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Armagh / Grimes of Co. Armagh
« on: Tuesday 27 December 11 20:08 GMT (UK)  »
Patrick Grimes (b 1835) married Jane Fairon (b 1830) in 1856, in a Roman Catholic Church. I think they lived at Charter School Lane, as that was where Jane gave birth to her children. Patrick was a carpenter.

Would a carpenter have been a traveler, moving towns to the next job? Alternatively, would it have meant that he stayed in one place? Because I can't find a death record for Jane or Patrick... Also, on the site where I found their marriage record, it does not say who their parents were. Was this common practice?

Their children:
Mary Grimes 1861 – 1909
 Patrick Grimes 1865 – abt 1873
 Patrick Grimes 1865 – abt 1875
 James Grimes 1868 – unknown
 Patrick Joseph Grimes 1873 – unknown

Mary Grimes was in Scotland marrying by the time she was 26, was it common that one member of a family would emigrate alone, or could it have been that the whole family went? I read on there, that there may not have been records for boarder travel from Ireland to England, for example. Is there any other way I can find out what happened to the other Grimes?

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Census category: health: blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic.

I have a family member described on census' as 'imbecile'. I wondered what that meant? I found that people could be described as either blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot/feeble minded, or lunatic. On her birth cert, they make no mention of anything being abnormal. Only she never works and never marries. It appears, she never has a child. Her family were quite wealthy, so maybe there was no reason for her to work. She never lived alone, always in her parental home. She died at 60 though. On her death cert, it says she died of congenital Brain Disease, and Broncal pneumonia four days. I don't understand how it could be congenital as I have not yet found any other family member with 'brain disease'. Considering this information, I can't think of what her 'brain disease' may have been. We thought it may have been the result of a difficult birth, but would it have been described as congenital if that was the case?

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Anyone know what the abbrivations on death certs mean? I am interested in Alexander Allardice, on this document:

'Alex Allardice abhild ... do ............'

But what does BM, SM and CBM mean on this document. I don't think they apply to Alexander...? And what does chapeyd and abhild mean?

THANK YOOOOOOU!!!

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