John Christopher Conroy, my wife's uncle died 1982.

[Rosinish]

Hi Tom,

I've noticed names in the past as possible variants of Conroy & worth checking;

Conroy/Convoy/Conboy

I can see an 'r' resembling a 'v' but a 'b' possibly misheard 

Annie

[hallmark]

going to

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp


and just doing the following search would cover them


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[Rosinish]

Thanks Hallmark!

Although for Tom's benefit, I didn't know irishgenealogy had a 'wildcards' facility & have never tried it (I don't think) nor have I noticed whether they tell you so?

SP records give all sorts of variations for searching with a 'dropdown' list of choices which is 2nd to none (thankfully)!

Annie

[tidybooks]

Hi All,

Thanks for these results, I didn't realise they were so many pages. I never seen one that could easily fit. I am in East Kilbride, Scotland. I am not looking to get an Irish passport as some of my family are trying to do. I will contact Roscommon on Monday, and get the registered birth parents names of John Christopher Conroy.
I appreciate all your efforts.

Tom Buchanan

[aghadowey]

O'Donnell and McDonald are interchangeable so different versions of the name may have been used in different records. Sometimes when Irish families move to Scotland they start using a form of their name more commonly used in Scotland. For example, Ellen in Ireland becoming Helen in Scotland is very common.

[tidybooks]

O'Donnell and McDonald are interchangeable so different versions of the name may have been used in different records. Sometimes when Irish families move to Scotland they start using a form of their name more commonly used in Scotland. For example, Ellen in Ireland becoming Helen in Scotland is very common.

Hi Aghadowey,

I am open to this suggestion, but I have no idea of where they were married. Family historians (hearsay) says that he was in the Army, so he could have been married anywhere. Elizabeth O'Donnell? was supposed to have died, maybe in Belfast, funeral cortege met an Orange Parade, and result was not too nice. We suspect after 1930 found a death in Belfast , 12th July 1934, said she was 26yo but did not give maiden name.

How they ended up in an orphanage run by nuns in Youghal, Co Cork, I know not. About 8 years old, the future mother in law (born September 1928), moved back to Scotland, and was raised by aunts.
 etc.

Thought I would give as much info that I have (or haven't got) already.


Tom Buchanan