Manning & Welch from Waterford

[myluck!]

Welcome Chris O'Shaughnessy

FTR - There are official records for this family

There is a Church Marriage record of James MANGAN and Margaret WALSH
in Stradbally, Co. Waterford on Feb 23 1878 LINK 1st row and written in Latin

There is a baptism for
Bridget MANNING (F) James and (M) Margaret Walsh in Abbeyside on Jan 31 1879 LINK
The Civil Record is shown as MANGAN LINK

There is a civil birth record for Catherine in 1881 LINK


Just to add you can also find this name as Manion, Manyon, Mannin, etc.

[Chris OShaunnessy]

Thank you for your input. The links provided unfortunately are not working on the Irish Genealogy website currently. I'll try again later. The Mannion spelling we are familiar with, but Mangan is a new one. These may be my great grandparents, but without being able to view the links I'll not be able to tell. We have zero anecdotal family information on the origins in Ireland and without ever seeing a name in any family records with the spelling of Mangan (if this is them) we have been as of this time unable to trace any further back than James' birth in County Waterford in 1854.  The Manning family in Worcester, Massachusetts were quite a brood and it's odd that this spelling was never used or  mentioned by any of them in any US record or at family gatherings. This is a new thread to follow. Cheers

[myluck!]

All my MANNIONs in Roscommon in the late 1800s are baptised as MANNION but Civil Registered as MANNING

Literacy is the main reason. The registrar/priest would write what he heard and the informant would sign their X oblivious to what was written.

My DONOHUE side still has several variations of spellings even today. In one living family three siblings spell their name differently!

[Chris OShaunnessy]

  Yes. The O'Shaunnessys the same way...we have numerous spellings and even today getting people to spell any of them correctly is a challenge! LOL...