Reeves

[shanew147]

Shane, one other thing, do you think people would have dared to lie about their names on birth certificates??

mistakes were made on registration, and people told fibs for various reasons. There were theoretically penalties for this, but it would be very difficult for anyone in authority to prove this..


Shane

[Rosbern]

If I could find the name of Marys parents then surely I would be able to find the names of their other children?, then I would know if Mary had a sister called Caroline.  And if she did then it would be easier, maybe, to trace Marys family and any info they have on Caroline...or am I just grasping at straws!!!

[shanew147]

you could possibly find the name of this Mary's father from a marriage cert...assuming she married, and her address was the same at that time (i.e. Shelbourne Rd), but finding her family based on that could take quite a number of certs.

If the family moved around or had common first names then it could be very difficult trail to follow. Even if you did manage to locate the correct details for Mary and her siblings (if any), I dont see any birth registrations listed in Ireland for a Caroline Reeves around the right time that you could connect to.


Shane

[Rosbern]

Ive found a baptism for Mary, fits with her known age in 1911, gives her parents as William and Margaret,  William is the name of one of Carolines sons too, they are living in Upper Mercer street, I looked on the census and a couple with those names are living in McGees court with their 2 sons although they have another 4 children, not present.

[shanew147]

sorry to complicate your theory, but that baptism is Dublin City and Mary had 'Co. Dublin' as place of birth on the census. Generally (but not always) people from the City area either entered Dublin or Dublin City, people from outside the city boundaries entered County Dublin - which would fit with the Shelbourne rd area at the time...

Records for much of the county Dublin area are not included on the IrishGenealogy website at the moment


Shane

[Rosbern]

Looking for any info on Caroline Reeves (maiden name) working as a cook in Dublin during the early 1900s.  She doesnt appear on either census, so stuck!
Thanks.

Moderator Note : Merged with previous topic on the same subject

[CaroleW]

How do you know she was working as a cook if she is not on the 1901/1911 census - is it from a birth cert?

[Rosbern]

Yes, she had 2 sons, but we can find no trace of her, after their births or before them, no death certificate or grave, she may have married but I dont know

[hope1986]

Yes, she had 2 sons, but we can find no trace of her, after their births or before them, no death certificate or grave, she may have married but I dont know

have you tried searching just for initials in some of the institution from around then, ie grangegorman, hospitals etc, staff and patients in some of those were just recorded by initial