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Can anyone please help :(
« on: Tuesday 07 July 09 10:59 BST (UK) »
Can anyone please help ???  I have been doing my family tree with great sucess ;D that was until i came across a name i cannot decipher >:(  It has been driving me crazy trying to work out what it says.  I know the top part says Mary Convery but its the maiden name i cant make out ???  I believe it is an Irish name as they came over from Ireland sometime after 1874.  If anyone can help me i would be very very grateful ;D ;D
 


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Re: Can anyone please help :(
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 11:05 BST (UK) »
McCLaid or possibly McGlaid?, though the C in Convery has the same curl.
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: Can anyone please help :(
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 11:21 BST (UK) »
Hi there :D thank you for getting back to me so soon.  I had though that it said Mc Claid myself but when i do a search on Emerald Ancestors for Mc Claid it comes up with nothing ???

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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 11:35 BST (UK) »
I have just tried searching www.irishsurnames.com and there is no Mc Claid there as well ???
This is what is making me think it might not be Mc Claid.


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Re: Can anyone please help :(
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 11:50 BST (UK) »
I don't think the capital letter after the Mc is a "C' but can't decide what it might be ::)

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Re: Can anyone please help :(
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 11:53 BST (UK) »
It's Mc ?elaid.....  but what is the capital letter following the Mc...?

I sat way back from the screen and squitred at it... not very helpful- sorry :(

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 11:55 BST (UK) »
I think it may well be McGlaid.  It may just be a case of a name written incorrectly on some documents.  I have found this to be so when tracing my family.

If you look at:
www.ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/

& do a search of all Irish counties you will find some McGlaids & McGlades.  Hope this helps!!

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Re: Can anyone please help :(
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 11:59 BST (UK) »
Could be Mc CLARD? possibly our eyes are seeing a dot of an i, which is actually the top of an r obsured by the y tail of Convery?

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Re: Can anyone please help :(
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 07 July 09 12:01 BST (UK) »
It could be McCloud, if the first upright of the 'u' is written so close to the 'o' that it makes the 'o' look lke an 'a'.

But looking at the C of the other name, I think the capital after the Mc is also a 'C'.

But who knows?

What else can you find about this person? Is there a witness on a marraige, or a maiden name on a childs birth cert, or another reference to them elsewhere which might give a clue
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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