Catherine married John Doran on 20 Oct 1886 and she was 24, she married her first husband Joseph O’Donnell in 1878 and was listed as being 17 and on her death certificate she was 65 on 3/11/1929, so as a guestimate, I’ve put her birth date somewhere between 1862 – 1865 - Her son Edward Doran registered the death. Catherines father was deceased on both marriage certs, so he was a goner before 1878. There is a brother called Thomas Kerr/Carr and I will have to double check but I think he got married in Scotstown, Co-Monaghan and there is a strong Irish connection with both families. Just as a mention, Catherine also named her daughter Margaret and I know that the families were sticklers for following naming patterns, which you would have thought would have made it easier
– her sister I think was also a Margaret. I haven’t been able to find any parents for James Carr/Kerr, no birth, marriage or deaths for either James or Margaret or Ellen/Helen – Honestly this brick wall has driven me mad ha ha, and the John Doran she married is just as much an enigma!
The other thing worth mentioning is that the Doran deviates between Dorran and Doran, but it is the same set of people. I once found my g g grandma under the name Mary Arey?!? Whilst searching for Mary Goostrey!