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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: KGarrad on Tuesday 19 November 13 19:49 GMT (UK)
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I am trying to help somebody with this lady, who was the mother of Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien - better known as Dusty Springfield!
Apparently she left Ireland at the age of 16 or 18 to come to London to work in a bank?
Does anyone have any resources to know what she was up to between arriving in London, and her marriage in 1931 to Gerard Anthony O'Brien?
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don't know if this will help at all but on marriage reg Catherine has the middle initial "A"
Suz
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. . . . . and Dusty's brother was named Dion [aka Tom S] whose mother is recorded as "Myles"
1934 Sep Hampstead 1a 728 Dionysius P. O'Brien
Catherine's death reg says . . . . .
Catherine Anne O'Brien 8 Jul 1900 - Sep 1974
[Hove 19 1119]
and
Gerard Anthony J O'Brien B: 11 Nov 1904 - Dec 1979
in case it helps
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Hello,
Just a suggestion for looking for Catherine Ryle from Ireland or any others from back then - there were two main pockets of Ryles - Dublin and Ardfert, near Tralee, Co. Kerry. I would think the Ardfert one very likely.
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I see Wiki has Catherine's family as "journalists".
This makes "Kathleen" here quite likely? (Although 1901 is eluding me)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Tralee_Urban__part_of_/Garryruth/281672/
Some searches for "Maurice Patrick Ryle" do turn up references to him being the grandfather of Dusty Springfield.
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Using the link shown on an earlier thread will lead you to Kathleen Ryle. Maurice Patrick was my great grandfather and I can confirm Dusty Springfield was a 1st cousin of my father Maurice Jude - his father was Maurice John known as JackRyle.
Laura Ann Ryle