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Cheryl

Cheryl Report 31 Jan 2015 01:59

Hi,
The year they got married was1865 Cabramatta,Liverpool,NSW Australia and witnesses were Samuel Marshall & Anne Finnegan.

it also has comments: The groom signed with his mark,Mrs B Venables gave consent to the marriage of the bride.
This could be Mary Ann's mother but I don't know.
I have my great grandfathers birth certificate and it has Thomas at the age of 38 and born County Clare,Ireland .
Cheryl

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 30 Jan 2015 23:46

Cheryl...Looking at the year the marriage took place may help determine roughly when Thomas arrived in Australia...does the MC give names of witnesses..?
Where in Australia did the couple marry and how do you know he came from the Co.Clare..?

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 30 Jan 2015 23:31

Hi Joonie Cloonie,
Yes I thought I might it be the end of the line with Thomas as his son was named James Thomas his son my grand father was named James Thomas and his son my uncle also named James its just goes on.

I do have a Bridget Sheehan but not sure if it is Thomas's sister.

I'm not sure about Thomas's death cert I have one but it does not have any information about him once again.

Mary Ann I'm not to worried about at the moment I'm just trying to go down the Sheehan side.

Thank you for your help any way I will try with Bridget but not sure where that will take me either.
Cheryl.

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 30 Jan 2015 23:16

you are probably going to end up just plain stuck, Cheryl

without something to cross-reference to an earlier record ... a parent's name, an exact date of birth ... you would have no way of knowing what Thomas might be yours of any you found ...

sometimes you can see clues in children's names to what the couple's parents' names might have been

if you knew Mary Ann's parents' names, and if some of the children were named for them, you might suspect others were named for Thomas's, for instance

presumably their death records have no more information

is there any indication that either of them had siblings in Australia?

Researching:
You remember me. :)

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 30 Jan 2015 22:49

Hi Everyone,
I am looking to find my great great grandfathers mother & father's names,I know he was born about 1849 in County Clare Ireland,and at some stage came to Australia and married Mary Ann Venables.
Now the thing is on their marriage certificate there is no parents for either of them or dates of births or their ages.
Can anyone tell me how I go on from here please as there are so many Thomas Sheehans out there and we have a few in the family to.
Thank you
Cheryl.

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