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Title: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: finglaspete on Wednesday 30 September 20 15:08 BST (UK)
Hello to you all.
I have two great aunts that I am trying to track down, they were from Kilmacow, county Kilkenny in Ireland, There names were Margaret(known as Maggie born 25/9/1905) and Ellen(known as Nellie born 14 March 1899) Cooke.
I was told that they moved to Wiltshire and lived next door to one another. One of them married to a Mr O'Brien (or O'Brian or Bryan) I think it may have been Maggie. I am assuming they took up married life there, so potentially the twenties or thirties? Or not, maybe they retired there?
I know this is a bit of a wide ball, but I know if anyone can give me an answer, it's here.
Thanks in advance.
I would like to know where in Wiltshire they lived, when they passed away and who they were married too.
All the best, and stay safe.
Title: Re: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: finglaspete on Wednesday 30 September 20 15:11 BST (UK)
This is Nellie Cooke when she was a girl.
Title: Re: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 30 September 20 15:34 BST (UK)
As you have their dates of birth have you tried searching the 1939 register for them
Title: Re: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 30 September 20 15:38 BST (UK)
Is this the family?
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kilkenny/Ullid/Narrabaun__North/535211/

Did only one sister marry?
Did any siblings emigrate to England?
Title: Re: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 30 September 20 15:47 BST (UK)
There is a published tree which mentions the marriage of Ellen Cooke to John Cahill, Callan, Ireland

Here is that marriage

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1920/09272/5357037.pdf
Title: Re: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: Maid of Kent on Wednesday 30 September 20 17:47 BST (UK)
found Maggie on 1939

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Title: Re: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: finglaspete on Wednesday 30 September 20 18:53 BST (UK)
Rosie, good point, but I am not 100% about the surnames, possibly O'Brien. Thank you.
Title: Re: Two Irish sisters that lived next door to one another in Wiltshire.
Post by: Maid of Kent on Wednesday 30 September 20 22:52 BST (UK)
is this Maggie's death

Name:   Margaret Mary Brien
Death Age:   82
Birth Date:   25 Sep 1902
Registration Date:   Jul 1985
Registration District:   Canterbury
Inferred County:   Kent
Volume:   16
Page:   159