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Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« on: Thursday 01 April 10 22:51 BST (UK) »
Hello,
Place of birth on census is Ireland, but I cant work out the other word, it's transcribed as 'coma'
I thought it looked like 'lorna'
anybody any ideas of what it is and where it is ?
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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 01 April 10 23:06 BST (UK) »
Hi,
my only thoughts are that it could be a badly written d at the end, or a bad abbreviation for Connemara. Sorry I couldnt be of more help,
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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 01 April 10 23:22 BST (UK) »
The first letter looks more like a C than an L. Are there other capital Cs/Ls on the same page so you can compare?

It does look like Coma/Corna or Comel/Cormel but I have never heard of any of these places. Many English census records just have Ireland as POB, so you are lucky to have something extra . . . even though you can't read it! When there is extra info after Ireland it tends to show the name of a County or large city.

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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 01 April 10 23:29 BST (UK) »
How about Clonmel?
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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 01 April 10 23:40 BST (UK) »
looking at the next page of the census , I would say the first letter is 'c'

(Piece: 3730; Folio: 48; Page: 12;)
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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 01 April 10 23:47 BST (UK) »
Which census?
Moore/Paterson~Montreal
Moore/Addison~New Brunswick
Jubb/Kerr~Mirfield~Halifax~Moffatt
Williams~Dolwyddelan

King~Bedfordshire~Hull
Jenkins~Somerset
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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #6 on: Friday 02 April 10 00:05 BST (UK) »
oops sorry 1861 england  ;D
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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #7 on: Friday 02 April 10 00:19 BST (UK) »
Well, there's a place called Castlecomer, Kilkenny, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlecomer) which is given as Castle Coma in a couple of transcribed genealogy documents online:

http://culturechat.reocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2835/html/fam00794.htm

http://www.ellisisland.org/search/FormatPassRec.asp?ID=100352010267&BN=P00035-2&sship=Tuscania&lineshipid=916

For whatever it's worth :P

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Moore/Paterson~Montreal
Moore/Addison~New Brunswick
Jubb/Kerr~Mirfield~Halifax~Moffatt
Williams~Dolwyddelan

King~Bedfordshire~Hull
Jenkins~Somerset
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Re: Place of birth Ireland?, can't read next bit
« Reply #8 on: Friday 02 April 10 21:25 BST (UK) »
Hi there,

Looks like the last two letters are nd. Could also be Larne although I notice it's followed by Dublin.
Is the area concerned Dublin? I have looked for anything close to this in the parishes of Dublin and there doesn't seem to be any. See the Ireland board on Rootschat. If the person on your certificate had other family living on in the area until the 1911 census of Ireland it may be worth your while searching the census by entering the surname in this link.That would give you the townland and parish. It's free.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Good Luck

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