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Hello Obbie
Thank you for your message .
I have around 28 documents I bought from the Sligo.brsgenealogy site , I started in Sligo then went towards Mayo as I wasn't sure if maybe the borders moved over the years as Durkins seem to be from the mayo area then tried Roscommon , I failed to find any of the 4 children born in Sligo even allowing 5 years either side .
I also paid for a location search of Sligo which turned up negative , I am quite sure that Mary may not be the mother as all my Fury men seem to always be widowed to losing the first wife even up to present day , but I have not found any of the  children with John as the father & a matching mother .
The only time Sligo was mentioned was the 1851 census quoted & 1881 census for Thomas Fury living in Nottinghamshire the rest of the census just say Ireland & as you pointed out John was from Bollington not Sligo although Mary was from Sligo allegedly , I gave up on the marriage .
The only fact I do know is they were Roman Catholic & on Catherine Fury's birth certificate it states mothers maiden name Durkin/Durcan 1847 caistor Lincs and on Mary's death certificate in 1866 she used Durkin as her middle name , It's been like pulling teeth trying to trace my mothers family , even my mother's father Clifford Fury who married for the second time in 1936 the marriage is transcribed as Clifford Terry , I thought the name would be easy !!!
Regards Elaine

I have had the same problem , I'm back to 1851 census when my Fury family suddenly appeared in Gainsborough , they had a child born in 1847 in Gainsborough the rest of them change there minds regularly after that in each census.
I did pay for a search to be carried out in Sligo at the records office but they failed to find any of my Fury's so I'm presuming they may have been from the neighboring county Mayo as I know the border changed at some point , but I have many possibilities of them being in Manchester Liverpool even Scotland but nothing solid , it's so difficult because the name changes I have fory , furey , feerey a nightmare I even visited the records office in Sligo but was so taken with the place I didn't want to waste my time wading through books when I wanted to be out & about looking at the beautiful countryside , it's very frustrating & expensive , I can see how you would have the same problem , I presume youv'e been on the shipslist , I couldn't find them on there either , I'm starting to think they are a figment of my imagination and in fact we are from apes , think I'll look on whipsnade zoo register it's probably the only one I haven't looked in    Yet !

I have just found a series of books called Lieutenant Fury also Midshipman Fury written by G.S Beard who lives in Lincolnshire .
The stories are of a man called John Thomas Fury set in the 1790s which I found to be a coincidence as my great grt grt grandfather was called John Fury & his son my Great grt Grandfather was called Thomas Fury born in sligo or mayo Ireland , but lived in Gainsborough Lincolnshire .
I'm intrigued.

Thank you guys & Girls
This has been a 80 year mystery I am trying to get to the bottom of for my Dad,whose mother this is , so now I need to look on Electoral roll will this tell me if she was working there as well as living there ? because there is no way she could support herself .
Also the marriage certificate says they were married in the registration district Paddington (christ church ) her husband (my grandad) was a sergant 1st battalion Grenadier Guards (the barricks Knightsbridge) I will copy the document in hope you have advice for me ,please do not take much notice of the name on the marriage certificate it says Dorothy Seymour my grandmother's name was Beatrice but goes under the name of her sister Dorothy complicated & intriguing eh !
where do I go for a look up on the electoral roll for this info  ? can anyone tell me how to insert attachment

Sorry I had to go away & look
1841 Matthew & Sarah not of that parish which is Bermondsey but their children are & their eldest is 7
1851-Matthew was born East Retford/Sarah Epperstone -living in Bermondsey
1861-Matthew born Belford Notts (think Retford because there doesn't appear to be a place called Belford-living in Maidstone Kent/Sarah still from Epperstone.
1871-Matthew born Westminster Middlesex/sarah still  Epperstone -living back in Bermondsey.
1881-mathew born Westminster Middlesex/sarah born Heperstone(must have been posh the person who wrote this)
Westminster Middlesex,Bermondsey surrey ,or St Anne s Soho have no record of him. El