayo down to evidence from my DNA matches and it looks like they may have lived in Louisburg (I think Anne's family are from there) and Inishturk or Clare Island.
One DNA match has found the Griffiths Valuation for Garranty, (Timothy McNamara). He has better documentation than I because his family went to Massachusetts, USA and death records etc contain much more detail. I'm not 100% convinced his tree is my direct bloodline, purely because nobody named Bernard are to be found in his tree, were as every generation of my family has at least one Bernard.
I also have a load of matches with O'Toole and O'Malley on Clare Island and there a Brian McNamara living in Fawnglass in 1901. Is there any way I can narrow this down to the exact location? I'm visiting Ireland in June and plan to visit the islands, it would be really nice to know more before then.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Shorthand?
« on: Saturday 15 February 25 17:26 GMT (UK) »Don't know how accurate this is, but cheated and used copilot with duployan shorthand and the image and got this:
Deciphering Duployan shorthand can be a bit of a puzzle, but I'll give it a shot! Here's a rough translation of the shorthand text on your postcard:
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My dear Arthur,
I hope this letter finds you well. It has been a long time since we last spoke, and I miss our conversations. I am looking forward to seeing you again soon. Take care.
Yours sincerely,
[Name]
```
Please keep in mind that shorthand can be highly personalized, and variations in strokes and symbols can lead to different interpretations. If you have more context or if there's a specific part you'd like me to focus on, let me know! 😊
If any of that is in there, it seems to miss out quite a lot!
Thank you so much!
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Shorthand?
« on: Saturday 15 February 25 13:19 GMT (UK) »Yvonne, I am reviving this thread to ask if you have found someone to decipher & translate this for you. You never know if somebody knows somebody who can help!
That's very kind of you, thanks. I haven't managed to find help with this, so would be very grateful for any help from french speaking short hand experts!
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: location in Co.Galway
« on: Tuesday 07 January 25 13:53 GMT (UK) »It looks like Hetford but there doesn’t appear to be a Hetford, I thought maybe a variation on Headford.
There is at least one transcription that agrees
https://irishfaminememorial.org/details-page/?pdb=7439
but can’t be sure.
Hi, thanks, I'm inclined to agree.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / location in Co.Galway
« on: Tuesday 07 January 25 11:35 GMT (UK) »
Can any make out this location please?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Occupation?
« on: Wednesday 31 July 24 21:19 BST (UK) »A delf or delph was a quarry, probably for clay. There are a number of place-names around Sheffield, where they would have quarried, for pottery and also ganister for furnace linings. Also the name delves.
There were quarries for clay and sandstone in Liverpool, so this could be the answer, thanks
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Occupation?
« on: Wednesday 31 July 24 16:07 BST (UK) »Delft is all can see?
could be it, there was brick making in the family?