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Can you help with the final piece of my jig saw?

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Laird

Laird Report 27 Sep 2016 20:07

yup finally got to chat to Christine Frizzell and she confirmed that her grandmother Mary Frances Nelson (formerly Fleming) had a very strong Irish accent and stated that her sister Clarice said she was from County Cork....that would clinch my suspicion that she is who I thought she was.

Laird

Laird Report 9 Aug 2016 21:08

This evening I got Richard Henry Nelson's birth certificate so I now can confirm his mother was Emily Duffy (sounds like another Irish name to me).

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn229/kornflakes77/Richard%20Henry%20Nelson%201895%20birth%20certificate_zpsiskfzhsy.jpg

So I think the answer to my question who were the mothers of Richard Henry Nelson & Mary Frances Fleming is-

Emily Duffy
Mary Lynch

This ancestry search could be so much easier if the English marriage licenses followed the Scottish system.....so much more info on Scottish marriage licenses.

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 20:59

Hi AustinQ it's a good question unfortunately I have absolutely no idea :-)

My main research was to discover who the mother of Mary Frances Nelson (formerly Fleming). It occurred to me the easiest way to resolve this is to simply ask one of her surviving grandchildren whether she was Irish.

If so this will confirm the Cork suggestion and that her mother was Mary Lynch who married James Fleming in 1891 Cork.

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 7 Aug 2016 16:06

I think Chris is wondering the same as me- they seem to have had several children before they married -yet neither, according to their marriage certificate, was married before- so why did they wait?

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 14:20

Hiya Chris,

My grandmother's birth certificate (Emily Nelson 5th Feb 1927) states the following address-

17 Smithfield
Stockton on Tees

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 7 Aug 2016 13:52

What address on Birth Cert....(so Richard and Mary Married 3rd November 1928, on image you provided, Emily born before then)


Births Mar 1927 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------
Nelson Emily Fleming Stockton 10a 165


Marriages Dec 1928 (>99%)
----------------------------------------------------------------
FLEMING Mary F NELSON Stockton 10a 160
Nelson Richard H Fleming Stockton 10a 160

Chris :)

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 13:27

Eringobragh1916 its apparently another Irish family link.

My grandmother Emily Nelson born 1927 Stockton

Parents on birth certificate of my grandmother

Richard Henry Nelson
Mary Frances Nelson (formerly Fleming)

All the suggested evidence points to Mary Frances Fleming daughter of James Fleming coming from Ireland.

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 7 Aug 2016 12:33

Laird..Why are you looking for MF and James particularly in the Co.Cork.?

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 10:17

A broad search for births for James Fleming in the Cork area revealed 10 called James Fleming from 1861-81. This is unlikely to reveal much as not enough information was as seen above is available on his marriage license.

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 10:05

Figured as I only have a 24 hour subscription better make the most of it. I got this also for Mary Frances Fleming's parents-

IFHF
Church Marriage Record
Date of Marriage: 21-Feb-1891
Parish / District: AGHADA County: Co. Cork
Husband Wife
Name: James Fleming Mary Lynch
Address:
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic
Occupation:
Age:
Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried)
Husband's Father Wife's Father
Name: Fleming Lynch
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Husband's Mother Wife's Mother
Name:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1 Witness 2
Name: Thomas Hallaran Margaret Fleming
Address:
Notes:
PRIEST: J R

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 7 Aug 2016 08:26

Laird...GRONI is the General Records Office of Northern Ireland so no you wouldn't find Mary Frances Fleming ??? born in the County Cork in their records.


Re safc posting 5Aug.01.55

Who is the Richard H Nelson b 1920 Gen.lab.....or is it a misprint ?

safc

safc Report 7 Aug 2016 02:45

????


Ireland Marriages 1845-1958 Transcription

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First name(s) James
Last name Fleming
Registration year 1892
Registered Quarter/Year Apr - Jun 1892
Registration district Middleton
Volume 4
Page 328
MarriageFinderâ„¢ James Fleming married one of these people
Mary Lynch, Laurence Carroll, Minnie Lynch, Ellen Dorgan, Johanna Carey
County -
Country Ireland
Record set Irish Marriages 1845-1958
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Ireland

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 01:21

Other results were-

IFHF
Church Baptism Record
Name: Mary Frances Fleming Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1884
Date of Baptism: 17-Feb-1884
Address: Ferrybank Parish/District: SLIEVERUE
Gender: Female County Co. Kilkenny
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Nicholas Fleming Mother: Mary Fagan
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: John Fleming Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Mary Fleming



IFHF
Civil Birth Record
Name: Mary Frances Fleming Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1884
Registration Date:
Address: Ferrybank Parish/District: Waterford
Gender: Female County Co. Waterford
Denomination: Civil Parish / District
Father: Nicholas Fleming Mother: Mary Fagan
Occupation: Gardener
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:
Notes:
*HER MARK PRESENT AT BIRTH

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Place of birth: Ferrybank.
Informant: Fagan Mary*.
Informant address: Ferrybank.
Registration Date: 3 MAR 1884.
Registrar: Cutler P..
Register: WAT URB 1 BTH BK 31.
Union: Waterford.


Both were ruled out and that concluded the searches ROOTSIRELAND.ie

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 01:02

I'm rather surprised these results did not come up here- https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk but it looks like the answer to my original question is now solved.

The mother of Mary Francis Fleming is Mary Lynch of Ireland.

That was the final piece of my puzzle in my search for the 16 great great grandparents in my family lineage.

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 00:58

So basically ROOTSIRELAND.ie found this using my broad search-

Baptismal/Birth Records for Ireland
2 matches for the search criteria: Fleming (plus variants) Mary Frances 1889-1899

but of the two only one shows the correct father and correct name....however the birth date doesn't quite tally......however my money is on this lady-


Name: Mary Frances Fleming Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 20-Aug-1893
Address: Parish/District: AGHADA
Gender: Female County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: James Fleming Mother: Mary Lynch
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: George Not Legible Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Jane Lynch

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 00:52

This one has the wrong dad-

Name: Mary Frances Fleming Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1893
Registration Date: 04-Dec-1893
Address: 14 Fitzgerald Cottages Parish/District: LIMERICK NO. 4
Gender: Female County Co. Limerick
Denomination: Civil Record
Father: William Fleming Mother: Harriett Stait
Occupation: Sergeant Limk City Art
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Harriet Fleming Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 00:42

This looks the closest to being right but the dates are still off-


Name: Mary Frances Fleming Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 20-Aug-1893
Address: Parish/District: AGHADA
Gender: Female County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: James Fleming Mother: Mary Lynch
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: George Not Legible Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Jane Lynch
Notes:
PRIEST: J W
MARRIED DANIEL SOMITH 12TH JULY 1914. CORAM REV. E S. HILL
SAINT MARYS AT PARISH CHURCH NEWPORT ENGLAND.
MARRIED HENRY 30TH MAY 1934. CORAM RD. TAYLETON.
WITNESSES EDWARD HODGSON & ELLEN FEELEY ST MARYIS CHURCH STOCKTAND N
FORD.

safc

safc Report 7 Aug 2016 00:32

also this mary francis fleming

from find my past


Ireland Births 1864-1958 Transcription

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First name(s) Mary Francis
Last name Fleming
Registration year 1893
Registered quarter/year Oct - Dec 1893
Registration district Middleton
Volume 4
Page 579
Mother's last name (original) -
County Cork
Country Ireland
Record set Irish Births 1864-1958
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Ireland

safc

safc Report 7 Aug 2016 00:23

try here its a subscription site

don't know if its your mary frances fleming


http://limerick.rootsireland.ie/search.php

Laird

Laird Report 7 Aug 2016 00:11

Unless we're staring at different web sites the official web site i'm looking at draws a complete blank???

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk