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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: fmacsg on Sunday 18 March 12 09:16 GMT (UK)
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I am trying to find information on my great, great grandmother Mary Anna or Anna Mary Sands who was born in 1847, location in Ireland unknown.
She married, date unknown, George Roberts whose regiment, the 40th Regiment of Foot, was in Drogheda, Co Meath in 1869 and then in Richmond Barrack, Dublin from, I believe, 1870.
While in Ireland they had two daughters, Clara born 1870 and Ada born 1872 before George Roberts' regiment went to India. I have a copy of Ada Roberts baptism record for 9 May 1872 for the parish of St Jude in Dublin. I have found nothing on Clara.
Gggp Roberts remarried in India in 1884 and on the marriage record he is listed as a widower. He was born in Melton Mowbray, England in 1840.
I would like to find information on Mary Anna's parents, place of birth, wedding date and/or death.
Any help greatly appreciated - thank you. Fiona
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There's a few Mary Anna or Anna Mary Sands marriages around the right time (1867, 1870 etc) - including two in Ardee close to Meath - but I dont see any cross matches to a George Roberts
maybe they married somewhere else ...
I see Ada's baptism and birth records in Kilmainham, but nothing likely for Clara - where in Ireland was she born ?
Shane
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That was fast.
I have no idea where Clara was born. I know that both she and Ada married military men in India in the 1880s. Ada is my Ggg Mother.
Family lore has it that Mary Anna /Anna Mary was in India but returned home when she became unwell. It is possible too that her father was military. That and her quick temper is all I have to go on. - Fiona
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Hi,
Could this possibly be Clara?
Clara Emma Roberts
Baptism date 19 Apr 1871
Baptism/Christening Place Cawnpore, Bengal, India
Birth Date 20 Feb 1871
Birthplace Cawnpore, Bengal, India
Father's Name George Roberts
Mother's Name Margaret Ann
Groom's Name James Alford Durning
Groom's Birth Date 1857
Groom's Age 31
Bride's Name Clara Emma Roberts
Bride's Birth Date 1871
Bride's Age 17
Marriage Date 05 Mar 1888
Marriage Place Lucknow, Bengal, India
Groom's Father's Name John Durning
Bride's Father's Name George Roberts
Sharon
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Or did she marry George Clarke in 1888, Bellary, Madras, India?
Sharon
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Hello Sharon, She married George Clarke - Fiona