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Irish Marriage Surname Confusion - Help Needed

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Celticqueen

Celticqueen Report 8 Mar 2012 21:26

hi kath

I don't really know - this is why its so confusing.

He married using the campbell surname in 1909 and by 1911 on the census was back to john morgan!!??

John & Alice's children go by the surname "morgan"!

Celticqueen :-S

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 8 Mar 2012 21:16

Could his parents have split up and he was therefore known by his mother's maiden name but when he married decided he had better use his "proper" name Morgan?

Kath. x

Celticqueen

Celticqueen Report 8 Mar 2012 20:55

Hi there Maura

It's Alice's husband birth details i have got from ancestry ireland.

Birth Recorded as John Morgan.
says father F Morgan, Mother, Mary Campbell.

Comments on the bottom of the birth details say:-

Rev J Mcwilliams married alice graham and husband also known as john campbell.

I have john campbell (not morgan) & alice graham marriage details from ancestry ireland too.

Just wondering why he married under the campbell surname?

regards

celticqueen

Maura

Maura Report 8 Mar 2012 19:46

I'm a little bit confused is it Alice husbands birth you got or their sons, either way what else does it say.

Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast Report 8 Mar 2012 18:34

Perhaps if you order the two marriage certificates it might shed some light.

Celticqueen

Celticqueen Report 8 Mar 2012 17:53

Hi there

I wonder if some kind person with knowledge of irish records will help me with this please.

I had been looking for over 12 months for a marriage of John Morgan to Alice Graham in 1909 (info found on irish census 1911).

The only marriage i could find on ancestry ireland was a John Campbell to Alice Graham in 1909 Co Down. I decided to get "John Morgan's" Birth info from ancestry ireland- and this is what i found on birth details: John Morgan married Alice Graham - John Morgan also known as John Campbell?

On ancestry ireland his parents marriage is a year before.? So what i'm asking is why John married under the Campbell surname?

regards

Celticqueen