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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Dublin => Topic started by: Mehrtsgirl on Saturday 10 July 21 08:45 BST (UK)
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Hi there, this name has popped up in my research around Dublin. I can't find anything on the family name and only a few variants that are in England. Is anyone aware of this family name in and around Dublin? The period I'm looking at is late 1700s/early 1800s. TIA.
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Hi, The only one I saw was Meritt.
A Thomas Meritt in County Kildare.
searched other sites nothing near to Merinnitt.
Maggsie
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Hi there, this name has popped up in my research around Dublin. I can't find anything on the family name and only a few variants that are in England. Is anyone aware of this family name in and around Dublin? The period I'm looking at is late 1700s/early 1800s. TIA.
Can you share the context of your finds re Dublin? That might help people to focus a search.
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have you looked on family search
http://www.familysearch.org
comes up marron, merrin etc
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There are some Menhinnits and Menhennets to be found with Devon origins.
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Thanks everyone for the replies :) Here's the context for the question.
I've been researching my GG grandmother for some years with little luck. Her name was Ann Derenzy (various spellings). Whenever I find a new hypothesis, I dive in to see if it has veracity for 'my' Ann. I came across the name of Merinnitt in this capacity i.e. this Ann Derenzy's mother was one Mary Merinnitt married to a William Darenzy and living in Dublin.
I have played around with William as Ann's father and mother as Mary after I found a sole baptismal entry for Ann Maria Derenzy baptised at St Marys Dublin in 1825. While this makes Ann somewhat young for a marriage I found in 1840 (15 years) it is the only record I have come across with some level of fit. The marriage btw was to James Holohan (yes my great great grandfather) in 1840 at St Andrews Dublin. If them, they then moved to Bagnelstown (Muine Bheag) in Carlow and children followed from 1841. My great grandfather Thomas was born there in 1845. This move makes sense in so much as there were/are Holohans (this particular spelling) across Leinster and I have had confirmed that the Kilkenny Holohans had family in Bagnelstown.
While the Derenzys have left a footprint (some rather large) in various places across Ireland including Dublin, the records I find are largely related to an apparently more prosperous side of the family which I find hard to place Ann with given how her life rolled out!
I thought Merinnitt an unusual name and I haven't been able to find a marriage, evidence of the family in Dublin or even much evidence of the name elsewhere except for some variations in England. I note the reply about Devon too.
Hope that helps in focussing the discussion. Any information or thoughts on how to proceed would be gratefully received. Any thoughts on the Derenzys in Dublin would also be great. Ann has been a great mystery for us and James Holohan only slightly less so! TIA
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Thanks for all your details.
I have just spotted your earlier posts which give the various baptisms of the children etc to have referenced it here to help others.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=796078.0
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There are some Derenzy on church records (without the s)
http://www.churchrecords.ie
also some on find my past with the (s)
http://www.findmypast.co.uk
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sorry church records
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie
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Derenzy mention on census of ireland in 1911 and 1901
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
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Derenzy mention on census of ireland in 1911 and 1901
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
1911
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qrb/
1901
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qrc/
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Thanks for the links everyone, much appreciated. I'll have a look :)
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Hi
With Derenzy being such an unusual surname, did you considering a DNA test.
I had wonderful success with DNA.
Kind regards
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Hi LH,
Yes I've done my DNA and nothing so far. That in itself is, I think, a bit odd as I've used DNA to open up another family line that was a complete mystery to me. Good suggestion and I'll continue looking there :)