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paddyscar
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Post by paddyscar » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:11 pm

Russell wrote:I felt sorry for the Glasgow enumerator trying to record the broad Irish accents.Russell
Makes me think of the old quip my Dad used "an' neither wan' o' ye could speak English" :roll: :shock: :lol:

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow
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ninatoo
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Post by ninatoo » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:51 am

Hmmm, I have just come across a very similar census entry for my family and I think it says Oner. Say it aloud: Honour? The enumerator may have never heard the name before and wrote it as it sounded.

Nina
Researching: Easton ( Renfrewshire, Dunbarton and Glasgow), Corr (Londonderry and Glasgow), Carson (Co. Down, Irvine, Ayrshire and Glasgow), Logan (Londonderry and Glasgow)
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Andy
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Post by Andy » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:56 am

I had a wee look and reckon the names are:

Owen Roony
Mary
Thomas
Ewan
Mary
Ever probably Eva
Catherine
Thomas
Searching for Keogh, Kelly, Fitzgerald, Riddell, Stewart, Wilson, McQuilkin, Lynch, Boyle, Cairney, Ross, King, McIlravey, McCurdy, Drennan and Woods (to name but a few).

Also looking for any information on Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Ireland.
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