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Ireland / Re: Thomas & Joseph Mervyn
« on: Saturday 14 May 16 00:54 BST (UK) »
Hi there.
I have read with very much interest the information you have shared regarding the Mervyns. My great, grand father was Thomas Mervyn, born in Belfast 1887. His father James Mervyn (1843)was from Dublin. James's father was a Michael Mervyn and he was also a shoe maker (this information is on James's wedding certificate 1865). I can't believe how many similarities there are between the Mervyn's in Dublin and Belfast. A family of Dublin Mervyns moved to Murdock Street and you mention children baptised at St Peter's which is where all the Belfast Mervyns were baptised. James and Rose Ann Mervyn also lived on Albert Street, Belfast where Rose died 1891. All the same names are still running through both families, Michael, William, Thomas, James, Patrick etc. Plus both families are Catholic. It would be lovely to find a connection between the 2 families. Who knows, maybe your great grandfather William and Michael (James's father)were brothers or cousins.
I have read with very much interest the information you have shared regarding the Mervyns. My great, grand father was Thomas Mervyn, born in Belfast 1887. His father James Mervyn (1843)was from Dublin. James's father was a Michael Mervyn and he was also a shoe maker (this information is on James's wedding certificate 1865). I can't believe how many similarities there are between the Mervyn's in Dublin and Belfast. A family of Dublin Mervyns moved to Murdock Street and you mention children baptised at St Peter's which is where all the Belfast Mervyns were baptised. James and Rose Ann Mervyn also lived on Albert Street, Belfast where Rose died 1891. All the same names are still running through both families, Michael, William, Thomas, James, Patrick etc. Plus both families are Catholic. It would be lovely to find a connection between the 2 families. Who knows, maybe your great grandfather William and Michael (James's father)were brothers or cousins.