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Entry Parish Records for St Andrews Enfield
Bpt Jan 29 1826 Anne daughter of William and Sarah Hankin Chaseside Labourer
                                                                    (alias Sarah Rainbird)
Can anyone tell me the significance of the alias and why it might appear in the records I believe Williams wife was Sarah Surridge so confused where Rainbird fits

Im trying to find Birthplace for my 5x grandmother Catherine Doorly born abt 1798 (i have found her name spelt with a C and K for Katherine and her surname varies  Doorly, Doorely, Doody)
I know she was from Ireland but she moved to England with her husband who was a soldier in British Army in early 1800s
The only clue i have is the 1861 England Census gives her  Place of birth is recorded as
 'Ireland Baluawak Kow'
I think that the enumerator problem wrote this phonetically but i it clearly isn't a place in Ireland!

Can anyone suggest where this could be?

She married Bernard Irons from Aweston/Birr Kings County. Im thinking that she is could be from somewhere nearby but as he was in the Army they travelled a lot.
He joined the Army at the age of 13yrs so would have been a soldier when they meet.
I have found the birth record of a daughter Mary born in 1835 in Dublin and twins (Katherine and Bernard) born in Scotland in 1821
Her husband was posted in Dublin 1816/17, Nass 1817, Londonderry 1820.
Katherine could be from any of these places or surrounding areas.

Any ideas where  'Baluawak Kow' is would be welcome. My thoughts are it probably starts with 'Bally..' but i could be wrong. My Irish geography knowledge isnt that good!


Im hoping if I can find where she was born I might be able to find her birth or marriage

Thanks for any help

Hi
Can anyone find the marriage for Thomas Hodkinson (Hogdkinson, Hodgekinson) to Mary. I dont have her surname
Thomas was bpt May 1809 St Chads Over and died in Whitegate in 1866, so he doesnt seem to have moved far. He worked in the Salt works all his live.
All but one of his children where born in Over/Wharton. Only odd one was Sarah b1846/6 in Salford.
His wife Mary was born in Eaton Abt 1818 (From 1851 Census) The local church is St Marys Eccleston
I have tried all derivatives of Hodkinson I can think of and checked Cheshire and Lancashire.
They probably married between 1828 and 1837 (First child i can find b 1837)
I cant find a marriage that fit
Can any one find te marriage or Marys birth? Im well truly stuck

My Grandfather was born 7th Feb 1904 at Crewe Cheshire. His mother was Florence Maud Downes. she was a domestic servant. There is no father named on this birth cert. He also went by the name Ernest Alfred Christopher Gibson Downes. (Alfred was his mothers father) The other names may or may not relate to his father. His marriage cert gives his father as Thomas Gibson Downes, Building Contractor.
This or a variation of it may be his father name, but names were often given for marriages to keep a air of respectability.
The family believe that his father emigrated to Austrialia. He kept in touch with Florence and sent photos back. The attached photo of a young man I think is of his father. I also have a photo of a contruction site,dated 30.4.1904. which I believe is where he was working and why he went to Austrialia.
He would have gone to Austrialia between June 1903 and April 1904.
His secret of an illegitimate son may have gone to his grave with him but does any one recognise the man in the photo, his story or have any immigration or employment records that would help identify my Great grandfather?