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I'm a bit worried.
We must remember that Sheila's Mary gave birth to lily in Manchester, Oldham in 1885, placing her there.

The above John and Margaret, he a silver plater, mostly of Denmark Street,
seem to be at 11.5 little Denmark street in1901, according to the link above....

John Eustace RC age 50, read and write, silver plater
Margaret wife. 50 read and write
MARY daughter 23 (so Mary Jane b. 1878)
Margaret 19 read and write (b. 1876?)
Mary eustace, servant. 30 unmarried

Have we got the wrong John Eustace marriage?

It's possible that the Mary aged 30 is the widow of Margaret and John's son Peter who died in 1900 and Mary aged 23 is Mary Jane.

If Margaret and John had Maria/Christina then they could have then named their later daughter Mary.

There does not appear to be any records for a marriage or death for Maria/Christina (that I can see) in the irish records.

My Mary Nash nee Eustace was born c.1865
so none of the above seem to be the right Mary. :-S

Sheila hasn't the marriage certificate yet.. Maybe the fathers' occupations, if given there, would help with finding the parents.

Does it say .. "Mixed religions"? on the above marriage record?

So if the marriage is in the Catholic Church .? ..
Was Mary a different religion...??..

Presbyterian father John Eustace for example? Physician. ..Dublin (Scraping the barrel )

If I look up Mary Eustace on the Irish births all I get is CHRISTINA.
.So if this is her it produces a different Mary with different siblings but the same names for Mother and Father.

I can maybe see that Mary may have had the christened name Christina, and that Mary was a middle name maybe. But then at the marriage to William wouldn't she have had her christened name on the certificate?

The Mary and William on the marriage registry seem likely. as the dates and places and religion seem to dovetail

This has been a bit of a puzzle but very interesting.
So if Christina is my Mary I can move on. Hooray!

Again many thanks for all your collective help. Having no idea where to look this has been an education.

A possible reason for Christina calling herself Mary on marriage cert. maybe as they were a mixed marriage they had run away to England to marry?
or am now grasping at straws?
I am ready to adopt the William and Mary on the parish register, as all the details seem ok,

If so many many thanks to all you fabulous helpers out there,
Best Wishes
Sheila B

I am reasonably happy with the results thrown up by following all the leads so kindly given. So now how do I go about getting a marriage certificate?

As the marriage doesn't appear on the civil registration index, you won't be able to get anything other than what has been found for you

Ah, disappointing. :-(