| These are
the vital records for the following people: Marriage
record of James Smith
Marriage record of Patrick Smyth
Death certificate of Alice McCluskey
In the first document, we learn that
James Smith is the son of Patrick _______ and
Margareth Geenan. The registrar in that part of the
country was not the world's best speller of last names,
and may not have understood how to correctly spell
"Greenan". It looks like Geenan, but almost looks like
he tried adding an 'r' in there too. The cemetery
records lists Margaret's last name as "Gravon", but may
have been the registrar's attempt to write the name as
he heard it.
Patrick Smyth's second
marriage was to Catherine Davey. This didn't work out
though. We have been told that they had seperated
(didn't quite get along), but being good Catholics,
never divorced. Patrick's parents were William Smyth
and Mary McCannan. There were a McCannon family living
in Aghnalog Townland in neighboring Kilmore Parish, and
a short distance from the Catholic Church in Latnamard.
The last item is interesting in that it shows
information surrounding the death of
Alice McCluskey. Prior to 1900 there was no
strict requirement for counties to write up a death
certificate unless it was an accident or suspicious.
Alice's husband, Bernard, was not buried in this
cemetery. He is buried in St. Patrick's cemetery in
Loreto. Look at the mother's surname. It looks like
someone is trying to spell out Gerinau or Gerinan.
There is a McCluskey family tree on the web and they
spelled Alice's birth name as German. They don't list
her parents' name.

Downtown Madison,
Wisconsin Circa 1900 (Pinckney Street) |