Year of Birth but no record.

[scarlett0017]

Well i'm no maths professor, so i won't be judging anyone 

But i did find some pretty big age gaps for some of the family members, maybe it wasn't judged back then as much as it is now.
But i'm still a bit suspicious about it.

[heywood]

Did he have children?
Do you have his death?

[Sinann]

Just occurred to me, 1922/1923 was a point of major change in Ireland, War of Independence coming to an end Civil War starting. This wouldn’t be the first birth cert not found for this period, my grandparents married at this time, no marriage cert.

[MonicaL]

Just a thought. I wonder if Leo was not a first name but perhaps a middle name that doesn't show on the birth registration?

Also, when brother Patrick Joseph married Mary O'Shaughnessy in 1936 (can't see it on https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie to post the link) one of the witnesses was a Leo O'Brien. Brother or relative? With a possible birth year of 1923, that would make brother 13 in 1936. Unlikely.

Maybe Leo's birth year could be earlier than c. 1923? Last birth found was for a son Peter in 1919.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Just for comparison of signatures for the Leo who was a witness to the marriage of Patrick Joseph and then seven years later, Leo's signature on the marriage register for his wedding.

The same or totally different?

[Sinann]

That’s the registrar’s writing, it’s a copy of information into the Register Office books.

[MonicaL]

Like many a register entry on Scotlands People too 

So no comparison possible then. Just curious, Sinann, how can you tell that this is a copy register entry? Scottish certs will include for example '(signed)' where the signatures are on the copy entry confirming that it is not the original signature (apart from the fact that all the writing is same being the clerk's writing).

A Leo O'Brien was also a witness at another O'Brien son, Anthony, who also married in 1936 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1936/08925/5228247.pdf See corrected link below.

Monica

[aghadowey]

Is the 1936 witness not John O'Brien rather than Leo O'Brien?

[MonicaL]

Posted for the wrong Anthony. Sorry  Let me find the other Anthony's entry and will add.

In the meantime, this Leo who shows as witness was obviously the family's official witness at marriages  He also shows as witness to the marriage of daughter Mary Ann O'Brien https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1942/08800/5181285.pdf

Monica

ADDED: The correct link for Anthony's marriage in 1936 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1936/08925/5228309.pdf

Thanks for pointing out my slip up, aghadowey