Completed with Thanks - Need help for surname translation

[Gadget]

Join the club, Drosybont   

 I think at least 2 of us have suggested that. However the capital As on the rest of the page are not like that 

kk26 - do you have any info of Patrick later on that might help us to check on other records - death, etc.


Gadget

[kk26]

I have some records but none with his parents names.  So far I have him emigrating from Ireland to Scotland between 1854 and 1857 based on birth dates and records of his children.  The family is in the Scotland 1861 census.  Found many Scotland birth and death records of children and death of his first wife (Mary Boylan; married in Ireland).  This 1861 re-marriage is just months after the death of his first wife.  It is the only record I have found that mentions his parents. I have lost him as of 1864 in Scotland. His tenement was torn down on Blackfriars Wynd about 1868. No more BMD records and have not found him in the 1871 census.  I keep looking for a death record for him but no luck yet.  There are many Patrick Keenan's in the 1871 census, but I find that the ages, children and wives do not match well.  At a brick wall with Patrick and his ancestors. Just searching for Laurence has not been of any help yet.

[Alexander.]

Can we agree that it's  ?ery'

I'm not convinced that the last letter is a 'y' - or that it is a letter at all - perhaps just a flourish after the 'r', or an 's' going below the line?

[Gadget]

I don't think it's a flourish

[kk26]

I just did a quick search on ancestry.com for Iwery. So many different versions of the phonetic pronunciation!  Iwery, Iorry, Irey, Iorway, Iry, Irohey.    I fear this requires widening my search.  And it looks so simple a name with only 5 characters!

Avery is popular for England but when I search for Ireland it produces a lot of Lavery's. 

[Gadget]

I even had a look on RootsIreland 

[kk26]

 :)Thanks to each of you for your help today.  I was hoping for some extra opinions and you all came through for me.  Going forward, will work with ?wery and phonetic versions of this.  Have attached a few handwriting examples from the document page to back this up.  The "ew" in Andrew, the "ow" in Cowgate make me think the maiden surname has a "w" for the second letter.  The first letter could be a vowel such as capital "O" or "I". 

 

[g eli]

After looking at this and seeing all sorts of possibilities, one thought suddenly suggested Owens .
Liz

[kk26]

I can see it, Liz!  Look at this new snip.  It says "After banns according to the forms of the Catholic church".  Look at the "ns" of banns and the "ms" of forms.  Very similar to the maiden surname!  Definitely could be an "ns" making it Owens!