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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: Poppy62 on Saturday 20 September 25 08:21 BST (UK)
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I have two birth certificates for what I believe to be the same ancestor.
Rebecca Moore born 30th July 1865, Carrigart? to Robert Moore, blacksmith and Rebecca Hegarty. Birth was registered 6th August 1865 in the district of Milford Donegal
Rebecca Moore born 30th August 1855, Carrigart? to Robert Moore, blacksmith and Rebecca Hegarty. Birth was registered 8th September in the district of Milford Donegal
Both births look like they were registered by the same registrar.
So Im a bit confused as to which month she was born.
Could one be her birth and the other a baptism?
grasping at straws :-\
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Hi,
Perhaps more likely the death of the first child and reuse of the name, have you looked for a death in the intervening time?
It was not unusual.
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Hi David
I did a search on ancestry , however I have not come across any deaths yet that come close .
Irish genealogy civil records don't start until 1871
Thank you
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Rebecca Moore born 30th July 1865, Carrigart? to Robert Moore, blacksmith and Rebecca Hegarty. Birth was registered 6th August 1865 in the district of Milford Donegal
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1865/03563/2312315.pdf
Registered in Rossguill. SRD is Milford.
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Looks like same birth registered twice by mistake - by the father both times!
same parents, same location, registered about a month apart
Birth 1 (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-7053021) , Birth 2 (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-7089327)
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Rebecca Moore born 30th August 1855, Carrigart? to Robert Moore, blacksmith and Rebecca Hegarty. Birth was registered 8th September in the district of Milford Donegal
Civil registration of births began in Ireland in 1864.
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Rebecca Moore born 30th July 1865, Carrigart? to Robert Moore, blacksmith and Rebecca Hegarty. Birth was registered 6th August 1865 in the district of Milford Donegal
Rebecca Moore born 30th August 1865, Carrigart? to Robert Moore, blacksmith and Rebecca Hegarty. Birth was registered 8th September in the district of Milford Donegal
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Yes that's where the confusion lies with me, I have those certificates from Irish genealogy one for 30th July 1865 and the other for 30th August 1865 all other details on birth certs the same.
Never easy finding the correct ancestors but lots of fun , and frustration ;D
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The 2nd registration most likely has a 'fudged' date of birth, or Robert didn't remember exact day, so estimated a more 'correct' date to avoid fine for late registration. He 'signed' both registrations with his mark, so probably illiterate
Unfortunately Catholic baptism records for the parish (Meevagh (https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1008?locale=en)) start too late to confirm baptism date.
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I found two additional children to Robert and Rebecca :
[unnamed] Moore (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-6679364) born September 1868, at Cratlagh
Samuel Moore (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-6383703) born February 1870, also at Cratlagh
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Thank you that could be a possibility.
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I have Samuel Moore Rebecca’s brother and unnamed female child birth certificate 1868 . I reckon the 1868 is either for Rebecca siblings Fanny or Lucy as I can’t find a birth for either. I have been luck to find all other sibling births and as they all moved over to Scotland I have quite a bit of information on them .
Thank you every one for your help. 😊