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I think I'm right in saying that a female might have used her maiden name as her middle name.
I've certainly found a few examples of that in my family in Mayo in the mid 1800's.
But might she retain her previous married name as a middle name in the same way?
And would this practice indicate that there was another person of similar age in the vicinity, otherwise with the same name?

I've got four known 4th cousin DNA matches through Ancestry, to people descended though different lines to my supposedly Gr Gr Grandfather & Gr Gr GrandMother (Anthony Maughan and Honor Loftus).
I know my Gr Gr Grandfather was called Anthony Maughan and was from the same area.
The known birthyear for my Gr Grandfather (Charles) is within a few years of his supposed siblings (Margaret & Thomas)
I cant find birth records for my Gr. Grandfather (from Ballina area, Mayo, Ireland 1861-62) and quite a lot of records around the period and area are missing.
Without hard evidence, but assuming the records these four cousins has put on Ancestry are accurate, how confident can I be that Anthony and Honor were Charles' parents?
My 4th cousin matches have shared DNA in the region 26-64 cM (whatever that means)

I have an ancestor called Betty Bullcock c1771 who was from Downham. She married John Hitchen. Could anyone suggest how I could  find out if she was related to Jane and John Bullcock the Pendle witches.

Clogdancer

Please could someone find John Grace born c1876 in the 1911 census. He lived in Ancoats manchester and was married to Annie Doyle. His son was also called John and he was born c1897. I have been told there was an Italian connection with this family but have not been able to find anything about this.

I have a James Knox born c1796, and on the 1841 Scotland census it says occupation  Cl  Has anyone any idea what this means please.