Hi All,
I'm taking another turn at a long standing brickwall. Denis Moore of Queens County married Bridget Law likely a just prior to 1839 when they had their first child, Mary Ann Moore, 25 APR 1839 • Instiogue Parish, Kilkenny.
Denis was Catholic. However, I believe, although I cannot prove it, Bridget Law would have been protestant. Denis worked for the Ordnance Survey starting in Queens County and then moving on to work in Kilkenny for a short time.
Bridget would have been from Queens County or Kilkenny I believe. They didn't stay in Kilkenny long, they moved onto Scotland after that with the survey so I have little to go on after the birth of this child.
Just wondering what you all would do if you were working on this? Where would you turn? If I follow Irish naming patterns, Bridget's father would have been named Patrick Law and mother Mary Ann (although I know I cannot bet the farm on that).
I cannot find a marriage record in either county for Bridget and Denis. If she was indeed protestant, I believe they would have married in her parish perhaps...wherever it was? Not sure if this is a true brickwall and I should accept I cannot go further with the Law familiy or if I've left a stone unturned somewhere.
Thanks for any input!