Advice dealing with a dead-end - Looking for birth of maternal grandmother

[aghadowey]

Think the witness at eileen's marriage could be Anne Boylan.

[heywood]

That was my second thought  but wanted confirmation.

[chempat]

I was looking for a Northern Ireland adoption or birth in 1926, we did not know which and birth records in Northern Ireland do not show as less than 100 years ago, but is different for Ireland.

I phoned up GRONI, you could phone the Irish equivalent.

The person I was looking for was adopted officially in 1947 (when they were almost 21).  Nothing was known of their adopted family by the person I was doing this for.  Also, the adoptive father had already died, so that name is not on the certificate from the adoption register.

You have their exact date of birth, so just explain what you know and see what they can suggest.

[heywood]

If she referred to Patrick (although deceased at the time) and Margaret as her parents, it seems likely that her birth was in the same family.

[shauniibd]

Do you know Mary Catherine’s date of birth?

Could she have married?

Mary Catherine's date of birth was 1/10/1909.
Also, in yesterday's digging I managed to find a marriage cert. that seems to definitely be her - married John Maxwell on 29/6/1936 at Church of St. Agatha. Margaret Boylan (sister/mother) was a witness.
I also found record of her death - 12/5/1966 in Donnycarney, of carcinoma of the bladder.

Think the witness at eileen's marriage could be Anne Boylan.

Yes, that's how I interpreted it, after a short time wondering if it said Aine (the lovely cursive handwriting can sometimes be a challenge!)

I phoned up GRONI, you could phone the Irish equivalent.

You have their exact date of birth, so just explain what you know and see what they can suggest.

Interesting! I will definitely look into what the equivalent is!

[Kiltaglassan]

Also, in yesterday's digging I managed to find a marriage cert. that seems to definitely be her - married John Maxwell on 29/6/1936 at Church of St. Agatha. Margaret Boylan (sister/mother) was a witness.
I also found record of her death - 12/5/1966 in Donnycarney, of carcinoma of the bladder.

Married 27th June 1936.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1936/08924/5227753.pdf

Her death on 12th March.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1966/04232/4084245.pdf

KG

[shauniibd]

Ugh, thank you so much! I had interpreted the 7 as a 9   
and yes, definitely March, that was a silly typing error on my part!

To reiterate, Mary Catherine Boylan:
b. 1/10/1909
m. 27/6/1936
d. 12/3/1966

[Kiltaglassan]

I phoned up GRONI, you could phone the Irish equivalent.

You have their exact date of birth, so just explain what you know and see what they can suggest.

Interesting! I will definitely look into what the equivalent is!

GRO Roscommon and Dublin.
Note the Covid-19 information.
https://www.gov.ie/en/service/124a70-apply-for-certificates/
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/55ccbe-general-register-office-gro-research-facility/#

KG

[lc1718]

It was very common for children in dublin to be known by their middle name in those days. I had an aunt named philomena teresa always known as tessie so is it possible that Jean might have been a middle name? FamilySearch lists a margaret boylan born dublin north + mother boylan in the jul-sep qtr 1928, vol2 p359 in GRO.