James Mernagh

[heywood]

I've looked around Warwickshire/Shropshire and Herefordshire in 1841 for any blacksmith Bowleys- nothing that I can see.
There are some living 'next door' to Blacksmiths and in my simple mind, I thought, 'I wonder if they learnt the trade from him?' (Very sad person   ) 

[shanew147]

I am assuming the location of Cappaduff mentioned on the extracted records is actually Cappaghduff. This is in the Civil Parish of Ballyovey (usually the same as the Church of Ireland Parish), and is located on the western edge of Lough Mask in Co. Mayo.

The civil birth certs should confirm if this is the right place.

Even though the town of Ballinrobe is the far side of the lake it is the registration district for Cappaghduff.  See google map : Ballinrobe to Capaghduff This fits with the registration district included on the BMD index records found for the potential births.

It doesn't look promising for Church of Ireland records for the dates you need. Allowing for the spelling variation, I think these are the details available for this parish in the RCB Library :

 Parish      Ballyovie   
 Baptisms      1879-1951
 Marriages   1854-1954
 Burials       1880-1966
      
It could be that there was another CofI church on the area before these years..


Shane

[heywood]

That's what I took it to be  Shane.

[hedwig06]

Thanks for all the information, I think I will send off for one of the girls birth certificates, if the dates work out, if not I don't think there's much more I can do, I will have to shelve this family for a while 

Angi x

[shanew147]

Even though the marriage took place in a Church of Ireland church it is possible that it was a mixed marriage - i.e. James was RC and Charlotte was Church of England...

As far as I can see Cappaghduff and the Civil parish of Ballyovey are in the Catholic parish of Tourmakeady and unfortunately it doesn't look like these extend back far enough to trace much detail on James and his family (if that is where he was from originally).

see : Tourmakeady RC Records

 Baptisms : Aug 26 1869 - Dec 26 1880
 Marriages : 1869 - Sept 5 1880         
 National Library of Ireland - microfilm Pos. 4216

Records for this RC parish (possibly with some additional dates..) seem to be listed on the IFHF website as : 

 Ballyovey (Partry & Tourmakeady)     
 Baptisms : 1860-1900     
 Marriages : 1847-1900


Shane

[heywood]

Thanks for all the information, I think I will send off for one of the girls birth certificates, if the dates work out, if not I don't think there's much more I can do, I will have to shelve this family for a while 

Angi x

Hi Angi,
it certainly does look as though the girls are the right family (fingers crossed). Please keep us posted.
heywood 

[heywood]

Just remembered there is that birth of Charlotte Bowley 1848 Aston - that would fit and maybe worth a try.
Just found that 1851 has a Charlotte Bowler b 1848 Aston  with a couple called Mudman/Muddiman. 

[heywood]

Do you remember Ann Mernagh who also got married in Mayo - mind you not in the same area -she too had a father Edward. She married Robert Parham.
They are in 1901 vensus and it says she is born County Wexford.
There are lots of Mernaghs in Wexford though. 

[hedwig06]

I will look into the Ann Mernagh lead, and I might order her marriage certificate with one of the girls birth certificates....

Do all Irish marriage certificates only have the age as "full", or is it just my Mernagh's being a pain again