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Eleanor

Eleanor Report 19 Jun 2008 22:12

Hello
I have been unable to find much information re my paternal great grandmother Sarah Mitchell. I know she was born c1830 in Sussex or Surrey. She married Andrew Quinlan around 1850 and had 10 children one of whom was Michael, my grandfather. She died in 1869. Can anyone help?
Eleanor

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 19 Jun 2008 22:14

The marriage cert will tell you her father's name (if known).

With that info, you may be able to find her in 1841.........

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 19 Jun 2008 22:17

1861 census

Name: Sarah Quinlan
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Andrew
Gender: Female
Where born: Cuckfield, Sussex, England

Civil Parish: Lambeth St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
Town: Norwood
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England


Registration district: Lambeth
Sub registration district: Norwood
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 55
Household Members: Name Age
Harriet Henrey 5
Mary Mitchell 24
Anne Mortlock 20
Isaac Mortlock 26
Andrew Quinlan 40
Andrew C Quinlan 9
Bridget Quinlan 7
Catherine Quinlan 4
John Quinlan 5
Mary Quinlan 10
Micheel Quinlan 1
Sarah Quinlan 32
Thomas Sullivan 19

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 25 Jun 2008 23:14

Thanks Reggie but there isn't a marriage cert for them! There seems to have been a lot of Sarah Mitchells so really I don't know where to turn. Can you suggest anything?
Regards Eleanor

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Jun 2008 11:17

Looking again at the census info..............1861

Name: Mary Quinlan
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Andrew
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Civil Parish: Lambeth St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
Town: Norwood
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Registration district: Lambeth
Sub registration district: Norwood
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 55
Household Members: Name Age
Harriet Henrey 5
Mary Mitchell 24
Anne Mortlock 20
Isaac Mortlock 26
Andrew Quinlan 40
Andrew C Quinlan 9 b. Brighton
Bridget Quinlan 7
Catherine Quinlan 4
John Quinlan 5
Mary Quinlan 10
Micheel Quinlan 1
Sarah Quinlan 32
Thomas Sullivan 19

Could the marriage have taken place in Ireland?
Did you find Sarah's maiden name from the birth cert of one of her children?

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 26 Jun 2008 13:41

Hi Reggie
The marriage must have taken place in Ireland but I have no idea where! A cousin of mine says she remembers her mother talking of Templemore Co Tipperary but she can't be sure. I checked parish records but there doesn't seem to be anything! I got Sarah's surname - Mitchell - from her daughter Bridget's birth cert. What do you suggest I do now?!
Regards Eleanor

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Jun 2008 15:13

Ireland is lovely place for a holiday........lol!

Seriously, I've no experience of researching Irish records..........but there are anumber of GR members who have.

Good luck............