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dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« on: Monday 03 March 14 19:08 GMT (UK) »
Can anybody help with four or five unreadable words here?  In each case I've included a few legible lines for context and to give a feel for the handwriting.

First block:
William Langford
of Donnybrook ???????

Second block (dealing with the son of the above):
William Langford
of Donnybrook
?????????????
Deed d. 28 June 1783

Third block:
Elinor Moore
b. 10 Sept 1741
Ann G??????ing

Fourth block:
St Mary
Michl Langford = Hannah ??????
Nov 29 1747

Superficially the last one looks like "Hannah Muire" - except that if you look at "St Mary" on the line above the 'M' is totally different.

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Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« Reply #1 on: Monday 03 March 14 19:36 GMT (UK) »
First one Simmonscourt spelt with one m I think

There is more than one Donnybrook, do you know which county this one is?

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Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« Reply #2 on: Monday 03 March 14 19:39 GMT (UK) »
Second one - Cabinet Maker

Suggest Decd (Deceased) rather than Deed. :)
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Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« Reply #3 on: Monday 03 March 14 19:51 GMT (UK) »
Simmonscourt - definitely.  Thanks.

Cabinet maker - could be, although mostly this family were landowners.  Thanks.

Yes, I'm sure that's "Deed".  This is from a series of documents dealing mainly with the transfer of lands and mortgages.  It is a family tree, but its main purpose is to show how various estates were passed on.


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Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 18:06 GMT (UK) »
3rd Block Possibly Ann Gunning?
4th Block Hannah Quinn? edit Quin with one N
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Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 18:26 GMT (UK) »
Hello -

Michael Langford married Hannah Quire on 29th November, 1746 at St Mary's (Church of Ireland), Dublin.

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Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 18:50 GMT (UK) »
Hello again -

There are baptisms of a Jane Langford on 11th February, 1748 and a William Langford on
31st May, 1753, both at St Mary's and in both cases the parents are listed as William and Hannah Langford.

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Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 20:32 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all.  So, definitely Quire, and that certainly *could* be Gunning.

I'm not going to go into the Langfords in great detail - I have enough trouble with the Raes into whom the married.  But I just wanted to transcribe the information from this inheritance tree, which is on an as-yet-undigitized LDS microfilm.