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Title: Help with surname please
Post by: ails81 on Friday 24 January 20 18:41 GMT (UK)
Hi all, I am trying to decipher the second name listed as the 2nd wife of my gg grandfather as seen on image.  I think it says "2nd Elizabeth Darroch (?) or ????? It looks like Coyne to me but thats not a name I have ever heard!
Many thanks
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: ShaunJ on Friday 24 January 20 18:46 GMT (UK)
Agree - Coyne.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyne_(surname)
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: JenkinsFamilyHistory on Friday 24 January 20 18:52 GMT (UK)
Elizabeth Darreck?
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: ails81 on Friday 24 January 20 18:52 GMT (UK)
thank you Shaun!  :)
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Karen McDonald on Friday 24 January 20 21:41 GMT (UK)
Hi,

I expect it probably is Coyne, but just in case: My first idea was Eoyne, which I've come across a couple of times in the past as an Irish surname.

At first glance, the first letter looked like the "E" in Elizabeth, but I think the top squiggle may be missing.

Best regards,
Karen
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Treetotal on Friday 24 January 20 22:30 GMT (UK)
I see Darrock and Coyne too.

Carol
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Sinann on Saturday 25 January 20 00:20 GMT (UK)
Hi,

I expect it probably is Coyne, but just in case: My first idea was Eoyne, which I've come across a couple of times in the past as an Irish surname.

At first glance, the first letter looked like the "E" in Elizabeth, but I think the top squiggle may be missing.

Best regards,
Karen


Where have you come across Eoyne?
I've never heard of it so I just tried it in several Irish data sets and get no result each time.
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Rosinish on Saturday 25 January 20 00:30 GMT (UK)
Elizabeth Darroch or Coyne...

Darroch would be her maiden name & Coyne a previous marital surname or aka e.g. if her mother had married/remarried?

I have known brothers in the past with surname Coyne which I believe is likely of Irish origin?

It looks like a Scottish DC?

Annie

Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: sami on Saturday 25 January 20 07:09 GMT (UK)

Elizabeth Darroch or Coyne...

Darroch would be her maiden name & Coyne a previous marital surname or aka e.g. if her mother had married/remarried


I agree with Darroch or Coyne

sami
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Karen McDonald on Saturday 25 January 20 23:09 GMT (UK)
Where have you come across Eoyne?
I've never heard of it so I just tried it in several Irish data sets and get no result each time.

E.g.:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nymets/genealogy/Troy1880census/10thward-d.htm

Children born in NY State to Irish parents.
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Jamjar on Saturday 25 January 20 23:39 GMT (UK)
Looks like Coyne.

When you posted I had only just finished reading one of the Brady Coyne Mysteries, by William G Tapply.  :)

Jamjar

Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Sinann on Saturday 25 January 20 23:49 GMT (UK)
Where have you come across Eoyne?
I've never heard of it so I just tried it in several Irish data sets and get no result each time.

E.g.:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nymets/genealogy/Troy1880census/10thward-d.htm

Children born in NY State to Irish parents.

I'd be inclined to think that was a transcription error at some point in the family's history and it would have started out as Coyne.
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Karen McDonald on Sunday 26 January 20 13:14 GMT (UK)
Where have you come across Eoyne?
I've never heard of it so I just tried it in several Irish data sets and get no result each time.

E.g.:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nymets/genealogy/Troy1880census/10thward-d.htm

Children born in NY State to Irish parents.

I'd be inclined to think that was a transcription error at some point in the family's history and it would have started out as Coyne.

You may well be right. And I am unable to verify the validity of the content of the linked website.

I was merely trying to help. I shall desist in future. That way, we both waste less time.
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Sinann on Sunday 26 January 20 15:57 GMT (UK)
Where have you come across Eoyne?
I've never heard of it so I just tried it in several Irish data sets and get no result each time.

E.g.:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nymets/genealogy/Troy1880census/10thward-d.htm

Children born in NY State to Irish parents.

I'd be inclined to think that was a transcription error at some point in the family's history and it would have started out as Coyne.

You may well be right. And I am unable to verify the validity of the content of the linked website.

I was merely trying to help. I shall desist in future. That way, we both waste less time.

I was merely curious about the occurrence of the name, I didn't mean to waste your time, sorry, I don't consider it a waste of mine, I found it useful, something new learnt.
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Karen McDonald on Sunday 26 January 20 19:34 GMT (UK)
I was merely curious about the occurrence of the name, I didn't mean to waste your time, sorry, I don't consider it a waste of mine, I found it useful, something new learnt.

My apologies, Sinann.
I was having a bad day. I shouldn't have been so hasty with my reply.  :-[
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: Sinann on Sunday 26 January 20 20:36 GMT (UK)
No worries love, happens to us all.
Title: Re: Help with surname please
Post by: ails81 on Friday 31 January 20 18:12 GMT (UK)
thanks everyone it was indeed Coyne, another addition to the ever growing tree!