Author Topic: John Gribbin/Gribbon Aghagallon  (Read 144 times)

Offline JakeMcGhee

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John Gribbin/Gribbon Aghagallon
« on: Saturday 01 November 25 19:59 GMT (UK) »
Good evening everyone,

I am looking into my Paternal x4 Grandparents, John Gribbin/Gribbon & Ellen Mallon/Jane Hunter, their daughter was my Great x3 Grandmother Mary Gribbin/Gribbon who I believe was baptised in Aghagallon, Northern Ireland in 1842, I have the Death record of Mary Gribbin/Gribbon located in Gourock, Scotland in 1904 with the Smithston Asylum, where her father is listed as John Gribbin/Gribbon, while the mother is listed as Jane Hunter, and Marys age is listed as 62, which would mean she was born around 1842, the Informant on the death record was an asylum attendant, not one of her family members, while I have a baptism record in Aghagallon in 1842 for a Mary Jane Gribbin baptised in January, parents listed as John Gribbin & Ellan Mallon, so the Mothers are listed with different names on each record, I also have John and Ellan marrying in the parish in 1828, 14 years before Mary would have been baptised, but I am putting that down to her being one of the last children who were born into that family, would it be sensible to discard Jane Hunter as the name of the Mother, and presume Ellen Mallon is the real name of Mary Gribbin/Gribbons mother? If you also believe that this is not the same Mary Gribbin, please let me know

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Jake

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Re: John Gribbin/Gribbon Aghagallon
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 02 November 25 11:31 GMT (UK) »
The informant on the death certificate (asylum attendant) was likely told by someone that her mother was Jane Hunter (family member or even Mary herself).
It's possible that Ellen Malon was Mary's mother (as in baptismal record), Ellen died and Mary's father remarried to a Jane Hunter (or they merely co-habited).
Have you checked for other children of John & Ellen in Aghagallon registers?

Mary Jane Gribbon baptised 2 Jan.1842
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633070?locale=en#page/98/mode/1up (can't make out what dates written in are for)
John Gribbon bapt. 30 Oct.1846
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633070?locale=en#page/124/mode/1up (one of the dates in above entry is 30 Oct.1846)

If you look here there are lots of John Gibbons in Co. Down-
https://rosdavies.com/SURNAMES/G/Gribben.htm
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