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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #45 on: Friday 30 June 17 20:57 BST (UK) »
Re: reply #35, Josey kindly advise what MMN means. Thanks
Ireland: Mayo - O'Malley, Malley, Currigan, Lynchacan. Antrim - McAuley. Louth - Byrne. Down - Smith.

England: Lancashire - O'Malley, McCauley, Foster.

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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #46 on: Saturday 01 July 17 09:43 BST (UK) »
Mother's Maiden Name  :)

On Scottish records it may appear as MS = Maiden Surname
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #47 on: Sunday 02 July 17 20:40 BST (UK) »
So I think I may have found the wedding record for William Mechan's parents but it's a mystery wrapped in a riddle.
The parents are shown as William Meechan and Elizabeth Hendry (widow). Could Hendry be Elizabeth's married name?
The name Hendry shows up in William's daughter's name i.e., Mary Hendry Borthwick Meechan born 1908.
Elizabeth Hendry's parents name is McDonnell? which does not tie in but her mother - Helen ms name looks like it could be Loirie or Dowie?

Another common thing is the witness: Agness Foley. This is the same witness for William's baptism in 1880 and his parents potential marriage in 1884.

What do you think?


Ireland: Mayo - O'Malley, Malley, Currigan, Lynchacan. Antrim - McAuley. Louth - Byrne. Down - Smith.

England: Lancashire - O'Malley, McCauley, Foster.

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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #48 on: Sunday 02 July 17 20:44 BST (UK) »
Hi

It looks as if her mother's maiden name might be Dowie


Gadget

Added - not read the whole thread but think the PF could be Putative Father  :-\
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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #49 on: Sunday 02 July 17 22:05 BST (UK) »
That's a good thought Gadget

(. . .  but presumably PM isn't putative mother . . .  unless the child was found on a doorstep maybe.    :-\ ;))
Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #50 on: Sunday 02 July 17 22:17 BST (UK) »
Then what about P.M. Can there be a putative mother? Oh, now I see the comment above. But there's an instance where there's P.M. P.F.
Ireland: Mayo - O'Malley, Malley, Currigan, Lynchacan. Antrim - McAuley. Louth - Byrne. Down - Smith.

England: Lancashire - O'Malley, McCauley, Foster.

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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #51 on: Sunday 02 July 17 22:25 BST (UK) »
Quote from: kiwi2011 on Sunday 02 July 17 22:17 BST (UK)
Then what about P.M. Can there be a putative mother? Oh, now I see the comment above.

Most likely for PM is Pre Matrimony. One of the sites that I read maintained that the priest/clerks just used their own abbreviations and they seemed not to be  standardized. I looked at quite a few sites yesterday and can't remember which one  :-\

Have you got  death certs for any of them?
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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #52 on: Sunday 02 July 17 23:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: sugarbakers on Wednesday 28 June 17 15:58 BST (UK)
Only one Joseph showing up at right time in GRO ...

Joseph Mechan JunQ 1889 West Ham mmn McDonald

(certainly sugar labourers needed there then but ... mmn)

Just picking this up as it's so close to McDonnell.

So Elizabeth was at various times Dowie/Dowey, McDonnell and Hendry.  Have you found a marriage for a Dowey or McDonnell (variations) and a Hendry?
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Re: William Mechan born 1879
« Reply #53 on: Sunday 02 July 17 23:24 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Gadget on Sunday 02 July 17 22:25 BST (UK)
Quote from: kiwi2011 on Sunday 02 July 17 22:17 BST (UK)
Then what about P.M. Can there be a putative mother? Oh, now I see the comment above.

Most likely for PM is Pre Matrimony. One of the sites that I read maintained that the priest/clerks just used their own abbreviations and they seemed not to be  standardized.

Gadget, as you say you haven't read the whole thread, I'm just wondering if you've seen the suggestion in replies 40-44 regarding P. M.?
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