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Thomas

Thomas Report 23 Oct 2009 21:17

I see, yes I made a mistake, His brother was called Joseph, but both say their middle names were John yet neither is registered as that.
Joseph's death record even shows as Joseph John Mckenna!
Confusing! and to make matters worse as Mary Dunn lost her husband so young she re married a Thomas, they had twins and named them Thomas and Mary! same as them! Seriously its confusing

Thomas

Thomas Report 23 Oct 2009 21:29

Janey,
How did you find all 3 children to Dunn in West Derby so fast, what site do you use?
I always have to go through each set of 4-7 surname matches for each year. Just wondered if there is a site that finds or Makes matches faster??

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 23 Oct 2009 21:39

Ancestry --

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8782

births 1915-2005

Just search for the surname of the child, with the mother's surname (add a date range if you're dealing with Smith and Jones).

I swear by Ancestry, much as I despise it. ;)

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 23 Oct 2009 22:06

This site is free ,but not yet transcribed up to date,it wont be long though.

www.freebmd.org.uk

But does have all the births plus one more??

Births Jun 1926 (>99%)
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McKenna Joseph Dunn W. Derby 8b 956

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Births Mar 1928 (>99%)
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McKenna Margaret Dunn W.Derby 8b 938

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Births Dec 1933 (>99%)
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MCKENNA Vincent Dunn West Derby 8b 760


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Births Sep 1926
McKenna James Dunn Liverpool 8b 52



So another Dunn / Mckenna marriage somewhere?

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 23 Oct 2009 22:15

Actually, Viv, there are 5 McKenna-Dunn births in Liverpool dist 1917-1926; I figured they all belonged together to another couple.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 23 Oct 2009 22:18

Sisters marrying brothers maybe?

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 23 Oct 2009 22:22

There are also McKenna-Dunn births in Liverpool 1912 and 1915, so I suspect:

Marriages Mar 1905
> Dunn Maria Liverpool 8b 158
> McKENNA Michael Liverpool 8b 158
Padget Harry Liverpool 8b 158
Shalliker Jane Liverpool 8b 158

and a rather enormous family over 20 years.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 23 Oct 2009 22:26

beat me to it.

Shall I find them on 1911?

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 23 Oct 2009 22:30

Hubby not at home...

MCKENNA, Maria Wife Married
6 years F 25 1886 Liverpool VIEW
MCKENNA, Elizabeth Daughter F 5 1906 Liverpool VIEW
MCKENNA, Michael Son M 2 1909 Liverpool VIEW
MCKENNA, James Son M 0 (11 MONTH) 1911 Liverpool VIEW
DUNN, Elicia Mother Widow F 57 1854 Hawker Liverpool VIEW
O SULLIVAN, Rose A Daughter Married F 27 1884 Liverpool VIEW
DUNN, Elicia Daughter Single F 18 1893 Liverpool VIEW
O SULLIVAN, Mathew Son Single M 16 1895 Shaft Maker Liverpool VIEW
DUNN, Andrew Son M 14 1897 Liverpool

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Institution MCKENNA, Michael 1886 25 ? Royal Navy at Sea and in ports abroad
MCKENNA, Michael Single ? 25 1886 Irvin Ireland

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 23 Oct 2009 22:38

Not sisters then...

Thomas

Thomas Report 24 Oct 2009 14:54

3 of the Dunn Mckenna births (1926 28 and 33) are father and 2 siblings.
His older sister and brother, parents are Joseph Mckenna and Mary Dunn.
Mt fatherwas always told his Mckeena family wwas very large and mostly in Liverpool, so I am guessing you just found a whole bunch of them.
I have applied for marriage cert and hope his fathers name is on it, at the least it will have his age so I can work backwards.
I hope to try and get a picture of him.