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The Common Room / Irish marriages, 1840s
« on: Friday 28 July 17 14:44 BST (UK) »
After seeing an image and transcript of a tombstone in St.Mary's Dungarvan, and checking death records, I have finally identified with certainty my Irish g-g-grandparents, Hester and James Mulhall. The transcription misreads some year figures, and as her February 1891 death was not registered until December (!) I suspect her age was recorded there as 90 instead of 80 as per tombstone. That being so, it seems James was born in 1821 and Hester in 1810. It is unlikely that she was born earlier, as her daughter (my gt-grandmother) was a minor when she married in early 1870, and 60 in the 1911 census, so she was likely born in 1850.
I would like to discover when those two married - presumably in the 1840s - and whether there were siblings, but unsurprisingly I have had no success so far. I suspect Hester's maiden name may have been Curtis, as that was handed on to a grandson. Can anyone suggest a likely source, or (better still) offer any more information?
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I would like to discover when those two married - presumably in the 1840s - and whether there were siblings, but unsurprisingly I have had no success so far. I suspect Hester's maiden name may have been Curtis, as that was handed on to a grandson. Can anyone suggest a likely source, or (better still) offer any more information?
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