James Mernagh

[heywood]

Oh it's odd and frustrating 

Charlotte Mernagh's year of birth in censuses differs from the Charlotte Bowley in 1851 so that supports that it is a different one than we thought previously.
However, there is nothing yet to link with Thomas the nephew.

[hedwig06]

Heywood,

Absolutely - I have been looking at records all day since the certificate arrived, there isn't a Charlotte Bowley with Charles Bowley as father anywhere that I can see.

There isn't even an age on the marriage certificate for Charlotte to narrow down the search, it just says "Full", maybe meaning legal age for marriage??

I'm honestly getting a headache from it all   

I think I'm going to leave it for tonight and search again tomorrow, maybe I am going around in circles.

I really though I'd started to crack the Mernagh's & Bowley's but obviously not.

Thanks for all your thoughts and help.

Angi x

[heywood]

1911- Edward Mernagh gives County 'Mayho' as p o b and 'Birmingham 1874' in the naturalization etc column.
I can't see that James ever states Mayo does he?

Family Search Pilot has Cappaduff as the baptism place for the girls - I have googled it to see if there are any clues - now wondering if perhaps James was just working at a 'big house'.

[hedwig06]

Edward is James Son, and yes he was born in Ireland, I found his birth record on the mayoancestors.com website, and no James never states Mayo as his place of birth, it was just a family idea passed down that he came from Mayo, and the marriage certificate states Mayo as his residence.  Also the girls birth records are also on the mayoancestors.com website.

What would it mean if he was working in a 'big house'?

[heywood]

It's just that searching Cappaduff gives references for a couple of estates so I just wondered if he was employed there - maybe that's why he moved. (Since my previous theory of him being in the army wasn't correct  )
Does the marriage certificate give any witnesses?

[hedwig06]

Yes it does, nothing to do with either family so another dead end

Francis Pilloe & Fanny Tantrum.

[heywood]

wonderful name- Fanny Tantrum 

[hedwig06]

 

I know, that's one of the only thing to give me a laugh about this certificate.

Thanks for all your help.

I'm going off-line now, I have to put the kids to bed, I'll check in tomorrow morning in-case you've had any other ideas to help me.

I really appreciate your interest and help.

Angi x

[heywood]

Family Search pilot:

Marriage 1870- Ballinrobe Frances Tantrim and Stewart Hewitt
baptism- Cappaduff 1871 Louisa Mary Hewitt- mother Frances Eveline Tantrum -father Stewart Hewitt

These are the only Tantrums in Mayo 

I think Fanny is in earlier censuses in England and in 1901, Stewart Hewitt (born Westmeath) is in Aston (coincidence) with daughter Louisa Bills, 2 other Hewitts born Belfast and Prt Stewart, Ireland and Stewart is a Missionary of S R S of Ireland 

I know this has nothing to do with your James and Edward but it does add a bit to them! (juts don't ask me what  )

The site also has a marriage:
1859 Crossboyne Mayo- Ann Mernagh (father Edward) and Robert Parham.
IGI has several children to this couple -each one a different surname for Ann (variations)