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Title: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: whitehound on Monday 03 March 14 19:08 GMT (UK)
Can anybody help with four or five unreadable words here?  In each case I've included a few legible lines for context and to give a feel for the handwriting.

First block:
William Langford
of Donnybrook ???????

Second block (dealing with the son of the above):
William Langford
of Donnybrook
???????  ???????
Deed d. 28 June 1783

Third block:
Elinor Moore
b. 10 Sept 1741
Ann G??????ing

Fourth block:
St Mary
Michl Langford = Hannah ??????
Nov 29 1747

Superficially the last one looks like "Hannah Muire" - except that if you look at "St Mary" on the line above the 'M' is totally different.
Title: Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: Sinann on Monday 03 March 14 19:36 GMT (UK)
First one Simmonscourt spelt with one m I think

There is more than one Donnybrook, do you know which county this one is?
Title: Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: Geoff-E on Monday 03 March 14 19:39 GMT (UK)
Second one - Cabinet Maker

Suggest Decd (Deceased) rather than Deed. :)
Title: Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: whitehound on Monday 03 March 14 19:51 GMT (UK)
Simmonscourt - definitely.  Thanks.

Cabinet maker - could be, although mostly this family were landowners.  Thanks.

Yes, I'm sure that's "Deed".  This is from a series of documents dealing mainly with the transfer of lands and mortgages.  It is a family tree, but its main purpose is to show how various estates were passed on.
Title: Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: annclare on Tuesday 04 March 14 18:06 GMT (UK)
3rd Block Possibly Ann Gunning?
4th Block Hannah Quinn? edit Quin with one N
annclare
Title: Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: craggagh on Tuesday 04 March 14 18:26 GMT (UK)
Hello -

Michael Langford married Hannah Quire on 29th November, 1746 at St Mary's (Church of Ireland), Dublin.

craggagh.
Title: Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: craggagh on Tuesday 04 March 14 18:50 GMT (UK)
Hello again -

There are baptisms of a Jane Langford on 11th February, 1748 and a William Langford on
31st May, 1753, both at St Mary's and in both cases the parents are listed as William and Hannah Langford.

craggagh.
Title: Re: dodgy 1930s handwriting involving Irish place- and surnames
Post by: whitehound on Tuesday 04 March 14 20:32 GMT (UK)
Thank you all.  So, definitely Quire, and that certainly *could* be Gunning.

I'm not going to go into the Langfords in great detail - I have enough trouble with the Raes into whom the married.  But I just wanted to transcribe the information from this inheritance tree, which is on an as-yet-undigitized LDS microfilm.