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I have found a record for a Doyle but cannot make out the first name of the newborn.  (See left on image.) 

What confuses the issue is another record from Ancestry claiming John Doyle was baptised at Bellaghy on the same date.  I cannot find the record under the registers under Ballyscullion/Bellaghy. 
(See right side of image.)

Are they one in the same person or should I be looking at a different registry for the Ancestry record?

I have found a record of a marriage and cannot decipher the first name of the grooms father.

I have attached the record of the marriage (pdf)- look at the first one between Hugh Mackle and Mary Doyle. 

The surname is crucial to finding out the correct Mary.

2 Mary Doyle's were married at the same church within 5 weeks of each other and both of their fathers' names were Louis.

Thank you in anticipation.

I have the following surnames Coulter, McKee, Welsh, McMullan and McCann all interlinking in Down around the Kircubbin area in the early 1800's.

To begin I have a gravestone with the following for a William Coulter:

COULTER
Erected by
William Coulter
in memory of his father
WILLIAM COULTER,
late of Rureagh, who died
16th July 1831, aged 78 yrs.
Also his wife
MARY COULTER alias WALSH
who died 7th January 1838,
aged 65 yrs.

The only confusion lies is which William is Mary the wife of - the father or the son?

I have found a marriage record in 1801 for a William Coulter and Mary Welsh but that does not clarify which William.  (Marriage 23 Aug 1801 • Presbyterian, Kircubbin,Down,Ireland)

There are also other William's in the area.

There is also a William who married a Jane.

William had a daughter Esther who married a William McKee.  This family then extends out to include the surnames of McMullan and McCann.

The same issue occurs with the McKee's there are many William's.

If anyone has any of these surnames from around the same area in the early 1800's I'm happy to provide more details to help sort who is who.

I would like your opinions on the information listed below and following questions:


This information has been compiled from a few family trees and research.  I have tried to be as clear as I can with the details:

Elizabeth Palmer baptised in Lyme Regis in 1718, 1723 & 1727 all indicating their fathers' name is John Palmer.  (3 different people)

Mathew/Matthew Lock/Locke born about 1820 Lyme Regis (one record found for this)

Elizabeth Palmer married Matthew Lock in Lyme Regis in 1746
Elizabeth Lock married John Beves in Lyme Regis in 1756
Matthew Lock married Anna Smith in Charmouth Dorset in 1756

Elizabeth Palmer deceased in Powerstock, Dorset 1754
Elizabeth Lock deceased in Lyme Regis 1802 (spouse - Mathew Lock)

There are a few other Elizabeth Palmers born around the same time but I've only included the Lyme Regis births with a father of John at this point.

There are also birth records with the name of the spouse listed as Betty Lock.

My questions are:

Which Elizabeth Palmer do you think married Mathew Lock.

Is the Elizabeth Lock who married John Beves Mathews' ex wife.

Is Mathew Lock who married Anna Smith the same Mathew lock who married Elizabeth Palmer.

The Elizabeth Palmer who died in 1754 - why would the death be recorded under her maiden name  if the record fits?

Is the Elizabeth Lock who died in 1802 whose spouse is listed as Mathew the correct death.

If you need anything further clarified, I will do my best but records are limited thus far.

I have come to a point in a friends family tree where I can't figure out what has happened.  I'm thinking maybe an adoption at some point.

I have a record of Ernest Henry William Jacob/s birth registered in 1894 in Orange NSW - Parents - James and Jane
Next I have a record of Ernest Henry Williams recorded in the same tree for the above listed person.
Following this person the same tree has 2 marriages -
one being to Louisa Durrant Taunton and,
another being to Emily Louise Jacobs.

Where the confusion lays is as follows:

I have Ernest Henry William Jacobs born 1892 Lucknow, NSW - Parents the same James and Jane
The wife i've found is Emily L Ray who I assume is the 2nd wife listed above.

I cannot figure out why the sudden surname change to Williams and how Louise Durrant Taunton fits in as she was born in 1905 supposedly having 2 children to Ernest.  Louise/a in the first tree has her dying in 1987.  I haven't found Emily's yet.

Could anyone shed any light on this for me please?