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Offline MonicaL

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Re: Marriage
« Reply #27 on: Sunday 05 December 21 19:23 GMT (UK) »
I did find twins James and Thomas born in the Dublin area in 1919 to a Francis Brady and Catherine Larkin. Sadly, both twins died in 1920 at the age of 10 months so certainly no possibilities there.  Some researchers have this couple as your Dad's parents. Looks like they haven't noted the deaths for the twins.

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« Reply #28 on: Sunday 05 December 21 19:26 GMT (UK) »
Sadly it not My grandad occupation on my dad birth certificate is a farmer

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« Reply #29 on: Sunday 05 December 21 20:48 GMT (UK) »
What puzzles me as well is if Bridget was born in 1906 why would my dad and siblings put 1911 on her gravestone as that would be wrong to

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Re: Marriage
« Reply #30 on: Sunday 05 December 21 21:31 GMT (UK) »
The details put on gravestones are notoriously unreliable. It's not unusual for families to get things wrong,  at a time of emotional strain, especially if some time passes after the death before the stone is chosen, or before additional words are added to an existing stone. If there are different members of the family involved in registering the death and arranging for the wording on the stone to be completed, even a different date of death may be the result.

 It's like Chinese Whispers, that game where each person in a line whispers a message to the next one along. Everyone agrees to the stone, but one person is left to pass on the exact wording to the Monumental Masons who deal with the gravestone.  Perhaps he or she is in a hurry/ has handwriting which is not clear / loses the piece of paper intended to be left with the masons and has to supply the info by word of mouth just relying on memory. Just some suggestions as to how things can go wrong. It's not unusual.
Liverpool - Ireland 
 Skerries, County Dublin - Thorn(ton),  Wicklow -  Traynor
Baltray, Co. Louth, McGuirk and  Co. Mayo -  Phillips
Isle of Man - Harrison -  Andreas and Morrison - Maughold, 
Durham, Hetton and East Rainton area  - Brown and Kennedy
Northumberland - Clough, Longbenton


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« Reply #31 on: Sunday 05 December 21 21:40 GMT (UK) »
What puzzles me as well is if Bridget was born in 1906 why would my dad and siblings put 1911 on her gravestone as that would be wrong to

Dotty

However, they did give the full 1906 birth date on her death registration didn't they?

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« Reply #32 on: Monday 06 December 21 01:24 GMT (UK) »
It isn't all that unusual (especially in Ireland in my experience) to have parents fib about the child's birthdate if it was a late registration.  The birth wasn't registered until 20 June 1906 which was way outside the time allowed if she was actually born in December 1905.

Debra  :)