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« on: Saturday 03 January 26 19:32 GMT (UK) »
Hello Warncoort,
Thanks, yes I have scanned through the "Surnames interest board" and I couldn't find anything related.
I discovered the Surname Interest Tables, which I can look at using.
I went through the Cumberland pages and there are some posts about Fearon, but I couldn't find any immediate links.
It's good to spend some time searching RootsChat - it's enormous!
As I've begun to learn a bit more about how RootsChat works, I think in future I would try separate posts for individuals and their specific records, rather than asking about families in general.
Hello amondg,
Thank you very much for that. The Susie and Lizzie information ties in with what I have. Lizzie was in Mount Pleasant, which I have been able to learn a bit more about in other threads and online - not so pleasant!
I will try and get Lizzie's birth certificate and date of birth, thanks for the tip.
I agree that Margaret was most probably paid a stipend, in the 1901 census Susie was recorded as 'nurse girl'. In my family they were 'adopted' in the broader sense and later Susie became 'Auntie Susie'.
Mary was working in Preston when she met Joseph Edward, they married in Lancashire then moved to Frizington where they lived next door to Margaret and Annie.
May I share my 'Margaret Working Theory' with you?
I think Margaret married John Lawlor in Wicklow 1871. She already had a daughter, Annie aged 2. They then moved to Cumberland, possibly Cleator Moor or Frizington. They had a John Lawler baptised 1873 St Mary's, Cleator Moor, birth registered 1874, Whitehaven, died 1874, Whitehaven.
Then they had a Mary Lawler born 1875 Whitehaven, baptised at St. Mary's, Cleator Moor 1875 and died 1876.
Then I have John Lawler died 1877, Whitehaven.
This would tie in with Margaret being a widow in the 1881 census.
My sticking point is that the daughter, Mary, being 2 in the 1881 census, and the daughter of John Lawler, would mean she would need to have been born in 1878.
I have looked in Cumberland and Wicklow (some of the census records say that Mary was born in Ireland, some in England) for Mary's birth record, but have nothing that matches.
Can you tell me more about the "Ancestry: Mary born 11 August 1879 of Margaret" please? Was there a location or Mother's maiden name?
I have considered that Mary was illegitimate, or even unofficially adopted, but this outcome would leave me with more questions and no easy way forward.
Kind regards, ReJen
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