Marraige cert 1862 and place names on census 1851

[jancis]

I read the witness as Hel(l)en Cron(n)ey. I think the scribe just wasn't sure of his spelling!

Jill

[AllStar]

Hi there, I am descended from the same Flynn family you are posting about.  The handwriting on these old records is pretty awful. 
I can provide some of the information you are interested in learning about.

Hi there Magfly,
I'm glad to hear from a fellow descent. I hardly have any records on the Flynn side unfortunely. But what I have got seems to match up with yours, as she does have a brother John born 1844. Would Mary Laverty sometimes be translated as Lafferty?
To talk more you can personal message me on here. But as a new member I think you need to make at least three posts before you can do that.

[AllStar]

I read the witness as Hel(l)en Cron(n)ey. I think the scribe just wasn't sure of his spelling!
Jill

Thanks Jill.

[magfly]

Hello again Allstar.  Will try to log another message to get up to three messages.

[magfly]

Hi Allstar, the surnames you enquire about are spelt in a number of different ways.  Laverty is indeed sometimes Lafferty and while the 'v' is used in most records I can recall that some years ago a cousin of mine obtained a copy of the entry of death and Mary was noted as "Lafferty".  In the days when full reading and writing wasn't something you could take for granted it is not surprising to see this.  I also note that Flynn/Flinn/Flin are common variations and the name is completely mistranscribed in the 1881 census as something completely different.

I am pleased to note that GG Grandfather Robert Flynn's occupation was given as embankment labourer.  Presumably this means he must have been employed on some sort of canal project near Wigtown?