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Surname -Francis/Frances

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  • 22-12-2014 9:48pm
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    Ealasaid
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭


    I read a suggestion on here to another poster to look for names using different spellings so I looked for my Grandmother Mary spelling her surname as Frances - with an 'e' instead of as Francis which is how I had previously searched. I found her and her sister Annie in the 1901 census living with a family called McClare and listed as nieces. - I'm not allowed posting links yet, sorry.

    According to a family member the McClare's had a large farm in Bratty Hill in Westmeath. I can't seem to find anything relating to this but I'm not really sure where to look. Could anyone help or suggest anything please.

    I have my Grandmother's marriage certificate which lists her father John, occupation baker, as 'deceased' and seemingly he died when Anne was a baby and the girls went to live with these relatives.

    Mary is listed in the 1911 census as 'daughter' still with the McClare family, but Annie isn't listed.


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