Who's the Mammy?

[Miriam_90]

Hi,

Hopefully you can guys have better luck with this than I did.

My 3 times great grandmother Eliza Loughlin married Edward Connolly 10th October 1874. Her civil record gives her fathers name as James Loughlin and living at 25 Nicolas Street. When I looked to the parish record to find her mothers name the fun began.

It looks the scan of the page wasn't very clear and the image is a little unfocused. To make it worse don't think the handwriting is all that clear anyway.

I think the mothers name is Bridget. . . Dwyer's? . . . Sayer?. . .  xxxyer?

I can't go any further back until I have her name. Admittedly, these are Famine generation reletives so there probably isn't much to find. . .

Any and all guesses welcome

[arthurk]

Could it be Joyce?

[carol8353]

Ahaha I've just found that it's in Dublin.

The marriage cert seems to say Father's name Jane?

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1874/11254/8127336.pdf

[Gadget]

Could it be Joyce?

I agree. the surname does look like Joyce. I'm not at all sure of the first name though

(add  - the surname in brackets below the line)

Sorry, Carol - last time I looked I thought you'd asked for the place.

[carol8353]

Could it be Joyce?

Sorry, Carol - last time I looked I thought you'd asked for the place.

I did Gadget ,wasn't sure if it Scotland or Ireland,then found the cert on the irish Genealogy site.

[Gadget]

Your link does look like father's name is Jane though, doesn't it! Though it's probably Jame with an absent  s 

[carol8353]

Your link does look like father's name is Jane though, doesn't it! Though it's probably Jame with an absent  s 

Notice how there's a line through occupation,as though it either wasn't the dad's name,or he'd long gone and she didn't know his name?

[Gadget]

The church record has him as Jacobii, so James.  No mother's name recorded but I expect Miriam has seen this


http://www.rootschat.com/links/01onz/

[Miriam_90]

Your link does look like father's name is Jane though, doesn't it! Though it's probably Jame with an absent  s 

Notice how there's a line through occupation,as though it either wasn't the dad's name,or he'd long gone and she didn't know his name?

I think this is more likely to imply he was unemployed. I have something similar elsewhere in my tree  but I know the father in that case was an "invalid" after a stroke.