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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: My Mother, "Wee Peggy"
« on: Friday 16 April 21 14:46 BST (UK) »
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: My Mother, "Wee Peggy"
« on: Friday 16 April 21 02:33 BST (UK) »
Thank you SO much! This photo is such a treasure! I greatly appreciate your time.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / My Mother, "Wee Peggy"
« on: Thursday 15 April 21 17:47 BST (UK) »
These are the only 2 photos I have of my Mother, Peggy, as an infant. I was hoping you might be able to enhance their quality. She was born in 1929 in Belfast Northern Ireland, the youngest and only girl of Maggie (McComb) and Robert Nelson. My grandfather left Ireland in early 1929 to emigrate to the United States, and did not meet his daughter face-to-face until the mid 1930s, when he sent for his wife and children to join him in Brooklyn, NY. On the back of the one of her alone is written, "To Daddy with best love from Wee Peggy".
Mom passed away in 2018. Thanks for any improvements you can make to these photos.
Mom passed away in 2018. Thanks for any improvements you can make to these photos.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Irish Surnames
« on: Tuesday 16 February 21 18:33 GMT (UK) »
Yes, MaryJane listed herself as married in the 1901 Census. I also thought that her husband, David, had probably been away for an extended period, perhaps due to employment. I did find the registration for her burial at the Belfast Cemetery. The informant, her son George, listed her age as 68. Her husband, David, died two years later, reportedly at the age of 69. I'm still puzzled as to why her maiden name is listed as McCoubrey for all but one of their children; the only girl in the family had her mother's maiden name listed as Fitzsimons.
The only marriage record I can find for James McCoubrey, possible brother of MaryJane, lists the groom's father's name as James McCoubrey, not James Fitzsimons. I've also found a possible death record for this James McCoubrey, but none for James Fitzsimons.
I found an Ireland Civil Registration Deaths Index record for Mary Jane Fitzsimons (not Margaret Jane, as I'd have expected) who died in 1911 at the reported age of 77, but no document image is available to find any further information.
It is unlikely that James Fitzsimons went by the McCoubrey last name, yet the only possible birth or marriage records that I can find for this family, list the father's name as James McCoubrey, except for MaryJane's, who of course lists him as James Fitzsimons.
Thank you again for your valuable insights and helpful questions.
The only marriage record I can find for James McCoubrey, possible brother of MaryJane, lists the groom's father's name as James McCoubrey, not James Fitzsimons. I've also found a possible death record for this James McCoubrey, but none for James Fitzsimons.
I found an Ireland Civil Registration Deaths Index record for Mary Jane Fitzsimons (not Margaret Jane, as I'd have expected) who died in 1911 at the reported age of 77, but no document image is available to find any further information.
It is unlikely that James Fitzsimons went by the McCoubrey last name, yet the only possible birth or marriage records that I can find for this family, list the father's name as James McCoubrey, except for MaryJane's, who of course lists him as James Fitzsimons.
Thank you again for your valuable insights and helpful questions.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Irish Surnames
« on: Monday 15 February 21 19:43 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the helpful questions. MaryJane (McCoubrey) Nelson's Death Registration lists her being 68 when she died in 1920, estimating her birth year as 1852. I found Mary Jane Nelson in the 1901 Census listed as the Head of Household, when my grandfather, Robert, was 6 years old. His father, David Nelson, was not listed in the 1901 Census; However he was listed as Head of Household in the 1911 Census, when my grandfather was 16. I did not find any McCoubrey or Fitzsimons names nearby on either census. There is a wedding witness, James McCoubrey, listed on their marriage registration. I think he might have been MaryJane's brother but I am not certain, as I have not yet found a definitive records indicating a family relationship. MaryJane and David had 9 children, my grandfather born in 1894, being the youngest. All 8 boy's birth registrations list "McCoubrey" as the mother's maiden name; However, the one girl born in 1880 named Margaret Jane Nelson (later referred to as Maggie) lists the mother's maiden name as "Fitzsimons". It appears that most of the births were registered by a registrar named Dickson and several list the name of an assistant (midwife?), most marked with an "X" whose names I did not recognize. In general, I noticed that most of the Fitzsimons names I researched were listed as Catholic, whereas all the McCoubreys and Nelsons are Protestant. Might this be a factor in some way? Also, I can't find any Death Registrations on James Fitzsimons, but there is one on a James McCoubrey within the correct years. Puzzling. Thanks again for your input.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Irish Surnames
« on: Sunday 14 February 21 21:56 GMT (UK) »
Based on a handwritten (by Maryjane Nelson) "Register of Family", and looking at Census records, I estimate that she was born about 1854 in County Down. The marriage registration records for Maryjane and David (1873) and Margaret McCoubrey and James Fitzsimmons (1851) are the records that make me confused about this paternal family line. In the past I recall my grandfather speaking of the family name McCoubrey as his mother's maiden name, but seeing the Fitzsimmons name clearly indicated has me scratching my head.
Thank you so much for all your ideas!
Thank you so much for all your ideas!
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Family History Beginners Board / Irish Surnames
« on: Sunday 14 February 21 18:47 GMT (UK) »
Hello, I am interested in learning about Irish surnames in the 1800s. Did women in Northern Ireland sometimes keep their maiden name? My great grandmother, Mary Jane McCoubrey married David Nelson in 1873. Her mother, Margaret McCoubrey, married James Fitzsimons in 1851. She appears to have kept the name McCoubrey, and it appears that her children were also named McCoubrey, not Fitzsimons. Is it possible that James Fitzsimons also changed his name to McCoubrey? Confusing.
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