HARKNESS AND CURRAN

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jeanbarrynella
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HARKNESS AND CURRAN

Post by jeanbarrynella » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:13 am

:D :D hELLO
I hope someone can help me please i am trying to find a marriage
for Thoams James Curran he married Mary Jane Harknes supposed be abt 1887 Glasgow Lanark I have mary Jane Death Certifcate normally
this woud be okay her mother mary Surname was not very good
I could make out her father was Robert MaryJane died 1893 father was
still alive mother has passed away by then .
Kind regards jean
jean old family MCSHANE THORNTON MCHALE
WELSH VANCE RAFFERTY MCGLYNN JENKINS MCCONNELL MCCRACKEN PETTIGREW FINDLAY
HIGGINS MORRISON MCGUIGAN MCGRATH WARD CURRAN MCGUIRK OCONNOR REID

AndrewP
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Post by AndrewP » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:48 am

Hi Jean,

I see no obvious sign of such a marriage on ScotlandsPeople within 5 years either side of 1887. Have you any document that says they did marry? If they were definitely married, what leads you to 1887?

Have you any birth certificates for children from this couple? If so, the birth certificate(s) would normally give a date and place for the parents' marriage.

Go to the online IGI and input the subject's name as Mary Harkness, and the father's name Robert Harkness, the year as 1866 ± 5 years, and the region as British Isles. You will get only three results. One is for a Mary Ann, with the correct mother's first name. That has a very good chance of being "your" Mary Ann, even though the birth year does not match exactly for what is on her death certificate - that is not unusual.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ ... _form=true

If you are happy that is her, then you should return to ScotlandsPeople and purchase that birth certificate to find out the information given there that does not appear on the IGI.

All the best,

AndrewP