Duffy / Loftus Ormeau Rd 1916

[aghadowey]

The link I posted is for the search page- just enter 'kathleen loftus' as the first name and only 1 entry for all Ireland- the details of which I posted.
You can see the headings on the birth certificate here-
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,450377.0.html

[geniesio]

Never Knew that! We just always assumed that her surname was loftus. I must recheck her baptismal cert because again i was led to believe that her fathers name was on that and "apparently" it was down as Loftus. the plot thickens.

[geniesio]

Isn't it possible that Loftus was put in column 3 as a clue given that she wasn't able / allowed to put the fathers details on birth cert.

Lady at St Malachy's confirmed that while it was highly unusal for fathers name to be on baptism cert - it is in this case on baptism cert as loftus but no 1st name. She said he would have to have been in a position of authority to get name on baptism record.

[aghadowey]

The fact that the father's full naem isn't on the certificate makes me suspicious that 'Mr. Loftus' was really the father- surely the priest would have either put in the full name or omitted the name if in doubt. Could be that he misunderstood that 'Loftus' was the child's middle name- perhaps maiden name of granny, etc.

[geniesio]

Apparently the mother Kathleen / Catherine Duffy went to 44 Bray street for a few mths after birth - initially she must have intended to keep baby. The family were always told that the father died in the war and that was why the mother couldn't cope. There is a Katie Duffy and an Edward Loftus in Keady in 1911 - mother was supposed to be from Keady. In Nov 1916 she was placed into st joseph's on the Ravenhill Rd and a Mrs Catherine Mckenna from 28 Cavendish st helped to place her with the family in Aghagallon. Where do i go from here?