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See attached research attained by my late cousin. I have been unable to get past our great-great grandfather, John William O'Regan/Regan, born 3/20/1857, married Mary Agnes Stubbs, 7/7/1881 in Dublin, left Ireland for Baltimore, Maryland. John's siblings were Bryan, Lawrence & Bridget. On the marriage certificate, John Regan is listed as father; have no idea the name John's wife. (In the past, we were told by now deceased family members that the O in O'Regan was dropped at one point and as you can see, in 1881 they were no longer using the O.) If you can shed any light on our family tree, please respond. Wexford, you see, has a question mark. God bless.
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Difficult to read that attachment, it's a bit big.
The marriage in St.Andrews
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633495#page/249/mode/1up
Looks like his parents are John and Sarah from Ferns Wexford.
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You could search Ferns parish for his and his siblings baptisms
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0594
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THANKS SO MUCH! HUGE HELP! I had been going through the microfilm but there were so many parishes in Wexford, I was doing them one by one. Also, the researcher did not provide the mother's first names and here they are on microfilm. Thanks! God bless you.
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Hello,
There are indexes to the baptisms on a couple of subscription sites
You could check these - the date is not the same for John but it is close ;)
Ferns parish
John Regan 23 rd January 1856
Father: John Regan Mother Sarah Murphy
Monageer parish (adjacent to Ferns)
Briget Regan 18December 1846
Father John Regan and Sally Murphy
Ellen 19th September 1848
Parents John Regan and Sally Murphy
Thomas 9th November 1850
Parents John and Sally
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Marriage
Monageer
February 1846
John Regan and Sally Murphy
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Thank you ! Thank you! I know Sally is a nickname for Sarah as I went to school with a Sarah/Sally . Does anybody know where Wexfair is? It shows Mary Stubbs residence as "Wexfair" - It definitely does not look like Wexford.
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Wexford town, I'd say, it's her father's name that's bugging me what is that before John?
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Squire John - i think maybe it's a title? My cousin, Dianna, recently visited his address in Dublin and she said it was a pretty pricey townhome.
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Square.
As in '38 Fitzwilliam Square'.
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Thank you! It's a continuation of the address onto the name line! That's the address Dianna visited. She knocked on the door, told them our great great grandfather lived there and they allowed her to tour it. Now I know to stick with searching for John Stubbs. Appreciate your help.
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Sorry, that's what happens when you zoom in too far.
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awwwww! My naughty Grandma - she was a month pregnant when she got married ;D In researching the microfilm births, I also note they wrote down "illegitimate" on some of the births.
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awwwww! My naughty Grandma -
Take's two
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I think that the signatures do definitely not read Murphy. Can you all help? Looks like the signatures for Sally's last name ends in hley? What do you all think?
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2nd attachment
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They are not signatures, it's just the priest filling in the names, so you have to familiarize yourself with his handwriting, looking at other examples from surrounding pages I'd say both those names are (meant to be) Murphy
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634025#page/27/mode/1up
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thanks again, Siann X O