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Sorry about the email address but I have a lot of information which would probably bore everone on this site so it seemed the best way to get in touch.   I didn't realise that there was a 'safe' way to pass this sort of info. on.  I'll try and do better in future.

Luckily xpq194z contacted me before the address was removed.  Strangely enough he was on line at the same time. Odd how things work out sometimes!

I've just come across your message.
Benjamin Bulmer is my 3rd gt. grand uncle. If you would like to get in touch with me at (*)I'd be glad to pass on information about him and his descendants.

Gill

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Thank you very much indeed. I have looked at the site and got the details for Francis George Walsh. He was indeed the one who was married to my great grandmother Emily Learoyd.

The extra details are as follows: Baptised 10/3/1861 in Kilmore, Co. Cavan. Denomination: Church of Ireland.

Father: James Walsh. Mother: Elizabeth Walsh. Occupation: Butler.

I still don't know what happened to him after he was named as the father of my great Aunt Ethel in 1885. The father's name is absent on my grandmother's birth certificate in 1887. Emily married again in 1893.

The question remains: Did Francis, die,  acquire another name or leave the country. There is no trace of him on the 1891 or 1901 census and I have never been able to find a record of his death.


I'd be very greatful if anyone can come up with the answer.

It's been some time since I looked at this site. Many thanks to you for replying and apologies for not replying.

I thought I would reply in some detail and ask if you have any ideas on how I could proceed. I've already scoured Ancestry.co.uk and 'googled' till my eyes are crossed.

You have got it right on both counts. I live in France and not in Ireland.

Secondly, I don't know the names of either of Francis' parents except that his mother was an Elizabeth Walsh born in Wicklow abt 1823. Francis George born in Cavan abt 1861, his brother James was born in 1858. They all appear in Hunslet, Leeds on the 1881 census but I cannot find any trace of them thereafter.

Francis married my gt. grandmother in 1884 and they had two daughters. The third daughter of the family, my grandmother was born in 1887. However, no father is named on her birth certificate. My gt. grandmother, describing herself as a widow, married again in 1893. I have not been able to find a registry entry of Francis George's death.

I'm left with several alternatives a) he went back to Ireland b) went to America c) died outside England d) died in England but the death was not registered or
e) he changed his name and went to live elsewhere in England.

If he did not die, then my gt. grandmother was a bigamist. I can live with this but would have liked to have known what happened to Francis as I will never know the name of my gt. grandfather.

Thank you again for responding to my message