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Subject: Re: Looking For...
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:31:56 EST
Mary~
Cobh is the old Irish name for Queenstown which is outside of Cork
City. In recent times, Queenstown was changed back to Cobh. It's not the
Irish for the entire county. It is quite beautiful and the Queenstown
Heritage should be a MUST on all tourist list for their visit to Ireland.
Everytime I take someone there I get teary eyed walking in the doors.
Knowing that it was here, looking at the same station, was among their last
views of Ireland before they emigrated. It has all been restored with
displays relating also to the Titanic and the Lusitania.
There is also a Heritage/Research venue there. It was from Cobh that
Michael Collins body was placed on a boat, surrounded by candles and torches,
returning to Dublin for burial. The houses are at various levels up on the
hill surrounding the harbor. Tim Pat Coogan states that all the houses had
candles burning as the boat sailed out taking the murdered leader back. One
can imagine when standing by the Annie Moore statue how it must have looked.
I would contact that Heritage site if this is where your ancestors
lived. I believe they are on line. For keyword use Cobh County Cork
Ireland.
Although your ancestor was literate, it was the transcriber who may
have had a problem with the brogue and wrote it incorrectly. My
grandmother's marriage certificate from St. Patrick's Bridge has her and her
sister (maid of honor) listed with the surname Patton. My grandmother's
maiden name was Fadden. For Victorian times my grandmother was very well
educated and money was not an issue. However, you would think she would have
noticed her name was wrong! We needed a correct path for Irish citizenship
and could not use it. Everything else on the record was correct. It took my
mother's marriage certificate to get the correct connection. Even birth and
baptismal certificates and marriage license application had Fadden
incorrectly spelled! You would have thought my Dad with an engineering degree
from Case would have noticed people were and had transcribed his bride's
pedigree incorrectly!
Mary Ellen Chambers
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