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Irish Name Help Please
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Unknown | Report | 6 Oct 2005 18:38 |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Oct 2005 18:40 |
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I have the birth certificate for my 3xgrandfather, George McGladerry, father James, mother Mary formerly CONTEY. I have the family on the 51/61/71 census and James and Mary both just state Ireland as their birthplace. There are no occurances of the surname Contey on Ancestry, Irish Origins or the Ireland records on IGI. I tried CONTI as a variation and none of those either although the IGI gave me CANTEY as an alternative. Can anyone think of any other possible variations for the surname, I've tried adopting an Irish accent and saying it in case it gave me any inspiration but my attempts are worse than useless! Thanks Lou |
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The Bag | Report | 6 Oct 2005 18:53 |
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possibsly pronounced M' Glad 'ray |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Oct 2005 18:59 |
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Hi Jess The McGladerry's I have 9 different variations for over 20yrs. It's Contey I'm struggling with, I can find nothing on the name Lou |
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Mike | Report | 6 Oct 2005 19:08 |
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How about Compsty cumpstey campsty conti Susan |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Oct 2005 19:20 |
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Well its a cert from the local RO, written in capital letters and clearly says CONTEY But...they're copying it from the original register so they could have mistaken an L for a T. I hadn't thought about Conley, thanks, I'll have a try using that variation |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 6 Oct 2005 19:24 |
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And, of course, CONLEY must be related to CONNOLLY (and variations)? Christine |
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Rachel | Report | 6 Oct 2005 19:29 |
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origins have the following as varients of Contey: contey Conty Connty Contie Conte Contys Conti Conties Contay Cont Contti Contes Conety Conite Contee Contae Conyte Konty Contis Contoy Cohnt Conetty Coniety Connety Countey Cowntey Contez Conteau Connite Conity Cointy Conaty Conatty Conteh Conthy Contine Conts Contyns Konte Contz Contu Contrey Contley Contney Conto Conth Conteyn Contd Conniety Conta Connetty Conit Connaty Confey Connity Conteas Contre Contze Convey Contway Contts Kontes Konti Khonte Koante Cantey Condey Connatty Conitt Connth Connit Cont''d Contou Contile and not to mention interchanging a,o and e. |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Oct 2005 19:41 |
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I'm sorry I asked! I think I'm probably flogging a dead horse here as I don't even know whether James and Mary married in Ireland or here in England or what spelling of their surname each of them would be using. I go cold whenever I find anyone new now till I've seen their birthplace! Thanks everyone for your input! Lou |
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Joy | Report | 6 Oct 2005 21:03 |
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Not found any CONTEYs yet, but this is quite interesting: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb*.*com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/McGlMcGo.htm :-) Joy |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Oct 2005 21:05 |
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Thanks Joy I'll take a look. Got a couple of lines that go back into Ireland so it might give me some leads with those if not with Mary Lou x |
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